The Never Have I Ever Writing Tag

I've seen this floating around, and I was actually tagged by Eva (thanks, friend!).

Rules:

1. Link to and thank the blogger who tagged you.

2. Include the graphic somewhere in your post (or make your own!).

3. Answer the questions truthfully and honestly.

4. Tag 3 bloggers.

Def not going to do that last one; I'm going to take the classic coward's way out and nominate anyone who WANTS to be nominated. 😁

Also, pics for this post will be from my Pinterest board for the Rhiannon/Alejandro/Ronan story I've been working on, in celebration of the fact that I just finished the first draft!!  [Also, Imma hereafter refer to it as A Harmless Chaos, since that's the working title and it's less clunky than "the Rhiannon/Alejandro/Ronan story". 😆]

Never have I ever . . .

. . . started a novel that I did not finish.

Sweet child.  The purity of this suggestion.

. . . written a story completely by hand.

I have, actually.  Not a novel, so far, but I am going to try, I think, because there are certain advantages that really do help me.

. . . changed tenses midway through a story.

Well, one of the books I'm working on right now will have a couple flashbacks interspersed throughout, and those will be written in present tense while the rest of the book will be in past.  So, technically, yeah.

. . . not researched anything before starting a story.

Yep.  I don't need that much research before starting a fantasy novel, usually.  I often have to later, but not initially.

. . . changed my protagonist's name halfway through a draft.

I don't think so, actually.  Not the protagonist.

. . . written a story in a month or less.

Stories, yes; novels, no.  Well, that is . . . I did piece a novel together in less than a month, but that was following several months of scattered scene-writing and plotting.  So I did write maybe half a novel and figure out where to place the other, previously written half in a month, but I've never plotted/written/completed a full novel in a single one-month span.

. . . fallen asleep while writing.

Nope.  I've gotten tired and decided to stop writing so that I could fall asleep while writing, but I've never drifted off over the page itself.

. . . corrected someone's grammar irl/online.

Probably, and I'm sure I've corrected my family's grammar in real life, but I don't like to do it online.

. . . yelled in all caps at myself in the middle of a novel.

Yes. 😆  At least, I'm pretty sure I have.  I've definitely Made Snarky Remarks to myself in outlines, etc.

. . . used "I'm writing" as an excuse.

Mmmmmm . . . like, just barely, I think?  (As in, when I've been "in the groove" and someone in my house has invited me to play a game or something, I've sometimes opted to keep writing.)

. . . killed a character who was based off someone I know in real life.

Nope.

. . . used pop culture references in a story.

I have!  I incorporated Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" into my Susan story; it was A Whole Big Thing.

. . . written between the hours of 1 AM and 6 AM.

I'm pretty sure, but, again, just barely.  I probably wrote until 1:12 and then went straight to bed or something like that.

. . . drank an entire pot of coffee while writing.

No, ma'ams.

. . . written down dreams to use in potential novels.

I don't think so, but it's a neat idea.

. . . published an unedited story on the Internet/Wattpad/blog.

Never completely unedited, no.

. . . procrastinated homework because I wanted to write.

No, actually.  My writing tends to fall by the wayside when I'm in school.

. . . typed so long that my wrists hurt.

Yep.

. . . spilled a drink on my laptop while writing.

Nope.

. . . forgotten to save my work/draft.

I've been writing by hand or on Google Drive for a while now, so not lately.

. . . finished a novel.

As of a couple weeks ago, I can finally say yes!

. . . laughed like an evil villain while writing a scene.

No. 😝

. . . cried while writing a scene.

I can't remember.  I think the Susan story made me tear up maybe one or two times, but I don't think any full tears have ever fallen.  We shall see.

. . . created maps of my fictional worlds.

Nooooo.  Nor can I ever see myself doing so.  A) I'm not together enough as an author to be able to, and B) I don't really care for maps myself.

. . . researched something shady for a novel.

Yes. 😄

And that's it!  Would you have any of the same answers?