Wow, so this comm has been silent for... almost two years, but hopefully most of you are still out there, somewhere.

Here's my problem: I'm writing a plotty AU fic told entirely from the perspective of character A because one of the themes of the fic is A gradually uncovering the reality of the world he's living in and how character B fits into it ( Read more... )

Alright. I want you all to tell me how you feel about second-person narrative.

The reaction I've seen to second person, particularly when it comes to discussion of fanfic, is pretty much "WTF are you doing," ranging from "That doesn't even make sense, who uses second person?" to "It can be effective, but who the hell do you think you are, ( Read more... )

Hi, you guys! Like a lot of you here, I have done the insane and signed myself up for the STBB. And I was on a roll with writing for once when I came upon a problem.

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I'm assuming here that most of us are somewhat familiar with fanfic of the porny kind, in a reading and/or a writing capacity - right? Yeah I thought so :D ( Read more... )

People who write long!fic, how do you approach chapters/parts?

What I mean is, do you sit down and write a plan along the lines of 'In Chapter One, X, Y and Z happen. In Chapter Two...' or do you just have an overall outline, write to that and then split your fic up at parts that seem like natural chapter breaks?

I ask because I'm halfway through ( ( Read more... )

I'm in the midst of plotting out a long fic, and one of the components of this fic is Uhura and Spock teaching Kirk to dance formal-style. Since I know just a little about music types and nothing about dancing, I have turned to y'all for help. Youtube and wikipedia can tell me how to teach or do a dance enough to write about it, but not what needs ( Read more... )

I've made a start on something that's unlikely to become epic, but it is a definite series. Usually I'll just write a piece that could function as a standalone then make the decision to continue at a later date (zombie bunny! Aaiiiee!) but this one is definitely going to continue over a few chapters at the very least. I'm not used to being aware of ( Read more... )

 I have a K/S bunny. It's a simple, humble bunny that has been written a thousand times over. Do I write it, hoping that I've got something new to add?

The British critic Christopher Booker has a theory that there are only 7 stories to be told - Tragedy, Comedy, Overcoming the Monster, Voyage and Return, Quest, Rags to Riches, and Rebirth. ( Read more... )

I've been wondering about this one for a while. There was a time when I found it very difficult to get into anything written in the present tense, and once I did I found it alarming and strange to emerge from that and go on to read something set in the past tense. These days I'm pretty used to it and find it one of my dominant styles. It's gone ( Read more... )

Hi everybody :)
A - Thanks for being so awesome so fast
B - If your post is more than a few lines long, please stick the rest behind an LJ cut. Someone asked for it and I think it's a reasonable request.

Thanks! So . . . song fic y/n?