Fic Questions Meme

[jedibuttercup]

As my last meme has run out, and I'm trying to keep the journaling habit going this year, I've snagged another one that's been going 'round. (Though I've struck out one question; I'm leaving it in for posterity's sake, but I very seldom actually use a beta.)

Drop the title of one of my fics and a number (see questions below) in my comment box, and I will tell you:

1. What was my inspiration for this fic? How did it come to me?
2. What’s my favorite part of the fic?
3. What’s the part of the fic I’m most proud of?
4. What part of the fic was the hardest for me to write?
5. What part of the fic am I still dissatisfied with?
6. Who’s my favorite character in the fic?
7. Were there any major decisions I made about the fic that could have made it go a whole different direction?
8. Was there anything I only learned about the fic after I had finished it? (themes, motifs, symbolism, etc)
9. Did anyone in the fic surprise me by doing anything? If so, what?
10. If I had to sum up this fic in a sentence, what would it be?
11. If I were to rewrite this fic, what would I change?
12. Did any thing about this fic’s reception surprise me?
13. What were my beta’s major comments about the first draft of this fic?
14. If I were to write a sequel to this fic, what would it be about?
15. Any other question about the fic!

Comments

[jedibuttercup]

:) I have a soft spot for that one, too. It kind of ground to a halt when I discovered my next chapter would have to cover the confrontation between Imhotep and the OC Medjai, because nerves, and then I got distracted by other things, and realized I'd have to redo my research ... *sigh* Same as most of my WIP issues. But it's on the List. NLB first; then BAH. But maybe one of these shorter-to-wrap WIPs like this or See For Yourself wedged between. *crossing fingers*

Anyway. Checking dates will tell you that this technically wasn't the first story in the Death is Only the Beginning series. But as a matter of fact, I didn't actually realize the two stories of course would be connected until I wrote Chapter Two of Adventures in Rome; and at the time I wrote Chapter One I didn't actually know it was meant to be a WIP! I was in the middle of my TTH100 table at the time, starring Buffy Summers; and one day when I was trolling for additional ideas to tie into the table prompts, I tripped over a TTH Fic-For-All pairing that seemed fortuitous.

The TTH100 prompt? #58 - Villains. The FFA prompt? Not, actually, Buffy/Imhotep; it was "Buffy Summers / Rick/Evy (The Mummy)". I saw that, and then I suddenly visualized the O'Connell's standing in Buffy's apartment in Rome, and then I suddenly knew that Wolfram and Hart were bringing Imhotep back; and that is the entire genesis of the story.

Later, I figured out that the Medjai Xander ran into in my previous one-shot were connected; I rewatched Mummy 2 and realized Imhotep would have no reason to be on Wolfram and Hart's side; and I worked out just how Rick and Evy were still around to begin with, which resulted in the story the over-arching series is named after. And then Jiltanith prompted me with "Data, Rick & Evie or Ardeth; no holodeck; reincarnation"; and I went back and deliberately chained all these bits together in a single continuum.

But it all started with that one idea; Rick and Evy in Buffy's apartment, with Imhotep on the horizon. :)

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Isn't it frighting how one little scene in your head can mutate into a multi-chaptered monster with no end in sight? *coughs* Or is that just me?

[jedibuttercup]

Not just you. :)