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As a tangent to Yvonne's poll... how many stories do you have tucked away somewhere that are resting in peace (RIP ) and are unlikely to be revived?

PJ

I'm tempted to say all 6 of my WIPs :p . Especially now that RL has kicked into overdrive, and I don't have time to sit down and write anymore.


JD

No fair asking a question like that and not answering it yourself, Pam! Especially as I remember reading several pages of a terrific sequel to Tryst...

Me? I think two. Actually, though I said two, I've just remembered a third... One was started in my first year as a writer, and I can't even find the story file now. It had an engaged Lois and Clark visiting an English university to do a stint as visiting lecturers in journalism (write about what you know, huh? ) and stumbling on a crime spree. Then there's the one I just remembered, which was only an idea: a complex time-travel thing involving an S1 Lois and Clark and an S4 Lois and Clark. I think I'm relieved that I never tried to write it!

And then there's a story I started and think I will probably now never finish. Some people know of it - it's called Tangled. And, Kae, don't yell! I just think it's been too long now, and I'm not convinced that the premise works.

Phew!!! [img]http://www.smiliemania.de/smilie.php?smile_ID=1532[/img] Tangled - now that's a relief!


Wendy

*@!#?§£!... I won't yell. I'll just send all the of hell after you until you give in.

As for me, at least two RIPs. My very first attempt at writing fanfic - something called Everybody Hurts, and which was forced angst, horrible English and silly stuff all over the place. I've canibalised whatever I could from it, but most of it is resting in (relative) peace somewhere on my mother's computer. The other is a story called Feels Like Heaven, where Lois and Clark wake up 6 or 7 years into the future, in bed together, and with a little girl that happens to be theirs. Nope, will definitely *not* resurrect that one!

Kaethel (shuddering at the thought of using that eight-legged graemlin, but what you wouldn't do for the greater good! [g])

and that is RIP?

Yes, I think the sequel to Tryst is definitely dead. But then again, so was Lois, so who knows? The beginning may have been good (thank you, Wendy), and I had the idea for a plot, but it just never worked for me. I think my attitude was, hey, they're together, what else is there to write about? Though writing my alphabet series has opened my eyes a bit on that front.

Let's see, what else... I have two or three things that deal with L&C as parents at various stages (including a sequel to A Special Child) but they just weren't working for me. And I hesitate to mention it but I have a few scenes for a fourth President Kent story. Haven't touched that one since the nineties.

And then there are a number of other short-ish things that I started but never went anywhere with. Some of those may eventually be finished -- what became "Hubris" sat unmolested on my hard drive for years. There is a Metallo rewrite that I couldn't figure out how to work before, but maybe now, with more practice, it'd be easier.

But first off, I wanna finish K! (I started it in January and I'm up to 20 pages now, woo-hoo)

PJ

Well, I'm tempted to say all of them, but I'll desist.

Definitely at least two that I can think of. One (Ripples) because the subject matter is too dark for this fandom and the other (Legacy) because I wrote myself into a corner early on and will probably never write myself out.

But I've learned never to take bets on this kind of thing over many years of writing. So who can tell?

Legacy might eventually make it if I ever get to the point where I've managed to finish off all the others and only have it left. . After all, up till recently I was convinced Second Degree Burns was a dead duck, but recently I've begun to think on it more favourably again. If it's in with a chance, anything is.


LabRat

I don't like to think that my stories are resting in peace. Besides, Forever You was peacefully resting for several months until I thought 'hey, I haven't finished this yet!'. And we're talking about a two-pages story <shrug>

So, as Maria would say, my stories are more likely to be found in coma.
Currently, my 'coma' stories are two: One is a series of sequels to 'Never Take A Shower On Sunday Morning'. This series is the reason why I haven't submitted this story to the Archive yet. They're resting because I want to write them in Spanish too, and at this period I'm not in the mood to write in Spanish.
The second one is a story inspired by Kitty's disability challenge, but I paused writing it a) because I was out of BRs and b) because I couldn't exactly meet the conditions of the challenge, so... <shrug>

Interesting question, Pam. I love seeing all those ideas for stories that are RIP (and they are going to be resurrected very soon )

See ya,
AnnaBtG.

/me clears throat in a threatening manner

OK, as a representative for the readers in this fandom who LOVE dark stories <coughMecoughElenacoughYvonnecoughCCcough>, I protest!! There is no story dark enough, and if you are withholding from us - growl! Don't make me start quoting about Clark intentionally swallowing Red K (near-suicide), Lois writing on her body with black magic marker (oh.my.) and the dangers of running up against Colombian paramilitaries. I'll give you a heapin' helpin' o' dark! In fact, we've hired this lovely psychiatrist gentleman by the name of George to help us all work through our issues as we seem to have a propensity for extreme torture of poor, defenseless Lois and Clark <g>.

Remember, we are parched travelers in a desert of lovely WAFF. Not that I don't appreciate the WAFF, but, hey, no fair holding out. So pull that baby out of the rubbage bin and dust off that pencil, little missy!

As for me, I have but one sad little story that has ceased to breathe. Some of you know the premise, and you also know the reason for it's untimely demise. Talk about a trouble-rouser <g>. C'est la vie.

Lynn

[pantomine mode on] Oh, yes there is![/pantomine mode off]

Don't make me tell you what it is. You won't like it! Suffice to say that were I ever to finish and post it, I'd have to change my name and go hide out something considerably safer than this locale...like...oh...the wilds of Borneo...

Har! Picnic in the park compared to Ripples. Trust me on this.

LabRat (saying nothing more on the grounds that she might incriminate herself...)

Lynn wrote:

*Clears throat* Ahem... that's not the one you've discussed with me on several occasions, is it? If so...

As for dark... well, that's one of the many reasons why Tangled is an RIP and not a WIP any more.

And as for Ripples and Legacy, Rat, I know the premises for both of these, remember, and I would love to read both! So just exhume those, okay? Y'hear???


Wendy

Right, I hereby declare that Lynn and Wendy (and anyone else holding out dark fic on us) should be force-fed processed cheese (yes, that is the most horrific torture a rat can think of ) until they post their stories...

...while I remain able to just forget completely about mine.

Fair?

LabRat

See...now I just have to know!

Ripples? I request a two page, double spaced synposis on my desk by Monday.

Wendy...do I smell another "Without Consent" here? Hmmmm??? Even the title is highly intriguing - Tangled. So, you, too. Synopsis, please! And pull that one out of the dead-files folder.

We need a new Dark Fic folder. Enter at your own risk <vbg>.

And no, the story that is dead and buried is not the one you're thinking of. It's the one that would simply ruffle too many feathers to be worth the time and energy. It remains as a vivid fantasy in my brain, however <g>.

Lynn

Ah the wonders of fanfic authors...

LabRat claims she won't write Ripples and Legacy because they're too dark, and in the same sentence threatens Wendy and Lynn because they say they can't write Tangled and Lynn's WIP, something which was announced within a breath of threatening LabRat because she won't write Legacy and Ripples because they're too dark.

You know what I say, guys? Write 'em all! You've got a taker here!

Kaethel

Does anyone have any idea what this means?

I looked in the dictionary for "too dark" but I just can't find it! Feels like Rat invented a new meaningless expression.

El

I won't bother quoting anything, I'll just say 5 words:

WE NEED MORE DARK FICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AnnaBtG. (a big dark-fic lover)

<-- also a lover of dark fics, the more tortured the better

Points if you get me to cry; bonus points if you get me to sob. Triple bonus points if you shock me so badly I can't cry.



*gets tissues ready*

I'm ready. Rat, Lynn, Wendy -- GO!

Me three..bring em on!

~Liz

Me? No I have none that are RIP. There are several sitting on my HD in beginning stages but I have every intention of getting back to them in due time. I often put the beginning of a story on my drive and then get distracted by another premise, but so far I have come back and finished any sequels that I've started. (The beginning of the sequel to Suspicions is there; only a few paragraphs, but it's begun and waiting until the inspiration hits.) I have several plots partially roughed out, but they will hopefully become stories at some time in the future.

Nan

It's not necessarily dead, maybe comatosed would be a better word for it. But I do have 32 short stories written up, four of my own series, and three unrelated in the series. So that would make it what? 39. And I can't even begin to count the stories that I've written that is none L&C related.

Hum, maybe one.



1. Sour blood 2. It's the government...
3. Everyone has an Angel 4. A concubine's story
5. Poisoned 6. Alternative#26
7. Fountain of Youth 8. My fair Orent
9. Time Tech 10. Triune
11.Universal Code 12. Alien Species 1&2
14. Android Delima 15. U19
16. Meet the Deles 17. New earth
18. Final Front...1&2 20. Reversing Tide
21. Winfoils 22. Xeloanians
23. Grobecks 1. Switched at birth
2. To cake or not to cake 3.Utopia 1,2,&3
6. Tezarian 7. Terror Reverted 1,2&3
10. Fair Trade 11. new story

Tricia

I like to see more reverse fics and the last minute revelation stories on the archives.

Reverse fics as in the good guys are the bad and vise versa.

Revelation fics as in one of the stories I saw about a rewrite of when Diana the reporter tried to poison Clark to reveal his secret but instead Lois had found out what clark's secret was.

Ok, I refuse to answer this poll because all of my WIPs kinda fall into the RIP category. But I have to post to join the NAGGING sqad for everyone elses' RIP stories!!!

I'm with Kae and Lynn and everyone else!!!

Well, there are dark fic and dark fic - some will get readers and some will - probably deservedly - get you run out of town at the head of a lynch mob.

And then, of course, there's the natural conclusion to half-writing a story and then leaving it in stasis on your hd for five years - all of the ideas in it that started out being original have now long since been written to death in various other stories by various other authors, so it moves into the realms of been there, done that, stale. (Well...some of it anyway <g>). The hazards of being a lazy author, that one.

LabRat

The all-important rider. You see, you just destroyed your own argument, Rat. Off you go and write those bits which are still original!

I voted maybe as many as ten, but in fact, it's six. Which is six more than I thought I had before I counted. What a journey into the wacky and twisted interior of Yvonne's mind it was, too. I'd forgotten I was that crazy.

That said, there are elements to all six of those RIPs which could be resurrected into other fics - with the possible exception of the Canal fic (hi, Wendy and Mere ). I'm a great believer in recycling...

Yvonne
(staunch member of the write-more-dark-fics club)

LOL. Those would be the bits that attract the lynch mob though, Y Which is probably why they remain original to me after five years and no one else ever thought to try them out.


LabRat (thinking she's probably better off just working on SDB and SomH...)

Hey Labrat. Why do you have a screen name of a Labrat? Makes me think your a guy instead of a girl.

It's interesting you say that, Kitty, because 'Labrat' is actually Lab's given name.

Her parents were scientists. They met and fell in love over the experimental rodents.

Go figure.

CC

(well, that's just a rumor, I might not have all the facts...)

What CC said.

LabRat (it's as good an explanation as any )

Oh, Boy! That's your real name?!

If I had that name, I'll have to tell all my friends to call me by a more normal name.

At least it's unique.

None of my stories are truely 'dead'. There are so many that I have resurrected and have become some of my longest stories: AKA Clark Kent had been an idea a few paragraphs long sitting on my hard drive for at least three years, A Nightmare Come True was another one which was just a vague outline and a plot idea for a year or two until I got the motivation to write it. I have 20-40 files in my WIP folder ranging from ideas I had 5 or 6 years ago to idea I just had yesterday in any range of completion: from a sentance or two to an entire outline to a few pages written, but I haven't had the motivation to look at them in a while. However, that doesn't mean they are RIP, it just means it might take me 4 more years to finally get around to writing them .

- Laura

I don't think anyone has spent longer time on writing without posting than me. Or at least, posting right through *the end* of it. I have to admit I started on Lois & Clark fic a little less than two years ago. And I have yet to post the longer stories... But in two years, you get a lot of ideas stored up on your computer, lying around, waiting...

But I do have every intention of getting back to them/finishing up, so I'm almost proud to say I only got one RIP. I think it was called "Regaining Sight" or "Retrieving Sight", whatever. Ugh, my little attempt on a TOGOM fic. May it rest in peace like Clark did... almost did. Didn't.

Pelican