Well, it looks like I'm going to Otakon this year after all, since one of my fellow panelists from last year contacted me and said he'd like to run a fanfic panel again
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So do I. I wish to gods I knew who to credit it to, since I found it uncredited on a journal that has since been deleted. I live in hope that the original creator will someday go "HEY THAT'S MY ICON YOU BITCH" so that I may properly worship them and ask permission.
Nothing much enlightening to say for your panel but I must say YAYZ for you coming to Otakon! YAYZ! Erm, IC vs. OOC is always a good topic but is also a bone of contention so maybe you don't want to deal with that. If you don't want to handle AUs, you could look at aftermath/future projection/past speculation fics and their roles in fanfiction maybe, esp. their differences with stories set mid-continuity. Just a thought.
I ran the fanfic panel for Otakon for a few years. Haven't been to it recently as they keep scheduling it at about two in the morning. :)
Some popular topics: OOC fics, why people write them, and how to label them; What makes an AU an AU and how to avoid simply rewriting the anime/manga ("This is exactly the same as the anime but Zoro's hair is blue!"); how to break writer's block. If it's an after hours panel, you could discuss common pitfalls in writing sex and how to avoid them.
Don't avoid things merely because it provokes debate. Debate is what a good panel is about. You just have to know when to end the debate and tell the audience member that we're moving on now. Fanfic panels need a strong moderator (and possibly a security member in the audience).
We underestimated the amount of time that our planned discussion would take to run, and we were THE last panel of the night, so I had to run through the second half of our presentation in about five minutes before security kicked us out. >>;
I always worry about being too blunt at these panels--I'm a member of GodAwful Fanfiction, so I tend to be vicious about flaws in stories and have zero tolerance for severely OOC fics. We're not out to make people cry...at least not where I have to see it.
It can be hard when things run over. We always had a list of things we planned to discuss, but never got through it. Basically, if a topic goes on forever but the majority of the audience is enjoying the discussion, I think that's a good thing. The danger is, is the topic you're discussing only interesting to the two people arguing about it
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Some popular topics: OOC fics, why people write them, and how to label them; What makes an AU an AU and how to avoid simply rewriting the anime/manga ("This is exactly the same as the anime but Zoro's hair is blue!"); how to break writer's block. If it's an after hours panel, you could discuss common pitfalls in writing sex and how to avoid them.
Don't avoid things merely because it provokes debate. Debate is what a good panel is about. You just have to know when to end the debate and tell the audience member that we're moving on now. Fanfic panels need a strong moderator (and possibly a security member in the audience).
Out of curiosity, what happened last year?
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I always worry about being too blunt at these panels--I'm a member of GodAwful Fanfiction, so I tend to be vicious about flaws in stories and have zero tolerance for severely OOC fics. We're not out to make people cry...at least not where I have to see it.
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