Writing Memes

[meridian_rose]

Without writerverse I'm worrying about not having the inspiration to produce fic, especially original fic, or poetry. On the other hand I have an unfinished meme or two lying around, the ongoing 100-tales table, and no doubt some bingo challenges will be starting up again shortly.

But, because I like to collect memes, even if I don't complete them, just as I like to collect bingo challenges, I've found three memes that I'm thinking of working on and that might help me get inspired.

Being me, however, I won't be working on them one at a time, one question per day, for thirty days. I'll probably work on them sporadically and possibly out of order. I'll tag them nicely, though, and make an index post if I manage to complete a meme :D


Meme One: OTP Challenge

What it is: It’s a challenge to draw or write a piece of fanfic about your One True Pairing every day for thirty days.
Source: http://dianeduane.com/outofambit/2012/12/19/young-wizards-30-day-otp-challenge/
Details: Now Diane Duane is writing 'fanfic' of her own published verse for this – and the ideas of fanfic/AUs/Possible futures for your own work is one that intrigues me. I'm almost certainly not going to choose an OTP for this – polyfanamorous multishipper and proud of it – so there might be fic, fanfic, various pairings and OT3's and gen (friendship pairings/moresomes) within my answers. I'll see once I get started. Will be tagged as writing: otp meme plus any appropriate fandom and/or character/verse tag.

Questions:
1: Holding hands
2: Cuddling somewhere
3: Gaming / watching a movie
4: On a date
5: Kissing
6: Wearing each other’s clothes
7: Cosplaying
8: Shopping
9: Hanging out with friends
10: With animal ears
11: Wearing kigurumis
12: Making out
13: Eating ice cream
14: Genderswapped
15: In a different clothing style
16: Doing morning rituals
17: Spooning
18: Doing something together
19: In formal wear
20: Dancing
21: Cooking / baking
22: In battle, side by side
23: Arguing
24: Making up afterwards
25: Gazing into each other’s eyes
26: Getting married
27: On one of their birthdays
28: Doing something ridiculous
29: Doing something sweet
30: Doing something hot



Current Writing Project Meme"

What it is: It’s a challenge to answer the questions about a current project you're working on
Source: http://ladyofleithian.dreamwidth.org/768449.html

Details: May do this for one or more of my original fic verses, and may do small batches of questions at a time, or not. Will be tagged as writing: current project meme plus the character/verse tag.

Questions:
1. What's the project's name? How did you pick it?
2. Summary
3. Background
4. Is this story in a series? Tell us about its sequels and prequels
5. Inspiration
6. Themes
7. Plots
8. Subplot
9. Structure
10. Style, techniques and point of view
11. Introduce us to a main character
12. Introduce us to the environment this story takes place in
13. Introduce us to another main character
14. Introduce us to the rest of your main characters
15. Introduce us to your minor characters
16. Favourite character to write about?
17. Least favourite character to write about?
18. Introduce us to your writing process
19. Outlines
20. Research
21. Scenes
22. How often do you write? In what environment?
23. What stage of writing are you at?
24. Music you write to
25. Cast real people as characters
26. Ten best things about this story
27. Ten hardest scenes to write
28. What are you going to do with it when it's done?
29. Who has read this story? Or heard about it? Does anyone know you're writing?
30. Post a chapter for everyone to read



Writing With Victor Hugo Meme"

What it is: From the entry: I greatly admire the Victorian writing style where nobody ever shoved "show don't tell" in authors' faces, and not everything was about focusing claustrophobically down on "the meat of the story"… here, for your delectation, are the first two weeks' worth of writing exercises in a program I've been working up for myself. …I should note for people coming in without context that these are just chapter-by-chapter summaries of the novel Les Miserables .
Source:Details: May attempt some of these, using various original fic/fandom verses. Will be tagged as writing: victor hugo meme plus any appropriate fandom and/or character/verse tag.
Questions:

1 Tell a character's entire life story (1500 words or less)

2 Show a character's personality by describing their household and household budgets (2000 words or less)

3 Describe a character doing their job well (800 words or less)

4 Demonstrate what a character does by telling us things they have said (2500 words or less)

5 Give a typical day in the life of a character, hour by hour (1000 words or less)

6 Describe a character by writing about their house and its contents, room by room (2500 words or less.)

7 Give an anecdote about a time a character did something that everybody advised them against that turned out well anyway. (1500 words or less.)

8 Two acquaintances with fundamental disagreements discuss them (1500 words or less.)

9 Someone who loves a character describes them to someone else (1500 words or less.)

10 A character has a deathbed conversation with a stranger (5000 words or less.)

11 Describe how a character's political views have affected their daily life (2000 words or less.)

12 Describe a character's career ambitions (or lack thereof.) (1500 words or less.)

13 Tell what a character believes in as articles of faith (religious or otherwise.) (1500 words or less.)

14 Tell how a character thinks, how much they value learning and philosophy. (1000 words or less.)

Comments

[et-tu-lj.livejournal.com]

I love the Current Project Meme. I think I might snag that to get back into the story I want to be writing right now.

Can't remember who it was now, but I came across someone who did a flash fiction piece per week for one year, all set within the world of her books. She released them leading up to the official release date as publicity, but she wrote them during the first draft to play with ideas, objects, side characters ets without worrying how they fit into the major storyline. Something like that would be a lot of fun, I think. I've been thinking about trying it as a warmup exercise at the beginning of sessions.

[meridian_rose]

Yes, you should do it - I see you've posted something, I'll check it out :D

Wow, that's impressive! I'm not that disciplined, but I think when I write pieces I'm often doing this, playing with ideas and themes before I'm certain about some details. It means I will have to rework them later but I find that more freeing than having all the details plotted out :)

[hrhrionastar.livejournal.com]

These are interesting. I especially like the idea of writing 'fanfic' of your own work, although I think it could get confusing. I'd be tempted to include all the different AUs in the original, leading to way-too-complicated plots ;)

I should note for people coming in without context that these are just chapter-by-chapter summaries of the novel Les Miserables . This makes me wonder if one could actually write a novel using these exercises...fascinating idea.

[meridian_rose]

I actually have an idea for a couple of dark AU versions of a verse, where an event I've written as canon goes differently, sending things into a completely different direction :) (Though yes, I agree that it can get complicated!)

Well, Victor Hugo did it :D But as the prompter points out, you'd be hard pushed to sell a novel with all these things in it today. It's all about rules like no adverbs and every single sentence being relevant to the plot :(

I'm hoping these will get me writing and/or making graphics, whether they're original, fanfic or indeed 'fanfic of original' :D