Yuletide indecision

[dbskyler]

Okay, I am seriously considering going for Yuletide this year. If I do it, I want to:

a) consider my story a gift to the recipient -- to really try to write them a story that I think they will like, not just write the story that I most want to write out of the options the recipient presents; and

b) consider it a writing challenge, and go into it knowing that I may be stretched as an author.

However, as someone who writes almost entirely G-rated fic and doesn't do a lot of shippy stuff, not even Doctor/Sarah (although I did have them briefly kiss once, wow, how extreme am I), I'm a little worried about fulfilling possible het and slash requests. I sorta kinda get the impression that it's pretty common for people to request het and/or slash, and I just don't know if I can write it. I'm not just talking about bowing out of writing anything adult-rated, which I'm assuming would be pretty acceptable to the community; I mean that I don't know if I can write a romantic pairing at all.

Anyone out there who's done Yuletide have experience with this? I know that optional details are optional, and I also know that this could be the challenge part of the Yuletide challenge for me, but I'm wondering what the odds are of pleasing someone with genfic. Any guesses?

Comments

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

So how often would you say that people are okay with platonic relationship fic when they were hoping for NC-17? Just curious . . .

[evil_plotbunny]

I don't know. I think it's a personal thing.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I realized after I posted that that was an impossible question to answer . . . forgive me, I just tend to think you know everything about Yuletide! Even going so far as having magical mental insight into what people will like. : )

[evil_plotbunny]

The thing to remember is that "optional details are optional" and that includes a request for smut.

I'd say that most of the people who sign up understand that. :)