2009 Assignments/Dear Author Letters
The 2009 Grey's Exchange assignment emails have been emailed. If you haven't received your email, check your spam filter and that the email in your sign-up form was correct (at the Livejournal sign-up post and Dreamwidth sign-up post) and then contact us via comments here, or email at greysexchange@gmail.com
Now that assignments have been mailed, it's time for Dear Author letters. You may remember this as the Suggestion Post exercise last year.
What do you do for a Dear Author letter?
You write a letter to your author about what you like and dislike in fanfic. Some suggestions to write about include listing any kinks or squicks your author might like to know, and talking about why you like the pairings/platonic relationships in your requests.
It can be as short or as long as you like, just remember the golden rule: your dear author letter should help your author get a better idea of what you'd like to see. It's there to help them write a great fic you'll enjoy. It isn't, however, a place to make demands. Please talk about all of your requests, as you don't know which of your requests your author was assigned to. There's no point making anyone feel guilty because they can't write one of your requests.
So, talk about what you like and dislike about the romantic or platonic relationships in your requests, what you'd like them to include or avoid in the story (if they can), and be sure to talk a little about all of your requests.
You can post your dear author letter in a comment to this post, or if it's long in a public post on your private journal. If you do the latter, please drop a link in the comments of this post to help your author find it better. We really encourage everyone to write a letter to their author. Many writers find it useful to get a little more guidance, and it can only increase the chances of your gift fic being exactly what you were hoping for.
Now that assignments have been mailed, it's time for Dear Author letters. You may remember this as the Suggestion Post exercise last year.
What do you do for a Dear Author letter?
You write a letter to your author about what you like and dislike in fanfic. Some suggestions to write about include listing any kinks or squicks your author might like to know, and talking about why you like the pairings/platonic relationships in your requests.
It can be as short or as long as you like, just remember the golden rule: your dear author letter should help your author get a better idea of what you'd like to see. It's there to help them write a great fic you'll enjoy. It isn't, however, a place to make demands. Please talk about all of your requests, as you don't know which of your requests your author was assigned to. There's no point making anyone feel guilty because they can't write one of your requests.
So, talk about what you like and dislike about the romantic or platonic relationships in your requests, what you'd like them to include or avoid in the story (if they can), and be sure to talk a little about all of your requests.
You can post your dear author letter in a comment to this post, or if it's long in a public post on your private journal. If you do the latter, please drop a link in the comments of this post to help your author find it better. We really encourage everyone to write a letter to their author. Many writers find it useful to get a little more guidance, and it can only increase the chances of your gift fic being exactly what you were hoping for.