New panels on the precis... anyone want to volunteer?

[fernwithy.livejournal.com]

I suggested a few panels for the precis, which went out on a later draft than was up when the letters went out. Anyone who's interested in them, please let programming know... I'd love to see at least a couple of them happen! Most are fanfic related.

ETA: Reminder, to do that, e-mail to program@arisia.org with the numbers.


FAN-141: Fanon and how it gets that way
An exercise. The moderator will present an original short piece, and participants will split up to develop ideas about it based on what they've heard. How do they reach these conclusions? Why such different takes? What's being picked up on in canon?

FAN-150/LIT-167: Fanfic 101
So you've heard of fan fiction, maybe even run across a story or two. But what is it? Who writes it? What are all those weird acronyms (OTP--K/S--AU?)? What on Earth does "slash" mean, and how did it end up meaning that? Where are the archives? How do you find a place to post a story, or an archive with the kind of stories you really want to read? Come on in and meet your guides to the Forest of Fanfic!

FAN-149: The Genfic Revolution
Fanfic writers... are you tired of fics sorted by romantic pairing and defined by sexcapades? Want to write a murder mystery or an adventurous quest, or maybe a bit of family drama or a slapstick comedy, but can't find people to read it in the forest of "OMG!!! D/G OTP!!!" listings? Join the Genfic (general fanfic) Revolution, and find other gen lovers to share your stories with.

FAN-144: Finding the gaps
Writing canon-compliant fan fiction--making it fit and making it feel "right." Which "missing scenes" beg to be written? What makes a story the author never thought of still feel "inevitable" to readers? And if you're writing fanfic, why would you *want* to make it feel like canon?

FAN-142: I love him so much, he just HAS to be different!
Why fanfic writers are attracted to writing certain characters, then changing everything known about them. Why not write a different character? Or write the character as is?

FAN-143: Sporks at the ready!
A look at Mary Sue and badfic skewering sites, such as LJ's deleterius. What's the attraction of these sites? What are the ethics of public roasting?

LIT-158: NaNo, NaNo
Thousands of people participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWrimo). Is it worth it? And would you own up to it?

Comments

[mishmosh.livejournal.com]

I could do 142, 149, 144, and 150. :) I'll know if I am going for sure by the end of December.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

If you want to be on panels, you need to let programming know - AFAIK the head of program doesn't have an LJ account. Send a note to program@arisia.org .