italo calvino
Someone mentioned Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler on the meme earlier, and it reminded me that the DW fic that I have always wanted to write, but knew I don't have the skills to actually do it any justice, is based on that book. It would start off with a future male companion of Thirteen's who finds and starts reading the Doctor's however-many-years diary, maybe starting off with a One adventure, only to find that, gasp! the last several pages of what he's reading is gone! So he goes off in search of the rest of the pages, on the way meeting a fellow female companion who joins him on his search. And every story they find that they think finishes off the last adventure they read is about a different Doctor and whichever companion(s) is currently traveling with him.
And of course, like the book it's based on, every story chapter would be written in a different genre and style, with different themes being explored, though I've never been sure if the writing process would be one of those because, tbh, if you want that, read the original book.
...and dammit, now I want to reread If on a winter's night a traveler, but I told myself I wouldn't until I finished all of Calvino's books. Shoot, where's The Baron in the Trees...?
And of course, like the book it's based on, every story chapter would be written in a different genre and style, with different themes being explored, though I've never been sure if the writing process would be one of those because, tbh, if you want that, read the original book.
...and dammit, now I want to reread If on a winter's night a traveler, but I told myself I wouldn't until I finished all of Calvino's books. Shoot, where's The Baron in the Trees...?