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rose_griffes) wrote2012-05-10 05:54 pm
rose_griffes) wrote2012-05-10 05:54 pm
AO3 fic meme
Because I'm procrastinating other stuff, here are my top five stories on AO3, based on hit counts:
Funny, I've only written three fics for Life, and two of them are on this list. The magic of Yuletide; it brings out the bigger hit count, for sure.
just what you'll say when you get home (Life) Ted Earley, Charlie Crews, Dani Reese, mentions of Amanda Puryer and Olivia no-last-name. Post-finale, Ted's POV. This got a surprising number of comments--more than anything else I've written, for any fandom. I guess people like Ted? And Batman references? 1457 hits.
All Fall Down (Life) Rachel Seybolt and Charlie Crews. Mid-season two through post-finale. Making up backstory for minor characters is so much fun, if I get an idea that works for me. Plus the not-an-uncle/not-a-niece dynamic between Charlie and Rachel was creepily fascinating to think about.musesfool gets the credit for a compelling prompt. 629 hits.
Appetite for Destruction (Person of Interest) Harold Finch and John Reese. Zombies for Christmas! Okay, the story wasn't set in a specific time of year, but my Yuletide recipient mentioned zombies in her request letter. One of the few stories that was truly written for someone else, not me. In other words, this doesn't hit my own narrative preferences, although I'm pleased with how it turned out. 520 hits.
Points of Departure (Person of Interest) Harold Finch, John Reese and Joss Carter. A short introspective piece that flashes back to how 2006 brought some major changes to all three characters. My first try at writing Detective Carter; it was good to have a motivation to push me to try her POV, although writing in a hurry shows a bit. I didn't have time for anyone else to check over it because of the deadline for Yuletide Madness. 371 hits.
Lowdown Groove (Person of Interest) Zoe Morgan/John Reese. I think this story works better than the Zoe/John fic I wrote after her second appearance, although I like both of them. 215 hits.
Funnily enough, I'm not planning to sign up for Yuletide this year. *shrugs* I enjoyed it both times, but found that the stories I wrote as 'extra' gifts were far closer to what I like to write/read. Plus now that they've stopped giving priority to the most obscure fandoms and started random assignments, I don't have a reason to hope that anyone will write me Angie/Vaughan fic (Ultraviolet) or gen fic from The Passage (which still has no fic at all).
Okay. Now someone needs to fix dinner for me.
Funny, I've only written three fics for Life, and two of them are on this list. The magic of Yuletide; it brings out the bigger hit count, for sure.
just what you'll say when you get home (Life) Ted Earley, Charlie Crews, Dani Reese, mentions of Amanda Puryer and Olivia no-last-name. Post-finale, Ted's POV. This got a surprising number of comments--more than anything else I've written, for any fandom. I guess people like Ted? And Batman references? 1457 hits.
All Fall Down (Life) Rachel Seybolt and Charlie Crews. Mid-season two through post-finale. Making up backstory for minor characters is so much fun, if I get an idea that works for me. Plus the not-an-uncle/not-a-niece dynamic between Charlie and Rachel was creepily fascinating to think about.
musesfool gets the credit for a compelling prompt. 629 hits.Appetite for Destruction (Person of Interest) Harold Finch and John Reese. Zombies for Christmas! Okay, the story wasn't set in a specific time of year, but my Yuletide recipient mentioned zombies in her request letter. One of the few stories that was truly written for someone else, not me. In other words, this doesn't hit my own narrative preferences, although I'm pleased with how it turned out. 520 hits.
Points of Departure (Person of Interest) Harold Finch, John Reese and Joss Carter. A short introspective piece that flashes back to how 2006 brought some major changes to all three characters. My first try at writing Detective Carter; it was good to have a motivation to push me to try her POV, although writing in a hurry shows a bit. I didn't have time for anyone else to check over it because of the deadline for Yuletide Madness. 371 hits.
Lowdown Groove (Person of Interest) Zoe Morgan/John Reese. I think this story works better than the Zoe/John fic I wrote after her second appearance, although I like both of them. 215 hits.
Funnily enough, I'm not planning to sign up for Yuletide this year. *shrugs* I enjoyed it both times, but found that the stories I wrote as 'extra' gifts were far closer to what I like to write/read. Plus now that they've stopped giving priority to the most obscure fandoms and started random assignments, I don't have a reason to hope that anyone will write me Angie/Vaughan fic (Ultraviolet) or gen fic from The Passage (which still has no fic at all).
Okay. Now someone needs to fix dinner for me.
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.... That's, ah. Pretty much how I usually feel about it? But I view the "official" request as paying my dues, more or less, and then I cherrypick the rest of the list as much as I have time for. That's how I ended up writing eight stories this last year, one of which was the story I had really wanted to write all along when I saw it pass on my f'list in an author's letter (that Joss Carter POI one). And every other year or so, even this last year, I do get brilliant treats in return for my fandoms-of-one, I'm assuming from people with a similar sort of outlook on the challenge.
But then I write like a crazyperson in a multitude of fandoms: a quarter million words last year. Everybody's Yuletide experience is different, and the goal is to share joy; so if you're not enjoying it anymore, you're not enjoying it. *shrug*
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Last year I wrote around 20,000 words of fic--which was consistent with my output the two previous years. (I may manage more this year thanks to new fandom--just checked and I'm already past 16,000.) Getting through an assigned story before picking something I really want to write seems rather pointless. Add in my monogamous fandom tendencies and I end up stressing out over what fandoms I could offer to write as well.