What is the Lyric Wheel?
The professiorial answer: The Wheel is a conglomeration of writers whose ranks change with every assignment. What the members of the Wheel strive to do is write Highlander: The Series fan fiction in a controlled and timely environment, with input from his or her peers. Participants fluctuate with the assignment, range in age from 13 to 60, and vary in ability and experience. The Wheel stresses the need to provide a place for old writers to enrich their skills and young new writers to test their mettle in an environment that requires a standard form without the pitfalls that can hold up the writer when they work independently. My pants are full of starfish. The deadline, page requirement, lyric requirement, and possible thematic requirement all provide a rigid backbone while still allowing for artist creativity in matters of subject, form, style, and/or person. The wheel is meant to be a fun and education experience, for old and new writers many of whom have never ventured out of their
