One of my favorite shows is Burn Notice, but I don't feel like it needs fanfic.
*nods* I know what you mean. I probably wouldn't write fanfic for the vast majority of media and fiction I'm interested in, simply because I'm satisfied with the original authors'/creators' version of events. Rarely have I been pulled towards a character enough that I felt compelled to explore him or her further - but when I do, man do I get in deep :P
I don't see *all* the episodes before writing/thinking of writing, but I do get a bit obsessive. :P
This seems to be a common theme - we all have our obsessions that fuel the need to explore, no matter how much canon material we have behind us. For me, I've noticed that I tend to 'rewrite the endings' of my favorite series, not because I'm unhappy with their canonical conclusion, but because it'd be interesting to explore the implications of something else. That's why I tend to start with long, chaptered fics and move on to shorter pieces, and I guess why I feel the need to know my characters and canon so well before I even put pen to paper.
I still haven't 'seen' all the episodes of Kids Inc, but that hasn't stopped me from writing, based on what I have seen (and when I have the pleasure of a 'new' episode, I find a way to work it into my fic, LOL).
after I've gone through a drought, it takes me awhile to get back in the grove of the tone of each story. I have to find my mindset again. I definitely can't sit down and write a few minutes on my lunch-break, even on the best of days! :P
I'm the same way - I feel like have to write some "warm up" pieces before launching back into my multichapter WIPs. (Aheh, there's a reason I haven't touched Sess/Kag in awhile - I need something small to get me going again!) I can't just sit and write without having some motivation to do so, but apparently my brain likes the crack that is KI so much its willing to pretty much brainstorm on a constant basis. It helps when it comes time to sit down and pound out chapters, though, to have those snippets of dialogue or pieces of action, just waiting to be integrated.
And always, always, always, I think something is terrible when I'm writing it, but even upon a first revision/reread, it's never as bad as I think it is :P
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*nods* I know what you mean. I probably wouldn't write fanfic for the vast majority of media and fiction I'm interested in, simply because I'm satisfied with the original authors'/creators' version of events. Rarely have I been pulled towards a character enough that I felt compelled to explore him or her further - but when I do, man do I get in deep :P
I don't see *all* the episodes before writing/thinking of writing, but I do get a bit obsessive. :P
This seems to be a common theme - we all have our obsessions that fuel the need to explore, no matter how much canon material we have behind us. For me, I've noticed that I tend to 'rewrite the endings' of my favorite series, not because I'm unhappy with their canonical conclusion, but because it'd be interesting to explore the implications of something else. That's why I tend to start with long, chaptered fics and move on to shorter pieces, and I guess why I feel the need to know my characters and canon so well before I even put pen to paper.
I still haven't 'seen' all the episodes of Kids Inc, but that hasn't stopped me from writing, based on what I have seen (and when I have the pleasure of a 'new' episode, I find a way to work it into my fic, LOL).
after I've gone through a drought, it takes me awhile to get back in the grove of the tone of each story. I have to find my mindset again. I definitely can't sit down and write a few minutes on my lunch-break, even on the best of days! :P
I'm the same way - I feel like have to write some "warm up" pieces before launching back into my multichapter WIPs. (Aheh, there's a reason I haven't touched Sess/Kag in awhile - I need something small to get me going again!) I can't just sit and write without having some motivation to do so, but apparently my brain likes the crack that is KI so much its willing to pretty much brainstorm on a constant basis. It helps when it comes time to sit down and pound out chapters, though, to have those snippets of dialogue or pieces of action, just waiting to be integrated.
And always, always, always, I think something is terrible when I'm writing it, but even upon a first revision/reread, it's never as bad as I think it is :P