Fandom Snowflake
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keilissSkipped Day 9. Have been posting the links on the comm but that's not really practical when there's catchup and combined days.
Day 10: Create a fanwork. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Ha. Oh god, I need to write a post about that damn fic when I've caught up on Snowflake. Seriously. Want an example of current fanwork? Here's a scrap I'm probably not deleting:
“They learned how to fall back and let enemy forces get across the river and into our trap,” Elrond said, ticking points off on his fingers. “One of them also learned how to fall into the river and had to be rescued lower down which drew away defenders."
“In an actual incursion I’d have left him to drown,” Glorfindel said. “The one sacrificed for the many. I made it clear to them all afterwards.”
Elrond nodded. “For a few minutes I thought it was one of Ereinion’s men, but no such luck."
(will be in chapter something of Pink Flamingo - 16 or 17)
Day 11: In your own space, talk about your creative process(es) — anything from the initial inspiration to how you feel after something’s done. Do you struggle with motivation or is it a smooth process? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to pull out when a fanwork isn’t cooperating? What is your level of planning to pantsing/winging it?
Depends if it's a challenge fic or something I just decide hey, I want to write X (or 'more of X').
Challenge fic -- like a swap or a big bang - starts with me flailing and saying I can't write this prompt. In other words, I struggle with Plot. I make a few useless attempts and delete them. This can go on until I realise there are ten days left, which is when I finally wake up and get on with things - have established that ten days is a reasonable time for me to write and edit and have beta'd up to 10K. Less time than that and I'm in trouble.
Fic I just decided I want to write is different - I write it when it's ready to be written.
Things I need in place: a couple of signposts, either points to cover in a short fic or possible chapter themes for a long one - none of them more than a few words, just to remind me. And I need to know the end point. I PANIC IF I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ENDS. I have carried an ending in my head for 25 chapters. I find it comforting. The fic goes somewhere and then it's over. I find I've done this for too many years to change now.
How I feel at the end? Relief. Bitter loathing turning to love or at least fondness (any fic I don't hate at some point during the process is not a good fic in the end). Occasionally proud of how it turned out - those are normally the ones I had to work for, or just carried me off and were fun and interesting. Usually scared to go near it again for a few weeks. Still haven't reread my Tolkien Reverse Bang fic, though it got really nice comments. I need distance so I can actually read rather than scan for typos/horrendous plot holes.
Day 10: Create a fanwork. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Ha. Oh god, I need to write a post about that damn fic when I've caught up on Snowflake. Seriously. Want an example of current fanwork? Here's a scrap I'm probably not deleting:
“They learned how to fall back and let enemy forces get across the river and into our trap,” Elrond said, ticking points off on his fingers. “One of them also learned how to fall into the river and had to be rescued lower down which drew away defenders."
“In an actual incursion I’d have left him to drown,” Glorfindel said. “The one sacrificed for the many. I made it clear to them all afterwards.”
Elrond nodded. “For a few minutes I thought it was one of Ereinion’s men, but no such luck."
(will be in chapter something of Pink Flamingo - 16 or 17)
Day 11: In your own space, talk about your creative process(es) — anything from the initial inspiration to how you feel after something’s done. Do you struggle with motivation or is it a smooth process? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to pull out when a fanwork isn’t cooperating? What is your level of planning to pantsing/winging it?
Depends if it's a challenge fic or something I just decide hey, I want to write X (or 'more of X').
Challenge fic -- like a swap or a big bang - starts with me flailing and saying I can't write this prompt. In other words, I struggle with Plot. I make a few useless attempts and delete them. This can go on until I realise there are ten days left, which is when I finally wake up and get on with things - have established that ten days is a reasonable time for me to write and edit and have beta'd up to 10K. Less time than that and I'm in trouble.
Fic I just decided I want to write is different - I write it when it's ready to be written.
Things I need in place: a couple of signposts, either points to cover in a short fic or possible chapter themes for a long one - none of them more than a few words, just to remind me. And I need to know the end point. I PANIC IF I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ENDS. I have carried an ending in my head for 25 chapters. I find it comforting. The fic goes somewhere and then it's over. I find I've done this for too many years to change now.
How I feel at the end? Relief. Bitter loathing turning to love or at least fondness (any fic I don't hate at some point during the process is not a good fic in the end). Occasionally proud of how it turned out - those are normally the ones I had to work for, or just carried me off and were fun and interesting. Usually scared to go near it again for a few weeks. Still haven't reread my Tolkien Reverse Bang fic, though it got really nice comments. I need distance so I can actually read rather than scan for typos/horrendous plot holes.
