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icarusI rewrote a fanfic as original work last night.* Considering the professor's disdain for "genre" fiction I picked something that could be taken out of genre (not admitting which story it was, because you all knew better).
Ugh.
All the character tension drained out like color under a blacklight.
So I started adding in bits of backstory, but, then the character hook came into the picture just too late.
Shit.
Maybe I need better criminals in my chop-shop. Or else to revisualize the entire story, start-to-finish. Or give up and write a quickie original fic. (*sigh* I don't have tiiiiimmmme....)
- Oh. In the meantime, I'm hard at work on that Mission Report for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
sga_flashfic. All three of my betas loved it, but one had many, many suggestions. It's been sent, now. Ve Vait for Ze Beta.
- The John-Screws-Up fic... still stuck. (Thanks, Lorne.)
- Out Of Bounds... in need of tighter outline now that it has a second storyline.
- Unnamed John/Rodney porn... I can always work on that one.
- Just watched "Common Ground" and "The Real World." Joe Flanigan = seriously straight. And an utter flirt who can put the heat on with a quirky smile.
"The Real World" is clearly the holy grail for John/Elizabeth, and it worked for me. There were a couple of truck-sized plot holes (nanites didn't attack John? Touching her gets him into her dream, how?) but I thought Torri H. was terrific as a slightly strung out mental ward patient. However, she is so skinny and unsexy, I will never be able to write het with her in it. Call me shallow.
"Common Ground" just blew me away. The slow reveal that John was talking to the Wraith. The rapport and uncomfortable trust they built. But most of all, finally, a plausible reason humans would worship the Wraith. The fountain of youth. Yes, it proves once again that SGA is more fantasy than sci-fi, and I'm good with that.
The over-the-top John!Superman stuff is a bit much in both episodes, so I hope we get a little more character development later.
* Those of you who missed the poll, I'm asking a professor a favor: to allow me to use namowrimo for my creative writing class in the fall. He wants to see a bit of my writing first.
Ugh.
All the character tension drained out like color under a blacklight.
So I started adding in bits of backstory, but, then the character hook came into the picture just too late.
Shit.
Maybe I need better criminals in my chop-shop. Or else to revisualize the entire story, start-to-finish. Or give up and write a quickie original fic. (*sigh* I don't have tiiiiimmmme....)
- Oh. In the meantime, I'm hard at work on that Mission Report for
sga_flashfic. All three of my betas loved it, but one had many, many suggestions. It's been sent, now. Ve Vait for Ze Beta.- The John-Screws-Up fic... still stuck. (Thanks, Lorne.)
- Out Of Bounds... in need of tighter outline now that it has a second storyline.
- Unnamed John/Rodney porn... I can always work on that one.
- Just watched "Common Ground" and "The Real World." Joe Flanigan = seriously straight. And an utter flirt who can put the heat on with a quirky smile.
"The Real World" is clearly the holy grail for John/Elizabeth, and it worked for me. There were a couple of truck-sized plot holes (nanites didn't attack John? Touching her gets him into her dream, how?) but I thought Torri H. was terrific as a slightly strung out mental ward patient. However, she is so skinny and unsexy, I will never be able to write het with her in it. Call me shallow.
"Common Ground" just blew me away. The slow reveal that John was talking to the Wraith. The rapport and uncomfortable trust they built. But most of all, finally, a plausible reason humans would worship the Wraith. The fountain of youth. Yes, it proves once again that SGA is more fantasy than sci-fi, and I'm good with that.
The over-the-top John!Superman stuff is a bit much in both episodes, so I hope we get a little more character development later.
* Those of you who missed the poll, I'm asking a professor a favor: to allow me to use namowrimo for my creative writing class in the fall. He wants to see a bit of my writing first.
