Check-in no.2

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Here is the second check in post, mirrored on our Tumblr.

This is an optional activity, with no deadlines. Answer now, answer later, or skip it completely.



No matter what kind of fanwork you're planning on creating for this challenge, at the heart of it is a story that you want to tell. And until you have an idea of what that story is, it's hard find the inspiration and creativity to start on your fanwork.

So that's the first step. Think about the story you want to tell. It can be detailed and specific (I want FOB as werewolves!) or more general (I want band-as-chosen-family FEELS!) You can tell more than one story, combining them into a sticky sweet concoction of trope-y goodness. You can have a theme, a idée fixe, a narrative kink.

Comment to this post, or reblog on Tumblr, and:

1. tell us what is your favorite type of drink
2. tell us a little bit about the story (or stories, if you haven't settled on just one) you want to tell
3. comment to someone else's comment and cheer them on

Remember, you're not being graded; there is no wrong answer, because all answers are right.

Let's kickstart our creativity!

Comments

[doctorkilljoy]

If we could pay each other for fan fic I would have that "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY" gif in this space. As it is? OMG DUDE YAY!!!!!!!!

uhhh

[torchia]

I'm really glad we have these check-ins because I 200% forgot this was a thing I was doing

1. my blood is coffee and I can't stop. coffee maker is in my bedroom and spits out three pots a day

2. Me, staring in horror at the MCR tarot deck I thought would be so cool, and not at all a time-consuming, 80-piece endeavor: hahahahahaha what

I'm about 9k into a patrick/joe kind of loose groundhog day au that I'll buckle down on when I realize I set unrealistic goals for myself

[torchia]

Victorian vampire AU Gerard Way/Grant Morrison is everything I didn't know I needed

[doctorkilljoy]

Dude thank you! I started it before the band broke up and finished it three years later. Hopefully it will be loved as a lot of work went into it.

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[doctorkilljoy]

An MCR tarot deck? That is gonna be AWESOME! And I know people who really want more Patrick/Joe so hope you stick with it!

[rosiedoes]

1. I... don't know?

2. I have been really struggling to get my piece written, to be honest. One of my betas is really busy, the other one isn't in the best place to help and I'm a constant idea-bouncer and in perpetual need of reassurance that it isn't bloody awful, so I've been floundering, but not for want to staring at the document all evening and all weekend for weeks. I'm getting closer to the minimum word count, which I suppose is a relief - but minimum word count and 80% complete are very different things for me.

The story itself might be less gen than I had planned - I was hoping to only have a late introduction of a ship, because I tend to assume that when your wife has gone missing (because aliens) it takes a bit of time to catch up emotionally - but it does need a underlying plot, so I'm working in some internal conflict based on things that happened ten years earlier.

But I'm pretty confident I can do it, I just don't know how good it'll be by the time someone looks at a companion piece for it.

I'm prepared to pick up and do a companion piece, if I get time, mods. I don't mind being back up.

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[rosiedoes]

YOU'RE WRITING A PATROH I LOVE YOU AND I MIGHT CRY.

[rosiedoes]

What the hell would they have against Ray?! He's the one member of that band I see and just think, "Aw, what a cupcake..."

[rosiedoes]

Yay! Well done on that word count. :)

Weird connection - in my chaptered Patroh fic, Patrick's brother got Joe a copy of 13 Ghosts for Christmas.

[rosiedoes]

I'm kind of in danger of having to fill in a bunch of scenes and then tart them up, later, too. xo

[doctor_jasley]

You know just what to say when I'm wavering, wondering if anyone would really even care to read this endeavor.

[doctor_jasley]

I don't know if it's well done when I have, possibly, 15 more k. But, I'm trying.

I KNOW exactly where the story goes. It just feels like I've lost steam. The groove is gone.

That's a nice weird connection, though. :)

[rosiedoes]

It's cool, I'm in the same boat - I have quite a few words, but nowhere near enough story down. :\ Solidarity in FFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU--

[doctor_jasley]

1- *highfives* for being another person who really didn't know how to answer question one.

*cheers you on*

[doctor_jasley]

Like, I'm sitting here, listening to indie love songs(which HAS been my go to for writing this quirky, little, tale) trying to pick up at the last sentence I left...

and, it's like I'm disconnected..though I, KNOW, Brendon and Gabe go on a notdate and it's adorable.

*solidarity*

[flames_and_jade]

I love this comparison! Mad Libs Writing Style...can that go next to APA and MLA?

[flames_and_jade]

OMG I am SO excited for your Peterick story!!!!!!! <3 I'm doing one with fantasy too and it's just so fun. Message me on tumblr if you want to brainstorm or sprint or just yak about magic!

[flames_and_jade]

I'm SO excited to read it!!!!! <3

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[flames_and_jade]

I'm a huge peterick shipper BUT patroh is just SO DARN CUTE I am 100% okay with it! <3 Can't wait!!

[doctor_jasley]

Thank you, for being awesome.

I really dislike when the negative thoughts like to tell me I shouldn't finish because it's not like anyone cares. It's not like many people will want to read this.

*sighs*

My brain is, occasionally, mean.

[rosiedoes]

I'm basically 36 hours after aliens came and abducted up to 70% of the world's population and 12k words in. They're driving back to Chicago from the middle of Death Valley, which is where they were when it happened. Except, not long outside Denver... the car is about to go kaput and tempers are going to start getting frayed, which is when the really good stuff starts to happen...

My soundtrack is generally the snooker world championships, though, because my boyfriend is a 31 year old grandpa.

[flames_and_jade]

1. Drink: Diet coke. All. The. Time. (I know its horrible...don't care)

2. Story...ummmmm well.....basically it's a magical!AU without actual magic with no band, Peterick, and some hardcore friendship-bromance-level stuff between all of the FOB! boys...because I love supercoolfriend!Joe and supersage!Andy. Thinking of bringing in some other bandom folks but I'm not sure. I'm 10k words in, I have my main conflict decided on in my head and I've been doing the Mad Libs writing style...so basically I have the first...oh, three chapters written? And then like five random scenes and no conclusion. Yay me =( *sits in the corner and folds arms, mumbling about how it PROBABLY would have been smart to outline before I started writing*

I think honestly the hardest part was figuring out how my particular brand of magic works in this story and coming up with names and rules, etc. I'm not a very...inventive person natively, so this was a challenge. But I LOVE how it's coming out!

[doctor_jasley]

I think it would TOTALLY add some style to the list :p APA and MLA are so stuffy

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[rosiedoes]

I'm a 100% Patroh devotee, but there are so few really good, substantial fics... I thought I'd be the only one writing it for this.

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[flames_and_jade]

If you need a beta for it, let me know! I'd be happy to help, or just bounce ideas or general cheerleading =)