author_by_night | Fix Fest

Yes, I have another fest idea. Sort of - I'd like ideas, suggestions, and confirmation that this is an original idea before starting. It would be more like a cross between a challenge and a meme than an actual fest.

We all have "that fanfic." You know, the fic you wrote in your early years of fandom. The fic where your Mary Sue just walks into the Tardis. The fic where Sirius is a drug addict and Remus writes emo poetry on the walls - in blood - every night. The fic where Buffy becomes a goth, and decides she wants to become a vampire because slaying them is "so yesterday."

My challenge to you? Review, revise, and repost.

The fic can be as horrible as it happens to be, or it can be a fic that wasn't "badfic" per se, but that you still look at with a frown. It can be multi-chapter, one shot, or heck, even a songfic.

Make it work as much as you can. If the fic predates present canon, you can either still keep it AU, or you can update it. If it's completely OOC and implausible, find a way to make it at least halfway in character and/or plausible.

Again, I don't think I'd really make it a fest - because there's a difference between revising a five page one shot and a twenty chapter fanfic, there wouldn't be a deadline, ~~and I don't think I'd do a community - although I have thought of it.~~

(ETA: I 'm actually seriously thinking of doing a community now, upon further reflection.)

Any thoughts?