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30 Days of Fan Fiction Meme, Day 12
12 – Have you ever attempted an "adaptation" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
If I understand the question, I have only done this in translating fan fic ideas into original fic. I guess I feel that if it's worth the trouble of "recasting" characters with new names, places, whatever, I might as well be able to get the cred for doing "original" work. My adventures in fic-to-original adaptation usually progress away from fandom resemblance toward greater originality as I go through drafts (I hope). Fandoms I have used as fairly close models for original ideas or characters include:
* Blake's 7
* Star Wars
* various Star Trek: Next Gen-era shows
* The Lord of the Rings (well, who hasn't?)
* The Mahabharata (feels weird to call that a fandom)
* My only real RPF "fandom": the life of T. E. Lawrence
* Tiny bits of Les Misérables, if I go way back.
My most shameless of these, and one I'm generally quite proud of, is my composite of LotR, the Mahabharata, and the life of TEL. It's about half done in draft form and currently on hold, but I honestly think it could be one of my better originals. Oh, it also has a tiny bit of Abelard and Heloise.
But the fact that Ghanior's life almost exactly parallels Dream's is purely archetypal. I wrote my first Ghanior novel before I ever cracked the cover of The Sandman.
13 – Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 – Ratings – how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 – Warnings – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
[note to self: much religiosity, reincarnation interpretation]
16 – Summaries – Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 – Titles – Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 – Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka "bunnies") from?
19 – When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 – Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 – Sequels – Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 – Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 – When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 – Betaing – How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 – Music – Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 – What is the oddest (or funnest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 – Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 – Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 – What is your current project or projects?
30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
If I understand the question, I have only done this in translating fan fic ideas into original fic. I guess I feel that if it's worth the trouble of "recasting" characters with new names, places, whatever, I might as well be able to get the cred for doing "original" work. My adventures in fic-to-original adaptation usually progress away from fandom resemblance toward greater originality as I go through drafts (I hope). Fandoms I have used as fairly close models for original ideas or characters include:
* Blake's 7
* Star Wars
* various Star Trek: Next Gen-era shows
* The Lord of the Rings (well, who hasn't?)
* The Mahabharata (feels weird to call that a fandom)
* My only real RPF "fandom": the life of T. E. Lawrence
* Tiny bits of Les Misérables, if I go way back.
My most shameless of these, and one I'm generally quite proud of, is my composite of LotR, the Mahabharata, and the life of TEL. It's about half done in draft form and currently on hold, but I honestly think it could be one of my better originals. Oh, it also has a tiny bit of Abelard and Heloise.
But the fact that Ghanior's life almost exactly parallels Dream's is purely archetypal. I wrote my first Ghanior novel before I ever cracked the cover of The Sandman.
13 – Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 – Ratings – how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 – Warnings – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
[note to self: much religiosity, reincarnation interpretation]
16 – Summaries – Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 – Titles – Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 – Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka "bunnies") from?
19 – When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 – Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 – Sequels – Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 – Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 – When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 – Betaing – How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 – Music – Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 – What is the oddest (or funnest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 – Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 – Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 – What is your current project or projects?
30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!