Dear Hetswap Writer
Thank you so much for participating in this exchange. Also, please allow me to compliment you for A.) your exellent taste in fandoms B.) your willingness to write outside your comfort zone C.) both. We at least have some matching interests in TV or movies, so that practically makes us besties, right?
Don't tell anyone, but the sad truth is that I am super-easy. :) Write a story that you enjoy writing and I'm sure I'll love it and enjoy reading it. BUT, if prompts tend to make you chafe, then by all means, just read the do-not-wants paragraph and then go away and write the story. I want you to have freedom, if that's what you need.
Above all, have fun. If you find that the suggestions feel like a burden, then ignore them and write something that interests you. True passion shines through and makes a story special.
I like...
angst, UST, longing looks, long-repressed feelings that explode one day, kid fic, teamy goodness, found or chosen families, epistolary fic, well-done hurt/comfort, broken people finding their way together, AUs that arise from roads not taken in canon, zombies, wacky road trips, old friends, handsome strangers, ghost stories, crazy decisions that are right even though they seem so very wrong, 2nd person narratives, porn that reveals more than just naked bodies, unreliable narrators, opening your presents on Christmas Day rather than Christmas Eve, and long deep slow kisses that last three days.
I do not want..
passivity, first-person narration, incest, non-con, non-canon slash, child death or grievous injury, and misusing the words less and fewer.
See, I told you I was easy. Now, the prompts. First, some general prompts that would apply to any of my fandoms:
A natural or manmade disaster strikes and characters must work together to save themselves and others
AU - The Zombie Apocalypse strikes - what is life like and how do the characters manage?
Wacky roadtrip, a la "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles"
Character backstories - I love a good backstory!
The road not taken...what happens when a character makes a different decision than in canon. How does the story (and more importantly, the character) change as a result of the decision.
First times - first kisses, first loves, first day of school/prison/the army/whatever
5+1 (As in Five times X happened and 1 time it didn't) is a tried and true format - I'd eat any 5+1 with a spoon. (And it doesn't have to be 5 +1, it could be 3 or 7 or whatever works for you.)
Song fic - I don't even need to know the song. (But if you're a fan of The National, you literally cannot go wrong with any of their songs.)
And now the fandom-specific prompts:
Sons of Anarchy
Tara Knowles/Chibs Telford - Ah, the ship of my heart. Go as AU as you have to with this one. I'd love a fix-it fic where Tara survives and ends up with Chibs. I'm also happy with some hot UST while Tara is canonically with Jax. I find the “want to but can't” motif super-hot.
Star Wars Original Trilogy
Leia Organa/Han Solo - Umm, I would be totally okay with PWP. There have got to be quiet little cozy spots somewhere on Endor that would have some hot stories to tell, right? Alternatively, I'd love a slow-burn getting together fic for them. The original trilogy really irritated me, even as a kid, the way their courtship was essentially just them hurling insults at each other and her being the only woman in the entire galaxy.
Saving Grace
Grace/Ham - I always shipped Grace and Ham, particularly self-destructive!Grace and emo-caring-but-still-super-sexy!Ham. (And how about when the tables were reversed when Ham went off the rails?) Ham rescuing Grace. A missing-scene fic after Grace got herself beat up to catch the abusive girlfriend. I've always pined for a Saving Grace fic and have never gotten one, so I'd be delighted with anything.
Friday Night Lights
Tim Riggins/Jackie MIller - I wish this relationship could have run for a bit longer. I wanted to see more of them. How do they each feel about and navigate the age difference? What would happen if the three of them go to the zoo in Dallas? What can/do they teach each other?
Eric Taylor/Tami Taylor - My most favorite TV marriage. I'd love to know how they met. How did they get to be such an awesome team? Tell me about a time they struggled. Tell me about how it was after Julie was born. Tell me about the future - how do they both adjust to Philadelphia. What's it like to raise Gracie in an unfamiliar environment?
Don't tell anyone, but the sad truth is that I am super-easy. :) Write a story that you enjoy writing and I'm sure I'll love it and enjoy reading it. BUT, if prompts tend to make you chafe, then by all means, just read the do-not-wants paragraph and then go away and write the story. I want you to have freedom, if that's what you need.
Above all, have fun. If you find that the suggestions feel like a burden, then ignore them and write something that interests you. True passion shines through and makes a story special.
I like...
angst, UST, longing looks, long-repressed feelings that explode one day, kid fic, teamy goodness, found or chosen families, epistolary fic, well-done hurt/comfort, broken people finding their way together, AUs that arise from roads not taken in canon, zombies, wacky road trips, old friends, handsome strangers, ghost stories, crazy decisions that are right even though they seem so very wrong, 2nd person narratives, porn that reveals more than just naked bodies, unreliable narrators, opening your presents on Christmas Day rather than Christmas Eve, and long deep slow kisses that last three days.
I do not want..
passivity, first-person narration, incest, non-con, non-canon slash, child death or grievous injury, and misusing the words less and fewer.
See, I told you I was easy. Now, the prompts. First, some general prompts that would apply to any of my fandoms:
A natural or manmade disaster strikes and characters must work together to save themselves and others
AU - The Zombie Apocalypse strikes - what is life like and how do the characters manage?
Wacky roadtrip, a la "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles"
Character backstories - I love a good backstory!
The road not taken...what happens when a character makes a different decision than in canon. How does the story (and more importantly, the character) change as a result of the decision.
First times - first kisses, first loves, first day of school/prison/the army/whatever
5+1 (As in Five times X happened and 1 time it didn't) is a tried and true format - I'd eat any 5+1 with a spoon. (And it doesn't have to be 5 +1, it could be 3 or 7 or whatever works for you.)
Song fic - I don't even need to know the song. (But if you're a fan of The National, you literally cannot go wrong with any of their songs.)
And now the fandom-specific prompts:
Sons of Anarchy
Tara Knowles/Chibs Telford - Ah, the ship of my heart. Go as AU as you have to with this one. I'd love a fix-it fic where Tara survives and ends up with Chibs. I'm also happy with some hot UST while Tara is canonically with Jax. I find the “want to but can't” motif super-hot.
Star Wars Original Trilogy
Leia Organa/Han Solo - Umm, I would be totally okay with PWP. There have got to be quiet little cozy spots somewhere on Endor that would have some hot stories to tell, right? Alternatively, I'd love a slow-burn getting together fic for them. The original trilogy really irritated me, even as a kid, the way their courtship was essentially just them hurling insults at each other and her being the only woman in the entire galaxy.
Saving Grace
Grace/Ham - I always shipped Grace and Ham, particularly self-destructive!Grace and emo-caring-but-still-super-sexy!Ham. (And how about when the tables were reversed when Ham went off the rails?) Ham rescuing Grace. A missing-scene fic after Grace got herself beat up to catch the abusive girlfriend. I've always pined for a Saving Grace fic and have never gotten one, so I'd be delighted with anything.
Friday Night Lights
Tim Riggins/Jackie MIller - I wish this relationship could have run for a bit longer. I wanted to see more of them. How do they each feel about and navigate the age difference? What would happen if the three of them go to the zoo in Dallas? What can/do they teach each other?
Eric Taylor/Tami Taylor - My most favorite TV marriage. I'd love to know how they met. How did they get to be such an awesome team? Tell me about a time they struggled. Tell me about how it was after Julie was born. Tell me about the future - how do they both adjust to Philadelphia. What's it like to raise Gracie in an unfamiliar environment?