In need of Angel fic

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I've got a profound desire for Wesley/Faith fanfiction.

Does anyone on my FList write Wesley/Faith? Anyone who happens by and reads this post?

Comments

[nwhepcat.livejournal.com]

There's a ficathon brewing for just that. lovesbitca, I believe.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Damn, I wish my fandom was big enough for a ficathon.

[voleuse.livejournal.com]

Y'know, it's impossible to see how big your fandom is until you do the survey thing. I assume you mean Cowboy Bebop? What with the icon and all?

Do a poll, seriously. I'd sign up for a CB ficathon--I've been needing a real reason to sit down and watch the episodes. *g*

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Actually, Trigun is my primary fandom--omg I luff it. A Cowboy Bebop one might work, though...no! No, bad Jaina, wait until AFTER finals to plan a ficathon.

Hmm. Might have to think further on this.

[nwhepcat.livejournal.com]

Who ya shippin'?

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Cowboy Bebop ficathon!

Trigun ficathon!

I wish I knew enough authors on LJ for either of those. Those would be so cool.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

You plan a trigun ficathon. I'll see if I can get a CB ficathon going. Once I find out how the heck these actually work.

actually...

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

tell me what kind of survey you mean-- an actual LJ poll, or a meme thing I ask people to spread? How do you start a ficathon? I'd be willing to collect and list people's entries, but I don't know how one begins, or how to get it out to CB beyond my FList.

Re: actually...

[voleuse.livejournal.com]

An actual LJ poll, I mean, can help you figure out how many people might be interested, and general word-of-mouth among fen usually gathers enough participants.

I've noticed that people who normally don't write a lot of fanfic will step up if a ficathon is being run. The Babysitters' Club Ficathon is probably the best example of that, though I had good luck with the Farscape and Rohirric ficathons, myself.

It's fairly easy to start a ficathon--just decide when the deadlines for sign-ups, drop-outs, and stories should be, and then set a few initial rules regarding length (1000 words seems to be the default).

Then, when sign-ups are done, you randomly or semi-randomly send people their assignments, and coordinate back-up writers if someone should drop out. When the final deadline arrives, post a master list of story links.

I've included links to a couple of the ficathons I've done, to show how I run things, but things can be as simple or as complicated as you make them. (I think the Ripper Ficathon has been the most complicated ficathon I've seen, in terms of sign-ups, but the rules I use are fairly standard.)

Re: actually...

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

So people don't pick their assignments?

Thanks for the info & the links!

[jaina.livejournal.com]

It's shameless how we enable each other.

Hmm, maybe. I wouldn't want it to end up a "me and my friends write ficcie!!!!11" sort of thing.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

In Trigun? Vash and Meryl all the way, baybee. In Cowboy Bebop? Um...not really anyone, but I can enjoy shipfic sometimes.

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

I don't usually write it, but I did for one of the Angel Book of Days Ficathons. It was fun!

Re: actually...

[voleuse.livejournal.com]

In most cases, they don't pick assignments. I have seen a couple of ficathons in which participants are allowed to write whatever they want, provided that they submit something by the assigned date.

I think the difference is that you're more likely to dropouts if participants aren't writing for someone specifically, but it really depends on who's involved.

Glad I could help!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

yeah? Link me up, Scotty.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

It's shameless how we enable each other.

Shameless and wonderful.

I wouldn't want it to end up a "me and my friends write ficcie!!!!11" sort of thing.

Well, voleuse was just giving me some useful instructional ideas for how to get started in the comments below.

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

Avignon Days (http://www.adamao.org/mer/avignon.html)

Mer

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Ooh... this is very fun.

I particularly like the wording of this description:

Faith, never one to let a good entendre go undoubled,

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Hmm...maybe. Perhaps we should lean on each other for support for first-time ficathoners. ;) Haha, sister ficathons!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

hail!

And... did you ever get to watch those Naruto eps I sent you? Are you addicted yet?

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Wes is fun to write as a POV character, his mental narrative is so full of dry and wry humor.