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icarusWelcome to the Fanfiction Chop Shop, where fanfics are taken apart and turned into "real" fiction for the sake of creative writing instructors.
Here we demonstrate that the fanfic author can write, so that said professor will allow a certain fanfic author (namely, me) to include Nanowrimo as part of the creative writing class in the fall.
Cool, huh?
Here's the trick: It can't even look like fanfiction by the time I'm done with it. In fact, he's even iffy about genre fiction, but willing to observe a genre fic that has strong characterization and a plot that doesn't hinge on the cool sci-fi/magical shit.
This means the story I slice apart and buff a little (or a lot) needs to demonstrate:
1) I can write plot, a discernable story arc
2) I can write believable characters (trickier than you think with fanfiction, because we're riffing off canon we already know)
3) I can write setting
4) I can write a clear and consistent character POV
5) it can't be porn
Damn. Yeah. That last one's a toughie. That just took out almost all of my stories (so much for Beg Me For It).
So, the chop shop door is open. Seedy-looking criminals are ready with the grinders, welding equipment, and paint to take a story apart. Now I just need your opinion. Which story or stories should I try to turn into "original" fiction? What's doable do ya think?
[Poll #811473]
ETA: Sorry this is so wide. I wrote my own poll code and didn't know the text box would do that. Grgh. It won't let me edit the poll.
ETA2: Darn. I forgot to include Traces Through Time. Pretend it's there.
Here we demonstrate that the fanfic author can write, so that said professor will allow a certain fanfic author (namely, me) to include Nanowrimo as part of the creative writing class in the fall.
Cool, huh?
Here's the trick: It can't even look like fanfiction by the time I'm done with it. In fact, he's even iffy about genre fiction, but willing to observe a genre fic that has strong characterization and a plot that doesn't hinge on the cool sci-fi/magical shit.
This means the story I slice apart and buff a little (or a lot) needs to demonstrate:
1) I can write plot, a discernable story arc
2) I can write believable characters (trickier than you think with fanfiction, because we're riffing off canon we already know)
3) I can write setting
4) I can write a clear and consistent character POV
5) it can't be porn
Damn. Yeah. That last one's a toughie. That just took out almost all of my stories (so much for Beg Me For It).
So, the chop shop door is open. Seedy-looking criminals are ready with the grinders, welding equipment, and paint to take a story apart. Now I just need your opinion. Which story or stories should I try to turn into "original" fiction? What's doable do ya think?
[Poll #811473]
ETA: Sorry this is so wide. I wrote my own poll code and didn't know the text box would do that. Grgh. It won't let me edit the poll.
ETA2: Darn. I forgot to include Traces Through Time. Pretend it's there.
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Date: 2006-09-01 02:19 am (UTC)I'd really like to see the First Signs of Magic stuff as original, even if you can't make it into something the professor would like. It's a wonderful concept, and original enough that it nearly is original fic anyway, even though it's certainly the Harry Potter characters.
I also liked the idea of using Cursed Artefacts For Sale, partly because the plot seems like it'd be easy to de-fanfic and even possibly de-fantasize.
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Date: 2006-09-01 02:23 am (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-09-01 02:24 am (UTC)