16 and 18 for the meta fic meme?
16. Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?)
Iāve taken a fandom sojourn and have been writing fic for the What We Do in the Shadows tv show recently! Thatās been a big shift in a couple of ways. I always try to incorporate humor into my writing, but aiming first and foremost for comedy is an adjustment. And it turns out writing prose in the style of a mockumentary is challenging and really, really fun!
Other than that, broadly, Iāve aimed for cleaner and simpler prose this year. I love my good friends Semicolon and Em Dash, but it turns out if a sentence can stand on its own it doesnāt necessarily need punctuation magic tricks. Who knew?
18. Do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characterisations?) Tell us about them.
This is a tough question. I think there was a plot point that changed pretty majorly from outline to finished product in means and devices,Ā but I donāt remember what it was D:
I usually delete outlines as I write the fic to keep tabs on where I am and what I have left to do, because cleaning up a document gives my brain the satisfyingĀ āthings are coming togetherā feeling! So, unfortunately, I donāt have a fun answer to this one.