I've been writing fanfic for over eleven years now (and writing for a heck of a lot longer than that).

In those eleven years I have never binned a WIP story no matter how little it seems to be working or how little it grabs me. I have always kept it in a WIP folder just in case at some point I do feel inspired to continue it, or indeed I can use ( Read more... )

Unlike some fandoms NCIS is a very open to all and every pairing fandom and that is one of the many reasons I love it so much. ( At least it is here on LJ, from a few comments I have heard over the years I've been involved  sadly it isn't quite the same on some lists)So I don't see Gibbs/DiNozzo as a couple (the main pairing) but that doesn't ( Read more... )

When I did the various 'Five Questions' meme, one of the questions londonronnie asked me was: If you had to choose between watching your main fandom show or writing fanfic based on it, what would be your choice and why?My answer, after consideration was I'd choose writing fanfic, because as much as I love seeing the show as a whole and watching my pairing(s) ( Read more... )

sagaluthien asked some interesting questions on her LJ about WIPs. I answered her questions there and am also posting my answers here ( Read more... )

Although this essay uses examples from NCIS, the points I raise can pretty much apply to any current show fandom when compared to non-current show fandom. (There are some vague spoilers for NCIS Season Four in particular behind the cut and a major one for Season Two).

So NCIS has been renewed for a fifth season (thanks to becky_monster for the news). Oddly ( Read more... )

When I first go into fandom some seven years ago, I had two things drilled into me ( Read more... )

In fanfic what are unhappy endings?

Does the term 'unhappy ending' apply to the characters? Or to the reader? Or to both?

Take the two following scenarios (I'm not going to make it fandom, pairing or even gender specific, just imagine they are your favourite pairing or any other two fandom characters in a longish term established relationship).

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My good friend aingeal8c and I were discussing how we dealt with writing challenges as far as sorting out prompts for our stories go, and we are pretty much complete opposites in how we go about it ( Read more... )

Following on from my previous post, I started to wonder whether you could have Pre-Het as a genre?

And before you all think 'Nikki's flipped, that's Gen', consider this:

We have the genre Pre-Slash to indicate stories where characters of the same gender haven't actually got together, haven't kissed, haven't even shared their feelings, so why can' ( Read more... )

Thank you to all of you who took my most recent poll, and also for expanding on your choices in the comments - it made for some very interesting and educational reading.

On one hand, given the comments for my previous poll, together with bits and pieces I'd picked up around fandom, I wasn't surprised by the results. On the other hand, part of me ( Read more... )