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I almost lost a fight with an extremely stubborn jar lid this morning, so itās definitely been A Day! From Fanfic Writer Ask Game
Do you write for multiple fandoms? If yes, what is your favourite fic of yours for each fandom?
Actively, no! I tend to only write in one fandom at a time, although sometimes I dabble in multiple at once.
I definitely have written in multiple fandoms over the years. I would say Iām most well known for my Trek, Naruto, and One Piece fic. Other fandoms Iāve only dabbled in once or twice, including Haikyuu, Star Wars, FMA, Final Fantasyā¦
So, to avoid this being an exhaustive list, Iāll just have a think for those three. Hmā¦
For Naruto, I think HIEROPHANT was my magnum opus. I definitely feel like itās the best written fic of the bunch. Itās an AU where Kakashi gets a byakugan instead of a sharingan. I drew up a whole Hyuga family tree and made a bunch of OCs, most of which never appeared in the fic. That was fun! I really enjoy writing complicated family relationships.
For Trek, it has to be the one with the wife, which I know is a fic a lot of people will not read. It was extremely self indulgent and I still think about this āverse all the time. I wrote it for me. Purely, for myself.
For One Pieceā¦ god. I have no idea. Itās been a few years and I have a sieve for a brain. I remember having a lot of fun writing into flame but I think if I re-read it now, it would all be new to me.
Which leads into the next question!
How often do you read your own fics?
I donātā¦ tend to. Especially my older stuff - anything older than a couple of months may as well not exist in my brain lol. I think this is partly because my writing is constantly improving and looking back at older works makes me notice all of the things I could have done better. And partly I think I justā¦ am not sentimental about fic at all. Iāve been known to remove works from ao3. I have no attachment to them lol, yes, even Hotspur, which Iāve just finished after 8 months of writing! Is that weird?
Sometimes, I get comments on really old stuff which I really appreciate, but I often donāt remember the fic at all. Once, I was trawling through ao3 in a tag and I found a fic and started reading it and it was weirdly nostalgic? So I scrolled up and Iād written it lmaoo. I had NO memory of doing so. Not the wildest thing to ever happen to me on ao3, but itās up there.
Any advice for writers working through burnout or writerās block?
Oh man. I get writerās block all the time and, for me at least, itās usually a sign that I need a break. And so I take heed! I try not to stress too much because I know I will get back into writing when Iām ready. I mean, I canāt imagine not writing you know, and if you are also like that, that writing is a part of you, then the writerās block will pass. I get mini writerās block every time I finish something - itās like my brainās giving me a moment to process haha
But some other advice is, if you still want to write, write something else. Stop whatever youāre doing and pick up something new. I find I get hit by writerās block less if Iām more flexible about switching between fics or projects - I can use the time stuck on one fic to work on the other. Maybe that will work for you!
