I don't dare write for Yuletide. Even when you have freedom of choice (as you do with the New Year's Challenge), it's impossible for me to find a request that complies with the following requirements:
1) A fandom that I'm actually familiar with. This is tougher than you might think, as I'm not deeply involved with any small fandoms. Trying to find something that's small enough to pass muster with the mods and that I've actually read (because I prefer to have a canon that I own and can refer to any time, and I have more books than DvDs)...well, it's tricky.
2) Characters that I feel I know well enough to write about. I have a terrible tendency not to be very interested in popular characters, so this further complicates things.
3) A request for a story that has a plot, is gen, or both.
It's virtually impossible to get all of the above even when I'm searching, never mind when I've been given an assignment and the only matching thing on the assignment is the fact that I kind of know the fandom...a little.
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Date: 2006-10-30 06:01 am (UTC)1) A fandom that I'm actually familiar with. This is tougher than you might think, as I'm not deeply involved with any small fandoms. Trying to find something that's small enough to pass muster with the mods and that I've actually read (because I prefer to have a canon that I own and can refer to any time, and I have more books than DvDs)...well, it's tricky.
2) Characters that I feel I know well enough to write about. I have a terrible tendency not to be very interested in popular characters, so this further complicates things.
3) A request for a story that has a plot, is gen, or both.
It's virtually impossible to get all of the above even when I'm searching, never mind when I've been given an assignment and the only matching thing on the assignment is the fact that I kind of know the fandom...a little.
So these days, I just don't try doing Yuletide.