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greerwatson) wrote2014-11-07 06:37 am
greerwatson) wrote2014-11-07 06:37 am
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Yuletide dilemmas
So here we are, a week after getting assignments; and have I started to write mine? No, I've been thoroughly sidetracked writing something else entirely.
I hasten to add that this is not because there's anything the matter with my match. If it's not the fandom I'd hoped for, that's only because I'd also offered a teeny tiny fandom-with-no-fic that I have always loved, which was also requested last year. At that time, I made the decision to focus on other treats first; and, when these turned out to be unexpectedly time-consuming, I never got back to it. Nor did I finish it as a New Year's Resolution. So I was delighted to find that the same person requested it again this year.
Still, that's a minor point. I still intend—fingers crossed—to write it as a treat this year. And, as for the fandom in which I did match, I was thinking of treating someone in it anyway; so matching simply means a longer story.
However, there is another book (which I shall not name) which is the latest/last in a series. I read it recently, and was immediately enthused with an idea for a paper, for which I wrote a proposal, which—if accepted—will be given at a conference next year. That, of course, has nothing to do with Yuletide. However, I was intrigued to see that the series turned up in the tagset; so I decided to include it among my offers.
I then found myself possessed of a plot bunny involving two of the characters in the tagset. (This might or might not have been suitable for a Yuletide story, of course, depending on the prompt.)
Then, as far as I can tell (and I've been through the summary closely), the fandom was never requested!
The plot bunny didn't care.
It simply kicked me with its long hind legs until I wrote it.
So ... there it is. A perfectly nice little story, of a shortish but adequate length.
Unrequested.
Clearly, therefore, not anything to do with Yuletide. But try telling it that. It knows perfectly well that, if it hadn't been for the Yuletide tagset I'd never have come up with the plot, for which reason it is firmly convinced that it is a Yuletide treat.
Now, how do I explain to it that it's wrong?
I hasten to add that this is not because there's anything the matter with my match. If it's not the fandom I'd hoped for, that's only because I'd also offered a teeny tiny fandom-with-no-fic that I have always loved, which was also requested last year. At that time, I made the decision to focus on other treats first; and, when these turned out to be unexpectedly time-consuming, I never got back to it. Nor did I finish it as a New Year's Resolution. So I was delighted to find that the same person requested it again this year.
Still, that's a minor point. I still intend—fingers crossed—to write it as a treat this year. And, as for the fandom in which I did match, I was thinking of treating someone in it anyway; so matching simply means a longer story.
However, there is another book (which I shall not name) which is the latest/last in a series. I read it recently, and was immediately enthused with an idea for a paper, for which I wrote a proposal, which—if accepted—will be given at a conference next year. That, of course, has nothing to do with Yuletide. However, I was intrigued to see that the series turned up in the tagset; so I decided to include it among my offers.
I then found myself possessed of a plot bunny involving two of the characters in the tagset. (This might or might not have been suitable for a Yuletide story, of course, depending on the prompt.)
Then, as far as I can tell (and I've been through the summary closely), the fandom was never requested!
The plot bunny didn't care.
It simply kicked me with its long hind legs until I wrote it.
So ... there it is. A perfectly nice little story, of a shortish but adequate length.
Unrequested.
Clearly, therefore, not anything to do with Yuletide. But try telling it that. It knows perfectly well that, if it hadn't been for the Yuletide tagset I'd never have come up with the plot, for which reason it is firmly convinced that it is a Yuletide treat.
Now, how do I explain to it that it's wrong?
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Is there a community for that fandom? If so, tell them!
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There are also no stories on AO3 or FF.net, though there are a very small number for one of the author's other books. (No, that book doesn't have a community either. Nor is there one focused on the author.)
Clearly, although the series has fans, this is only in a "non-fannish" sense of the word. There is no fandom, at least not in the way the term is used hereabouts.
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Do you know anyone likely to be familiar with communities for fan fiction based on children's books?
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She says that she doesn't know of any communities except those dedicated to specific book fandoms.
It can be uploaded to the Madness collection when it opens! In that case, it is given to the "yuletide_archivist" as a general present to the community as a whole.
As you can imagine, the plot bunny is hopping up and down with glee, poking me in the ribs and saying, "I told you so! I told you so! I said I was for Yuletide!"
And, as it turns out, it was right.
(Or, as HHerzoff put it, "Theoretically if it was in the tagset, someone must be out there who wanted fic.")
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From that you can tell that I saw a fandom in the tag-set that I want to write, but it then didn't appear to be requested....
(No, its not one I share with you)
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Me, I'm in the (un)enviable position of having my girlfriend be my recipient. She's my beta, we live together, and she's already finished with her story and beginning to poke me about mine.
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The mere fact that I never told her anything about my assignment, when she and I always share details (and beta each other's stories), clued her in pretty fast.
I bet, if you continue shtum, you'll find after the reveal that she says she guessed ... oh, about now, probably.
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Yes, that's pretty well the way that Flo reacted, too. Barring the smiles, which obviously I couldn't see being on the other side of the Atlantic.
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According to the rules you're really not meant to identify your recipient publicly before reveals - and ideally not to anyone apart from your beta. Among other things, if she hasn't guessed already, she might come across your comment here!
So it might be best to screen or delete these comments?
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