Plei, the challenge might have been for less than 1000 words. Don't think it was 1000 exactly.
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
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Elena - Apr 14, 2003 1:55:23 am PDT #4800 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
P.M. Marc - Apr 14, 2003 2:07:27 am PDT #4801 of 10000
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 have two paragraphs of dialogue.
I'm so far from a story, I don't even know where I'd look on a map. Fuck it. I'll just write 1000 words of gay sex and call it good.
Elena - Apr 14, 2003 2:26:59 am PDT #4802 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
Is there another definition of good of which I am unaware?
Am-Chau Yarkona - Apr 14, 2003 2:42:14 am PDT #4803 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I'll just write 1000 words of gay sex and call it good.
Sounds like a plan to me.
And once again, thanks, SA.
Anne W. - Apr 14, 2003 3:52:51 am PDT #4804 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Wow, it looks like I missed out on good discussion while I was away from the computer yesterday. It's always interesting to read about people's take on fic writing/reading.
While I have little trouble reading NC-17, I find that my own writing tends to stick to a PG-13 rating. Also, like UTTAD, I really like to stick to canon when at all possible. What I really like to do, however, is to fill in gaps or uncharted territory in known canon. I think I've read just a little too much Tim Powers in my time.
askye - Apr 14, 2003 7:49:42 am PDT #4805 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
The Flashficathon is for 1000 words exactly. I know Mad Poetess asked about it, Marqueitte was going to post a FAQ, actually there was one in the email, you just had to scroll down-I didn't notice it until I was staring at the way my pairings were worded trying to figure out if those were separate pairings or a weird way to ask for a foursome.
I have something like 75, of which I'll end up keep probabyly 30.
The problem is I keep seeing it in my head and can't translate it to words. Or when I can translate it to words I'm in the car driving, which sucks.
shrift - Apr 14, 2003 8:10:37 am PDT #4806 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Huh. Someone just wrote me and told me I should try to use more international slang in my stories.
I have no idea how to respond, especially since it was about a story where Gunn is the POV character. The babe's from SoCal ,and there's no indication that he's particularly well-traveled.
And what the hell IS international slang, anyway?
Am-Chau Yarkona - Apr 14, 2003 8:24:17 am PDT #4807 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
what the hell IS international slang, anyway?
I have no idea what they mean, shrift, but my initial reaction is "at last! A language geek's name for 'lol' 'rotflmao' and '4Evah!1!'."
When in doubt, mock.
Rebecca Lizard - Apr 14, 2003 8:24:21 am PDT #4808 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
Huh. Someone just wrote me and told me I should try to use more international slang in my stories.
Heh.
I'm luvv with Anna's latest project. Really well-done free indirect discourse is one of my literary kinks. I get all purry.
Jane St Clair, whose footprints I worship, did a Three Things that Never Happened to Ethan bit.
P.M. Marc - Apr 14, 2003 8:24:36 am PDT #4809 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
And what the hell IS international slang, anyway?
I think you should reply with "Hose off, eh?" in true Bob and Doug fashion.