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[elly427]

The problem I'm having with BSG fic is everything I think to write has already been written, and better than I could have done.

I'm very dissatisfied with pretty much everything I've written lately. I'm bored with a lot of the SG1 stuff I've left hanging (and I'm not convinced anyone is still reading SG1 anyway) and I haven't seen enough of BSG to have any sort of feel for the characters yet.

I forget that when I stumbled into the Stargate fandom there were six years of canon to educate me and to help me get a feel for the characters. It was okay to have not seen everything, because after six years a lot of stuff was extraneous and TPTB had forgotten about it themselves. BSG has what, 16 hours total? and I keep feeling like it's critical to know it all before I can write anything.

And hell, SG fandom has been very, very nice to me and I am intimidating myself out of writing anything for any show period. Ugh. I hate when I get like this.

Comments

[woodface]

Hmmmm, it's hard getting into writing for a new show but I'm sure you can do it. *snuggles* Don't underestimate your writing skills, you kick ass, hon.

[lisayaeger.livejournal.com]

I'd read whatever you write :-)

[stars-like-dust.livejournal.com]

Elly! You must write BSG, you must. You are so fabulous.

[kres.livejournal.com]

I'm not convinced anyone is still reading SG1 anyway

*raises hand*

Me! Me! Me!

So go write :)= Don't leave 'em hanging. It's not polite. *cackles*

[nandamai]

and I'm not convinced anyone is still reading SG1 anyway

I am! And I'm getting desperate.

[splash-the-cat.livejournal.com]

(and I'm not convinced anyone is still reading SG1 anyway)

Me! *waves ands wildly* I will bribe you for SG-1 fic. *looks cute and pitiful*

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I still read SG1 fic. Of course, I'm highly selective about it. I only read Telkena if I want to kill brain cells and feel crappy about how many people love her.

*flops* And I want more ellyfic. *looks pitiful*

Also, er, SG1 is very hard to write new things for because everything has been done before.

[nandamai]

I'll chip in on the bribes. What should we offer her? New apartment furnishings, probably ...

[rowan-d.livejournal.com]

Totally still reading SG1. Espeically Elly!SG1.:)

And I do know what you mean about trying to come into a new fandom. It's always...unsettling. Very hard to dive into new characters with the same confidence as those you've lived and breathed for years. But I know I would happily read any BSG fic you produced, and I'm quite certain I would not be disappointed.:)

But don't worry about writing something that's "already been done". Everyone brings their own unique voice to every fic, and the plot is sometimes the least significant part of a story. Believe in your own voice and the merits that brings the work.

(But you totally have to finish those SG1 fics, too!*g*)

[sjshipper.livejournal.com]

*ellyfic* is wonderful! I'll read it, always. And what little new stuff I can find, I'm still reading SG1. I'll help chip in on apt. furniture. I have a really nice couch that needs a home.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I can totally relate. *hugs*

[elly427.livejournal.com]

*snuggles you back* Thanks for the belief.

[elly427.livejournal.com]

Oh Lisa. Thank you.

*plots to write Jack/Daniel* (joking! joking!)

*smooches*

[woodface]

Now go write me Kara/Sam ;o)

[elly427.livejournal.com]

I really, really want to. You guys just set the bar so high, godamnit.

[elly427.livejournal.com]

Yay! People still reading! I will write!

[elly427.livejournal.com]

Huh. I've really gotten the impression that everyone had moved on. Nice to see that's not true.

[elly427.livejournal.com]

Bribes, eh?

[elly427.livejournal.com]

We really, really need things to sit on. *whistles innocently*

[elly427.livejournal.com]

See, I find SG1 less difficult that BSG. I think BSG offeres a limited number of potential plots because there's so little to explore because it's only been around for a bit. And, I feel BSG has attracted better writers, so I'm less willing to rewrite plot scenarios because most of the obvious ones have already been done, and done well.

And Telkena? *facepalms* I *heart* SG1 fandom. We're all kooks.

[elly427.livejournal.com]

Well thank you!

I'm just chock full of insecurities period, so I need to get over them all. And I will finish most of the SG1 stuff, I think.

[elly427.livejournal.com]

Couch? Cool.

And thank you. It means a lot to know people are still interested. :)

[elly427.livejournal.com]

Dude. Fandom.

*hugs*

[lisayaeger.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

My eyes! My eyes!

;-)

[nandamai]

I'm in it 'til the bitter end, baby!

[nandamai]