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"The Killing Frost" discussion
The Killing Frost is this week's topic of discussion at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
sga_talk -- the discussion can be found here. I know it's a story of staggering hugeness (the longest I've written in this fandom, I think), but hey -- crashing Daedalus! Shrieking wolves! Hypothermia! Murders and mysteries and mayhem! I remember when I was posting it in installments, a lot of people had very strong reactions to Ling's character (some loved her, others hated her for her suspicion and disdain of Rodney) and there were similarly strong pro-and-con reactions to Ronon's actions in the cave at the end. I had a few people comment that they thought the story was setting up for a slash turn and were disappointed that it didn't go in that direction. It's also a story with more, and more developed, OCs than any other story I've written -- do you think the heavy use of OCs (as well as large roles for minor characters such as Caldwell and Novak) adds to the story, or detracts from it? Did you guess the bad guys ahead of time, or were you surprised? Another possible topic to discuss on this one would be posting as a WIP vs. posting in one go -- it would be interesting to compare reactions from people who read it while I was writing it (I'm pretty sure it's the last story that I posted piece-by-piece as the writing process was underway) vs. people who read the whole thing in one go.
Discussion post is here -- have at it! I like to think that I have a thick skin for concrit, so don't hesitate to question my authorial decisions in the story; if my Sheppard is wildly off base, if you hate the fact that Teyla has almost no role in the story while Caldwell's in almost every scene, if the cause of the crash was never adequately explained or you saw my big reveals coming from a mile away or if you think that Carol Ling should die in a fire ... feel free to say so! Or hey, even if you started reading it, got bored to tears and gave up. It's a huge story and I know that it can be intimidating to tackle discussing something so large, so I'm kind of prodding a bit to get people started. *g* I'll be staying out of the discussion for the most part, but I'll be dropping in later on to answer questions, so this might also be a good time to bring up anything about the story that puzzled or confused you.
sga_talk -- the discussion can be found here. I know it's a story of staggering hugeness (the longest I've written in this fandom, I think), but hey -- crashing Daedalus! Shrieking wolves! Hypothermia! Murders and mysteries and mayhem! I remember when I was posting it in installments, a lot of people had very strong reactions to Ling's character (some loved her, others hated her for her suspicion and disdain of Rodney) and there were similarly strong pro-and-con reactions to Ronon's actions in the cave at the end. I had a few people comment that they thought the story was setting up for a slash turn and were disappointed that it didn't go in that direction. It's also a story with more, and more developed, OCs than any other story I've written -- do you think the heavy use of OCs (as well as large roles for minor characters such as Caldwell and Novak) adds to the story, or detracts from it? Did you guess the bad guys ahead of time, or were you surprised? Another possible topic to discuss on this one would be posting as a WIP vs. posting in one go -- it would be interesting to compare reactions from people who read it while I was writing it (I'm pretty sure it's the last story that I posted piece-by-piece as the writing process was underway) vs. people who read the whole thing in one go.Discussion post is here -- have at it! I like to think that I have a thick skin for concrit, so don't hesitate to question my authorial decisions in the story; if my Sheppard is wildly off base, if you hate the fact that Teyla has almost no role in the story while Caldwell's in almost every scene, if the cause of the crash was never adequately explained or you saw my big reveals coming from a mile away or if you think that Carol Ling should die in a fire ... feel free to say so! Or hey, even if you started reading it, got bored to tears and gave up. It's a huge story and I know that it can be intimidating to tackle discussing something so large, so I'm kind of prodding a bit to get people started. *g* I'll be staying out of the discussion for the most part, but I'll be dropping in later on to answer questions, so this might also be a good time to bring up anything about the story that puzzled or confused you.