Don’t be shy, step up and Rec Yourself.

Writers, what is the PB story you would offer to someone who could only read one of your Prison Break fanfics? Just one fic.

Comment with a link, but not just a link - you have to tell us why you think that one story best exemplifies you as an author ( Read more... )

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The other day, our History of Literature lecturer began talking about fan fiction as though it was a new, fascinating phenomenon in literature; one that the class, as future librarians, should be aware of. At first he really cracked me up, because he was all over terms like "Mary Sue" and "slash" like it was secret ( Read more... )

Fun character discussion on Mahone, Michael (some Lincoln), responsibility and redemption

There is something I've been wondering about for a while. Basically, where's the Sucre fic? Again, I'm not really suggesting anything, for starters, I'm not writing any nor can I really say for sure that I would definitely fall all over myself to read it if one was posted. Still, I wonder. Sucre seems to be well liked enough. He has a decent amount ( Read more... )

Looking at pb_recs and the different categories you can give a fic made me think and what I should give mine. Basically, what constitutes an AU ( Read more... )

Challenges I wish would exist ( Read more... )

Here is a question that has been bugging me for a while: Let's say you have one character you favor. A character you feel sexually attracted to above all others. (of Michael for the Michael/Wentfans, Lincoln for the Lincoln Lovers, Mahone for the Mahonis... etc ( Read more... )

halfshellvenus has opened another round of pbfic_exchange2. You can sign up for it here.

In case you haven't heard about it.

• You request a fic that you would like.
• You specify what you would be willing to write.
• You get somebody else's wish and write a story for then, while somebody gets your request and writes for you

Basically, you write one story, you receive one story.I ( Read more... )

Why do fools fall in love?

This month’s DA will be about the love stories on PB. In last month’s DA I wrote: I know you are just talking about M/S but I think the writers don't necessarily know how to write a male in love on this show that doesn't do stupid things. Michael, C-Note, Sucre, T-bag. But that's a topic for another day.

We’ve all ( Read more... )

Reposted from emrinalexander's LJ

Kurt Vonnegut's
Eight rules for writing fiction:1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted ( Read more... )