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gwynSorry to be so out of the loop; I'm afraid it will continue all week, because I have a usage article for a publication due tonight and had been given a deadline of tomorrow, which was apparently wrong, and then some beta work and I have to help my dad pack up and move to a new apartment. Not to mention all the confused trauma about the work transition, and the fact that I got in so late due to a delayed flight I haven't taken care of any of the house stuff, either!
But! I did manage to squeeze in a quick fic. Lately it seems like so much of what I read has the voice of the writer stamped on top of the character's name. For me that's perilously close to any two guys (or any two characters at all), because the thing I value most is good writing -- which includes keeping a unique character voice... well, unique. I can barely keep the names of the two main characters of Ocean's 11 straight (it takes me, every time, about ten minutes to figure out which is Danny and which is Rusty, especially because I hate both George Clooney and Brad Pitt), but I enjoyed the first movie and if there's one thing this fandom seems to inspire, it's some talented writers who really get how distinct and discrete those two voices are both from each other and from any other characters on screen (which helps tremendously when you can't keep the names straight). Now![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
keiko_kirin has entered the game with And Then You Take the House, a lovely take on the events that can lead to a relationship beyond the one you were planning for.
And like Dorinda's most excellent Yuletide piece last year, Confidence Men, this one doesn't just chuck Tess on the garbage heap as if she's not a huge part of Danny's life. But I could expect no less than such adult and honest treatment from either Keiko or Dorinda, because they are both adult and honest writers, and also? Really, really damn good. And most importantly, they understand that character voice (and no, I don't mean POV, I mean the style, the outlook, the cadence and rhythms and word choices) even in a short piece is crucial to character development, something I despair of in about 99% of fanfic these days. (Especially my fandom du jour, F&F, where everyone in the movie sounds like everyone else in the great slushpile of the fandom.)
What are you waiting for? I don't care if you aren't into the movie! I don't even like Ocean's 11 that much, but these are good stories! Go read! Scoot!
But! I did manage to squeeze in a quick fic. Lately it seems like so much of what I read has the voice of the writer stamped on top of the character's name. For me that's perilously close to any two guys (or any two characters at all), because the thing I value most is good writing -- which includes keeping a unique character voice... well, unique. I can barely keep the names of the two main characters of Ocean's 11 straight (it takes me, every time, about ten minutes to figure out which is Danny and which is Rusty, especially because I hate both George Clooney and Brad Pitt), but I enjoyed the first movie and if there's one thing this fandom seems to inspire, it's some talented writers who really get how distinct and discrete those two voices are both from each other and from any other characters on screen (which helps tremendously when you can't keep the names straight). Now
keiko_kirin has entered the game with And Then You Take the House, a lovely take on the events that can lead to a relationship beyond the one you were planning for. And like Dorinda's most excellent Yuletide piece last year, Confidence Men, this one doesn't just chuck Tess on the garbage heap as if she's not a huge part of Danny's life. But I could expect no less than such adult and honest treatment from either Keiko or Dorinda, because they are both adult and honest writers, and also? Really, really damn good. And most importantly, they understand that character voice (and no, I don't mean POV, I mean the style, the outlook, the cadence and rhythms and word choices) even in a short piece is crucial to character development, something I despair of in about 99% of fanfic these days. (Especially my fandom du jour, F&F, where everyone in the movie sounds like everyone else in the great slushpile of the fandom.)
What are you waiting for? I don't care if you aren't into the movie! I don't even like Ocean's 11 that much, but these are good stories! Go read! Scoot!
