Writing challenge

[vaznetti]

One of the things that can make a fic stand out for me is a clear sense of place--the level of detail that moves a locale from generic to specific. And that's something that I have a lot of trouble with: I tend to indicate place with a few sketchy details, and I don't usually set stories in places where I've spent significant amounts of time. I want to try to do something about this, so I'm offering the following. Under the cuts are (first) a list of places I've lived, or spent enough time to find them familiar, and (second) a list of fandoms I write or would write. Pick a character, pick a location, and I'll try to write you a scene.

Places
San Francisco
SE Portland, OR
Chicago (Hyde Park)
New Haven (Yale)
New York (kind of, mostly the East Village)
Oxford
Cambridge
Halifax, NS
Heathrow (Terminal Three)
Puerto Vallarta and the Costa Allegre, Mexico (from the Gringo perspective)



Fandoms I write: Alias, X-Files
Fandoms I'd like to try: 24, Highlander, BtVS, Angel, Homicide, XMen (movieverse), Stargate SG-1. If you request something in one of these, you might have to look it over to make sure I haven't gone horribly wrong somewhere.


I figure that this will give me some structured writing to do over the vacation.

Comments

[vaznetti]

Oh! Methos in Portland! Beer! I can do that. (I can make Methos teach Hum 110, because I am pretty much that evil.)

[malograntum.livejournal.com]

Glee!

[rhi]

(I can make Methos teach Hum 110, because I am pretty much that evil.)

I am *so* looking forward to this!! (Hmm. I need to reset my icons; beej made me a Greek Methos icon that would have been perfect here. I'll try to GIP this PM.)