BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2013

**Posted by SusiGo** November 14, 2013 10:01 pm

It was just a test. I never said I would write that much.

**Posted by Wholocked** November 14, 2013 11:52 pm

I believe the original setup suggested the minimum of 221 words

**Posted by Kerkerian** November 15, 2013 5:56 am

It'd be very nice however if at least a few of the stories were going to be longer than 221 words.

Well, I've started writing last night and I'm definitely beyond that already...

**Posted by Schmiezi** November 15, 2013 10:38 am

Me too! :-)

**Posted by stoertebeker** November 15, 2013 10:44 am

Same here. I was on a 4 hour train ride yesterday and had a lot of time .

**Posted by Wholocked** November 15, 2013 11:15 am

Me too. It's not gonna be long though...622 atm

**Posted by SusiGo** November 15, 2013 11:17 am

I am in a writing mood today. Let's see what happens.

**Posted by SilverMoonDragonB** November 15, 2013 12:59 pm

Anyone have a problem if mine is long?

**Posted by Marva** November 15, 2013 2:11 pm

I think it is actually quite difficult to write an interesting story with just 221 words.

By the way, did I mention that this is going to be my first fanfiction and my first fiction in English EVER??? Oh gosh, I must have been crazy ;-). On the plus side: I already outlined the story (in my head),so all it takes now is to write it down. Should be easy, right? RIGHT??

Last edited by Marva (November 15, 2013 2:13 pm)

**Posted by Harriet** November 15, 2013 2:32 pm

Yes, Marva, from my experience it is indeed as easy as that. More or less.
And I must say, I don't have the slightest idea yet, so I envy you

**Posted by Kerkerian** November 15, 2013 3:49 pm

But half the fun consists of the panic beforehand, doesn't it? I've been awake half of the night (well, mostly due to my teeth, duh) and was convinced I wasn't going to be able to use any of what I wrote last night. When I reread it this morning before work, I thought it wasn't bad, and now I'm entirely stuck because I have no idea where it is headed. Yay! Such fun!

**Posted by Harriet** November 15, 2013 3:57 pm

I have a sheet with some feeble attempts - goodness, that person has complicated requests, but I will cope, promise!

**Posted by Marva** November 15, 2013 4:08 pm

Kerkerian wrote:
But half the fun consists of the panic beforehand, doesn't it? I've been awake half of the night (well, mostly due to my teeth, duh) and was convinced I wasn't going to be able to use any of what I wrote last night. When I reread it this morning before work, I thought it wasn't bad, and now I'm entirely stuck because I have no idea where it is headed. Yay! Such fun!

Haha, I was also awake half of the night because I had a very important appointment today which made me nervous so I used the time to outline my plot . Writing is a good cure, it seems.

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**Posted by SherlockianDE** November 15, 2013 4:39 pm

Kerkerian wrote:
Let me quote from the first post:

Registration will end on November 10, that way I can sort it all out and distribute the Secret Santas so that the writing can begin on November 15. Ideally, the finished stories should be sent to me on November 30 at the latest. If for some reason your story isn't finished by then, please tell me, so that I can schedule it for a later date.

Thanks for clarifying that! I'll start writing tomorrow... and I have no idea about how long the story's gonna be yet

**Posted by SolarSystem** November 15, 2013 4:43 pm

Harriet wrote:
I have a sheet with some feeble attempts - goodness, that person has complicated requests, but I will cope, promise!

Talking about complicated requests... what have I gotten myself into here? This is going to be very interesting...

**Posted by Kerkerian** November 15, 2013 4:54 pm

Harriet wrote:
I have a sheet with some feeble attempts - goodness, that person has complicated requests, but I will cope, promise!

Feeble attempts are better than nothing!

**Posted by SolarSystem** November 15, 2013 5:14 pm

Kerkerian wrote:
Harriet wrote:
I have a sheet with some feeble attempts - goodness, that person has complicated requests, but I will cope, promise!
Feeble attempts are better than nothing!

That's good to know...

**Posted by stoertebeker** November 15, 2013 5:55 pm

Marva wrote:
By the way, did I mention that this is going to be my first fanfiction and my first fiction in English EVER??? Oh gosh, I must have been crazy ;-). On the plus side: I already outlined the story (in my head),so all it takes now is to write it down. Should be easy, right? RIGHT??

The same with me. It will also be my first fanfiction. So, you are not alone!
I was lucky with my theme. It fits perfectly to a story idea I had in mind for some time. So, in my head the story is finished, I "just" have to write it down. Well, just...

**Posted by SolarSystem** November 15, 2013 6:22 pm

I guess we should all try to have as much fun with this as possible. I'm sure that nobody expects a perfect fanfic (and how boring would that be? ). This will also be my first fanfic written in English, so you probably will have to bear with me at times. And I also won't be abe to fulfill all the wishes I got for the story I have to write, so I hope fulfilling some of the wishes will also be fine...

**Posted by Kerkerian** November 15, 2013 6:38 pm

SolarSystem wrote:
I guess we should all try to have as much fun with this as possible. I'm sure that nobody expects a perfect fanfic (and how boring would that be? ). This will also be my first fanfic written in English, so you probably will have to bear with me at times. And I also won't be abe to fulfill all the wishes I got for the story I have to write, so I hope fulfilling some of the wishes will also be fine...

WHUTT???

Sorry, just kidding.

Of course it doesn't have to be perfect, and maybe the native speakers among us will have some fun with whatever mistakes we'll create...