The Machinations of Xena: Warrior Princess Fan Fiction
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| Title: | The Machinations of Xena: Warrior Princess Fan Fiction |
| Creator: | Carolyn McBride |
| Date(s): | July 2000 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom: | Xena: Warrior Princess |
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| External Links: | The Machinations of Xena: Warrior Princess Fan Fiction, Archived version |
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The Machinations of Xena: Warrior Princess Fan Fiction is an essay by Carolyn McBride.
It was posted to Whoosh! #46 in 2000.
Topics
- Oh Why, Oh Why, Do We Write?
- Inspiration Is A Many Splendored Thing
- The Settings The Thing
- Field Studies And Research (Bat Morda Has Known Great Sex)
- Beta Me Like You Mean It
- Will Write For Feedback
- Wrestling With Prose
- A Bard's Bard
- Conclusion
- Biography
Excerpts
While there are places on the web to find interviews with various bards from the Xenaverse, I have often wondered what I would find if I were able to sit down with them and ask them the questions that their readers would. Have a friendly chat over tea or coffee, talk to them as a fan, as another writer, and as a friend. I would ask them questions that would give me a glimpse into why these bards write the stories they do, what moves them to put pen to paper, and what keeps them at their keyboards long into the night.
I would be most interested to try to discover why some bards have a bigger following than others do; what it is that sets one or two apart from the rest; and why there are some that rise above so that they are singled out for a special kind of glory and recognition from The Powers That Be. It would hopefully be a peek into the most talented and creative minds in the Xenaverse. What follows is a culmination of as many of those chats, interviews, and conversations as I could possibly arrange.
While this article is being written long after I started the research, there are changes in the Xenaverse that only make the writing of this piece all the more interesting. Some bards have left us in disgust for the direction the show is taking. Some have added their thoughts and creativity to the world of fan fiction recently. Large and popular websites have all but closed, while others have sprung up like flowers in springtime.
Long after the last credits on the last episode have rolled by on our screens, there will be fan fiction. The words, thoughts, and musings of some very talented people will keep the Warrior Princess and her bard alive for us all. In the words that follow is a look into why these writers toil so diligently for us, the readers.