Introduction & First FanFics by GA1661

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Introduction & First FanFics
Sunday, April 20, 2008

Hi all!

I'm currently in the process of putting together two fan-fics, the first of which will be my first ever! The big thing I'm looking for here is constructive criticism on story development; I have a lot of experience in non-fiction writing, so grammar and punctuation and all those fun things shouldn't be an issue... but this is my first attempt at plot-based fiction where I've had to adhere to someone else's baseline.

Trials and Redemptions is set post-BDM, and I haven't integrated any elements from the comics since I haven't read them, although I did need to edit the ending of the movie slightly to facilitate certain plot elements. The story picks up at the cut-scene after the Operative gives the order to stand down. I tried really hard to write the opening about fifteen different ways so that I could avoid changing the ending to the movie, but it just wasn't working, so I hope all of you die-hards out there aren't too terribly offended. Right now, I have the entire plot laid out, and at least sketches of all 30 chapters, and I've left the ending open such that I could write a sequel if people like this first bit. This first bit will be PG-13 for the most part, but I'll mark the excessively violent sections NC-17, as well as any that end up going beyond just kissing.

The one thing I could really use is a beta-reader or sounding-board to help me with time-line continuity and character speech, as those are the two issues which are slowing me down at the moment. It's hard to write all the characters equally well at the same time and match their voices, but the good news is that I am noticing inconsistencies and odd speech patterns during re-reads, so I have been able to fix most of them. As for the continuity issue, I'm trying not to squash the story together into too short a time frame, but I'm having trouble writing filler that isn't complete sugar.

I'll go ahead and warn anyone who is going to read this that my vision of River is perhaps a bit eccentric, and you may not really like her. I hate seeing her cast as a superhero in every single fic I read, so I've deliberately tried to avoid that here. However, I think if you give her a chance, she'll surprise you.

I've finished chapters 1 through 4, which I've posted now, as well as 12, 13, and 21, and have significant pieces of others done (5, 11, 14, 15, 19, and 20). I'll probably be posting one chapter each week as soon as I finish Chapter 5 (hopefully in the next couple days).

My other piece, Broken and Repaired , is completely AU to the comics and the BDM. I've hit a bit of writer's block on this one, but it's definitely different than anything else I've read.

SPOILER ALERT!

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The main focus will be on Kaylee/River, Simon/Inara, and Mal/OC, but I had a brainstorm the other day, and we might see Jayne being invited to "help" Kaylee and River.

This will not be PWP, as I really do have a story to tell here, but given the nature of those pairings... let's just say a good number of chapters may be NC-17.

This one isn't nearly as far along, but I do have a plot outline finished for most of it. I think I may shelve this until I finish Trials , and maybe complete this before writing the sequel. Of course, commentary from readers could sway that decision!

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