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cadhla

Fanfic: Where's Waldo?

Aug 08, 2006 10:27

Title: Where’s Waldo?
Rating: R, for language and sexual references.
Fandom: Veronica Mars.
Synopsis: Written for buffyx's Veronica Mars Unconventional Pairings Ficathon, for hobviously, who wanted tentative friendship, humour, and making fun of Veronica. Set after the end of season two, this has, by its very nature, a hell of a lot of spoilers.

( Mac’s locked in her bedroom -- has been locked in her bedroom for three days now, all trauma and tears and consumption of the West Coast supply of Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream -- and Veronica, of course, is locked in there with her... )

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markbernstein August 8 2006, 17:38:08 UTC

Hon, that's barely PG-13, and I'm glad for it. After some of the stuff I've read, having this not turn out to be that kind of Logan/Wallace story was a real relief. :)

Good stuff, too.

cadhla August 8 2006, 17:41:24 UTC

I always try to rate a liiiiittle harsher than necessary, and the word 'fuck' pretty much auto-elevates to an R according to the ratings board, so.

Glad you enjoyed it! And uck, no.

markbernstein August 9 2006, 01:45:06 UTC

Idle curiosity: Have you ever considered coming up with a full plot, and writing and submitting a spec script?

cadhla August 9 2006, 01:46:14 UTC

VM doesn't currently view spec scripts; you're pretty much writing staff, or not, as far as I know. Alas.

markbernstein August 9 2006, 02:58:38 UTC

Ah, too bad. I do recall reading, however, that coming up with the best possible spec script for a show you know and love well gives you something you can send around to agents and such as a sample. Granted, it was a loooong time ago that I read it.

Don't pay me too much mind here. It's late, I'm tired and about to go to bed, and just thinking aloud. (thinking a-type?)

djonn August 9 2006, 08:29:41 UTC

I believe that's accurate wisdom, based on the couple of television writers I know -- if you are trying to break into TV scriptwriting, you show the producers of the show you're trying to break into a spec script for some other current Hot Show of similar mindset. Thus, for instance, you would show the producers of Bones a spec script for CSI, or the NCIS people a script for The Unit.

There is a catch, however. A far, far higher percentage of shows today are wholly or entirely staff-written; there are very few slots available for freelancers to write for primetime. So this sort of audition is geared toward getting staff jobs (and/or the agent and/or manager who can get you staff jobs).

For those interested in genuine insider info, you could do worse than poking around in the back posts of tightropegirl's journal; she posts infrequently at best, but her show credits run from Profiler through The Agency and Tru Calling to House.

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