Chronicle X Interview with haphazard method
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| Interviews by Fans | |
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| Title: | Chronicle X Interview with haphazard method |
| Interviewer: | uncredited |
| Interviewee: | haphazard method |
| Date(s): | July 2000 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | X-Files |
| External Links: | Interview with haphazard method (Chronicle X); copy |
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Chronicle X Interview with haphazard method was conducted in 2000 by the Chronicle X archive.
Some Excerpts
Actually it was the fanfic that turned me into an obsessed, um... *focused* fan of the show. What I like about the show is its ambiguity. Mulder and Scully are flawed, complicated heroes who don't always win. Mostly, however, episodes interest me as source material for reading and writing fiction.
On the show, [Mulder and Scully] are fiercely independent, exceptionally smart, driven, damaged people who love and need each other professionally and personally. They're also such Royal Pains in the Arse that they deserve each other. <g> In fanfic, though, I'll read just about any variation of them and their partnership as long as the writing is strong and they are at least characterized as adults. Hyper-neurotic brats named Fox and Dana do not qualify.
[The first XF I ever read]: I have absolutely no idea. I do remember being sucked in by "Five Years and One Night" when it was a WIP, sitting on the edge of my seat trying not to check hourly for updates. There is something 1940s-ish that I love about following a WIP. Despite the high-tech gloss of the Internet, it's not dissimilar to folks sitting around the radio following weekly installments of a play, or reading a story serialized in a periodical. On the down side, Blueswirl may break my heart if she never finishes "Razor's Edge." <g>
Maria Nicole's "The Devil's Instant" opens with:"Three days after the death of Donnie Pfaster, Mulder found himself standing in front of his closet, overtaken by a sudden and desperate wish for a pair of high heeled shoes."
I would go *anywhere* a story that starts like that wants to take me.
If feedback weren't important, I wouldn't take the trouble to post stories in a public forum. That said, feedback doesn't motivate me to write or guide what I write. Rather, I like the feeling of connection when people write to tell me what they thought of my stories, and I love being able to send feedback to other authors and tell them what I enjoyed about theirs. Someday I may even work up the nerve to send letters to published authors whose work I've enjoyed.