Why Not Just Write It?

[ithildin]

I'm always slightly befuddled when I see someone propose a fic challenge with so many specific details, you're left wondering why they don't just write it themselves!

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[fides.livejournal.com]

Time. On those occasions I have released a bunny to the wild it is because I have had a good idea that I think other people might like to but I am in the middle of three-plus novel length stories and about ten short stories already. At that point giving someone else inspiration is more likely to result in a story than adding it on the end of my fic queue.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

There are ideas, and then there's what I'm talking about where the person practically writes an essay of what they want in a fic with so much detail, you're left wondering why not write it? It's way too specific for anyone else to write.

[horsedoovers.livejournal.com]

Idea: Methos on a pirate ship with Jack Sparrow.

Demands: Methos on a pirate ship during hurricane season, getting shipwrecked with Jack Sparrow, rescued by Lizzy, Will drinks all the rum, and there's a fourteen course formal meal as a celebratory party when Lizzy is returned to her father after a stop in Tortuga.