4/8/15
Just for fun, I am going to answer
questions from a meme and various other things sent to me via my
little writing segment.
Inside The Writer's Head #3 – Taking
Requests
Those of you reading this who dabble in
fan fiction will understand the idea of prompts, or requests. When
someone, a reader or another writer, asks you to write something with
an idea they give you is such a thing. It can be anything. Any form.
Any style. Any length. Unless, of course, the person who gave you the
prompt states otherwise.
The longest piece I ever wrote was a
novel. A friend wanted a romance between two male characters. As a
birthday present. It was challenging because this would be the first
time I ever wrote anything focusing on two men in a romantic
relationship. And this would be the first (and only so far) time I
would write a straight-up romance. I'm not a big fan of the genre but
my friend is. It was a challenge, but fun. It's not my best. It's
ridiculous and melodramatic and buried somewhere deep in the recesses
of my computer. :) It was the second novel I ever wrote and one can
see in my style how much I didn't know
about writing. Honestly, I don't think my friend even read it after
all that. So, that's not the happiest writing story, but there you
are.
My
favorite piece I did for a prompt was when I still wrote for Gamble With Fate. For a week or so we had been super stoked
that our small, seemingly unknown site was about to reach 50,000
visits. The people who would not only read but leave us messages and
joined our message board were told that if they happened to be our
50,000th
visitor the writer of their choice would gift them with a short
story. Anything they wanted. We had two people to win and it worked
out because one wanted a story from Lacy Grey while the other wanted
one from me. My prompt was an adaptation of the Narcissus myth. I had
so much fun with it! And I got to play around with mythology, one of
my most favorite things to do.
I
haven't done a request story in a long time. I'm not opposed to it,
just haven't really been into any fandoms far enough to get the
request. And I've been hacking away at the last edition of “Calling
of Blood” before it, hopefully, is ready to send out into the
world.
