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27th Jan 2011, 8:57 AM #1
You and Who- For Children In Need
There's a new book with proceeds going to charity on the way that's looking for contributions from fans-
“It's a wonderful idea, and I'll be sure to buy the book.”
Robert Shearman (author The Chimes of Midnight, Dalek, Tiny Deaths, Love Songs For the Shy and Cynical)
I'd like to invite you all to participate in something. Something potentially very special.
Inspired in part after making a first purchase at lulu.com (Richard Kirby’s rather lovely Desperately Seeking Susan Foreman), and in part by an idea I unsuccessfully submitted to Doctor Who Magazine a couple of years ago (that they should devote one of their Special Editions to writings by the fans themselves), I’ve decided to try and get a book together called You and Who.
The profits will be donated to Children in Need.
The idea is simple: everybody who wishes can participate, by contributing a piece of writing about Doctor Who. Perhaps more specifically: about their relationship with Doctor Who.
- J.R. Southall
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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27th Jan 2011, 9:07 AM #2
Problem is ... I'm sure whatever I wrote would feel like a rip off of "Daleks ate my Doctor Who scarf" ...
Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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27th Jan 2011, 9:09 AM #3
I suppose as long as you're writing about something personal to you that wouldn't matter too much.
Perhaps you could write about going to see Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf to bypass that
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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27th Jan 2011, 1:03 PM #4
I might cheat and refer them to the journal that Ant Cox wrote a few years back - after all I'm in it a fair bit!!!
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28th Jan 2011, 5:26 PM #5
Actually, Mr Crow, something akin to "Doctor Who Scarf I Love You" would be exactly what the Doctor ordered! (I'm so sorry about the pun.)
Having proofread and reformatted 21 submissions so far, I can tell you two things:
Firstly, we've all got a story to tell. And just because your own story might be similar to someone else's, doesn't mean there's any less value in telling it.
And secondly, reading similar stories collected together in a book, almost becomes a bigger story in its own right.
Here are another two things:
One, I've deliberately been sequencing the book so that any two consecutive submissions aren't too similar. Not everybody's doing "My Doctor Who Life", so there will be reviews or alternative stories in between the ones that are.
And two, almost all of the submissions to date have been written with an "angle" (we're an intelligent bunch, us Doctor Who fans - I doubt if many other TV series could spawn writing of such quality as I've been receiving), so even when you do get several submissions telling a similar story, the way they tell them varies quite significantly.
I must admit to being a lot more impressed with the quality of what I've been receiving than I was expecting, and I hope it continues that way. Having said that, this project is for people who love Doctor Who regardless of whether they think they have any talent at a keyboard. And there's every chance the book will be a memorable event in the lives of everyone who contributes - so get writing!
Deadline's end of February, although I think it's going to be mentioned in DWM in two weeks and if it is, the deadline might get extended.
P.S. Hello all!
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31st Jan 2011, 9:04 AM #6
I'm quite looking forward to this. One of the joys of posting on a Doctor Who forum is hearing other people's memories of the show and thinking 'Oh yes! I remember that!' or 'That sounds really cool!' It's great to discover that other people have shared similar experiences with the show, whether it's watching the original broadcasts, or collecting the Target Novels, VHS or DVDs.
Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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31st Jan 2011, 11:42 AM #7
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31st Jan 2011, 12:13 PM #8Inspired in part after making a first purchase at lulu.com (Richard Kirby’s rather lovely Desperately Seeking Susan Foreman),and in part by an idea I unsuccessfully submitted to Doctor Who Magazine a couple of years ago (that they should devote one of their Special Editions to writings by the fans themselves)
I'd love to contribute to this, and as stated above I've got tens of thousands of words already written on this subject so could quite easily select a suitable extract.
Ooh - exciting!
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31st Jan 2011, 1:30 PM #9
Me too. I've picked the bit I'll use once it's trimmed down, beefed up and straightened out.
Dennis, Francois, Melba and Smasher are competing to see who can wine and dine Lola Whitecastle and win the contract to write her memoirs. Can Dennis learn how to be charming? Can Francois concentrate on anything else when food is on the table? Will Smasher keep his temper under control?
If only the 28th century didn't keep popping up to get in Dennis's way...
#dammitbrent
The eleventh annual Brenty Four serial is another Planet Skaro exclusive. A new episode each day until Christmas in the Brenty Four-um.
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31st Jan 2011, 1:33 PM #10
That's exactly what I did too.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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31st Jan 2011, 5:35 PM #11
There are a couple of important questions/suggestions regarding the deadline and publication of the book, that I’d like to put to anybody who has contributed, or intends to contribute an essay, or is even just interested in buying the finished book.
In the interests of transparency, I’m asking everyone who wishes to make their opinion heard to do so. With this in mind, I’ve set up a couple of threads on the forum on the You and Who website (the better to keep the replies and/or questions in one place, rather than disseminated across the internet!); if you’re interested in replying, then please just take a few moments to register on the forum (it won’t be an ongoing forum like this one; mostly I’ve just installed it so that I can ask questions such as these – although feel free to start a thread and/or ask any other questions if you wish). Being a member of the forum might also help with the distribution of information when it comes time to publish; I shan’t be posting all the whys and wherefores of the ongoing business aspect on threads such as these, but I’ll be using the website itself to keep everyone as well informed as I can.
It would be much appreciated, and I look forward to finding out what you’ve all got to say on the matters at hand.
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31st Jan 2011, 7:59 PM #12
And Lissa and Antony Cox (and SiHart!), that's exactly what I spent the whole afternoon today doing for someone, as well! (Not that I'll have time to do that kind of thing for people very often, I shouldn't think, but it was a pleasure sifting through someone's memories and picking out the most pertinent, and trying to stick it together to make a coherent essay.)
This book is going to be brilliant!
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1st Feb 2011, 9:04 PM #13
I'm really looking forward to this and I've got a piece in mind. Just need to write the thing now. And quickly by the sounds of it.
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2nd Feb 2011, 7:50 AM #14
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2nd Feb 2011, 12:12 PM #15
Just a quick question, which I'm sure is on the website somewhere, how many words should a submission be?
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2nd Feb 2011, 12:14 PM #16
On the website it says:
I’d like to recommend somewhere between say 250 words and a couple of thousand.
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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2nd Feb 2011, 2:23 PM #17
That's only a recommendation, though. I'd say your submission should be as long (or as short) as you want it to be; after all, this book is about the people who are writing it, so I'm not making any rules that must be adhered to.
On the List of Submissions drop down, though, you will find the word counts of all submissions received so far, which is if nothing else a guide.
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2nd Feb 2011, 8:59 PM #18
Cheers! First part of it is already written.
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5th Feb 2011, 10:58 AM #19
Just passed 2,000 visitors and 2,500 visits to the site. I've also put up a few more example paragraphs from people's essays, including this one by Simon Hart:
"We queued for a while (some things never change) and I chatted to an older fan while we waited; he told me he'd seen The Sea Devils in 1972, which I remember being quite impressed about at the time, and eventually we met Colin. He was really lovely. I was still quite shy in those days and so I didn't really know what to say to him, but he put me at my ease by asking my name and asking me lots of questions, so I soon felt OK. I presented my Dalek Omnibus for him to sign, and he looked it over, read the titles on the back cover and quipped, “Ahhh, all my predecessors in this one!” and was about to sign it when I asked, remembering it was my birthday the next day, if he could write happy birthday in the front for me. He did, and that's what is still inscribed in the front of the book: “Happy Birthday Simon from Colin Baker Who?” It always makes me smile."
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5th Feb 2011, 11:20 AM #20
Thanks! That's made my day.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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6th Feb 2011, 5:36 PM #21
You're welcome.
And in return: thanks for pointing me in the direction of this forum; I like it here!
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9th Feb 2011, 6:58 PM #22
There's just under three weeks now until the 1st of March deadline, so any of you out there intending to make a submission but haven't yet, should seriously think about getting your skates on!
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12th Feb 2011, 11:52 AM #23
I downloaded the template for the book this morning (from Tim Hirst), and then spent the next hour or two transferring the essays over. It's looking rather nice!
But there's only two more weekends (after this one!) to go, before the deadline for submissions. So if you still want to be in the book, time is now of the essence!
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12th Feb 2011, 5:40 PM #24
Come on Paul! You can do it!
Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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12th Feb 2011, 5:50 PM #25
My third draft is 2,200 words. It's based on material from "Doctor Who, What, Where?" and tells the story of 1993's two legendary tins. The fifth or sixth draft should ping its way across in due course.
Dennis, Francois, Melba and Smasher are competing to see who can wine and dine Lola Whitecastle and win the contract to write her memoirs. Can Dennis learn how to be charming? Can Francois concentrate on anything else when food is on the table? Will Smasher keep his temper under control?
If only the 28th century didn't keep popping up to get in Dennis's way...
#dammitbrent
The eleventh annual Brenty Four serial is another Planet Skaro exclusive. A new episode each day until Christmas in the Brenty Four-um.
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