more ramblings

[dbskyler]

-- So I went ahead and changed the story summary on Teaspoon for "On the Benefits of Having an Attic." For the curious, the original summary was simply the first line of the fic: Have returned home with K-9. Very happy that the Doctor sent him to me as a gift. At the time I figured that the first line would serve as an introduction to the idea of the fic, but in retrospect I think it's a pretty uninformative summary. The new summary is: The Doctor sent K-9 to Sarah as a gift. Now what's she supposed to do with all the other stuff? Hopefully that does a better job of telegraphing what the fic is about, and giving people an idea as to whether they might want to read it.

-- I generally have a really hard time coming up with good story titles and good story summaries. Anyone else have difficulty with this?

-- Got to see the first episode of "Merlin" series 2 yesterday -- yay! It was great to see the show back. I had to laugh at SyFy's marketing, though. They're really trying to pretend that the show is completely new and original and never-before-broadcast-anywhere. I don't see the big deal about admitting that it's a U.K. import, but then again, I like U.K. imports.

-- I'm feeling like I'm the only person in the Doctor Who fandom who hasn't seen "The Eleventh Hour" yet. Am I crazy for wanting to wait for the BBC America broadcast? Maybe I'm just old, but I really prefer to watch TV on the TV -- i.e., not on the internet/computer. It's just not the same for me. I also want to support BBC America since I'm lucky enough to have access to the channel (unfortunately many Doctor Who fans in the U.S. don't -- even I have to pay extra for it as it's not part of my regular cable lineup). This will be my first full season (series) after getting on LJ, though, and I can see already that it's going to be an interesting challenge to be two weeks behind everyone else. At least I've succeeded in remaining pretty spoiler-free so far. I have picked up a few hints about the changes to the TARDIS, but that's it. Hope it stays that way!

-- Some of you know this already, but for those of you who don't, fic_rush is this weekend! It's really a wonderful time -- come out and write!! I'll be there, working on 50ficlets and hopefully picking up again on my long-neglected WIP, "Turn Again."

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I hate thinking up titles - usually I labour over them!

Congrats on holding out, so far, on The Eleventh Hour!

HOORAY for more of Turn Again! *gets excited* I might pop in on fic_rush on Sunday - depending how tired I am by then.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched Eleventh Hour yet. I am so far behind on so many shows! I don't get BBC America, either. And I much prefer to watch "live" on TV, but in my case that isn't possible. I hope to get to that episode by this weekend, though.

I often think of titles before I write the stories. If I have to come up with a title after I've finished the fic, I generally have trouble.

[pitry.livejournal.com]

Oh, I totally get your wish to watch it on television. If I had a television... (now that I actually live in a country that shows it not 10000000000000 weeks after original broadcast. Apparently, back in Israel, they have finally shown The Next Doctor last Saturday. My sister is now also watching the premiere of Children of Earth. I mean, really.)
But yeah, I know what you mean. I promise to never put a toe out of spoiler tags!

...And ooh, I actually think your new summary is better :) It sounds so cute! But then again, the whole story is cute. I have to admit I'm with ghost2 though. Usually the title comes to me at the same time as the story idea. Summaries though... eurgh.

Andandand! Turn again! Finish it finish it finish it! *it is still sitting neglected in my favourites waiting for the update ;)*

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

As with the others, I've slightly less problem thinking up a title (though sometimes the title I assign it changes in the writing, so I've taken to calling it a WT rather than a final one), but a summary can be a real bear.

[curuchamion.livejournal.com]

I'm terrible at story titles. I've been known to spend weeks, even months, trying to find something that conveys a story's atmosphere properly - and not always succeeding at the end of that. *g* Lately, I've become more likely to just pull a semi-random quotation out of my head...

(This is not helped by my working titles, which are always completely unusable; I've got drafts called things like "1x01 Odo's bag trick" and "Thrush moon thingummy" and "silerlightdrabble". And One More Time was actually called "Reverse the Polarity" until I went to post it and realized I couldn't possibly blow the punchline like that! *g*)

Summaries are equally hard, but at least they don't have to be as mellifluous...