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Secret Santa Assignment has been received. Pairing is of much joy.

I'm curious, though. Considering the high occurence of "anywhere" as a setting and "anything" as the style, I was wondering--do you guys prefer the freedom of being able to write whatever style and setting you want, or do you like having preferences that you can use as guidelines for what the fic will be about?

For myself, I like guidelines. But that's because I'm a pretty unimaginative bitch at heart. *g*

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Me, too, hon. I'm all, 'What pairing do you want? Where do you want it set? How do you want it to end? What do you want them to say to each other? What should they be wearing? What witty remark should Chris make at this point? How about you just write the story for me?'

<-- is not only unimaginative, but lazy, too

"How about you just write the story for me?'

*snort* Dude, tell me about it. Sometimes I get vague ideas, and I'm like, "this story would rock! if somebody else plotted out all the details and then wrote it." But then nobody does. *sniffle*

I know, man. I'm always, 'Where are *my* bitches? Where are the people to do all the work for me? Why can't *I* be P Diddy?'

I was glad to have a setting, but also glad that the style was left up to me. I don't know if I could have angsted on demand. ;)

That's true. I'd have a rough time writing, say, Choey angst. Because I just can't!!

It depends. If I'm writing for someone I know, who knows my styles and what I can do and what I'm comfortable writing, then I'm more willing to let them go ahead and say "place it here, this style, these people, throw in these words". I know, for example, that if Velma asked me to write Chris/Brian, which believe it or not stretched the bounds of what I was comfortable with in one direction, she wouldn't then push me in other areas so that I ended up writing something that was completely not me, that I hated and felt unrealistic and crappy...

If I'm writing for someone I don't know at all, in a way I like that freedom better, because I can just write something I like and say, "here! I gift this to you!" and it's a lot easier to make the something I like into something they like.

And I guess that bleeds over into my choices for the SSfic, because I'm more inclined to let the author writing for me just do their thing, and as long as it has my boys in it, wheee!

If that makes sense...

Makes sense. I see what you're saying, definitely. If I had to follow somebody's specifications that I write, like, JC/Justin, with Justin on top and lots of spanking? I'd run for the hills. *g*

It depends?

I specified a setting because, you know, it helps when writing a pairing you're unfamiliar with, don't normally write. And, you know, given my OTP? Lots of people don't write it. And the alt-pairing as well.

But I think either having a setting or a guide (like smut, fluff, angst) is really helpful.

OTOH, being a many-handed person, some settings can be really confining. Like, say "high school AU where they're all in drama together!" or something. I don't know if anyone said that, but that would be scary.

It would indeed be scary. And I chose lambs as well, so hey, our chances for seeing lambfic are slightly increased. ^_^

Well, but we could probably name everyone who would choose lambs and I think it wouldn't be more than eight. We who love the lambs are not the thundering monolith of a 800 pound gorilla who wants trickyfish. Sigh.

But, um, I suspect from talking around to peeps who would mention what pairings they were goint to write that there will be at least one lambs story come xmas day.

Well, I don't know about everybody else, but I deliberately *didn't* choose my OTP. 'Cause I'm all perverse that way. If I had, I'd'a gone with lambs, because you've converted me. *g* (No, seriously. I used to be, like, timbertrick! woo! pom-poms and acrobatics! but now...baaaaaaaa. yourfault!)

So, er, I hope you get a healthy crop of sheep come the 25th! And the gorilla thing cracks me up.

Oh, I asked for lambs, of course. Cause, you know, that's what I waaaaaaaaant. Also, unpopular favorite pairing here, so happy to encourage as much diversity as possible. :)

Hmm. I'm pretty happy to be writing from something given, but I'm worse at demanding something myself, because pretty much everything can be good if written by someone who knows what they're doing. So... I don't really have any preferences in that way.

Interesting. You're very flexible. ^_^

I usually like guidelines when it comes to requested fiction, like Secret Santa Assignments, but otherwise, I pick my own settings and styles for my crack-addled stories.

Yes. For requested things, I find guidelines to be very helpful. I mean, if it's my own junk, I kind of know where I'm going. Otherwise, I'm lost! Lost!!
*g*

I like guidelines. The more, the better. I work better within a framework. I can kinda understand the urge to go vague though -- I was at a loss on what to put for 'setting', and only later, after much thought, did it occur to me that 'desert island' woulda been kinda cool, but then I changed my mind and decided it'd be even cooler to just write it. ;> And for theme? Argh! How do you put 'fluffy smut' or 'smutty fluff' or 'please, God, just anything but angst'! ;>

'please, God, just anything but angst'!

*giggle*

Yes, I can tell you like guidelines, because what with the mprov and all! *g* And a desert island *would* be cool. Ah well, there's always next year....

I like knowing what's expected. I'm still that kid in class who asked: "How long does this have to be?" I want to do it right. My SS pal gave me a setting and that's a great springboard.

Yes, that's how I feel. It's a place to *start* rather than a great big void, for me.

I definitely prefer a setting. It's a good springboard into the story, especially if the pairing is an unfamiliar one, plus it makes me feel more confident that whatever I come up with will please the recipient.

I was pretty happy with the story I wrote for last year's secret santa, and that's a bunny I never would have come up with without having the setting suggested to me.

Yes! That's my feeling as well. I mean, I see why somebody would choose to leave it open-ended to give the writer more freedom, but I think sometimes I don't do that well with freedom. *g*

I prefer a setting. But I also prefer getting to pick the style. Because, honestly, some setting *aren't* realistic for smut.

Why? Why can't you write hot slutty sex in a meat locker? I'm disappointed in you.

Ahahahaha!

I know. I'm sorry.

[hangs head in shame]

--I have enough stories already, you bitch!

sides of BEEF!

*snort* Oh, you know you want to. The oddly arousing coldness, the smell of flesh....

the racks of laaaaaaamb! --that was bad. Um.

But see, they have to snuggle together to keep waaaaaaaarm! It's READY-MADE!

I pretty much suck at finishing anything ever, so I try not to get into situations where I have to, which often means times when people give set stuff, like that. On the other hand, I'll do it to myself, to an extent. Like. I dunno. I get one liners and then have to build stories around that. If I ever do any writing related course and they tell me that it is perfectly acceptable plotting to link a number of one liners, I'll be forever happy.

What I was panicking about with the secret santa thing was pairings. What if I got someone who wanted Chris/Justin or Kevin/Justin, and I can't write timbertrick on general principles and the only think I can think of for Kevin/Justin is "It was the winter of extremely tall love." and that's not a story!

But luckily I didn't get that particular combination. *phew*

Uhm. Yeah.

-Eddie.

"It was the winter of extremely tall love."

*chokes and dies*

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

God, I'd pay you to write that. I'm so not fucking kidding.

Seriously, I couldn't. That's it. That's the entire story. Lennie, on the other hand, might be persuaded.

Maybe. *grin*

-Eddie.

"It was the winter of extremely tall love."

aaaahahahhaha! I too would love to see that. Actually, I'm even happy with just that line. So you've fulfilled me already! *g*

Which is a good thing, 'cause I'd totally blank on the rest of that. And I'm so bored now, I'm thinking. Hey, may fan needs cleaning. So I'm gonna go clean it, then nap more and whoo! Sundays.

PS: I need to get your AIM, so when I'm bored I can msg you and say intellegent things like, Yo! Wassup cutie, and send you things like a love song to a plastic blow up sex doll.

I'll just go. Nap now. Yes.

-Eddie.

*g* Dude, giving you my AIM name would be pointless, since it's gathering dust. Ask Cathy if you wanna know just how useless I am when it comes to actually being *on* AIM!...

It was the winter of extremely tall love.

Man, I can't stop laughing at that. Join me with the chorus of voices who would love to see it written. *g*

i was given a setting....and for a start i thought..."oh shit. i have NO idea what i'm gonna do with that." the pairing wasn't a problem...but no bunnies for the setting.

but then, um...i sat and wrote the whole thing last night. ahem. the words just came.

and y'know, i think if i hadn't had the setting given to me, i would have still been sitting here with notning done. so in this case, i think being given a setting really helped me. the style was left to me, and that suits me too.

was that any help at all? probably not ;) then my work here is done!

Yes, I noticed that you were being astoundingly productive! I am envious, or admiring, or equal parts of both. *g*

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