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[sholio]

Things which are embarrassing: writing a story, struggling with a title for a story, coming up with one I really like, posting it -- and then browsing back through the history of the archive where I posted it and discovering that someone else posted a story with that exact title (well, almost exact) just a couple of days ago. FAIL, SELF. I did that once in SGA too, and couldn't quite figure out how to deal with it. *flails, hides* It's not a case of conscious copying, more like fannish synchronicity, especially in this case since I didn't even know the other story existed. Anyway, I feel like apologizing to the original author, even though it's not like I did it on purpose? BUT STILL.

I'd really like to write more Highlander, but I'm having trouble coming up with ideas that aren't epic-length. Would anyone like to leave me some prompts? :) I'm not promising to write any of them (I actually have a terrible track record when it comes to writing from prompts, just FYI) but I'm looking for inspiration and I'm not above asking for it. *g* I'm currently underway in a big revision project on my original novel, so it's nice to have bite-sized little stories to work on; it makes me feel like I can actually finish something.

So give me a Highlander character or characters, and some sort of prompt: it can be something abstract and nonspecific, or a specific idea for a story or scene or episode tag or whatever that you might like to see me write ... I'm just floundering for ideas.

Comments

[scrollgirl]

First time Joe met Adam Pierson! Keep it light and funny--and short! Since that seems to be your aim. :)

I titled my first John/Cam fic "Red Ribbon", not realising that auburn had titled a John/Rodney story "Wrapped in a Red Ribbon" two years prior. Ah well. Fannish hive mind: it's a weird thing.

[sholio]

Ooh, I like the sound of that. Lemme see what my brain does with it ...

It's hard to avoid repeat titles in a big fandom. I did it more than once in SGA ... and saw other people use titles that were similar to mine, which never bothered me -- big fandom, and all. And the synchronicity of the fannish hive mind is weird, indeed.

[lannamichaels]

Don't worry about repeat titles until you realize you're repeating the same title in every fandom you write in, completely without realizing it. ;)

Highlander prompts... Joe and Adam, card sharking. The first time they played cards together, what happened? Did Adam take all of Joe's money? Is Adam not actually as good a poker player as fanon thinks he is? What happened when Joe confronted Adam after he found out that Adam = Methos? They've known each other for years; how does Joe deal with that betrayal so soon after Horton? How does Joe deal with one of his friends suddenly becoming one of The Immortals?