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In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator.
The commentary on this one is extremely important, because it helps frame the discussion away from "Which of my creations will give the best impression of me as a creator so that people want to follow my work?" and centers it firmly on "Which of these creations are the ones I like the best?" The two do not always align. So, here's the commentary:
On Day 4, many people had difficulty posting their wish list because some of us are socialized not to ask for things or celebrate our accomplishments. Today, we're debunking all of that. Rec a podfic you made that got you through a tough time. Rec a fanmix you made for a for a ship that you love. Rec a fanvid you made to honor asexual characters. We're open to any and all fanworks, so if you think it qualifies, then it does. :)
The thing someone might be most proud of is that small work tucked away in the corner, a complete departure from their usual style, or a work they published under a completely different pseud, or the one they did in the height of a good or bad situation that still sits somewhere, an intricately graffiti-laden mural on the wall somewhere that everyone passes by and admires, and only a few truly understand, because they stopped to look closer.
If I wanted to recommend to you myself as a writer, an essayist, someone who can take hold of a subject and examine it for flaws and successes, and who can persist through multiple volumes of work to provide a commentary, then start at the beginning, and work your way through Pern as I am. At 3+ years, it's probably around 200k or so, but the chapters are short and that's not all that intimidating a wordcount, right? (Content Notes for the source material, at their upper bounds, are abuse, murder, and rape.)
For smaller versions of the same, the Baseball Tarot series and This I Should Have Learned In Library School series can also show you the warp and the weft, while both being on subjects that I'm passionate about. Even though neither would really make it to AO3, they're both fanworks all the same.
Which isn't to say that I don't like them. I think they're great and they say a lot about me as a person and a writer. But they're not really in the traditional definition of a fanwork, y'know? And they're mostly me talking about things that I know a lot about and trying to find meaning in. So there's not all that much of a hook for the reader.
If I wanted to show you works that I'm proud of because they were milestones or new things or something that was really tricky to do and that came off just right, then I might show you Meet Qte, The Best Revue In The State, Human-Cyborg Relations, and To Complete The Set, because all of them are firsts in very specific ways, and they each proved to me that I can write and to be less afraid of what tags are available to choose from.
But others might recommend differently. I got serious squee out of Promotion and Around The Campfire: Pardon Me, Wife, but I kind of like the praise that was left on The Gold Curse: "not!Luna is still perfectly, effortlessly Luna."
So it's really a matter of your own taste, I suppose - I might have a little bit of everything in there, so it's harder for me to recommend any one thing over the others. I guess, if I'm going to, I'll go with a favorite out of the lot, one that spawned a universe that believes I haven't noticed it, yet. So if you've only got time to read one, make it TRUTH SHOP, and I hope you're not disappointed.
The commentary on this one is extremely important, because it helps frame the discussion away from "Which of my creations will give the best impression of me as a creator so that people want to follow my work?" and centers it firmly on "Which of these creations are the ones I like the best?" The two do not always align. So, here's the commentary:
On Day 4, many people had difficulty posting their wish list because some of us are socialized not to ask for things or celebrate our accomplishments. Today, we're debunking all of that. Rec a podfic you made that got you through a tough time. Rec a fanmix you made for a for a ship that you love. Rec a fanvid you made to honor asexual characters. We're open to any and all fanworks, so if you think it qualifies, then it does. :)
The thing someone might be most proud of is that small work tucked away in the corner, a complete departure from their usual style, or a work they published under a completely different pseud, or the one they did in the height of a good or bad situation that still sits somewhere, an intricately graffiti-laden mural on the wall somewhere that everyone passes by and admires, and only a few truly understand, because they stopped to look closer.
If I wanted to recommend to you myself as a writer, an essayist, someone who can take hold of a subject and examine it for flaws and successes, and who can persist through multiple volumes of work to provide a commentary, then start at the beginning, and work your way through Pern as I am. At 3+ years, it's probably around 200k or so, but the chapters are short and that's not all that intimidating a wordcount, right? (Content Notes for the source material, at their upper bounds, are abuse, murder, and rape.)
For smaller versions of the same, the Baseball Tarot series and This I Should Have Learned In Library School series can also show you the warp and the weft, while both being on subjects that I'm passionate about. Even though neither would really make it to AO3, they're both fanworks all the same.
Which isn't to say that I don't like them. I think they're great and they say a lot about me as a person and a writer. But they're not really in the traditional definition of a fanwork, y'know? And they're mostly me talking about things that I know a lot about and trying to find meaning in. So there's not all that much of a hook for the reader.
If I wanted to show you works that I'm proud of because they were milestones or new things or something that was really tricky to do and that came off just right, then I might show you Meet Qte, The Best Revue In The State, Human-Cyborg Relations, and To Complete The Set, because all of them are firsts in very specific ways, and they each proved to me that I can write and to be less afraid of what tags are available to choose from.
But others might recommend differently. I got serious squee out of Promotion and Around The Campfire: Pardon Me, Wife, but I kind of like the praise that was left on The Gold Curse: "not!Luna is still perfectly, effortlessly Luna."
So it's really a matter of your own taste, I suppose - I might have a little bit of everything in there, so it's harder for me to recommend any one thing over the others. I guess, if I'm going to, I'll go with a favorite out of the lot, one that spawned a universe that believes I haven't noticed it, yet. So if you've only got time to read one, make it TRUTH SHOP, and I hope you're not disappointed.
