I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.

Dawn ,'Selfless'


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.


P.M. Marc - Jul 10, 2015 7:05:07 am PDT #9690 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

That doesn't sound like me. I actively avoid 99.75% of Darcy fic. Like, I will hit it if it is femslash, fucking weird, or by a friend I trust a lot. I mean, it is possible! But doesn't sound like something I would read.


P.M. Marc - Jul 10, 2015 7:05:41 am PDT #9691 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Though there is someone on AO3 using my real name as a pseud.


Kiba Rika - Jul 10, 2015 8:54:03 am PDT #9692 of 10434
I may have to seize the cat.

I was reading a ton of blithers's stuff in rapid succession. Now I want to track this down. Nay, I'm GOING to track it down.

Ah. It was New Girl. I thought it was you, but maybe I'm wrong?


P.M. Marc - Jul 10, 2015 3:36:51 pm PDT #9693 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Yes! That was me!


P.M. Marc - Jul 10, 2015 3:38:57 pm PDT #9694 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I was reading a lot of sitcom fic in 2013.


Kiba Rika - Jul 11, 2015 6:50:32 am PDT #9695 of 10434
I may have to seize the cat.

I wrote some New Girl stuff. Nothing as good as blithers, though.


P.M. Marc - Aug 08, 2015 10:13:19 am PDT #9696 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

HEY! Long-form writers: how do you approach your re-writes?


Beverly - Aug 08, 2015 10:36:05 am PDT #9697 of 10434
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Let someone else read it, and note where they go "huh? Did you mean this? Or that? And what about that thing, don't you need to set that up earlier?" And stuff. And then incorporate/take out/clarify/streamline those things in the next draft. Sometimes if it's been a while since I looked at an earlier section I can catch those things myself. Mostly I'm too immersed to catch even typos, though.


Connie Neil - Aug 08, 2015 10:40:23 am PDT #9698 of 10434
brillig

I'm arrogant enough that I don't usually use a beta (ah, the old days, when I had people I trusted in the same fandom I was writing in). I tend to post chapters as I go, so I try to plot out where I'm going, and if I come up with a great idea later I'll either pout that I blocked myself out of using it or think of twists in order to fit it in.

I am an outlier when it comes to writing methods. My first draft is in my head, I have no problem going back and fixing things while I'm writing, I like working without a net.


P.M. Marc - Aug 08, 2015 11:51:55 am PDT #9699 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I don't post WIPs, because I would totes magotes lose my motivation if I did. I am constantly revising.

My biggest issue right now is that there are two chapters that still need tweaking to fit the novel structure--I completed them when I thought I was writing a novella.