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pensnestMTYG authors being now revealed, I can see it was Hurricanemegan who wrote my wonderful story, Barking Mad. She also wrote my 2007 story, Year of the Bull, so she obviously knows exactly what I like! Thanks again - xxx!
My own story, The Pussycat and the Porcupine, written for Jacie, was supposed to be C-Bass with a side of Chris/Howie, a reward for Chris playing Cupid for his friends. However, Chris took over a bit (he does that) and it ended up being definitely a two-pairing story, and given the structure, C-Bass was probably the second pairing, even though I hadn't intended it that way. I had quite a struggle writing it, and probably rewrote from scratch every section in the first half of the story at least once, but by the end I knew where it was going—and the puppies arrived, and then Howie came up with the porcupine idea (so I had to go back and make Chris more prickly) and it all worked out.
The writing experience was quite a contrast to last year, because my recipient, like me, didn't ask for anything very specific. I remember my wrath last year because my recipient asked for post-apocalyptic vampires, which it would never have occurred to me to write—yet it was a great challenge to do something so different from what I generally do. This year's recipient request was more general (I didn't really get enough cuddling into the story, I think), and while in many ways that makes things easier, it also means I had to think 'what shall I write?' rather than 'how shall I write this?'. A different experience.
So I'm thinking, perhaps next year I should give a specific prompt? Hmm, except that I've been really lucky with MTYG stories so far—only my first SeSa year was disappointing, back in 2005, since then I've had a really good run of stories received, so maybe my requests are fine...
What do you prefer your recipient to do? Is it easier or harder to write for someone you know quite well? And who else has had a specific request you found *very* challenging?
rikes guessed my story correctly, so—what do you want me to write for you?
My own story, The Pussycat and the Porcupine, written for Jacie, was supposed to be C-Bass with a side of Chris/Howie, a reward for Chris playing Cupid for his friends. However, Chris took over a bit (he does that) and it ended up being definitely a two-pairing story, and given the structure, C-Bass was probably the second pairing, even though I hadn't intended it that way. I had quite a struggle writing it, and probably rewrote from scratch every section in the first half of the story at least once, but by the end I knew where it was going—and the puppies arrived, and then Howie came up with the porcupine idea (so I had to go back and make Chris more prickly) and it all worked out.
The writing experience was quite a contrast to last year, because my recipient, like me, didn't ask for anything very specific. I remember my wrath last year because my recipient asked for post-apocalyptic vampires, which it would never have occurred to me to write—yet it was a great challenge to do something so different from what I generally do. This year's recipient request was more general (I didn't really get enough cuddling into the story, I think), and while in many ways that makes things easier, it also means I had to think 'what shall I write?' rather than 'how shall I write this?'. A different experience.
So I'm thinking, perhaps next year I should give a specific prompt? Hmm, except that I've been really lucky with MTYG stories so far—only my first SeSa year was disappointing, back in 2005, since then I've had a really good run of stories received, so maybe my requests are fine...
What do you prefer your recipient to do? Is it easier or harder to write for someone you know quite well? And who else has had a specific request you found *very* challenging?
rikes guessed my story correctly, so—what do you want me to write for you?