Given how well the newest challenge has gone over in terms of popularity (this is why you shouldn't leave me with the conn, 6street!), it's poll time! No, I'm not changing the week's challenge. You all still have to seethe about how awful it is with me. But I mentioned in the past that we should have chats! So, have a poll to determine if/when/how we're ( Read more... )

As humans, our senses are pretty dulled when compared to the rest of the animal kingdom. Dogs have sharp senses of smell, birds have fantastic eyes, and innumerable animals can hear better than we do. Still, we rely on our senses to give us our perceptions of the world and how it works, to define our experiences. We like certain colors, dislike ( Read more... )

Challenge: AU! Characterization Challenge
Title: beneath the winter snow and like a distant star (working titles)
Author: echoinautumn
Rating: PG
Series: ST: XI
Characters/Pairings: Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov (pre-slash)
Summary: Life goes on, even in the darkest, coldest days of the year.

Notes: Two pieces, both rated PG, set in what was supposed to be an AU ( Read more... )

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Scotty is crazy. Everyone knows that, but he’s a special sort of crazy that makes it so he can take scraps from torn down buildings and abandoned cars to build a plane that will last a life time. And all he’ll ask in return is something to eat and a bottle of something alcoholic, if you’ve got anything on you.

“Scotty!” Sulu calls out, stupid ( Read more... )

Challenge: Write from a first-person perspective.
Title: Fallen
Author: bitcherry
Rating: K
Series: ST:XI
Characters/Pairings: Spock, Kirk

Notes: I'm posting week 2 first 'cause weeks 1 and 3 are still on my beta. This is the first time I write Spock and I hate first-person, so I considered this a real challenge - not pretty sure if the result is any good, ( Read more... )

Title: And My Eyes Will Shine With Tears Unshed, alternately, Bubbles is Rubbish With Titles, VTF, Fail

Fandom: Star Trek (reboot)

Characters: Joe, Giotto, McKenna

Pairing: Joe/Giotto

Rating: g

Word Count: ~8oo

Summary: It seems like just yesterday you were the awkward little cadet we were scraping off the sidewalk, and now look at you!

Author’s Note: ( Read more... )

This week's challenge is a little bit different. Instead of focusing on prose, per se, we're focusing on characterization, which is just as important. Whether you're writing fanfiction or original fiction, one of the most important things is to establish and maintain a character's personality. Why do they do what they do? What motivates them? Who ( Read more... )

Challenge: Write from a first-person perspective
Title (if applicable): I Know I Am, I'm Sure I Am
Author: Abby
Rating: PG-13 for language
Series: Star Trek XI
Characters/Pairings: Sulu, gen

Notes: The Seattle Sounders FC and the San Jose Earthquakes are Major League Soccer teams. Football in the future is a bit of a thing for me.

( I Know I Am, I'm Sure I Am )

Challenge: Write from a first-person perspective.
Title: Push and Pull
Author: echoinautumn
Rating: PG-13/soft R?
Series: Star Trek XI
Characters/Pairings: Hikaru Sulu/Pavel Chekov

Notes: ...I pretty much hate writing first person. So much hate. But working on it was a good thing for me, and so have my... thousand-some-odd word kind of fail!stab at it. I got ( Read more... )

Quick modly-type post!

► Because I didn't actually know there's a news comm for the Trek fandom, I didn't know we were being watched. EVERYONE WAVE TO THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AT trek_news! But what this means is sort of a heads-up to you all. Because we're an in-progress workshop-type community, I know some of you may not want general fandom looking at the ( Read more... )