Need A Co-Author
Hello again, fandom!
As you may or may not recall, last January I put out this call for help:
As some of you may already know, I'm working on a Masters Degree and my thesis is about Mary Sues; to illustrate my arguments for the committe, I've spent the last few years writing a pretty epic Mary Sue called " Slipstream", and it's sequel, " Quick To Say Yes". One of the aspects of Mary Sues that I want to investigate is called the 'Many Sue' (that is, more than one Mary Sue character inserted into the same story) and to do this, I've been working on another whack of stories in the universe. (My aims and ideals can be found in further detail here, in an essay called "Navigating the Slipstream")
Where I need help is with a story that is set in SGA. To really expand my definition of Mary Sue, I've been inviting secondary authors to write stories with my Mary Sue in whichever fandom they want (theoretical question I'm trying to prove: it is still a Mary Sue if other people author her?). However, the author who committed, and even wrote a good chunk of, the SGA story had to drop out. This has left me with a good start to the story and lots of fragments and outlines to work with. I would write it myself, but it would defeat the purpose of having other people write Marie.
So, my plea is this: I would like to work with an author who has a firm grasp on SGA, is willing to work with the fragments I already have and the vauge outline, but wants to throw their own spin and creativity into the story. The outline itself is extremely flexible (I have a place where it has to start, where it has to end, and one or two things that have to happen in the middle but are mostly lines that require saying for later chapters) and I really want the writer to put their own stamp on it. I would compile all the fragments for you and send you notes, and answer any and all questions, and would be totally okay with you leaving out some fragments or jostling their order if you wanted to. You could of COURSE cross post it to your own archives and blogs.
The call was answered and in an awesome way, but then tragedy struck. My secondary author got in one really fan-bloody-tastic chapter and had to pull out for personal reasons. So, I am asking again - is there anyone who is willing to step up, and take the amazing chapter I was provided with and run with it? Once more, the previous parts of the story (and resources) are here:
Slipstream
Slipstream II: Quick To Say Yes
Navigating the Slipstream (essay)
The Annotated Mary Sue Checklist
This story (tentatively titled "Slipstream: Atlantian Interlude") will be third in the series, to be followed up by the forth and final story where secondary authors are invited to write any chapter they like about any fandom.
The timeline is flexible but I would love to have the complete story by the end of August- and hey, chapter one is already done for you!
I look forward to hearing from someone!
I have also reposted the Prejudices In the Cancellation of SGA essay with heavy edits. Thank you to everyone who helped me make the article the best it can be! I sincerly appreciate the feedback I recieved on the last draft.
As you may or may not recall, last January I put out this call for help:
As some of you may already know, I'm working on a Masters Degree and my thesis is about Mary Sues; to illustrate my arguments for the committe, I've spent the last few years writing a pretty epic Mary Sue called " Slipstream", and it's sequel, " Quick To Say Yes". One of the aspects of Mary Sues that I want to investigate is called the 'Many Sue' (that is, more than one Mary Sue character inserted into the same story) and to do this, I've been working on another whack of stories in the universe. (My aims and ideals can be found in further detail here, in an essay called "Navigating the Slipstream")
Where I need help is with a story that is set in SGA. To really expand my definition of Mary Sue, I've been inviting secondary authors to write stories with my Mary Sue in whichever fandom they want (theoretical question I'm trying to prove: it is still a Mary Sue if other people author her?). However, the author who committed, and even wrote a good chunk of, the SGA story had to drop out. This has left me with a good start to the story and lots of fragments and outlines to work with. I would write it myself, but it would defeat the purpose of having other people write Marie.
So, my plea is this: I would like to work with an author who has a firm grasp on SGA, is willing to work with the fragments I already have and the vauge outline, but wants to throw their own spin and creativity into the story. The outline itself is extremely flexible (I have a place where it has to start, where it has to end, and one or two things that have to happen in the middle but are mostly lines that require saying for later chapters) and I really want the writer to put their own stamp on it. I would compile all the fragments for you and send you notes, and answer any and all questions, and would be totally okay with you leaving out some fragments or jostling their order if you wanted to. You could of COURSE cross post it to your own archives and blogs.
The call was answered and in an awesome way, but then tragedy struck. My secondary author got in one really fan-bloody-tastic chapter and had to pull out for personal reasons. So, I am asking again - is there anyone who is willing to step up, and take the amazing chapter I was provided with and run with it? Once more, the previous parts of the story (and resources) are here:
Slipstream
Slipstream II: Quick To Say Yes
Navigating the Slipstream (essay)
The Annotated Mary Sue Checklist
This story (tentatively titled "Slipstream: Atlantian Interlude") will be third in the series, to be followed up by the forth and final story where secondary authors are invited to write any chapter they like about any fandom.
The timeline is flexible but I would love to have the complete story by the end of August- and hey, chapter one is already done for you!
I look forward to hearing from someone!
I have also reposted the Prejudices In the Cancellation of SGA essay with heavy edits. Thank you to everyone who helped me make the article the best it can be! I sincerly appreciate the feedback I recieved on the last draft.