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the_deep_magicOkay, while I'm trying my damnedest to get some stuff finished, how about a meme? Because that will surely help my productivity... Anyway, I saw this on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
1lostone's journal when I was going back through some old posts and I thought I'd steal it.
Give me a link to one of my fics and I'll give you a detail that didn't make it into the fic - it could be background canon, deleted material (if I still have it), the music that helped me set the mood or a look into the future - or it could be a question about inspiration, the writing process, research, etc.
1lostone's journal when I was going back through some old posts and I thought I'd steal it.Give me a link to one of my fics and I'll give you a detail that didn't make it into the fic - it could be background canon, deleted material (if I still have it), the music that helped me set the mood or a look into the future - or it could be a question about inspiration, the writing process, research, etc.
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Date: 2011-07-30 06:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-30 04:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-30 06:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-30 04:43 pm (UTC)A scene I thought about including but couldn't really find the place for was a phone conversation between Zach and Joe, who was the only one Zach had told about seeing a surrogate. Joe didn't completely approve, and couldn't understand why Zach just wouldn't keep trying with the guys Joe (or other friends) tried to set him up with. It would've been later in the fic, when Zach had the confidence to basically say "Look, this is what I need to do, and I know you care about me, but what you're doing isn't helping, so back off." If I try to expand the fic and rub the serial numbers off to try to get it published, I might add that scene in.
Folie a Deux:
Hands are an absolute bulletproof kink of mine, but for some reason, when I try to write fics that center around my favorite kinks, I always get stuck. The decision to write it in first person actually helped with that, because I could pretend like I was the one obsessing over Chris' hands (pretend, *ahem*, yes). Still, I had a lot more false starts and long passages that got deleted in this one than usual.
The Truth About Chris and Zach:
This one is interesting because I wrote the whole thing in one sitting when I couldn't sleep one night. Halfbreedchild had mentioned something about the lack of friendship fic, and I turned out the light to go to bed with that thought still in my brain. Half an hour later, I was up with a notebook until I'd written it from start to finish. Also, whenever I reread it, I STILL crack myself up with the repetition of "And he has a tiny dick."
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Date: 2011-08-02 07:32 am (UTC)and hands, oh hands... *swoons*
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Date: 2011-07-30 01:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-30 04:53 pm (UTC)I rewrote the entire end of this fic -- a couple thousand words -- everything after Chris drunkenly kisses Zach's forehead and calls him a princess. I deleted whatever it was I originally wrote because it was terrible -- I think it was just Chris and Zach trying to have this serious conversation and Chris got really mad at Zach for looking at the porn on his computer. So it didn't fit the tone of the fic AND it was way too talky. In the final draft, I was worried I hand-waved Chris' reaction away to get to the sex a little too quickly, but then I remembered that this was not only fic, but kind of cracky fic at that. So I'm pleased with how it came out. And I still love Zach's line about "big-boobed Swedish lesbians slapping each other with herring (or whatever the hell straight guys wank to)."
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Date: 2011-07-30 10:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-30 02:14 pm (UTC)Glad to have you back, darling! Hope your hiatus was good for you! :)
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Date: 2011-07-30 05:19 pm (UTC)I really, really felt for Chris after that one Bean posted about the Inishmore talk back where that nasty woman had gone after Chris for his Irish accent. Though I didn't see the show, I imagine he worked very hard on it, and from what I've seen of his work, he's very good with accents
much better than Zach, sorry bb, you know I love you. He strikes me as someone who is very sensitive to criticism, but is ashamed about it and thinks he should be tougher. Plus, I just wanted to write some straight-up comfort fic. I really do hope Chris has someone to take care of him, to tell him how awesome he is, because I think he needs to hear it. :o(Eleven Conversations:
This was such a fun one to write! I think I wrote all of the bad!sex scenes first. The prompt was simply "Chris is more experienced at gay sex than Zach" and somehow it ended up like it did. Also! I found out after I'd written it that Chris' mom had actually guest starred on an episode of Gunsmoke way back in the day. Not sure if she was one of the ladies in Miss Kitty's, er, "saloon."
First:
I have such a thing for virginity!fics, which are obviously pretty hard to do for non-AU RPF. Also, I think this was the first time I wrote in first person POV -- that's just the way the story presented itself to me in my head. I'd been reading a lot of Beedle's stuff, and I worried I was going to start imitating her voice, but I don't think that ended up being a problem. And I love this fic -- it might be my most romantic, and I think I struck a good balance between the present and the flashbacks to other firsts.
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Date: 2011-07-30 06:58 pm (UTC)i saw the show, and i was amazed how well he was able to pull off an irish accent! i mean, he usually has a very strong californian one, but he did a really good job regardless. so i was really furious when i read about that stupid woman last year :(
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Date: 2011-07-30 03:56 pm (UTC)Tab A + Slot B (http://the-deep-magic.livejournal.com/33751.html)
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Date: 2011-07-30 05:26 pm (UTC)Hee hee, this one was allllll about the research. Seriously, I think I spent more time on the Aneros wiki, reading instructions and testimonials, than I did actually writing the fic. Can you imagine the product testing that went into perfecting that design? "So, Bob, how does that thing feel in your ass?" "Well, I'll tell you, I think we've got the right length, but the head could stand to be a little more bulbous." I've never wanted a prostate so badly, just because I was SO CURIOUS.
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Date: 2011-07-31 12:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-30 04:45 pm (UTC)... i loved to know something about that one! :)
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Date: 2011-07-30 05:40 pm (UTC)Okay, story time -- when I was in the fifth grade, for some reason the school thought it would be a good idea to put a jukebox in the cafeteria so we could have music at lunchtime. Well, I don't know who started this, but Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance" was one of the few risque songs on there, so everybody kept using their quarters to play that song, and NOTHING but that song, all day. And every time it played, we would all yell the "OH MY MY, OH HELL YES" part along with the song. Of course, at the time I had no idea what "Mary Jane" referred to, I just knew I was being naughty for saying the word "hell." The jukebox lasted about a month.
Anyway, that doesn't have a lot to do with the fic, but when I was imagining the atmosphere in the seedy bar with an old-school jukebox somewhere in the background, "Mary Jane's Last Dance" immediately popped into my head, and it ended up being the perfect song to go with the fic. Also, I LOVE to imagine the look on the bartender's face when he'd seen them go into the bathroom all secretive and sexy, and they come out laughing and poking at each other.
And I was rather proud of some of the lines that still work with different meanings even after you know Chris isn't really a seedy bar hooker: "Chris is apparently excellent at reading people – an essential skill in his line of work" SEE WHAT I DID THERE? :oD
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Date: 2011-07-30 06:55 pm (UTC)I LOVE IT. and you're right, totally fits!
thanks for sharing :) i like it that probably most of people's works draw inspiration from real life experiences one way or another!
...and now i need more tom petty songs.
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Date: 2011-07-30 07:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-01 03:02 am (UTC)So, uh, then I realized that a) perhaps I should not stop the flow of the narrative to rant about donuts for a while; and b) I was probably hungry. Interestingly, I can't stand those blueberry cake donuts, and it's been my experience that they're usually the last one left in the box (save for, naturally, the cruller). I was just amused by the idea that both Chris and Zach occupied the same obscure donut niche and thus were in constant competition.
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Date: 2011-07-30 10:05 pm (UTC)*bats eyelashes*
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Date: 2011-08-01 03:08 am (UTC)Ha ha, okay, I don't know if I've told this before, but the deep throating of the Snickers bar is based on Real Life Events. A friend of mine (who shall remain nameless) was dragged to the front of the theatre for her initiation and probably singled out because she is so shy and sweet-looking. But let me tell you, everyone was impressed with her performance. I got off easy -- all I had to do was put a V on my forehead with red lipstick and scream "I AM NO LONGER A FUCKING VIRGIN." I think there were also some pelvic thrusts involved.
And I can't believe I have to ask this, but... which porno fic? Zach and Chris Make a Porno or The Steelrod Chronicles?
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Date: 2011-08-01 05:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-03 03:53 am (UTC)When it's time to film another video, Karl finds out that Chris has never been fucked, and demands that the next one be Chris' first time. Chris is insanely nervous, but the money is nice and he's actually kind of enjoying the whole process, so they agree. A few days before the shoot, though, Chris starts freaking out, and Zach has to calm him down. He tells Chris that they don't have to go through with it, they can always turn Karl down... or Zach can fuck him now and Chris can PRETEND it's his first time on camera. They go with option B, and while the film ends up nicely rough and dirty, Chris' real first time is actually slow and sweet, with a lot of laughing and kissing and fun.
So, yeah, I had thoughts of turning it into a whole series, but I have SO FRICKIN' MANY other projects in the works that I doubt it's going to happen. That's as far as I'd planned it, though.
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Date: 2011-08-03 09:21 am (UTC)Karl as the Porn King though... wow Idek and it might be because it's 5 in the morning, but I sort of picture him dressed as the Goblin King... only pornier.
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Date: 2011-08-02 09:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-06 05:15 am (UTC)Hmm, let's see... I was genuinely a little disappointed when (after I wrote this fic!) Chris gave an interview and said he would never take his date to a bowling alley. But maybe that just applies to the ladies -- he feels like he can be more himself and cut loose with Zach. I think they actually did go bowling together back in the day.
Also from the second part, I have had that conversation about the bases-as-a-sex-metaphor and its shameful lack of standardization multiple times. I really DID know a girl who included oral sex as part of first base. I didn't know her well enough to inquire as to the specifics of further bases. God alone knows what "home plate" was.
Our Thing:
Well, this is one that ended up being easily twice as long as I thought it would. And I was pleasantly surprised at how many people really loved it! I thought it was pretty good, y'know, but I didn't expect it to be a lot of people's favorite of mine.
Even though I wrote it from Chris' point of view, reading over it again, I really feel for Zach, and what he's putting himself through. Not to toot my own horn, but I like the consistency of my characterization of Zach here, even if he appears to do or say things that are contradictory. He's half in denial and half aware that what he's doing is pretty dangerous for his sanity, and that puts him in a really vulnerable place in the end. Good thing Chris is so sweet about it. ;o)