Help! and an offer of fic

[rj_anderson]

After spending the last six months tearing my old novel to pieces and rebuilding it, and the last few weeks outlining a new novel, and reading endless discussions about the craft and business of fiction, I seem to have forgotten how to write. No matter how many times I remind myself of Elizabeth Bear's dictum that "Writing is not a performance art," I can barely get a sentence onto the page without telling myself it's no good and erasing it. I think I am just trying too hard to get this book right the first time, and somehow I have to shake that mindset. So now I'm looking to you to help me out with some stretching exercises:

Tell me what you want me to write.

The caveats are that it has to be a scenario or a fandom I'm familiar with -- so no use asking me for Stargate fic, okay? But if there's a scene or an incident you'd like to see, a particular pairing or tag-team of characters, romance or action or suspense or what-have-you, tell me and I'll write... something. It might be a sentence, a drabble, or a vignette, depending on how much your idea inspires me and how well the writing's going. In a pinch I'll just set the timer for 15 minutes and you'll get whatever I can hammer out in that space of time.

Ready? Go.

Comments

[snickelish.livejournal.com]

I loved the snippet or two I found of your Firefly fic. Maybe a bit of a conversation between River and Zoe, post-"Serenity"?

On the other hand, a House/Lost crossover sounds like great fun, too (but only because there are so many things and people in Lost that I want House to snark on).

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

The Firefly fic must have been someone else's; I've never seen the show (though I keep reminding myself to see "Serenity" one of these days).

I'll think on a House/Lost crossover, though. That could be an... interesting challenge.

[snickelish.livejournal.com]

Huh. I wonder who I was thinking of. Anyway, carry on - it looks like you have plenty of other good ideas. :)