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15 – Warnings – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
Triggers, and the content of my stories usually doesn't warrant warnings. And as I'm saying this I've written something that will probably either need to become less graphic or warrant a warning.
16 – Summaries – Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
...is there a way not to use them? I don't mind them. They key, I think, is that a summary doesn't actually have to be informative. It's much more important that it reflects truthfully the content of the fic. That is, if the spirit of the summary matches that of the fic, it doesn't actually matter how much about the fic is actually explained. Er. I'm not making much sense,
17 – Titles – Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
Usually I have the title of the fic before starting to write it. IT's almost never "I'm writing this Doctor Who/Famous Five fic, how am I going to call it?!" but rather "I'll write a Doctor Who/ Famous Five fic. Good name - Famous Five Save the World. Now I just need to figure out what it's about other than that..." The only time I can think of this wasn't the case was with Fade Away. And I regretted the title later, as I decided it should have been called Almost Like Saying Goodbye, but that's too late now.
I usually give each chapter its own name, but not always.
Triggers, and the content of my stories usually doesn't warrant warnings. And as I'm saying this I've written something that will probably either need to become less graphic or warrant a warning.
16 – Summaries – Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
...is there a way not to use them? I don't mind them. They key, I think, is that a summary doesn't actually have to be informative. It's much more important that it reflects truthfully the content of the fic. That is, if the spirit of the summary matches that of the fic, it doesn't actually matter how much about the fic is actually explained. Er. I'm not making much sense,
17 – Titles – Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
Usually I have the title of the fic before starting to write it. IT's almost never "I'm writing this Doctor Who/Famous Five fic, how am I going to call it?!" but rather "I'll write a Doctor Who/ Famous Five fic. Good name - Famous Five Save the World. Now I just need to figure out what it's about other than that..." The only time I can think of this wasn't the case was with Fade Away. And I regretted the title later, as I decided it should have been called Almost Like Saying Goodbye, but that's too late now.
I usually give each chapter its own name, but not always.