Daibhid's Journal

After writing three quarters of a script for The Muppet Guards! Guards!, it occurs to me that taking vast wodges of Pterry's dialogue and putting them in the mouths of Muppets probably exceeds the copyright allowances generally made for fanworks. Ah, well; more time to work on Storytime!

Memed, again, from john_elliott and lost_spook

Make a list of fifteen characters first, and keep it to yourself for the moment.

Ask your flist / circle to post questions in the comments. For example: 'One, nine and fifteen are chosen by a prophecy to save the world from four. Do they succeed?', 'Under what circumstances might five and fourteen fall in love?', 'Which character on the list would you most want on your side in a zombie invasion?'

After your flist has asked enough questions, round them up and answer them using the fifteen characters you selected beforehand, then post them.

I have my list, and I'm ready for the questions.

Memed from lost_spook and john_elliott.

Give me a story of mine and an alternate set of characters: protagonists, antagonists, or bit-players. I'll give you at least a hundred words of a scene that could have turned out differently.

TBH, I'm not sure I have enough actual characterisation in my stories (which are rarely more than 100 words anyway) for this to work. It has, however, encouraged me to spend the afternoon finally creating a Fic List like what everyone else who posts fic on LJ has.

Those who read my stuff on alt.drwho.creative might recall my recent genderflipped Round story, which was far more concerned with assigning realworld actors to the genderflipped characters than actually doing anything with the concept. (I take the view that now the concept's out there, it's available for anyone who actually has an idea for a story.) Well, it's just occured to me there was one idea I missed.

Obviously Brigadier Wilfred Bambera would be played by Craig Charles...

Memed from lots of people.
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Memed from john_elliott and lost_spook: Writer's Meme: Post a list of your top five favorite fics you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most.
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I'm not sure where this story came from. It's my first non-crossover Trek fic, and probably my first unequivically non-comedic story of any type. The basic concept just occured to me, and I found myself writing it as I went along. I was quite surprised by the ending.

( This story takes place in 2288, during the events of the Mirror Universe novella Sorrows of Empire. )

Sorry I haven't been online for a couple of days - I am still working on the others.

( When you need a McGuffin, where do you go? )