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writethisfanficHello community that I found in my random early morning wanderings of Dreamwidth!
I think that I must be cheating as technically I have written fanfiction before, but I have never written anything of decent length. So, please help me fix this.
I am a serious fandom lurker. I tend to stick to one fandom though, and obsess over it wholly, and then jump to another fandom. So, I would say that, in no particular order of intensity, my current fandoms are Doctor Who, Inception, Harry Potter, and Sherlock. I hardly ever do anything with Harry Potter anymore though, except roleplay on IJ. I can remember starting HP chapter fics when I was younger, and never finishing those either. This seems to be a chronic problem!
If I write fanfiction ever, how rare a feat that is these days, it's usually shipping. I ship Moriarty/Holmes, Holmes/Watson, Arthur/Eames, and um - sometimes Rory/Eleven but mostly Rory/Amy. I don't actually have strong preferences for Harry Potter or Doctor Who ships as I so rarely read fanfiction in those fandoms. I don't even really read that much Sherlock. The lack of Moriarty love pains me deeply (says the crazy Holmes/Watson shipper in spite of what it means for her beloved ship).
Now onwards to the important bit: I am trying to write a Sherlock chapter fic. It's going to be based on book!canon and BBC series!verse, which means that I cannot tell you the premise or give you excerpts unless you have seen ALL of the BBC series up to the series 2 finale. This sort of puts me at a disadvantage as I desperately need some cheerleaders, and more importantly, a beta who will put up with my shoddy ability to hold POV beyond 2000 words.
If you have read all of this and would like to know more, I feel it would be best to set up some sort of PM conversation or e-mail thread. I do not wish to spoil anything for random fandom lurkers who may come across this community, as I did, at the wee hours of the morning.
Mostly I just want to tell someone my premise and have them tell me to stop writing (or continue, if you prefer)! Ta.
I think that I must be cheating as technically I have written fanfiction before, but I have never written anything of decent length. So, please help me fix this.
I am a serious fandom lurker. I tend to stick to one fandom though, and obsess over it wholly, and then jump to another fandom. So, I would say that, in no particular order of intensity, my current fandoms are Doctor Who, Inception, Harry Potter, and Sherlock. I hardly ever do anything with Harry Potter anymore though, except roleplay on IJ. I can remember starting HP chapter fics when I was younger, and never finishing those either. This seems to be a chronic problem!
If I write fanfiction ever, how rare a feat that is these days, it's usually shipping. I ship Moriarty/Holmes, Holmes/Watson, Arthur/Eames, and um - sometimes Rory/Eleven but mostly Rory/Amy. I don't actually have strong preferences for Harry Potter or Doctor Who ships as I so rarely read fanfiction in those fandoms. I don't even really read that much Sherlock. The lack of Moriarty love pains me deeply (says the crazy Holmes/Watson shipper in spite of what it means for her beloved ship).
Now onwards to the important bit: I am trying to write a Sherlock chapter fic. It's going to be based on book!canon and BBC series!verse, which means that I cannot tell you the premise or give you excerpts unless you have seen ALL of the BBC series up to the series 2 finale. This sort of puts me at a disadvantage as I desperately need some cheerleaders, and more importantly, a beta who will put up with my shoddy ability to hold POV beyond 2000 words.
If you have read all of this and would like to know more, I feel it would be best to set up some sort of PM conversation or e-mail thread. I do not wish to spoil anything for random fandom lurkers who may come across this community, as I did, at the wee hours of the morning.
Mostly I just want to tell someone my premise and have them tell me to stop writing (or continue, if you prefer)! Ta.
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Date: Thursday, January 19th, 2012 13:47 (UTC)I'm sorry I can't help you with your writing issues: none of the fandoms you listed are fandoms in which I have much knowledge or interest. I do wish you the best of luck with your Sherlock premise though, and hope you find folks who can lend a hand.
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Date: Thursday, January 19th, 2012 17:12 (UTC)no subject
Date: Thursday, January 19th, 2012 16:51 (UTC)Although I can't beta for you, you can certainly bounce ideas off me (feel free to PM) because I've seen Sherlock S2 (though I haven't seen Game of Shadows or read Valley of Fear yet).
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Date: Thursday, January 19th, 2012 17:13 (UTC)Bouncing ideas off of someone is what I need most at the moment, and possibly a plot. I need to reread some Doyle stories first, and then I will PM you with my ideas???
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Date: Thursday, January 19th, 2012 21:23 (UTC)no subject
Date: Friday, January 20th, 2012 04:02 (UTC)no subject
Date: Thursday, January 19th, 2012 21:39 (UTC)I'm a fellow Sherlock writer who's up on both ACD and BBC canon, and am intrigued to hear about/cheerlead/beta your fic! Feel free to PM me -- as long as you're willing to put up with a Lestrade and Mycroft fan. ^^
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Date: Friday, January 20th, 2012 04:03 (UTC)