Ficathon progress, woo and hoo!

[fignewton]

So, my sg1teamficathon story went off to my marvelous beta. I told randomfreshink that the plot wasn't supposed to be there, and she would probably want to cut out lots of boring scenes. But does she get the hint? Noooooooo. Instead, she asked for more!

Silly beta. :)

On the other hand? Random has an incredible talent for spotting the potential in a story and helping the author make it work. So thanks, Random - I think this one is going to be a lot of fun!

Mind you, it's half a ficzilla in length. In fact, if you combine it with the other ficathon story - the one for sg_ep_ficathon, which I have thankfully thrown in Random's direction - it comes out to more or less the same length as my original ficzilla.

Perhaps I should stay away from ficathons for a while. Learn how to drabble. :)

How about you, teamy goodness flisters? How's your ficathon coming? Pump me for sympathy or pat yourself on the back right here!

Comments

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Ficzilla territory!

I keep finding that the characters aren't particularly interested in what I planned to write. It's more a matter of my scribing what they're doing, sometimes.

And, of course, Teal'c always rocks. :)

The sign-up for the ep ficathon was long before the team ficathon. It's entirely accidental that they ended up due within a day of each other!

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Not entirely accidental, I remember glancing and knowing the team one was coming up. And, I'm trying to challenge myself not to write missing scenes, since a lot of my fic is so episode based already.

I'll be happy to read the stories though. Heh.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Oh, who remembers what was when any more? The important thing is more fic! :)

The big thing, for me, is writing plotlines that aren't actually episode-based. This ficathon will be my second one and I'm actually pretty surprised at how well I think it came out.

But it's interesting that you see ep-based as something... less. I love ep-based fics. I love original storylines, too, natch. But I'm still intrigued by the attitude.

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

But it's interesting that you see ep-based as something... less. I love ep-based fics. I love original storylines, too, natch. But I'm still intrigued by the attitude.

EEEP! I don't see it as something less. Not at all. It's my favorite kind to read and write...exploring more of what is seen onscreen.

I have found that attitude, though (and encountered it by more one than one person who says "you write good stories, too bad it's all episode based"). Missing scene stories get a bad rap, but I find the most amazing stories can be when a writer can take a story that everyone who's watched the show knows, and keep those same facts of canon intact, but still be able to make it fresh, unique, or a twist on perspective. I love that as a challenge as a writer, and I revel in it as a reader.

I have inspiration enough from the episodes to have a huge WIP list already.

But for me, fanfic writing is also meant to be a way to practice all my writing skills, and if I'm using the episodes themselves, then I have the basic outline and story structure/chronology already set up. The episodes are my primary inspiration (as my huge WIP list and current stories can attest), but where else can I grab inspiration? I want to stretch my own outlining and brainstorming skills. That's really what I meant.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

How odd to get that reaction from readers. Both ep tag and ep independent fics are capable of being amazingly written or wincingly bad.

I do understand what you mean about practicing your writing skills, though! SG-1 my first fandom in which I've created actual plots of any length. So, yes. And sorry for the misunderstanding. :)

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

For me a lot of the question is whether the episode-based fic is just a scene or whether it actually has a story arc of it's own. I tend not to be able to regard a fic as *finished* if it doesn't have an internal arc of it's own, even if it's inseparably dependent on the inspiring episode. And yet almost everything I do is episode based. But I often quite enjoy fics that really are just missing scenes- I just don't think that way myself.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

And I love that you do that. We discussed this once, I think: how a story may take place within an ep, but the story isn't about the ep. Those are the best kind, yes, but regular missing scene/ep tags have their charm, too.

Hey, if it's gen? And there's teamy goodness involved, or even one of my favorite guys? You know I'm going to like it. :)