Man, I had this plan to quietly return and then go around replying to everyone's posts while they still thought I was dead. Now you've ruined it. You great bit...ruiner!
So guys, idk what to do for NaNoWriMo. But I apparently signed up, which means if I do nothing I'm part of their failure statistics.
I have two ideas:
-A novelization of an old videogame. It doesn't have a fandom. There are literally two fics for it, both in the misc gaming section of the pit. The reason for doing this is that it would skip the planning stage I always waste so much time on, and let me get in all that prose-writing practice I so desperately need. Also some more people might buy the game. (Septerra Core, now available for only $10 at gog.com!)
-Multi-Doctor time travel horror fic about freaky repercussions of the Time War unwriting/rewriting bits of the Doctor's past...such as Romana. It's spooky, it's awesome, it has a sad ending, and it completely ignores Time War canon from S4 on because that's how long ago my concept for this got Jossed. The advantage of this option is that someone might read it.
So what Doctor Who fic would be worse to write than something so obscure it will never be read? I certainly don't ask because it would be funny to go and write it.
In my personal opinion, something like Rose and Adric go off and have adventures in the TARDIS while Ten is imprisoned somewhere remote and/or obscure.
Or Ten/Rose (Handy/Rose) babyfic.
Either one would make me run screaming into the hills (to fetch my shotgun)...
Really. I am much in favor of novelizing obscure fandoms (and not-so-obscure ones, even.) I'm working very slowly on novzats (that's novelizations) for a '90s TV show called Legend which has about five fans and 2.5 published fics. (Which is ridiculous, because it is basically MACGYVER AND Q TEAM UP TO FIGHT CRIME, people! Sorry, got a bit excited there.)
Um, welcome back? We were worried about you! (Did you run away with the Doctor? *g*)
Where? All I know is that Lothi and eponymous_rose have written for it, I am trying to write for it, Primsong squees over it, and there used to be a fic by someone else somewhere on Geocities.
Of course, my Google-fu is pretty much nonexistent when it comes to fannish things...
As I said, it's a stealth fandom, mostly embedded inside RDA fandom. There's no strong centralised online presence, but at each of RDA's (admittedly few) con appearances, every time Legend is mentioned, there are many squees from the roomful. The RDA-related sites have Legend sections. I'm not sure how many Legend fans come from the JdL side, but there were plenty of cheers when I brought up Legend at Gatecon, at the panel that included JdL.
Moreover, the series gets occasional mentions and high marks from people who are outside the usual fannish world: it was reviewed (enthusiastically) on a site that covers old TV shows, and touted as One of the Great Shows That Should Not Have Been Cancelled and Should Be Released on DVD NOAW PLS.
The rise to prominence of steampunk is also a factor. Seriously, if Paramount would release the damned thing to DVD, they'd find a decent market.
Well now I'm torn again. I mean, I was going to be both a bit unfaithful in my novelization (the plot is occasionally centered around boss fights and fetch quests, though it really is quite good overall) and write as though nobody reading has played the game, so it could find an audience. And I'd like to think some people will buy/revisit the game as a result. At least it's currently available (for cheap! DRM free! Runs on almost any system!), which it sounds like your fandom isn't.
Oh, and did I mention it's vaguely steampunk? Yeah. But made before steampunk was cool, as all good steampunk things were.
*ahem*
So anyway, clearly I need a third voter because I can't make decision when you guys are tied.
I can't really help, because my answer is: "Which do you want more, happy readers or writing practice?" Or that's what my answer should be. My actual opinion is that Nano is likely to go better if you're excited by your idea, and it sounds as if you're more excited by the Who fic. (And pffft to later series canon.)
I am equally excited by both ideas and would get decent practice out of both, probably. I mean, I rejected the ideas that I'm not excited about, like the guy with the countdown in his head and my one epic FF8 fic that I started three years ago and abandoned. (Which, come to think of it, is also time travel horror. wtf, self?)
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Your plan would have been more successful if you'd waited till I was asleep, of course.
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I'm apparently still a mod of half of Livejournal. You people are so lazy and/or sentimental here.
it's my fault
And ha! Now I know why you stayed off of LJ for so long -- your productivity was being ruined by all the LOLs.
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I have two ideas:
-A novelization of an old videogame. It doesn't have a fandom. There are literally two fics for it, both in the misc gaming section of the pit. The reason for doing this is that it would skip the planning stage I always waste so much time on, and let me get in all that prose-writing practice I so desperately need. Also some more people might buy the game. (Septerra Core, now available for only $10 at gog.com!)
-Multi-Doctor time travel horror fic about freaky repercussions of the Time War unwriting/rewriting bits of the Doctor's past...such as Romana. It's spooky, it's awesome, it has a sad ending, and it completely ignores Time War canon from S4 on because that's how long ago my concept for this got Jossed. The advantage of this option is that someone might read it.
Do my difficult decision-making for me!
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And welcome back. Glad to know you're okay (so far as I can tell!)
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I probably could have shortened that whole post down to "Doctor Who or stuff you've never heard of: which is better?"
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You could've - but then I'd have asked you tedious questions about what the DW fic was about, before answering.
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Or Ten/Rose (Handy/Rose) babyfic.
Either one would make me run screaming into the hills (to fetch my shotgun)...
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If only I could be bothered watching enough Adric to remember his voice....
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Okay, now where's a funny obscure place for Ten to be? I mean, hypothetically.
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Walla Walla.
Wichita.
Basingstoke.
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In fact, they're in different time zones. And since I know which time zone you're in, I know which one it is. I was born very near to that one.
Unless you've moved . . . which might account for part of the four months' absence. o_O
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Incidentally, I support an October round of fic_rush. Or sticking with monthly rounds.
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Really. I am much in favor of novelizing obscure fandoms (and not-so-obscure ones, even.) I'm working very slowly on novzats (that's novelizations) for a '90s TV show called Legend which has about five fans and 2.5 published fics. (Which is ridiculous, because it is basically MACGYVER AND Q TEAM UP TO FIGHT CRIME, people! Sorry, got a bit excited there.)
Um, welcome back? We were worried about you! (Did you run away with the Doctor? *g*)
...I need to stop with the parentheses. ;-)
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Of course, my Google-fu is pretty much nonexistent when it comes to fannish things...
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Moreover, the series gets occasional mentions and high marks from people who are outside the usual fannish world: it was reviewed (enthusiastically) on a site that covers old TV shows, and touted as One of the Great Shows That Should Not Have Been Cancelled and Should Be Released on DVD NOAW PLS.
The rise to prominence of steampunk is also a factor. Seriously, if Paramount would release the damned thing to DVD, they'd find a decent market.
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Oh, and did I mention it's vaguely steampunk? Yeah. But made before steampunk was cool, as all good steampunk things were.
*ahem*
So anyway, clearly I need a third voter because I can't make decision when you guys are tied.
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I can't really help, because my answer is: "Which do you want more, happy readers or writing practice?" Or that's what my answer should be. My actual opinion is that Nano is likely to go better if you're excited by your idea, and it sounds as if you're more excited by the Who fic. (And pffft to later series canon.)
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I think I will post a poll at my LJ.
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And welcome back :)
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(Hi!)