No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.

Early ,'Objects In Space'


Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?

This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.


Lee - Aug 08, 2011 5:40:34 pm PDT #7206 of 10434
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Oh, yeah, I must have promised someone a set, so...good question.

ME!!!!


Dana - Aug 08, 2011 5:42:24 pm PDT #7207 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Perkins it is!


Lee - Aug 08, 2011 6:41:25 pm PDT #7208 of 10434
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Woot! Let me know about sending you money.


§ ita § - Aug 09, 2011 5:29:51 pm PDT #7209 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I wonder if this could help writing fic.


§ ita § - Aug 10, 2011 4:31:03 pm PDT #7210 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

How much prompt is too much? One of the artista in the reverse bang is doing 5 ch for each of her prompts. She is mad talented and publicly fast since she is doing two prompts, five each.

She's got a great sense of story and her pics are always emotional. So I wonder how writers work with that. Doing a collaboration with her would be amazing. But five is a pretty big prompt.

Would you, as a writer feel backed against a wall?


Amy - Aug 10, 2011 4:35:31 pm PDT #7211 of 10434
Because books.

Five does seem like a lot. With that many, she's sort of telling the story for you.


Consuela - Aug 10, 2011 4:54:19 pm PDT #7212 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Would you, as a writer feel backed against a wall?

Probably. But it would depend. I did fine with a prompt once that was, like, "Shoelaces, sacrifice, blue". I can deal with that, or with a random quote.

But the prompts that are like, "Jack falls down a hill and breaks his leg and Daniel has to carry him back to the Stargate and they talk about their childhoods"--those I can't do. You gotta let me see the story myself, and I will fit it to the prompt.


shrift - Aug 10, 2011 6:37:19 pm PDT #7213 of 10434
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I have two unclaimed VividCon DVD sets, so I can send you one, amych.


§ ita § - Aug 11, 2011 4:58:06 am PDT #7214 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Can I have one, shrift?

The artist in question (petite_madame) is probably going to come up with a great narrative with her images. Me, I'm just sticking to one picture per prompt. I don't feel like it's my job to tell the author what to write, just to trigger their imagination. And I don't have the sort of confidence in my work she clearly does.


SailAweigh - Aug 11, 2011 5:00:28 am PDT #7215 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I think it's one thing to provide 'a' picture for a prompt and then once the story is written, do more if the story inspires; I've seen that frequently in the Star Trek Reverse Bang. But I could not write a story where there were already 5 pictures; I'd feel too constrained.