ADMIN POST: The Mission Report Challenge
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nudaydreamer and it's like, three--three!--cool challenges in one! As she puts it: but we won't require you to ask their permission Edited to add: and get their permission, or check the links below. HOWEVER, if you want to opt OUT of option c)--i.e. tell people that they can't write a mission report of your story or stories, even with credit--please leave a comment in this post ASAP. Edited to add: link to new opt-out post below! We WILL ask challenge respondents to check before posting that the writer hasn't opted out of the challenge. Edited to add: Merryish reminds me to say that it is, of course, perfectly acceptable to write a mission report on one of your own stories!
It's August 21st; stories will be due on Monday, September 4th, Labor Day, at midnight.
Edited to add: Freezing comments here: click here for a policy clarification, opt-in, and opt-out posts are above.
nudaydreamer and it's like, three--three!--cool challenges in one! As she puts it: I'd love to see a Mission Report Challenge. We all know some crazy shit happens on those other worlds, and authors could choose to a) write a (pornalicious?) Report That Will Never Actually Be Filed Because Elizabeth Would Freak Out And Such, b) write a euphemistically suggestive report that leaves those of us with dirty minds quite clear on what happened, without being explicit, or possibly c) take another author's story and write a report of type a or b for it.Everybody got that? See, it's kind of a Document Challenge and it's kind of a Remix and it's kind of Classified and Porny--or not; it's a festival, really. Now to clarify about option c)--if you choose to write a mission report of somebody else's story, we'll ask you to credit them,
It's August 21st; stories will be due on Monday, September 4th, Labor Day, at midnight.
Edited to add: Freezing comments here: click here for a policy clarification, opt-in, and opt-out posts are above.
(frozen) Re: Won't Be Joining this Comm Ever.
Date: 2006-08-21 02:42 pm (UTC)And I don't want to sound like I don't think an author's concern about theft or plagiarism are valid. I understand that completely, trust me. But, to me, inspiration is different. There are several really, really shitty stories floating around in other fandoms that claim to be "inspired" by one of my fics, and while I hate to see my name attached in any way to a shitty fic, there's nothing I can do when the idea of a character in leather pants is hardly one I can claim as mine and mine alone.
(frozen) Re: Won't Be Joining this Comm Ever.
Date: 2006-08-21 02:48 pm (UTC)It's just how the author in question gets them there with owrds that mucks it up sometimes.
I agree, an opt-in would have been better. Or else limiting it to just authors who are a member of the comm and knew this challenge was going on. As it is, there are a lot of authors not on this comm who would be surprised to find a coda/mission report about one of their fanfics.
(frozen) Re: Won't Be Joining this Comm Ever.
Date: 2006-08-21 02:52 pm (UTC)Also, I promise I'm not being argumentative, but I can't think of another way to word this.
If they're not on this comm, how would they find it? Challenge responses can only be posted to the comm. And I'm *not* saying it's right if they author doesn't know, just that I'm not sure I understand how they could be suprised if they don't read the comm.
(frozen) Re: Won't Be Joining this Comm Ever.
Date: 2006-08-21 03:02 pm (UTC)Well, I'm not on this comm, but I've read several fanfics posted here because I have 21 friends (people on my flist) who are on this comm. Three of them, all of whom have written fics for challenges posted here, are members of the fanfic collecitve I co-mod and help maintain. (http://www.ink-and-quill.com) When those people write fic, you'd best believe I read it as well as check out where the inspiration comes from. Their participation is like a reccommendation in my book.
That's how people who aren't on the comm would find it. It's not an f-locked comm, so while posting is limited to members only, reading/viewing is not.
Oh, leather pants. *sigh*
Should be standard issue uniforms, no? *imagines McKay in leather*
(frozen) Re: Won't Be Joining this Comm Ever.
Date: 2006-08-21 03:05 pm (UTC)Now I would like to write a story where a crazy alien invents a, um, photon ray that destroys all material but leather and the crew is forced to wear nothing but leather for the rest of their lives, lest they be embarassed by their public nudity.
OH, CRACKFIC.
(frozen) Re: Won't Be Joining this Comm Ever.
Date: 2006-08-21 03:07 pm (UTC)I would so read that!
(frozen) Re: Won't Be Joining this Comm Ever.
Date: 2006-08-21 03:11 pm (UTC)Mmmm, Lorne in leather.
(frozen) Re: Won't Be Joining this Comm Ever.
Date: 2006-08-21 03:26 pm (UTC)(frozen) Re: Won't Be Joining this Comm Ever.
Date: 2006-08-21 03:29 pm (UTC)What's your spoiler policy, by the by? Because there are some pictures from an up-and-coming episode that I think you might enjoy...
(frozen) Re: Won't Be Joining this Comm Ever.
Date: 2006-08-21 03:43 pm (UTC)It's when people post rumors/spoilers about actual content of plots that gets to me. I like to enjoy the episodes (or not) without being tainted before hand.
(frozen) Re: Won't Be Joining this Comm Ever.
Date: 2006-08-21 03:50 pm (UTC)HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/kissingchaos9/rodneyleather.jpg)