I've had this tab open all week, because I'm fascinated by the questions (because I am fascinated by me, naturally), but haven't a clue how to answer them. Um. *tries*
Do you feel your writing is recognizable? Why or why not? Once somebody commented on a story of mine with, "I read [witty line] in the second paragraph and smiled, because I knew then that I was reading a Stulti story." I loved hearing it, but I don't think my style is that reliable in general. It's not like you can count iambs and assonances and figure out it's me. Maybe bigger things give me away, though, like what I find funny, or hot? I do have a narrator I use over and over, who hops fandoms with me, but all I know is that I know when she has the floor. God knows whether other people notice her.
Have you written a fic that you feel best exemplifies what makes you recognizable? What was it? Take Five, Everybody, I think. That's my panfandom narrative voice at its most...concentrated? pungent?
What's a fic you've written that you feel is unrecognizable? Maybe Someday Coming Down. It's first person POV of an OC for a Yuletide fandom, and a bit rushed and uneven on top of that. It was challenging to write, probably because I only had a month to make up a character and know her well enough to be her on the page.
What are some fanfic writers you admire that you feel are recognizable? Oh, gosh. rm, whose extreme sparseness, combined with the complicated emotional beats she likes to hit, gives her away. paian's descriptive sex scenes are unmistakeable. 's Harry Potter stories have a 1930s Golden Age Mystery Writer affectation that's frequently brilliant, but equally frequently marble-mouthed. So. I think I could pick out a few more from the quality of their wit. Hm. You -- either because you're perpetrating some wild stylistic experiment again, or because your default contains three things: full, over-generous prose, jaw-dropping wit and raw honesty.
What are some fanfic writers you admire that you feel are less recognizable? It's almost dinner time, so I'm not going to trawl my rec list for names, but I'll mention one of my favourite fannish terms: "LJ house style". I think cesperanza coined it, and named its defining characteristic: unobtrusiveness. It's where the prose acts like a television camera, which I thought was an amazing observation, since so many of us write in t.v. and movie fandoms. You're supposed to forget it's there. Which isn't to say that it doesn't take great skill to pull off. Interesting way of thinking about it, IMO.
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Do you feel your writing is recognizable? Why or why not?
Once somebody commented on a story of mine with, "I read [witty line] in the second paragraph and smiled, because I knew then that I was reading a Stulti story." I loved hearing it, but I don't think my style is that reliable in general. It's not like you can count iambs and assonances and figure out it's me. Maybe bigger things give me away, though, like what I find funny, or hot? I do have a narrator I use over and over, who hops fandoms with me, but all I know is that I know when she has the floor. God knows whether other people notice her.
Have you written a fic that you feel best exemplifies what makes you recognizable? What was it?
Take Five, Everybody, I think. That's my panfandom narrative voice at its most...concentrated? pungent?
What's a fic you've written that you feel is unrecognizable?
Maybe Someday Coming Down. It's first person POV of an OC for a Yuletide fandom, and a bit rushed and uneven on top of that. It was challenging to write, probably because I only had a month to make up a character and know her well enough to be her on the page.
What are some fanfic writers you admire that you feel are recognizable?
Oh, gosh.
What's a fic that you would rec that you feel best exemplifies their recognizability?
Here's a recent installment of rm's saga. Here's some paian porn. Except there's no porn in this one. Oops.
What are some fanfic writers you admire that you feel are less recognizable?
It's almost dinner time, so I'm not going to trawl my rec list for names, but I'll mention one of my favourite fannish terms: "LJ house style". I think