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So, this isn't a story. But it is a PSA! (Actually, three.) (And duplicated elsejournal.)
In reverse order: "Mary Sues are the bogeyman of fanfic; any time a female character is present, the spectre rears its ugly head, even if it's only in the writer's imagination -- and even if the character is in canon. " To counteract this pernicious idea that female characters aren't allowed to be awesome,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
leupagus and traveller are holding Promptfest '11: Mary Sue Edition (with thanks to boosette for the link).
thistlerose will be holding a Montgomery Scott fest on Burns Night, January 25.
Meanwhile,oxoniensis's splendid Porn Battle has gone live until 9 pm (UK time) on Thursday 3rd February (which will be 4 PM Thursday Feb 3 US EST, my local time). Prompts are listed here, and also ones featuring characters of color here, ( with a corrections post here), and finished stories go here on DW or here on LJ. There are already wonderful fanworks in many fandoms I know my friends like (such as Green Hornet, Hawaii 5-0, Vorkosiverse, Firefly, and Leverage). Yay Porn Battle!
In reverse order: "Mary Sues are the bogeyman of fanfic; any time a female character is present, the spectre rears its ugly head, even if it's only in the writer's imagination -- and even if the character is in canon. " To counteract this pernicious idea that female characters aren't allowed to be awesome,
leupagus and traveller are holding Promptfest '11: Mary Sue Edition (with thanks to boosette for the link).thistlerose will be holding a Montgomery Scott fest on Burns Night, January 25.Meanwhile,
oxoniensis's splendid Porn Battle has gone live until 9 pm (UK time) on Thursday 3rd February (which will be 4 PM Thursday Feb 3 US EST, my local time). Prompts are listed here, and also ones featuring characters of color here, ( with a corrections post here), and finished stories go here on DW or here on LJ. There are already wonderful fanworks in many fandoms I know my friends like (such as Green Hornet, Hawaii 5-0, Vorkosiverse, Firefly, and Leverage). Yay Porn Battle!
