As there appear to be a number of us here who write fanfiction, commence the thread for discussion topics such as:
The sharing of favorite stories would be better suited for the fanfic recommendations thread.
I’m currently have 3 projects I’m working on. One is my personal project and the other two are prompts/challenges from other people. One is from this forum and the other is Kill a Character Bingo which is a year long challenge having one character (of your choice) from a fandom die different ways based on a bingo card with random prompts. I’ve started both of them and putting my personal one aside. Link for my idea for the forum challenge below.
My personal fanfic is the final story for an AU about the 11th Doctor saving Oswin before her fate in Asylum of the Daleks. The series is set after the episode. I’ve been working on this fic for a while and it’s messy but I’m trying to work through it.
Haven’t written any fanfiction in a while, and a lot of the fanfiction I’ve written was actually My Little Pony[1] fanfiction (and a bit of Ranma 1/2 fanfic a long time ago that’s probably not anywhere anyone can see it).
And actually, the last dozen times I wrote MLP fanfiction were entries in a monthly contest, because every month, there’s a MLP fanfic flashfic contest where you are supposed to write a fanfic that is 150 words or less based loosely on a prompt. Winner picks the next prompt. This month, the prompt was “A Window of Opportunity”.
It’s actually a really interesting contest in that it’s really hard to get a complete story in 150 words or less, and it forces you to get everything down to the bare minimum needed for the story.
Haven’t even competed in that in quite a while, though…
Well, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic specifically. Haven’t written anything about any of the other generations. ↩︎
I write fics in the same way that I read books, which is to say start a bunch and then occasionally finish one, so I have a number of fics that I’m working on at the moment.
Most of them are for the Gallifrey series, though I am also in the middle of an 8th doctor and Liv fic about the doctor having regenerative dissonance (i think it’s a really cool concept, i just don’t like how they do it in the audios, so i’ve decided to try my hand at it). I’ve also been working on a story with an oc for about two years now. I don’t think that one is ever going to actually be done, I just keep adding to his backstory and expanding on his timeline as more of the show comes out.
I’ve recently started writing again with some more regularity which I’m really happy about. I’ve had the occasional little thing for previous fandoms but I always went months or years between any projects and they were really written on impulse in the middle of the night only. But I’ve done five doctor who/gallifrey one shots in the past two months and I’m working on more, and I’m really glad for that creative energy. I’m currently trying to practice some things I’m not so good at like dialogue and action (I’m best at things somewhere between a character study and an inner monologue)
Currently writing two fics for the the ‘Would anyone be interested in a fanfic collection’ prject , an Arachnids in the UK related ‘What-if’ fic, a Thirteen fic because I want to, and something very experimental…
I’m… very slowly writing some Sarah Jane Adventures fanfic, feat. time travel and robots arguing each other. I’m in a bit of a lull re: both inspiration and energy, so hopefully some time next century it might even get published.
Sounds like such a fun story!
Thanks! I love the SJA kids, so it’s nice to finally write them… plus a few other Classic/EU characters along the way.
I atm am only writing some shorter Torchwood fics, mainly Janto and they slot into the Torchwood timeline. Some longer ones too which are depressing “What if” scenarios.
One of them is about Jack Harkness going a bit mad and wanting to restore the Nethersphere in a timeline where the “Cyberdears” didn’t all explode, and humanity is struggling generally. I also want to design and draw a newer version of the Cyberdears because their current style doesn’t fit the vibe I’m going for. It’s called The Silver Hand (for certain reasons). I also took some creative liberties with The Cyberdears generally.
Another is linked and takes place before The Silver Hand and is about Torchwood in The Nethersphere, and they act as a kind of firewall to all the monstrous things that would otherwise be seen in the Afterlife. I don’t have a name for this one yet.
And then another Torchwood post-s4 fic which is much grander in scope and follows Anwen and her new friend Creiddylad as things start to go wrong with their dimension and “anomalies” start appearing.
I do want to upload them onto AO3 eventually lol.
I’m a big fan of drabbles. They don’t take long to write and the length constraint forces you to be succinct in what you’d like to say. They’re great when you have a scene in mind but don’t want to commit to an entire (longer) story.
Truly I just write when the mood takes me, which (along with life getting in the way) means I haven’t really written since December </3
I’ve half an idea floating round my head - to do with Bill, Heather, and a line from Wild Gods by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “and the people cried out ‘When does it end?’ / and the wild god said ‘It depends, but it mostly never ends’” - but that’s currently little more than a collection of VibesTM
I find drabbles easier to enjoy than to write. They’re so difficult 
Really wanna post something but just the fear of it not being received well is so I always get nervous posting writing.
Every time I see someone say this I always default to the cliche of “write for yourself”, but I know not everyone writes only for self-fulfillment and reception is a crucial component.
Speaking honestly, though, society likes to claim that fanfiction as a whole is nothing but fluff and shipping, but it’s really dependent on fandom. Doctor Who is one of those rare popular fandoms that gravitates more towards canon-compliant, gen (or otherwise non-explicit shipping) stories. I obviously don’t know what you write, but if it falls in that category you’ll likely be fine regarding your stats.
But even if it isn’t, just post it. Your writing deserves to be seen just like anyone else’s. I’m a testament to that lol, because everything I write is the complete opposite of what I noted in the previous paragraph. I may not get hundreds of views and kudos, but when I do get an appreciative comment about my niche stories, it’s really something to behold!
Sidebar, but this is exactly why I wish AO3 would rid of showing everyone’s statistics (or at least stop making it a mandatory setting). It’s supposed to be an archive, not social media, and having everything laid out for all to see only furthers writers’ tendencies to compare themselves to others to the point where fic becomes a chore. Fic should be fun, not stressful!
I have an idea for a fanfiction series that I will write it if Doctor Who is rested. I always love the way people talk about how the wilderness years saw the fans help to keep the show alive, so my plan would be to do my most ambitious fanfic project yet, of 12 120+ pages available to download as free PDFs with an OC Doctor and companion.
I think it’s best not to think about what other people think. Just write what you would enjoy reading. And honestly, it can’t be worse than my fanfic from years ago where Sarah Jane formed a band with the Sontarans and took them on Family Fortunes.
Absolutely seconding you here, like as much as we do the whole song and dance about hobbies for you, it’s also a little bit about people saying nice things
Something I keep finding is that even the nichest fics I write find themselves an audience. I can’t speak to “scared about people leaving mean comments” (that’s just rude of them), but in terms of “scared about nobody even noticing” I want to say that even the weirdest of what I’ll grandly call my weird fic era found an appreciative audience, and creating something is always better than letting the ideas go unheard inside your head