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Multi-Fandom Lyric Wheel

Multi-Fandom Lyric Wheel

Welcome to the Multi-Fandom Lyric Wheel. This is a story-challenge where each participant writes a story from the criteria given by another participant -- but in this case, what you get given are song lyrics.

What do you mean, song lyrics?

I mean, the words of songs. Each participant must bring, as part of the sign-up process, two sets of song lyrics; that is, the lyrics from two different songs. This can either be the full set of lyrics typed in, or a direct link to the lyrics on a particular web-site. There are plenty of lyric sites around.

You cannot just say "Song Title by Artist". You must include (a link to) the actual lyrics when you sign up (as well as the song title and artist, of course!).

Why two sets of lyrics?

So that people can have a choice, instead of being stuck with something that doesn't inspire them, that doesn't fit their chosen fandom(s). Keeping that in mind, it's probably a good idea to make sure that at least one set of lyrics isn't a love-song, since not all fanfic is about "pairings".

What sort of song lyrics?

Any kind. Popular songs, folk songs, songs from musicals -- even opera if you want (though it would be a good idea if it was actually in English). So long as you provide the full lyrics, we're good.

How do I sign up?

Put a comment here with:

Name:
Email:
Lyric Set #1: (either the lyrics or a URL)
Lyric Set #2:
Are you willing to write a backup story?

What about people not on Live Journal?

You don't need to be on LiveJournal to sign up -- I've enabled anonymous comments.

Please mention this challenge anywhere and everywhere you think people might be interested in it. On your LJ, on mailing lists, and so on.

When do I sign up?

Between Wednesday 16th March (that's today) and Saturday 27th March (Easter Saturday). That's about ten days to decide and find lyrics.

When do the assignments go out?

Easter Monday.

How are the assigments made?

I will take a list of everyone who is participating, randomize it, and send the lyrics given by Person A to Person B and so on through the list, with the lyrics from Person Z going to Person A.

What do I write?

A minimum of 750 words.
In any fandom your heart desires. No Real People Fiction, though.
Based on the song lyrics of one of the songs you were given.
Including one, and only one, line from the chosen song, as part of the story.
No slash.
Ratings from G to PG-15. In other words, nothing pornographic or gut-churningly gory, but if it's something they'd do on Buffy, it's okay.

What if I want to quote huge slabs of the song and have my characters react to the song?

Sorry, no can do. Remember, you can only include one line from the song. The idea is to capture the atmosphere/intent of the song, not regurgitate it.

What do you mean, include one line of the song?

Just use one of the lines as part of the story. This can be dialogue, thoughts, description, whatever. You can tweak it a little to make it fit the characters, if need be. Think of it as an extra challenge. I stole the idea from the Highlander Lyric Wheel.

What do you mean by "no slash"?

No stories with m/m or f/f pairings; this is overridden by canon pairings, where canon is explicit and unambiguous about the relationship, such as Willow/Tara in Buffy. The reason for "explicit and unambiguous" is because people can argue until the sky falls about what is and isn't canon, since three people can look at the same action and one would consider it to be slashy subtext, one would consider it slashy text, and the third would wonder what the other two were talking about.

What about het pairings?

Sure, whatever you want, so long as it isn't above PG-15. Canon or Alternative Universe, just something that fits the chosen lyrics.

What about no pairings at all?

Yes, indeed! Why do you think I mentioned providing non-love-song lyrics? Not everything is about pairings.

What about requests? Isn't that what ficathons are about?

The "request" is the lyrics. No fandom requests, no character requests, nothing else. It's much easier to organize that way. And I think we will still get some very interesting stories out of this.

Can my story be beta-read?

Better ask, "can my story not be beta-read?". Yes, get a beta-reader. I am not going to do any editing whatsoever of these stories.

When is my story due?

Six weeks from Easter Monday. That's Monday the 9th of May. Of course you can send it in earlier than that.

What do I do when my story is finished?

Email it to <multi_lyric AT katspace DOT net> in plain text. I will not accept any other format. The plain text can include the usual things like * for italics and # for bold and _ for underlines.

The story must include, after the end of the story proper, the full set of lyrics the story was based on (so that people can admire it properly).

The stories will go up at http://www.katspace.com/fiction/multi_lyric_wheel/ when everyone has their stories in.

What if I'm late?

Then everyone will be kept waiting. And I will make a list of the delinquents and point to them when people ask "why aren't the stories up yet?"

That's mean!

Yes it is. So?

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That's mean!

Yes it is. So?

Hee! With incentive like that, how can I refuse?

Name: Mistral Amara
E-mail: mistraltoes at livejournal dot com
Lyric Set #1: "Shackled" by Vertical Horizon (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/verticalhorizon/shackled.html)
Lyric Set #2: "Ghost Story" by Sting (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sting/ghoststory.html)
Backup?: Possibly, once mine is done.

I think both those songs can be interpreted either as romantic or non-romantic (though the second one does say love). If you think they're not suitable, I'll be glad to change them.

(goes and looks) Golly, the first one is so angsty, I don't think there's any worries about a "soppy love song" problem. I don't think there's going to be a problem with those, though they would certainly be... challenging.

Man, but it's hard to pick two. But, OK, here ya go. Um... My sincerest apologies to whoever ends up writing for me. Heh.

"A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes" by Leonard Cohen. (It's so meta!)

"Basket Case" by Warren Zevon. ('Cause I like songs -- and stories -- about crazy people.)

D'oh, I forgot to, like, fill out the form.

Name: AstroGirl
Email: happynova at gmail dot com
Lyric Set #1: see above
Lyric Set #2: see above
Are you willing to write a backup story? No.

Well, I told myself no extra fic till I was done with some current projects. Hmph. Yet here I am. :-)

Name: Izhilzha
Email: izhilzha at livejournal dot com
Lyric Set #1: Eileen's Song by Burlap to Cashmere
Lyric Set #2: The River of Dreams by Billy Joel
Are you willing to write a backup story?
No, I'll be lucky if I can make time to finish the one I'm committing to right now. Ah well.

Damn you, now I have to come up with another song! Oh well, maybe this means I can WRITE Joel-inspired fic.

LOL. Sorry. :-) I honestly just heard that one coming back from lunch, in my car, and liked the lyrics as fic-fodder. Wasn't even sure it was Joel till I check the lyrics online.

Well, you don't have to come up with another song... after all, if I'd chosen to hide all the sign-up info, you wouldn't have known someone had contributed the same song...

True... butI think I will anyway. In fact I'm waiting to register so other people choosing songs will thin down the huge list I have, making it easier to pick just two. :D

Actually, that's my own Cunning Plan too. 8-)

*grins maniacaly, staps on metal half-mask*

A plan, a plan, I have a plan!! And we have to stick to the plan!!

Here goes. One song that has actually inspired a minor plot point in my novel, and one that I used long ago in a B7 fic, and should really do something better with. I'll be very interested to see what someone else makes of one or other of them.

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Name: Gina the Dormouse

Email: gina AT pinkdormouse.org.uk

Lyric Set #1: Lou Reed: Romeo Had Juliette

Lyric Set #2:Steve Earle: The Devil's Right Hand

Are you willing to write a backup story? Probably not

***

Thanks for organising this.

Gina

Name: Snowgrouse.

Email: snowgrouse at phnet dot fi.

Lyric Set #1: Joy Division--Heart And Soul (http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/joy_division/heart_and_soul.html) (A B7 S4 song, if you ask me!)

Lyric Set #2: Siouxsie and the Banshees--Scarecrow (http://www.vamp.org/Siouxsie/Lyrics/song-peepshow.html#14)

Are you willing to write a backup story? Maybe:).

Okay, frell this. I am impatient by nature, and I'm going to forget to sign up if I wait any longer. I had one song right away, and I knew I wanted a Barenaked Ladies song for the other (you could, in my opinion, get an entire ficathon JUST out of their lyrics (http://www.nomorelyrics.net/group/00000148.html)). I was going to do "Get in Line" untill I realized that nowhere has accurate lyrics up for it, and while I was debating putting them up myself in my journal, I decided to go with one love song, one not and went with my favorite love song ever written.

So, now that you know way more about this than you ever cared to:

Name: Liza, LadySmith
Email: qoyote AT yahoo DOT com
Lyric Set #1: Zebra - John Butler Trio (http://www.anysonglyrics.com/lyrics/j/John-Butler-Trio/zebra-lyrics.htm)
Lyric Set #2: Life, in a Nutshell - The Barenaked Ladies (http://www.lyricsdir.com/b/barenaked-ladies/life-in-a-nutshell.php)
Are you willing to write a backup story? Willing? Yes. Able? Frell no. My apologies.

Thanks! Oooh, "Zebra" is making me think Methos-thoughts...

Not too familiar with him, myself. I encountered it as a RayK tribute fanvid, and after that the song grew strong Stark associations for me, but I could also link it to Crichton without too much effort. But then, Stark and John are far more alike than they are different.

I can't stand "ah lurve ya behbeh" songs so I was rather upset to find, when I looked up the lyrics, that most of my favourite songs are in fact about love. Or if they aren't, then they're Weird Al spoofs or Al Stewart's lovely historical songs which tell far too much story for this purpose. So here's a love song full of loneliness and something a lot less sentimental; that should give someone a bit of choice. And sorry I couldn't find decent lyrics without popups.

Name: Vilakins or Nico
Email: vilakins at gmail dot com
Lyric Set # 1: Walk with Me by The Seekers
Lyric Set # 2: The Galaxy Song by Monty Python
Are you willing to write a backup story? Not very

*deep breath*

Name: ALC Punk!
Email: lyssie@subreality.com
Lyric Set #1: Belly 'Super-Connected' http://sealmyfate.wiw.org/tributealbum/lyrics/belly/lyrics_super-connected.html
Lyric Set #2: Something for Kate 'Stunt Show' http://somethingforkate.tripod.com/lyrics/echo.txt (it's the first song. Er, but feel free to peruse the others)
Are you willing to write a backup story? Yes.

I'm probably going to regret this, but I can't resist the opportunity to subject other people to my weird taste in music.

Name: Ilana
Email: ilanabean42 at cox dot net
Lyric Set #1: The Shadow (http://www.mary-black.net/disco/songs/135.htm) by Mary Black/Donagh Long
Lyric Set #2: The Gun Song (http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/assassins/gunsong.htm) from Assassins
Are you willing to write a backup story? Probably not.

Sounds interesting... Here's hoping I can keep my story's plot manageable this time and not let it become an insane overgrown mess like with the last ficathon I tried. Because I am feeling particularly evil today, both of my suggestions will be Bob Dylan lyrics.

Name: Adrian James
Email: lord_soldeed at yahoo dot com

Lyric Set #1: Visions of Johanna (http://bobdylan.com/songs/visions.html)
Lyric Set #2: <a href="http://bobdylan.com/songs/highwater.html>High Water</a> It was hard to pick just two Bob Dylan songs for this. The first I chose because it is sort of a love song, the second because it inspired an X-Men fic I wrote ages ago and it would be interesting to see what others will make of it.

Why did this eat half o fmy post?

And now it's better? What? Never mind.

Okay, I'll now officially sign up myself, after having brooded all week about what particular songs to pick...

Name: Kathryn Andersen
Email: multi_lyric AT katspace dot net
Lyric Set #1: I Can See Clearly Now by Jimmy Cliff
because it's a happy-ending-after-angst song, which is a change from pure angst
Lyric Set #2: And So It Goes by Billy Joel
This one was actually a song that heavily influenced one of my Sentinel stories -- interesting that it is a love-song, but in that story I was thinking of it in a brotherly-love context, but it could be either. This song makes me think not only of Jim, but of Avon. It would be cool to see what another would make of it.

Name: GTA Otaku (lil_banik_slave)
Email: janine @ digitati-tech . co . uk
Lyric Set #1: The Funeral Song by The Rasmus (http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Funeral-Song-lyrics-The-Rasmus/F4DC29082714BDBD48256D45000BBD33)
Lyric Set #2: Nemo by Nightwish (http://nightwish.lyrics-songs.com/lyrics/84212/)

I have a thing for angsty music I'm afraid. You can make it all optimistic if you want to though, I'll read anything :-)

(ps . sorry if I clogged up your e-mail, had some trouble with the comment posting ^_^)

Okay, I'll try it!

Name: etakyma
Email: etakyma AT yahoo dot com
Lyric Set #1: Waiting for the Light to Shine from the musical "Big River" (http://stlyrics.com/lyrics/bigriver/waitinforthelighttoshine.htm)
Lyric Set #2: Off to the Party from the musical "The Beautiful Game" (http://stlyrics.com/lyrics/thebeautifulgame/offtotheparty.htm)
Are you willing to write a backup story? Time is such that probably not.

And the reason for these choices? One is angsty and one is a drinking song, complete with Irish accents. And everyone can relate to a drinking song, right? (I almost chose Da Vinci's Notebook's drinking song, but that one is just too silly).

I've never written any fan-fic before, unless you count episodes in various addventures, but I guess one has to start somewhere, and this is too intriguing to pass up. So:

Name: John Hall
Email: john atx jhall dotx co dotx uk (ignore the "x"s - thry're just in case any nasty spammer's software is clever enough to replace "at" and "dot")
Lyric Set #1: The Kinks: Sunny Afternoon (http://natali.mine.nu/lyrics/kinks/sunny.html)
Lyric Set #2:The Roches: Hammond Song (http://www.lyric.su/song_hammond_song_the_roches.html)
Are you willing to write a backup story? No. I don't want to go in too deep on my first time.

As to why I choose these two songs: They're amongst my favourites, they have interesting lyrics, but I think that they shouldn't be overly restrictive when it comes to writing a story.

Hey, go you! :)

Email it to in plain text. I will not accept any other format. The plain text can include the usual things like * for italics and # for bold and _ for underlines.

If we had "real" italics to work with, I would use them to indicate what characters were thinking, as opposed to saying out loud. * to indicate italics works well if you want to emphasise a word or phrase for emphasis, but I suspect that it might not stand out enough to work well for a full sentence or more, and that simply using quotation marks might work better, relying on my writing skills to make it clear that these are thoughts. Any opinions on this, anyone?

We are going to have real italics to work with. I want things in plain text in that format so I have a standard format which will be easy to convert to HTML, and give people the option of having either plain text or HTML versions of the story.

The reason I don't even want things in HTML is that I would, sure as apples are apples, have to spend an inordinate amount of time fixing up the horrible, horrible HTML which MS-Word produces. Better to start completely clean, and require plain text. Even if that requires tidying up (and it probably would, for some people) the amount of tidying up would be smaller, I think.

Thanks. I understand now.

Actually, jhall1, * to bracket entire sentences instead of italics does work--I used to frequent a Star Wars fic archive that housed only text fic and used that system (plus something else to indicate telepathy, I think).

It took a few minutes to get used to, but it worked okay.

(though I prefer italics, myself.)

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This should be it

I'll bite, sounds like fun!

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