Twist on the "how you know it's me" meme

[amanuensis1]

I like the "top ten things that tell a reader it's one of my fics" meme, but I'm not so clueful as to recognize these elements in my own stories. You guys are boggling me with how insightful you are towards your own writing style. I mean, sure, I write certain characters a lot, and there are themes like smut and non-con, but I don't think about writing style when I write--I think about the specific story and where it's going and that's pretty much it. I just...write, the way that I do because that's what I do and how it comes out.

So, fine. A number of you have said you were able to peg my stories in the anonymous fic exchanges right away. Help me out here: tell me how. Yes, that's right, I'm asking you to do the meme for me. This is not a roundabout way of asking for compliments; I'd really like to know what I do that not everyone does in order to understand style better. And if it's just, "Well, you write those characters and you write non-con," let me know! That way I can know it's that simple and there's no other magic to it. (Well-meaning negative feedback is certainly welcome as well.)

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[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

...Okay, I'm hot just reading this. XD Seriously, I loved this list, so, if it's not true, I sure as heck want it to be true! Yes, I love hero!Harry, and a Harry who's not afraid to hold fast. The linear thing! Bwah ha ha ha ha, oh, no, I certainly can't deny that. :D Sorry for making Lucius suffer. But he's on the wrong side and we're getting to the end here, and, well. Anyway, sorry. I love love love Top!Snape--the guy's been used and teased so wrongly in his life I think it hits my "dammit, no more!" instincts. I used to assume Snape had his own agenda but the last book told me he'd been following Dumbledore's. Doesn't matter, I can still enjoy him AU that way. ^_^ I don't think I have the skill to show Snape blossoming to love with Sirius, easier just to start from the hate and go right for the sex. ^_^ Sirius likes sex. Sirius is not afraid to like sex. With lots of people. Good for him. And snarly, subby Draco? Alla way, baby. God, this made me squee. XD