Question 31

Aadler decided to add on a question to the end of the 30 Day Meme, so I’ll answer that, and then make my own question- assuming, of course, that I can think of one. :D

Day 31: Which fanfic authors and/or stories have had the most influence on your writing?

No question about this. The single person to influence my writing the most is aadler. People that definitely should be included in this: M. Scott Eiland (eilandesq), bellatemple, ozma914, m_mcgregor, yahtzee63, Mediancat, honorh, liz_marcs, bastardsnow, and — though I don’t believe this has appeared in my writing — yet, deird1. I’m sure there are others, too, but those are the biggies. You have to keep in mind, I’ve been reading Buffy fanfiction since I was about thirteen or so. I’ve been reading Eiland, Mediancat, honorh, and yahtzee63 for over or darn near a decade. aadler is my father — I literally grew up reading his stories. I am not using that “literally” for emphasis, I mean that I actually grew up reading what he’s written. So, that is going to have a profound effect on my writing. bellatemple, ozma914, m_mcgregor, bastardsnow, and liz_marcs are all “recent” additions to my reading list — which means that I’ve been reading them for seven or eight years instead of ten-plus.

The reason I’ve included deird1 in this list, even though she’s a really recent addition (a little over a year now), and even though I don’t think she’s actually effected something I’ve written yet, she did an essay on Fred that really put Fred in a new light for me, so when I use Fred again (and it will happen), I’ll be writing with her wonderful essay in mind.

I suppose I should create a question now.

Day 32: Are there any stories you want to write that you’re afraid to tackle? If so, what and why?