Time travel: it always seems like a good idea at the time.

I thought I had the timeline for this story hammered out but I doooooonnnnnnn't. Argh and woe and arrrgggh.

Hey, remember that fanfic meme?

18 – Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka "bunnies") from?

I really like working from prompts. Virtually everything I've written for SPN has been prompt based either from comment_fic (8), deancaskink (6), Birthday Challenge (3),fandom_stocking (4) or from whatever fest I've signed up for. Possibly that means I'm not all that creative.:)

I like figuring out how I can make a prompt work. Building on that first idea is half the fun for me, those first moments of looking at the prompt and going, "Hmm. So, this prompt wants Cas to somehow meet 16-year-old Dean (to use prompt from the 1st round of the kink meme that's in my WiP pile). How would that work?" And then, "And what happens then?" and so on until I have far too much plot.:) I can never guess which prompt will set my brain on fire (although ones that push my narrative buttons, like h/c or bedside vigils or rescues have a better chance) and they don't have to be long. The story I'm writing for jimmybigbang came from a one word prompt from one of the porn battles on DW, hand to God. And I've found I'm much more likely to finish a story if I'm writing for someone, even just an anonymous comment on the kink meme.

I also like episode codas and missing scenes, which are basically me being prompted by the canon. And crossovers, because that has the same, "Okay, how does this work and then what happens" vibe.

( The Other Days )