A couple of memes

[tree_and_leaf]

From grondfic

Comment and I'll--

1 - Tell you why I friended you.
2 - Associate you with something. A fandom, a song, a colour, a piece of fruit. SOMETHING.
3 - Tell you something I like about you.
4 - Tell you a memory I have of you.
5 - Associate you with a character/pairing.
6 - Ask something I've always wanted to know about you. (Or else I'll just ask a random question. I reserve that right.)
7 - Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
8 - In return, you must spread this disease in your LJ.

From mrstater

Comment and I will pick 3 things from your Interests list for you to explain a little about.

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

Good point!

1 - NTLJ. Anyone writing long, plotty IC fic should be treasured....
2 - Pub quizzes.
3 - I like your ability to wrongfoot the reader in fics (See 'Sleeping With the Enemy', 'You tell her').
4 - Supportive comments at various points when I was angsting...
5 - I was going to say Tonks... but I think I'll say Cassius instead.
6 - Any tips for writing novel-lenght fic?
7 - Your default. I like the use of the label, and I've always been fond of owls.

[snorkackcatcher]

6 -- I wish I had, I'd have followed them myself. :) Probably the key takeaway from writing NTLJ is that it really helps to have the whole thing written (at least in draft form) before starting to post, rather than just a general outline that's partly in a document and partly in your head, and therefore having to invent lots of things as you go along and add bits that you didn't think of for retroactive continuity. Revising is much easier now that I know exactly what happens twenty chapters down the line and can adjust the setup accordingly. :)