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Mewtwo and Darkrai. Chapter three of my fan fiction (the second most heavily edited chapter I've made of all time) contains the two of them talking, well, communicating, through their minds. It's extremely interesting to use both of them, as they're both unstable and unsure of themselves and the world, and, instead of trying to do something peaceful; they destroy everything in sight, as we have been shown in various ways. I figure I may as well post a new question too, just to annoy you guys: Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore? When that happens, the plot normally dies, and the story goes unwritten. The reason I asked it is because I'm experiencing it right now. I can't continue the three stories I'm writing, I just can't. Anybody know how to solve that? |
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Do you use time-travel in your story? If so, how?
Yes, and oh, all the trouble it's landed me in. Time-traveling is one of the most headache-inducing things my twelve-year-old self decided to stuff into the original version of The Quest for the Legends, and that's a fic that contains two Pokémon called Molzapart and Rainteicune that I still haven't managed to get rid of properly. The thing is, time-travel induces myriads of plot holes if you aren't extremely careful with it and plan out careful restrictions on it from the get-go. Take the Harry Potter series - technically readers are forced to conveniently forget about the existence of time-travel in it in order for the story to work out at all, because the time-travel is too unrestricted and technically somebody could just go back in time and undo, say, the birth of Voldemort. (The only reason given in the books for not doing so is that in the particular context time-travel was actually used would involve the main characters seeing their own future selves in the past, which would freak them out too much - there are no technical restrictions on causing paradoxes at all.) I have a similar problem in the current version of time-travel in The Quest for the Legends version ILCOE - basically, the entire plot revolves around a time-traveling Pokémon executing an elaborate plan to avoid a certain moment, when technically all he really needs to do is take everyone to the future, past that moment. Now, I have been thinking about this problem recently, and came up with a solution that lies simply in providing limitations on time-travel, and with some careful workarounds I've made pretty sure that it should not contradict anything that's already been put in place in the story. Time-traveling really is a ***** to work with, though. As a word of advice to everyone, don't put it in unless you really, really need it. What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why? Scyther. *coughs in the direction of her Quest for the Legends spin-offs* Why? Well, it just sort of happened. I made up this whole Scytherian ideology more or less by coincidence when making up the past of my favorite character, and I started finding that intriguing enough that I then proceeded to write a spin-off happening mostly within Scyther society, and later another one that happens entirely in it since then I'd gotten completely hooked. Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore? No, not really. I always want to write more. I'm not always able to, but the will is always there. |
First, I'd like to say I agree with you on time travel. It's a bit of a pain to work through -- or even to find a reason to work through it, given logic.
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All this talk about time-travel reminds me of that world I just went through in KH2. And that reminds me of those short stories I want to write for that fandom.
What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why? I don't really have a favorite. Before, I would had said any one of the Kanto/Johto legendaries, mainly the Legendary Hamsters/Gerbils/Cats/Dogs. The mythology of that interested me, and I considered myself an expert. But as for now, I don't have a favorite. I just write whatever Pokemon I feel like writing about. Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore? Periodically, but it's more like a feeling of "I don't know what to write about now". So I just meander away and wait for an idea to hit me again. Like with those KH2 short stories I was talking about. I couldn't think of what to write about in them a few months ago, but now I have an idea. |
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Ash looked over his shoulder to his father, he had that familiar smirk on his face. Ash began racing in his head thinking of an activity he might have to do outside the house on a thursday night but nothing came to mind. He felt a hand over his, and he closed his eyes. |
Do you use time-travel in your story? If so, how?
Not particularly, but I was going to have some scenes in my fics Feral Twilight and Biohazard involving a fakemon of mine that has the power to show scenes of the past. Thing is, though, the creature only shows nightmarish scenes. As for the favorite pokemon to write about question, mine's lapras, but I tend to write more about my fakemon, esp. my dragonite rank wolves Metalupus and Canersia. |
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What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why? Any. But I like Absol a lot - and really, it's not "what my favorite pokémon is to write about. It's more like "What are my favorite ones to feature in fanfics." I also, obviously, like Persian. But my likes tend to extent to any pokémon that is furry and goes on all fours. Mammal :3 Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore? It's less "I don't want to write anymore" and more "I don't want to write anything right now ." I've never really lost my love to write, I just periodically have a sort mindblock that goes along the lines of: "I can't write right now, I suck." |
What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why?
I really have no preference, but I did really enjoy writing about the Crawdaunt from my one shot "Forever Young". The pokedex entry of it really got to me thinking as to why they like to battle...XD Also, even though I have a Ninetales in "Nothing, Everything", one of the pokedex entries also gave me an idea of another chapter fic I want to write...someday. XD Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore? Like Hanako, it's more of what should I write now. After I had finished "Nothing, Everything" I keep thinking of what I should write next. I have a couple other writing projects I might embrak on...though at the moment I'm busy with schoolwork. :X |
^Ohhhhhhh yeah, Forever Young was an awesome one shot. It had one of my favorite pokemon AND was named after one of my favorite songs, in addition xD
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Do you use time-travel in your story? If so, how?
Nope. The only story I can think of off the top of my head which has time travel in it is an intended one-shot which was the very, very first thing I ever wrote for Pokemon. It never got finished, let alone published, but it included the GS ball and my theory (at the time) of its possible use. I still kind of wanna go back and rewrite it, only it has several major plotholes I still have to work out which might not be work-outable... Other than that, I can't think of any, although I do have some ideas on how the whole thing could work (or how I'd do it) just from watching too many sci-fi shows. ^.^;; What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why? Dragonair. :3 I wrote them for the first time in 'Another Ordinary Day' for the battle contest on SPPf, and it's got me hooked; because they don't have limbs of any kind, but can fly, it just fascinated me to try and describe their movement in the air. Aerodactyl are pretty cool too. :3 Just dragons and flyers in general, I guess. ^.^;; *likes flying* I also like writing about arcanine... there's an arcanine character in CaC, and he's awesome to write. Spinarak/ariados are also cool, because of their ability to use string and webs and climb on the walls. :3 Finally, the unown. Their existence and what's said about them--or not said--is interesting in a mythological context alone, but also because I think they have so much potential for a major presence which is left untapped in canon. I some vague ideas for a fic I wanna do about them, but nothing quite concrete enough to start working. Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore *seconds what almost everyone else has said* I never lose interest in a story, I really don't, at least not so much that I never write it again. I have several stories which I'd love to dust off and rework, once I get the chance. So yeah, it's kinda like Hanako said--sometimes I don't know what to write now. Only for me it's usually not so much because of a lack of ideas, but too many of them. ^.^;; |
What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why?
Currently, I love writing about Latias and Latios. I don't really know why...they just enthrall me. The emotion-sensing thing lends itself to some cool scenes that would be really hard to do if it wasn't there, and the fast-as-a-jet flight that they're capable of just screams to be written about. On the other hand, I've also been thinking about starting a crossover fic with R-Type Final which would have Mewtwo in it. The general synopsis of R-Type Final is that humans have created a living weapon that they abandoned in space, and it has grown and now is trying to consume mankind. The humans develop a new living weapon as a counter, and integrate it into spaceships that are controlled by the pilot's thoughts. In my would-be fic, as the ships become more and more sophisticated, they need more processing power than current technology can handle. Thus, the humans begin wiring clones into the ships' computers so that their brains can pick up the slack. This is where Mewtwo would naturally come in, with predictable results. Said results would be fun to write about, obviously, but I'm also interested in the huge amount of character development this would allow me to do. Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore? I have that right now. I've gone roughly seven weeks, and I can't seem to write a chapter. It's not that I don't want to: I have plenty of ideas, but I just can't seem to focus when I actually get Word up and running. It's really annoying, and I hope I get over it soon... |
Now that I have gotten better since starting my fic, Poke Special Manga: DP, I would deeply appreciate if someone would scan through and review my fic more in depth for current errors I am making.
A thousand thanks in advance to anyone who does and another thousand thanks to all of the people whom have commented and or reviewed my fic! :) ~TK |
Umm I made my first Fic, Pokemon Aruma Region Adventures and would deeply appreciate some critism and reviews.
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What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why?
Hmm... None in particular but... Torchic I guess... Or more so, Torchic as a partner to the protagonist. I'm overly fond of them I guess. As for which ones I would LIKE to write about it would be Aggron and Rhyperior. Both of them have this Super Robot look going for them (especially Rhyperior) so the hot-bloodedness in me rises when I look at them. I already know what I have planned for Aggron or actually Aron in Distanced Hurricane which is a long way in but Rhyperior... I'll have to do something special for it one of these days... Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore? Currently yeah, it's the same as txteclipse. I know what I want, I planned it and even wrote drafts on paper but my focus flies out the window the moment its time to put that all on word. I'm just going with the flow at the moment... Things are becoming more and more fleshed out for me as I'm offline so the break is doing me good. |
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What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why? Although I don't have a specific one, I'm currently enjoying writing about my fic's main character's Pokemon, Prinplup. I enjoy portraying it's Super Hero like traits, posing and "saving the world". XD |
Off topic but: Oni Raichu, just let live and let others do what they gotta do. No need for pointless stuff.
As for time-travel, I like it, but it's something I'm not too interested in dealing with (EDIT: for now). Rather than correct the past by going back and altering it (and I believe that when one does that they don't really change the future or in this case, THEIR present time but only create an alternate universe, a what-if future for THAT era which is now separated from the time-travelers timeline. Thus opening the door to my favorite theme of multi-universes.) I'd rather see characters overcome the past in the present thus opening the door to the future for themselves. Going back in time to alter an event, no matter how armageddon-like it is like running away from the current problem because you're too weak to deal with the situation at hand. Which is understandable on some points but as it also isn't. Ex: obsessive individual who wants to revive his/her fallen lover/child/friend and will selfishly do trample whoever they want in said-timeline to get that not caring or realizing how this'll affect the future. Or military freedom fighting group who time jump to wipe out said evil group but too blind on their ambitions to realize that said group is utterly different from the one in their timeline down to who's in the ranks, whose alive/active to the technology they're using and are plainly put, the good-guys of the story. |
For the "asking for a review" thing, why don't we just make it a thread? People can come in asking for a review, and others can either choose a fic to review or review fics in the order they came in. It would make this argument go away once and for all...
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New Topic? I dont know if this has been done or not..
Do you have any fics/one shots planned for the future? If so, what? I'm going to continue my current fic. I'm currently doing a one shot for the contest which goes a long with my fic. I am also DETERMINED to do a PMD fic. There is nothing that will stop me from that :p |
Do you have any fics/one shots planned for the future? If so, what?
Ah, nice question. Yes, I have three more peices of work that I have planned currently; two one-shots (Battle Royale and Are we the Waiting?) and one more fan fiction for when I finish Operation Main Frame, called With or Without You. They are all closely related to the characters in Operation Main Frame, and they will have protagonists/antagonists from Operation Main Frame that had a smaller role, and give them the full role. I have to admit, With or Without You, well, I really want to write it now and forget about Operation Main Frame, but I won't, because I am resiliant. I spelled that wrong, didn't I? |
Do you have any fics/one shots planned for the future? If so, what?
The R-Type fic, as I said before. However, I'm debating whether or not to write it at the same time as the fic I'm doing now. Has anyone written two fics at the same time, and if so, was it hard? I don't really want to start writing both and then end up writing neither because of over-writing. I guess it just comes down to how much time I have on my hands (which isn't much these days, lol). As for writer's block, I've discovered that reading helps a bit. If there's nothing going into your brain, nothing can really come out, I suppose. |
Do you have any fics/one shots planned for the future? If so, what?
You should not have asked that question. Seriously. XD I'm going to assume you only want to know about the Pokemon fandom, or we'll be here all day. :3 Anyone who doesn't want to listen to me rambling on about my various planned fics should just skip my post. Really. I mean it. To start with the one-shots, I want to do a rewrite of a fic I posted way back when called Brother My Brother, and is a companion piece to the chaptered fic I'm working on now. I also want to do a revamp of Keeping My Sanity: Mirrorscape (a Lance character study), to reflect my changed perception of the characters, and obviously I need to fix up At What Cost (which used to be my entry for the angst contest on SPPf; it's not working properly so I'm entering something else, but thanks to everyone who reviewed it) and Another Ordinary Day (which was my entry for the battle contest). Then there's The Eyes of the Abyss, which is kind of a companion piece to At What Cost. Where AWC is completely anime-centred, EotA is completely manga-centred, but they both have the same sort of theme and are intended to examine the completely different sides of Lance's character. I'd also love to do a couple of sequels of Mirrorscape (which was from Lance's PoV), from the PoVs of Steven and Wallace, but I lost the notes I did have for them, so they're on the backburner. >.< Speaking of Wallace and Steven, I was supposed to write a friendshippy fic for someone for Christmas, but every time I sat down to do it, nothing happened. >.< That one's called Of Pillows and Picture Books, and the storyline's kind of generic, but meh. :3 The other Steven and Wallace one I'm going to write might actually end up being a two- or three-shot, but it's basically an exploration of Originshipping without the story actually being a pairing. That one's called The 'Thin Red Line'. Then there's 'Disillusions', which is a trilogy of one-shots focussing on Lance (big surprise). The first one is actually my new entry for the angst contest on SPPf. It's called The Good Fight, and was originally supposed to only be a standalone, but then I decided there was more story to tell, so The Mighty Fallen and A Fool's Paradise came along. All of them have a kind of case-file tone to them. Then there's Legacy, which is intended to be a prequel to a larger fic the same way HotM was, but that particular series has been put on the backburner due to my dramatic shift in character perception. ...oh yeah, and that old one-shot I want to dust off and redo, the one about time travel. >.< Can't even remember what it's called now, but it was anime-based. *cough* So yeah. Now the chaptered fics. Skip me if I'm boring you. :3 Obviously I'm going to finish the fic I'm working on now, Choice and Consequence, which is being difficult at the moment. >.< I keep on having to rewrite the same scene, it's driving me nuts. I also have its sequel planned, which is at the moment called Games of Dominance, but I've been considering changing it. Plus there's the collection of AU one-shots in which the shipwreck in HotM did not happen, called, ever-so-originally, Magma Tales. Then there's my OTs. The first one is based on FR/LG, so yeah, it's a journeyfic; it's called Pokemon Journeys: In the Company of Gods. The sequel is based on G/S/C (surprise surprise) and is called Pokemon Journeys: A Road Already Travelled. And yes, the 'Pokemon Journeys' thing is necessary and deliberate. :P I intend to make a bit of a point with these fics, so they may end up being slightly satirical in nature. The third OT I have planned is completely unrelated to the other two; it's not a journeyfic. It's called From Fledgling to Flyer and is intended to be an exploration of the Dragon Clan and their traditions, place in society, their training, etc. It follows a trainer from the day he's accepted as an Initiate to the day he becomes a full Clan member. There's an as-yet untitled crime fic I want to write, drawing inspiration off the Lake of Rage incident and including a number of anime characters. I also have a fic centering on the unown, which is, at the moment, called Twisted Memory and has a look at the unown's possible place in the universe as the guardians of Time (yes, I am aware that Dialga is the Time Pokemon, but I'm still ignoring Sinnoh), History, Chaos, etc. The last standalone I have planned is so far called Reign of Terror (gag me with a spoon) and is pretty much about a war in which the League is trying to take back Kanto, Johto and Hoenn from the three Teams. Not sure on details yet. ...oh yeah. Can't forget my Phantom of the Opera parody. :P Scriptfic, with Morty starring as Christine, Will as the Phantom and Eusine as Raoul... so I was influenced by yaoi shippers, so sue me. :P Finally there's that series I mentioned that's been put on the backburner because of my shift in character perception. The first chaptered fic is called Viridian and is basically about an original region in which pokemon have been enslaved and they're trying to rebel (wow, that sounds so cliche). The sequel, Twilight, actually has very little to do with the region but a lot to do with the protagonist afterwards having to come to terms with all the shite that happened to him in the first one, and then all this shite that's happening to him now because of all the shite that happened in the first one. Then there's the third chaptered fic in the series, Legend's Rising (blergh), which actually comes before all the others. It was originally supposed to be a standalone but got delegated to being in this series because it uses the same outdated character perception. ...I think I'm done. ^.^;; I told you you shouldn't have asked that question. And people wonder why I have so much trouble getting things out regularly. >.< ...well, you probably don't, but meh. :P Anybody who actually read this, say it with me: 'fangirl'. |
Do you have any fics/one shots planned for the future? If so, what?
I'm trying to think up a One Shot, but I'm not sure that One Shots are my style of writing. I'll have to practice. As far as future fics, I'm planning two more fics: 1. When the third game comes out, I'll make a fic based off it. 2. If they remake Johto, I'll make a fic as well, similar to the Fire Red/Leaf Green saga of Pokemon Special. |
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Fanfiction Announcement Thread Dig it. It's up for tweaking. So if any improvements are wanted, just holler away. I might ignore you in the beginning, but for now, it's good. So from now on, all posts about new chapters/one-shots/fics go in that thread. The Lounge will just be a place for us to discuss writing (like a real lounge). Do you have any fics/one shots planned for the future? If so, what? Maybe. Don't know. I'm still plugging away at the same fic that I've been working at for the past many years. |
What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why?
easily the Treecko line. As the anime has portrayed, they could be quite the melee fighters, and they've got a wide movepool to pull it off with (they've got a great selection of special moves as well). Now, several people like Grovyle more than Sceptile, but the way I see it, Sceptile is the perfect representation of power combined with speed. I'll agree, its Sugimori artwork isn't that great... makes it look kinda fat and laidback, but the anime managed to portray Ash's in a much better light, thankfully. With a slightly trimmer redesign, it really shouldn't be hard to picture it like a swift-moving assassin.... hell, some of my inspiration for its battle choreography comes from Renamon (Digimon Tamers). They look a little alike when you think about it: human posture, bulky thighs, legs that bend backwards, pointed snout (or rather something of a beak in Sceptile's case), and interestingly enough, they're both meant to be agile. As purple_drake mentioned, Unown's a very interesting Pokemon as well, albeit extremely under-appreciated (I find it interesting to collect the alphabets and see what each of their Hidden Powers is like.... it probably won't be used in competitive battling, but in single-player RPG tradition, it's always fun to go around picking off small fry in random battles ^^). And being so shrouded in mystery, and supposedly being related to legendaries, how could you not take advantage of that? Speaking of legendaries, a lot of them are interesting to write about as well, if only for all the creation myths that canon surrounds them with. Also, as much as I enjoy speedy fighters, I've got an appreciation for the slow types as well. In particular, my erogee will feature a number of small, stubby Pokemon (Cacnea, Aron, Trapinch), and as I probably mentioned before, I intend to portray speeds accurately and consistently from the games (as opposed to the route the anime took, in which a friggin' turtle zips all over the place -_-). It'd be interesting to see them battle in spite of their lack of movement, and outside of battle, I'm picturing their slow movements to appear rather cute, even making for some funny situations. Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore? I've got a discontinued narrative and script, so I'd have to say "yes". I guess I lost interest because, aside from the fact that I started to think my narrative style sucked (not so much script, but still.... I wanted a manga from the offset), I felt the story was turning into a complete mess (which is all the more reason I am seriously planning things out ahead of time now). Back when I wrote a narrative, I was just getting out a story that my brother began and gave up on, and it wasn't until later I realized how many of his early ideas (as well as ideas for later that he told me about) really weren't working out, and overall seemed extremely half-assed at that (I'm currently wondering just what the hell I saw in them). For instance, "Hiro" (who was pretty much my brother's self-insert) and his friend "Chris" (my brother actually has a friend named that, too) are suddenly invited by Professor Elm to go to Newbark Town to discuss seeing the legendary beasts awaken when they just so happened to be there (as if they couldn't just discuss it with Elm right there when he happened to be visiting Ecruteak). Also, Kenta from the Crystal special (later given the English name Jimmy) joins up with Hiro, and trying to fit into anime continuity, he's finished half of his gyms and did some backtracking for whatever reason, so..... he's kinda left doing nothing but stagnating in the background half the time (and I doubt he would've done anything important anyway). The script wasn't much better.... sure, I took time to develop the characters more, and cut out several of the unnecessary things, but I feel I went overboard with my "attempts" to make the story seem more deep. Seriously, Hiro's homesickness seems kinda shoved into the reader's face.... no, more than that, it's outright jammed down their throats. What's even sadder: I didn't even agree with the theme I was trying to come up with.... I was going to have later chapters focus on getting Hiro try to appreciate Pokemon battling. So what, he's pretty much forced into it? And he's supposed to see it as more important than his regular life that he treasures so much? That's kinda ****ed up, wouldn't you think? Do you have any fics/one shots planned for the future? If so, what? Of course... in fact, pretty much everything I've talked about is only in the planning stages right now (unless you want to count the serial, for which I've written and discontinued earlier versions of). Quote:
Some of you might be familiar with what's called "the butterfly effect", in which a butterfly fluttering its wings in one place can cause a hurricane in another. Now maybe it's not that extreme, but nonetheless, the butterfly's presence is causing a small change to occur in air currents. Should you place that butterfly there a few minutes ago, it'd no doubt be too insignificant to matter. However, the further back you go, the larger an impact every tiny change will have.... given a few years, possibly even centuries, that small change in air movement actually could cause a hurricane somewhere in the world.... or, it could slightly move a hurricane that one area was supposed to have over to a completely different area. Nonetheless, this shows how significant change over much build-up. Similarly, if you were to move just a grain of sand, it probably won't impact a rock during wind erosion (or it will hit a rock it wasn't supposed to hit). It doesn't sound like much, but given a million years, that could be a countless number of impacts that single grain was or wasn't supposed to make (quite easily the same number of impacts needed to take out a boulder). Chain events are also a problem. If you were to stop World War II from happening, certain soldiers who should've been killed will end up producing a child with someone who was supposed to move on and find another mate. Hell, every small conversation and event each person has in their life could easily effect their future partnership, lineage, as well as those of other people they encounter. And going back on the butterfly effect, one has to take how we're conceived into consideration. It's not so simple as "Marty's gotta make his parents kiss at the dance". Getting really technical here, we result from the combination of two single-cells. With millions of sperm fighting to get to that egg, so not only must the time of conception be exact, but causing your ancestors to shift so much as a millimeter will cause a different person to be born. One must also consider the diets the parents take to produce their sex cells (as well as the unborn fetus), and even if the right sperm made it to the egg, how can one insure the chances of the parents' genes dividing to match the genes that their offspring's supposed to have? Even the correct person could end up with traits from one parent that they should've had from the other.... being born the opposite sex is also an easy possibility. Thankfully, fiction often overlooks these sort of technicalities. Nonetheless, realistic time-travel (assuming my theories hold weight) is extremely dangerous and not to be taken lightly. Though, even fiction tends to have enough sense not to send someone back 200 years, cause/prevent a large incident, and expect everything to be completely fine in the present (unless it's applying the alternate universe theory, a theory I'm actually rather fond of). |
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Don't worry, I'm acutally in the same boat as you, purple drake. XD All right, my time to ask this questions... For one shots, here are the plans I got: -Wanting to do the remake of "Forever Young". The plot and characters will be the same but the writing style will be quite different. I still hadn't have time to do it yet. >.> -A prequel to my first fic, "Heart of the Sea", which will be called, "The Other Side of the Sea" (sue me! XD). Bascially it's going to be a short backstory about the Whiscash in that story. Still didn't have time to write it. -A one shot that was originally going to be the entry for the tragic one shot contest but won't be able to enter because of school, work, and a few other things. :X It's going to be called "Will I Be Remembered?", bascially a one shot inspired by one of my friends' story and a thread at Serebii...and oh, it'll be on Cynthia. That's all I'm going to say at the moment. XD Probably might be able to do this in Spring Break. -My unfinished one shot "Midnight Song", which is mostly about a sailor one day hearing a Lapras' song. A short, short verison of "Moby Dick" I like to call it. XD Will finish this one day. XD -My finished one shot but thinking of rewriting it, "Mori", which is an OT one shot of a grass type trainer suddenly found a very simple village after gone through a blizzard and hanging out with a girl named Mori. Will edit that story one day. :X For chaptered fics: Spoiler:
As for other chaptered fics, probably the one I mentioned in the spoiler might be my last Pokemon chaptered fic. School and work is eating a lot of my time and I so would like to write an original story or two one day. ^^; |
Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore?
It usually just lasts a day or two. What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why? I'm going to say Treecko and evos. They are my favorite pokemon, and, as Yamato-san brought up, quite fun to write in battles due to their moves and stature. I also love the overall personality. Due to the one shot contest over at serebii, I found myself really enjoying writing about Beedrills and their societies way of life which I came up with as sort of like the Red Army during WW2. |
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Given, most people likely hate such stuff because they just missed the point, and once you do understand the point, it's all the more better because of it. Nonetheless, it would be a shame to have something that's overly confusing to most audiences, so having an easy-to-follow story with some deep underlying stuff seems like one of the better routes to take. Though, I would like to know how you go about making themes subtle without making them seem damn outright non-existent to even the most profound of viewers (if not something only the original author would know). To sum this up in a question, I guess I'm asking.... How do you deal with subtlety? And if you anyone has anymore info on how to handle it, that would be much appreciated. Just a reminder to everyone, I'm still looking for more understanding on themes in general as well. |
How do you deal with subtlety?
This one's a toughie. You can either use a few subtle things until the reader finally finds out what the subtleties have led up to and hope that they remember said subtleties, or you can be less subtle and keep pounding the points into the reader's head until they either figure out a plot segment early or get annoyed at being kept in the dark. My method is to do a few (one or two) allusions to whatever I want to be subtle about that will make the reader suspicious, but then not mention it again until I want them to remember said subtleties. Hopefully when they read whatever the "punchline" happens to be, they'll remember back to the subtle moments, smack their foreheads, and wonder why they didn't see it right away. It's a delicate balance, in any case, and I can't say for sure that I'm all that good at it in the first place. Good luck, though... |
How do you deal with subtlety?
Very subtly. It's a hard beast to tame and I can only hope I can wrestle it into place without people noticing. |
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Not to be off topic but I have a question that I can't seem to find the answer to...
I'm very paranoid about fanfic and art theft. It's preventing me from actually showing off any of my work. I was wondering that if I post my works on DeviantArt; being sure to mention that I am indeed 'Hissy Fit', would it then be alright to post them here also? (Sorry if I worded that a bit funny. My aching head is affecting my thinking). |
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The other serial I plan on doing may be released this October. It's a sci-fi fling that, when I proposed the plot bunny on my LiveJournal, successfully creeped out half my friends list. Lastly, I'm contemplating actually working on Project: Firefly (my most recent failed NaNo), although I don't like what I've done with it in the revamped version. And only now do I realize how much Bill fanfiction I write but fail to actually publish. Quote:
While, yes, I understand the actual definition of a theme (that it's a broad idea represented in a work), the truth of the matter is that I try not to, well, try. Because of that, if my work happens to have an overall theme, I end up leaving only hints about it as I go through the events of the story, rather than attempt to actually have a conscious theme, if that makes sense. Quote:
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Thank you Jax. Now I can post my stuff without worry. :)
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*wakes from the dead* Oh man, haven't been here in a while. I've recently been a little turned away from writing due to lack of interest. However, I feel that I owe it not only to my readers, but to myself for finishing at least one of my fics. With that said, lemme answer some of these questions:
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*shrug* Just because you don't consciously add a theme to your story doesn't necessarily mean that it doesn't have a level of complexity, but you've pretty much covered it with your last sentence -- that it depends on how you do it. You can still pull off an interesting story if you merely look at the events, rather than what it means metaphorically or philosophically or whatever you're going for in a conscious theme. Otherwise, something like Chekhov's gun would have no hope of ever really working. (That is, because a story is primarily entertainment, if a plot is executed with its own innate sense of intricacy, it still can be enjoyable to the majority of your audience. In other words, my advice: just keep track of what you added to the story and where you were going with it. Take it out and fix up the plot in the revision stages. Publish when ready.)
Likewise, as you've brought up before, it's possible to create a feeling of flatness and singular dimensions (that is, the shallowness that you've just described) if you consciously attempt for a theme by overemphasizing what you're talking about, which in turn, for the reader, is equivalent to being smacked repeatedly in the head with a shovel. While I realize you don't follow the dub, consider the the first Pokemon movie. One of the major themes was that violence doesn't solve everything, and smack in the middle of the movie, you get some pretty trite dialogue out of the characters (such as James looking at the fighting Pokemon and muttering, "I was prepared for trouble... but not like this," a la anti-drug commercial). Additionally, you have to be careful with themes as well. Just like there's such a thing as bad poetry, there's such a thing as a bad theme. In other words, just because you write it doesn't exactly mean that you're achieving a level of depth. It may in itself cause your writing to become shallow because you end up either (A) sounding ridiculous in an obvious attempt to be pretentious or (B) writing about themes that have already been covered countless times. Sure, it's possible to avoid both points altogether or at least going for B and pulling it off anyway, but I'm just saying the risk is still there. So, yes, it really just depends on how the story is executed and the skills of the individual author. Some people pull off stories without really giving theme a particular precedence over plot, whereas others consciously make an attempt and still pull off an awesome literary work. Sorry if this really doesn't help you with your writing, although my advice to you is to just figure out what wouldn't be a predictable outcome and work from there. That and you're probably worrying yourself to death about something the average reader probably doesn't really think about. As in, I wouldn't worry about avoiding a shallow story too much if I were you. Speaking from experience, sometimes, the harder you try to avoid something, the more likely you are to hit it anyway. (I mean, I only really know of one or two reviewers who actually look for themes in a fanfiction... unless it smacks the reader over the head like the aforementioned shovel. Unless this isn't fanfiction, but even then, searching for themes, from what I can tell from various lit classes, is more of a critic thing than a conscious effort by the author. Only one story I've ever read has ever come across as attempting to push a theme, and that's "Those Who Walk Away From Omelas" by Ursula Le Guin. Everything else more or less felt like they just happened.) Edit: At least, I hope this made a bit of sense. Apologies if I've rambled. |
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Yeah, I pretty much sprinkle hints here and there on "Nothing, Everything" on a few things like what is going to happen next, which characters are important, and themes. So far my reviewers hadn't really quick the themes and such yet, but then again the story is only on its fouth chapter! XD In short, I do leave important clues and such but it's more that I sneak it in than keep smacking them on my reader's heads. XD On themes, well I tend to think of a couple of themes I would like to do, sort of a goal to myself on what I want the path of the story to go to. After I write though, the themes I planned are still there but then more themes began to branch out that I hadn't planned. XD Sorry in advance if I misinterpet anything. I'm quite tired at the moment as I hadn't gotten much sleep from writing one of my essays and studying for quizzes and midterms. ^^; |
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I can see what you're saying, and I do sometimes think I'm overdoing it.... still, a deep and moving story is something I've wanted from the start. I want to be able to have drama without it seeming half-assed, overdone, empty, and/or forced (the last part being rather ironic to say, considering I actively strive towards such a thing in the first place ^^'). Though, I have come up with a number of dramatic scenes that I think could work, so maybe I'm alright. Though, dialog's not something I've worked on too much, so it would help me to know how much is too much.... when the length and content of the dialog is acceptable, if not perfect, and when it just drags out or divulges too much, thus me asking about subtlety. Even though I've been searching for a theme, I don't think I've ever radically altered any of the major events of the plot to try to expand on said theme or in order to shoehorn one in (at most, I'd try to alter characters' attitudes and minor actions to fit in with it.... resulting in my whiny, homesick protagonist from the script -_-). I know it's possible to just think of the events for a plot, but themes still seem to be an essential for practically any story.... some apparently come later in the planning, some crop up naturally, but they're there all the same. I keep looking at the events planned in my story, and try to figure out what could be there.... problem is, my basic idea of what the central theme could be is constantly changing, and I still don't have a consistent personality for the main character because of it. Perhaps several authors don't even have a theme in mind, and it's just something that a reviewer claims is within the story later.... still, I get the feeling that knowing my theme could help me, especially when the events in the middle of the story are still rather fragmented (hell, a theme could probably help me come up with new events... there's also the aforementioned protagonist and me unable to come up with a consistent personality). But I guess, for what it's worth, one thing I've always wanted to do with my doujinshi is provide a rather tongue-in-cheek outlook of the Pokemon franchise in general, especially the serious business I was talking about earlier. Maybe this could be an example of a concept, perhaps even a theme, which I could consistently run with (don't get the wrong idea, though.... I said "tongue-in-cheek", but it's not meant to be an outright parody. Pokemon are still treated in a serious light, but I often portray characters having normal lives that don't revolve around the creatures 24/7. For that matter, having the protagonist not take an interest in Pokemon raising has to be one of the few consistent traits I've had with him). |
How do you deal with subtlety?
When it comes to being subtle about stuff, I try to keep things obscure or not to reveal everything at once. Example, in Feral Twilight, my main character Jay Christie was supposed to have been the best trainer in his home region of Ronac until losing to his little sister six months earlier. The fic is in first person, and since he's kind of haunted by that fact and holds a grudge against his sister, it'd be too easy just to have him say it in the narration, which is why I only have him show his grudgeful attitude without him really saying a thing. Okay... That's probably as clear as mud, but what I'm getting at is that I'm trying to avoid just telling stuff and give clues to it instead. That's also something I'm trying with my fakemon or, at least a few of them... I'm learning it's kind of hard to just give clues as to what to a few of them are without some type of decent explanation as to how they came about and develop and stuff like that. |
How do you deal with subtlety?
I don't, because when I attempt to use it, I fail horribly. But I do use certain phrases to foreshadow events, whether they'll happen or not is all part of the fun. |
I remember hearing once that even experienced authors tend struggle when it comes to subtlety in their fiction. I can't remember exactly where I heard that, but I've noticed in quite a few published works that the POV is normally third person omniscient and, though there tends to be usage of techniques that build some suspense or mystery, it just seems that they're normally a lot more straight-out stuff rather than a bunch of little stuff that eventually ends up revealing stuff. But then, maybe it just seems this way to only me...
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I don't know about other published writers, but I know that my favorite one wrote his more popular book without any idea of subtle messages. Yet on my fifth (and yes, I need a life) second read through, I noticed little subtle hints that are in the first few chapters about later events. I was all confused about how I missed it before.
And the fantasy novel that I'm reading now is annotated with notes by the two authors and their editor. So they point out the text where hints are dropped about future events. And they had planned out what they were going to add. So, in summary, I guess it just depends on the writer. How do you deal with subtlety? I let it happen when it happens. If I notice that there's a great phrase that I wrote that leaves a hint, then I'll leave it in and see if readers notice it or not. |
Hanoko brought up something I really enjoy about fanfic writing. As you post chapters, you're allowed to do a little commentary on the side to involve your readers more. For instance, if you post a chapter that contains something you alluded to in an earlier chapter, you can point it out. You can also explain where ideas came from, why you chose a certain name/place/etc., and many other things. It's almost like a book reading performed by the author, and commentary and questions from the audience is allowed, even encouraged. It's more involved, and I think just more dang fun than reading a book where the author is distanced from his or her audience.
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Commentaries are kind of fun. I like learning about the ideas that went into other people's writings. Now if I'd only get past the first chapter or so of my fics Feral Twilight and Biohazard and get one of them posted, I might actually be able to have a couple...
Anyways, there's something that's been bugging me lately regarding a shadow Pokemon fic I've been working on (forever). It's about one of my characters. I was wondering if anyone would find a story involving a trainer who has a good amount of experience under his belt to the point where he actually beat his home region's Pokemon league interesting. There's a twist to that, though, as in he was the league champion until losing to one of the worst possible people, his little sister (little in the sense she's two years younger than him). After that, the story's supposed to chronicle his life after the loss, how he gets involved with the region's professor who's created a biological monstrocity, and then how a crime syndicate using the power of a cursed item that allows for the creation of shadow Pokemon try to capture that monster in order to summon forth a legendary beast that has the power to control the emotions of fear, envy, and rage. Yeah, that's probably as clear as mud... So, what do you guys think? Good or bad? |
If there's conflict in the story, then you're all set. You might have to work a bit on the main character to not make him uber strong in Pokemon battles. He was strong enough to be the Champion, so his Pokemon are going to be stronger than, say, my OT with her baby Pokemon.
Of course, a question I have is what is the main force of conflict? Is the main character going around stopping the evil team? If so, then you have to deal with the problem of him being stronger than a punky kid. And, is there going to be the main character dealing with the fact that he lost to his little sister? That would be fun to deal with, having him come to terms with it. Maybe a form of conflict could be him thinking that his battle skills aren't good enough anymore, and through some inspiring event, he gets over that fear. Okay, I'll stop now, Skunter. ^^ I hope a little bit of my ramblings helped you. |
Well, yeah, that helps a lot. I was already going to have the part where his performance in battles is kind of crippled due the fact that his little sister beat him before and he just can't get over that inferiority complex for awhile. My real problems though are figuring just how he gets over this and how the shadow crisis get solved.
One of the things I've got figured for the first is that the legendary beast, which is supposed to only exist in dreams, is the thing responsible for taunting my main character Jay Christie by forcing him to relive his defeat every time he sleeps and, thus, undertaking this mission to recover the object that the crime syndicate has in order to use it to keep himself in control of his dream and defeat the monster once and for all. For the second one, I've got it kind of tying into the first, where Jay is still haunted by a creature in his dreams, but instead it's one of three monsters that supposedly created the legendary beast. Ultimately, it's the same case where it haunts the guy, but this creature is said to be imprisoned in a crystal form for all eternity and can't be freed and fought. However, Jay is led to believe that if he recovers the object and gains control of the legendary beast himself, he'll be able to revive the three monsters who created it, slay them, and automatically cause the reversion of any shadow Pokemon created using the object, due to how it was supposed to have been created by the three demons just like the beast. Eh... I'm just not sure about this Feral Twilight story, though... The only thing that was really good about it's rough handwritten draft (which wasn't good, at all) was how it helped to spawn my idea for Biohazard... |
That sounds interesting. Even so, if you have uber-powerful pokemon, why can't they fend for themselves?
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No, I'm not dead here, just been busy as heck lately...
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In my fic on the other forum, I have a "Cultural References" spoiler where I give information on real life locations, cars, etc. that I mention in my fic. I may start doing that in this version as well. One unfortunate effect of doing this is that it provokes some readers to respond by posting stupid SPAM posts like "Thats kewl" and "Awsome I never new that!!11!" in response. Unfortunately, that's something that's beyond the author's control unless they notify a mod about it. And the authors who do have a following of SPAM repliers don't seem to want to do a thing about it. |
DP! *hugs*
I guess that the authors enjoy their spamming worshipers. The author's fic in question is constantly bumped to the first page, gaining attention that way. The fic also has more replies and more views, gaining even more attention. ("This fic is so active! Must read!") It's just something that's always annoyed me. I mean, sure, the replies to the reviews are fine if the reviewer brought up something that needed to be rectified. (Sure, Hans. Spell "rectified" right but fail at spelling "enjoy".) But if all you're posting is "Thanks! :D" then I want to smack you with a fish. And it gets really annoying when there's serious abuse of the Enter key in replies and chapters. There are a few other annoying habits of certain authors that I could get into, but I won't. Only because I want to play the Sims 2. :< |
Oh, this reminds me...
Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only? As for me... well, my first fanfic plot bunny that got me started with the idea of writing this was a weird story about a guy who actually fell in love, in the romantic sense, with one of his Pokemon. That idea's stayed with me for quite some time, so I eventually wrote an updated version of that character into "Thief in the Night". (No, it isn't Gale.) But I've never actually thought about writing a fic centered only around romance. I just view it as character development, and also a way to cement the bond between two characters. If used correctly, it sometimes ups the tension of situations. ("So, Mr. Hero, what will it be? Defeat Dialga in some corny game rip-off plot and save the world or save the girl? Hmmm?") Well, actually, corny situation aside I really do think that romance can be used to improve tension. Perhaps in defeating the antagonist the main character inadvertently offends the girl or something. Or weirder yet... the person the main character falls in love with turns out to be the villain. Creepy, yet surprisingly unused in most fanfics I've read. Hmm.... this is just crying out for a story. XD |
Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only?
There IS some romance in my fanfic. It is not a main theme. The most that it will be is the basis for a story arch or a side plot, but it is present. It's not limited to human characters. I have pokemon in love with other pokemon. Thats all, though. |
Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only?
I will probably have some form of romance. It won't be fiery and full of emotion and such, however; I'm more of one for tame relationships. There's at least two I have planned for the moment, but I may do four or more. It will be kept strictly human-to-human and pokemon-to-pokemon, in any case. As for importance, the romances are actually slightly necessary (I never spell that right). Without them, the plot would kind of not work. |
Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only?
(In terms of P:SN) The basic love triangle becomes obvious within the first ten chapters and although romance isn't part of the main plot, it will play a great role in driving the main charatcer toward the main plot. |
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But, anyways... Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only? Yes, I do! And, though it's normally a side thing, it's not just limited to human characters. In the rough draft of Feral Twilight, Jay had a girlfriend from high school named Josephine (or just Jo). They were pretty close, but so too where their lupine Pokemon Spunky the Lupudle (one of my fakemon) and Cheyanne the Mightyena. |
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Why was Grovyle42(Griff4815)'s fic taken out of the archive? Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only? In my fic, I will have two, I guess you could say crush/romantic, relationships. However, it isn't the main theme, but it somewhat drives my character to help a cause. As far as it being limited to human characters, I think in my fic it will. I may consider some Pokemon love, but I don't know if I'll be able to protray it the way I want it to be portrayed. However, anything is posisble. |
What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why?
*looks at username* Persian. Though she gets a bad rap in the anime, most who know me know my opinion of that "TV show." Anyway, she's an elegant and agile Pokemon, which fits my character well. She also learns a wide variety of attacks, making her versatile as well. I also enjoy writing her as aPokemon concermned about being proper and polite, much like the royal Pokemon she is XD Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only? Since my skills at writing romantic scenes are worse than my skills at most sports, I'm going to have to go with a big "NO" on this one. There might be inklings of crushes, and two characters who make cameo appearances from the games are now married, but there's nothing hot and heavy. |
Yes, I use romance for the main purpose of the readers being able to relate to my characters. I treat it very, very carefully and I try to make it as real as possible.
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What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why?
I don't have a favorite. Though some are funner to write about then others. I think that one of my character's magikarp will provide some interesting/funny material. |
My favorite Pokemon to write-
I don't think I have one. I like to try to make each Pokemon unique, compared to the way it's normally portrayed, such as (perhaps) a GOOD Koffing, or a beautiful Arbok, or something like that. Not so much yet in my current fanfic, but the next chapter is pretty much about the main character's Pokemon. Which one I'd most like to write about- Bellsprout. Just for kicks. |
I like writing about Treecko and Charmander. I also found the Beedrill society I made up to be interesting to write.
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My favorite Pokemon to write about?
I'm sort of falling in love with Stunky and Skuntank as far as writing about comedy in Pokemon. As far as battling, I love agile Pokemon like the Treecko line and the Chimchar line. |
This has been on my mind for a little while...
What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why? Personally, I've always liked stories written in first person because of how it only reveals things to the main character's knowledge, and leaves the actions of others up to interpretation rather than it being made completely clear. That type of suspense/mystery building always gets to me, which is why I think this the most effective one. |
Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only?
Romance? Never as the main genre, and the romance, if any, would be rather subtle unless used for humorous purposes. I prefer romance that's there but not so prominent as to drown whatever else is happening in the story. And it certainly wouldn't be limited to human characters. What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why? I don't think any POV is the "most effective". It all depends on the story and the tale you're trying to tell. I do have a special place in my heart for second-person though. :/ |
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Likewise, every point of view has its problems. First person, for example, tends to be incredibly difficult to pull off because you're restricted to the mindset of a character, which in turn is limited by his or her mental state or setting. For example, take the novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Fantastic novel, really establishes a dystopian society. Problem there, though, is that we're led to question whether or not the government really has a hold on the main character's mind because of the fact that he's not just spouting propaganda (despite the fact that he's loyal to said government, which believes that every mind must be a machine, and can't remember a time when humanity was actually free). For an easier example that doesn't get into pretentious lit crit, imagine attempting to tell a story from a baby's point of view and think of all the ways that you'd be restricted by that mindset. I've read stories that have attempted this kind of narrator but failed because they forgot who their narrator was. Additionally, we're limited by the character's knowledge, which means that the narrator has all the potential for becoming an unreliable narrator, or someone who may or may not constantly misinform us as to what's actually happening. Think of a mystery novel told from the murderer's point of view. He'd probably not admit right away that he's a murderer (especially if he's speaking to the audience instead of letting the audience psychically enter his mind), which means that the entire story might not be revealed to us as it actually happened. While there have been writers who can pull this off, it tends to be very difficult for someone who hasn't written almost all their lives, if you know what I mean. (In other words, you need to practice to pull off that sort of effect plausibly.) On the other hand, first person is also one of the more dramatic points of view. The limitation and the constant questioning of how reliable the narrator actually is, when done well, can get the reader to really think and piece together the story in a way most other points of view (namely, the third person varieties) really can't. Additionally, as I've said before, the first person point of view tends to also force the reader to feel something for the speaker, given that they're the ones leading the reader through the story, which adds to the dynamic effect of the climax and resolution of the work. The unfortunate point to the matter is, though, that if it's not done well (which isn't entirely difficult to do), it either makes the narration weak or confuses the reader (in a bad way). Personally, though, I prefer the third person points of view. While they tend to be drab (because the reader can see everything, not just the narrow view of the character's eyes, especially if the specific point of view is omniscient), it's also easier to work with. Every detail you want the reader to see can be passed along to said reader without having the author really think about how to get the narrator to look in the direction of, for example, the gun on the wall without making it come off forced, if that makes sense. That and you can poke into the mindsets of any character you want (one, two, all, none), which can sometimes help explain things to the reader a bit clearer... unless, of course, you choose to go the Hemmingway route and limit the amount of telepathy the narrator uses on the characters. Preferences aside, it just depends on what the story calls for, I suppose. |
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I'm not a fan of romance at all, and therefore don't really like to write about it. However, I have been gaining a tendency to use romance as a plot device, or perhaps more of a 'character device', because I've been increasingly realizing that love and lust can do all sorts of interesting things to people as indirect side-effects: Spoiler:
Symbolically for my general disliking of romance, all of them ended in personal tragedy. I really don't think I could write a lasting romance, actually. It was painful enough just writing those few lovey-dovey chapters of The Fall of a Leader. I mean, I can write characters who are a couple, but I couldn't write it in a romantic way for any length of time. When I do insert romances, I prefer to make them extremely unromantic (see part six of The Fall of a Leader). As I said, my romances are always strictly there to have a particular impact on the characters in a larger storyline, so in that way you could say it's always a side plot. However, the impact can be extremely important to the storyline, such as in The Fall of a Leader, so perhaps you could call it a 'main theme' there. At least my stories are never about romance. They're about characters who may be shaped by romance to varying degrees. My romance is near-exclusive to Pokémon characters, actually. :P Mostly this is because the three main 'romances' I've written were in my Scyther spin-offs. Or well, actually, in The Quest for the Legends, the main human characters are children and I really, really don't like romance between children, to the point that the random Lyra/Will at the end of The Amber Spyglass singlehandedly ruined His Dark Materials for me. The Pokémon having romances of one sort or another I can handle because at least they (or well, some of them) are adults. Morphic's first three chapters are about the scientists who created the Pokémorphs, which is the only reason the Dave/Jane relationship got written to any extent at all - as the focus shifts to the morphs themselves, only two of them have a mental age I'd be comfortable with writing any sort of romance about, and one of them is a sociopath who isn't likely to be falling in love with anyone ever, period. So there's one candidate left for possible romance there. And she's only half-human and isn't very likely to get any love back even if she gets a crush on someone, which I suppose she might. What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why? This is completely dependent on the story. I've seen works in every POV that absolutely would not have worked as well in any other one. They're effective at different things, but I do think that third person limited is the most versatile of the bunch. Most things that aren't completely dependent on the specific traits of the other POVs (e.g. unreliable narrators) could work at least decently in third person limited. It's flexible enough to allow you into the mind of the character but also outside it, and even briefly into the minds of other characters, so it's a kind of all-purpose POV, in a way. Obviously, that doesn't mean that many stories don't work much better in another POV, but there are many stories that just wouldn't work in, say, first person at all, while there are relatively few that couldn't hypothetically be rewritten in third person limited. It is my personal preferred choice of POV for most of the stories I've been writing recently. |
Random praise: I really want to read Fall of a Leader/Scyther's Story now... that messed up kind of stuff usually wouldn't appeal to me.
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I've been planning a fanfic before I even joined these forums. (around april-may) The thing is, I'm a bad writer and I haven't even started it. (I have some ideas) (Too scared to give out the characters, though) (Anyway, since I'm here, I might as well answer some topics.) What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why? It depends for me. Mostly the third person would work well, but I like the first person too. It fits better during important scenes. Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only? Mostly a side plot, but an important one. Something that grows over time as the story progresses. I think romance works for all kinds of characters. Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore? Yeah, it's happened to me lots of times.... --- Something I thought up a while ago... What kind of personality do you like to see in a character? What quirks or attitudes do you like to give your characters? |
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Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only? One of my planned projects is a hentai (a non-rape hentai, at that). What does that tell you? That said, it is going to be a main theme in at least one of my stories. I also intend to use it in my serial, though I'm unsure how much it'll effect the story. It does involve the main protagonist, so it may turn out to play a major role, plus it would lead into the sequel (which stars his children). For the most part, I see it being restricted to human characters, though Pokemon mating may be touched upon a few times (I might have most of the protagonist's family's Eievui descend from his grandparents' Leafeon and Glaceon), and I do have another series planned with a bit of a Mystery Dungeon vibe to it, so Pokemon romances may be inevitable there as well. Also, after my one-shot that my hentai's based off of kinda fell apart when I first wrote it, I kinda feel that romance is a lot easier to work with when the subject of sex is mixed in, and even when it's not actually shown, it'll be heavily implied (one character involved in a relationship in my serial is quite perverted, for that matter). But for reasons that should be obvious, any and all sex scenes (either all-out H, or something softcore where the details aren't shown and is overall something that could be gotten away with on public television, as I intend for some manga) will exclusively involve human characters (well, almost exclusively.... in my erogee, Pokemon could be in the background, even interfere with characters in the act, but they're not actually involved in THAT sort of way). What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why? Depends on the story, as others said. But I prefer third-person, myself. BTW, wasn't this (or a similar) question already asked a few pages back? |
What kind of personality do you like to see in a character? What quirks or attitudes do you like to give your characters?
I personally like complex character personalities. Sometime I like ones that stray away from the regular ideas of them but sometimes I like archetypes too. For each of my characters I always give them at least 2 parts to their personality. I dunno, thats a tough question. I like each character to have something different about them. I also like each to have a backstory. I think you know what quirk/attitude I like to give to my characters :P |
What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why?
A lot of my character development is created for the reader by writing out the character's thought process, so I pretty much need third person omnipresent. I have a lot of characters to build, so I can't allow myself to be limited. However, for sake of plot, I also don't reveal much unless my mains know about whatever said thing happens to be. Therefore, my work has a bit of the suspense and drama that first person can create, which I feel is rather good. What kind of personality do you like to see in a character? What quirks or attitudes do you like to give your characters? I like characters that seem reasonable. It makes it easier for the reader to correlate with them, and I feel it has a greater impact. My characters have certain flaws that show up from time to time, which cause them to struggle when a shallower character would continue without any development. My favorite type of personality to write about is mine. I'm mostly quiet and respectful and quick to find the good in things, although at times I can be overly emotional and a bit intolerant of other people's shortcomings. |
Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only?
I use romance as a side plot for my main fics. Periodically, there are times that I write a one-shot that deals mostly with romance between two characters. But for the actual chaptered fics, romance is just there to add some extra dimension to the characters. For my Pokemon fics, I only have romance between the human characters. I really don't know why, but I can't picture Pokemon in some sort of "relationship". My Digimon characters, however, fall into relationships, which create some trouble for their linked partners. What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why? Like others, I say it depends on the effect you wish to leave your readers in. I myself prefer writing in the third-person limited POV, since I fail at the other POVs. (I am going to write a Sim storyline in first-person, so we'll see how that goes.) What kind of personality do you like to see in a character? What quirks or attitudes do you like to give your characters? We had this question a few pages ago. I'll see if I can dredge up my old answer, since it hasn't changed. x.x I so want to redo this lounge. After I get done building houses. Dx And I still need to write today. Ah well, that's what loading times are for. |
What kind of personality do you like to see in a character? What quirks or attitudes do you like to give your characters?
damn you for making this question as I was typing up my last post. But I think Hanako's right, this does sound like it was asked a few pages ago, and I think I had multiple paragraphs for an answer. That said, I'll keep this one short and sweet: realistic, down-to-earth types. For female characters, I honestly like the gentle, submissive, stereotype-adhering feminine types (incidentally, I hear that this is the ideal woman in Japan, which is probably why they crop up often in anime), though the cold and serious types are also nice (for both genders). I've got two new questions which I don't think were asked before. Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples? After a lot of thinking, I've decided to give most of the Pokemon in my works nicknames (even though this does defy canon a bit... so far as we know, the miko sisters never nicknamed their Eevee evolutions in the games nor anime, albeit few characters ever do). Also, the nicknames are a bit more thought out than simply using part of the Pokemon species' name or pointing out obvious traits (like the Pokemon Special manga, which often involved shortening the species' name, maybe adding on something like "suke" or "pyon"), however, the names can still relate to such things, but a bit more vaguely. For instance, Satsuki (the oldest miko sister) gives her Jolteon the nickname "Susan". It may seem unrelated at first (especially to a westerner), but you could see a resemblance if you write out Susan in katakana スザン and compare it to Jolteon's Japanese name, Thunders サンダース. Do you intend to give your characters any accents or dialects? Thus far, I have one planned. In my erogee, there's a character who moved to the Houen desert from the Jouto region (Blackthorn City, to be exact). To make him stand out a bit as a foreigner, I intend to have him speak with a Nagoya dialect (which I think is roughly accurate to the area of Japan that Blackthorn is based on). To describe a Nagoya dialect... I believe it's close to the standard language, but using a few out-dated terms and sounding a bit aristocratic overall. Considering my serial takes place in Ecruteak City (obviously based off of Kyoto), I feel I should have some characters speak with a Kansai dialect (especially the Kyoto variant.... if you're a Bleach fan, you might be a touch familiar with the Kyoto dialect, as it's used by Gin Ichimaru). Problem is, I'm picturing most of the main cast simply speaking with standard Japanese. |
What kind of personality do you like to see in a character? What quirks or attitudes do you like to give your characters?
I'm currently liking the way my lead character's personality is (Diamond). He's more of a laid back type of guy who doesn't like to get in to too much trouble and would rather take care of business than fighting evil. Basically, I like neutral personailties. Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples? Yah. Some of my nicknames are generic, but some I love. In my fic, I have a Stunky named Rose. As far as generic, a Prinplup named Trident. Do you intend to give your characters any accents or dialects? I honestly never thought about this. However, I think I'm planning to add dialects and accents in the future of my fic, now that I've just read this question, lol. In my fic, Diamond and Dawn have a north USA accent and Pearl has a southern accent. |
Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples? Kind of, I prefer they're "real" names (the ones given to them by their clans/flocks/friends/whatever) Sometimes I use nicknames and sometimes I just use their species names.
Do you intend to give your characters any accents or dialects? Kind of. |
What kind of personality do you like to see in a character? What quirks or attitudes do you like to give your characters?
I have a real thing for weakness and failure. Proud characters who eventually break down, characters with deep-rooted beliefs that they end up violating, characters who are completely helpless against what's happening to them, characters who turn out to have been gravely wrong for most of their lives, characters who had great plans but failed to execute them as intended and got themselves into deep trouble that way... in general, the more I'm reminded that the character is human (in the metaphorical sense; this applies just as well to non-human characters) and flawed, the more I like the character. I tend to pile these kinds of things onto my characters while writing - not quite all of them, but at least half of my major characters suffer from something in this direction, whether that has actually been revealed or not. |
Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only?
Not often, no. I'm not a fan of romance, so it doesn't come to me automatically; if I want it to be in there I generally have to think about it. That said, since it's a part of life, it's not something that I intend to cut out when there's a place for it. It just wouldn't be a main theme. And it generally would be limited to human characters, yes. Someone else has already said this, I think, but I can't really see pokemon 'falling in love' the same way humans do. That's not to say I'm going to ignore pokemon mating, but love and sex are two different things and I generally see pokemon as having, in some ways, more basic emotions than humans. Sure, they might get attached to each other, and some might mate for life, but I still wouldn't classify it as 'romance', at least not the way humans would see it. What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why? I think we've had this topic before... or something similar to it, anyways. Like people've said, it depends on what the story's about. Some stories are better in some PoVs, and other stories are better in other ones. That said, my personal preference is third person limited, because it means you can get in relatively close to a character's mind and thoughts but still be far enough away that you're not limited to writing only that character. What kind of personality do you like to see in a character? What quirks or attitudes do you like to give your characters? And this question sounds familiar too. Uhm... I can't remember how I answered the last time, but it's still kinda difficult for me to say. ^.^;; A character is a character, really... if they're well-rounded then I tend to like them. I like too many kinds (and some of 'em are complete opposites) to be able to compare and pick which characterisations are my favourites. Plus, it sometimes depends on the character itself. Two characters (not necessarily from the same fandom/story) might have similar personalities, but I like one and not the other. Although, I do like it when a character has an unexpected quirk--something you'd never expect of them. Like a big tough guy liking kittens, or something similar. Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples? It depends. I tend to think that pokemon in general would have names, whether given to them by their parents or their pack or whatever. Like a pair of eevees in one of my fics--Bairn and Brother. They were owned by a trainer (who didn't give them nicknames) but are siblings, so they needed something to call each other. Brother's the older, protective one and Bairn's the younger, 'weaker' one, so their names kind of reflect the relationship they have with one another. Of course, except in certain circumstances or with trainers who are particularly close to their pokemon, there's no way that the trainer would be able to know what the pokemon call themselves, so they call 'em what they'll call 'em. A pokemon would then accept the new name to reflect their change of identity (from being wild to a trainer's pokemon), the way Bairn does after he's captured. Although, if the pokemon resented being captured, or didn't like their trainer for whatever reason, they might not accept the nickname at all and continue calling themselves by their old one. :P In terms of trainers giving nicknames, it depends on the trainer. Some do, some don't, and when they do it'll depend on their personality. Spoiler:
Do you intend to give your characters any accents or dialects? Well, I'd like to, but it hasn't really come up as something I can insert yet--at least not something that's relevant. If/when I do, I'd probably just go with the simplest route of giving each region their distinct dialects, with possible accents for certain areas, perhaps. Although I'd probably fudge on the description of each accent. XD |
Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples?
I may need to in order to distinguish between members of the same species of pokemon. If I have my characters calling for their pokemon while they're in a group of the same type of pokemon, the pokemon would naturally all think they were being individually addressed. The problem will be having the nicknames show up in the first place: right now, my characters' pokemon are solo in that no other members of the same species have been met, so there would be no need for nicknames. Do you intend to give your characters any accents or dialects? My characters speak in a quasi-old-english, so they kind of have a dialect. I may, however, make it more pronounced with the pokemon that speak in my fic: they're used to speaking in pokemon, if that makes sense, so they would have a hard time speaking english. I've already done this with one of the pokemon that has just gained the ability to speak to humans, as he doesn't know very many words yet. I don't think that's too spoiler-ish. |
Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples?
I do have planned for my main character to give nicknames to her Pokemon team. The first set, her team she starts out with, are named with words in the Gaelic language (which is also what I use for an "ancient" language in my version of the Pokemon world). I have all six named in my notes. And no, I won't be listing the names. :x Do you intend to give your characters any accents or dialects? Maybe, if it's needed. Or perhaps something for each region. But I won't actually write it out in dialogue, and force people to read paragraphs of a horribly done Scottish accent. |
Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples?
Bunny in "Nothing, Everything" nicknames her Pokemon, though I won't say why she uses those names as I hadn't mention it yet. :X Do you intend to give your characters any accents or dialects? Not really, unless Bunny speaking formally counts. XD |
What kind of personality do you like to see in a character? What quirks or attitudes do you like to give your characters?
It depends on the nature of the fic and the roles the character plays in the fic. I like to see characters with intelligence. Stupidity doesn't do it unless they're intentionally stupid for comedic purposes. I like characters who have unique side interests that don't all relate to Pokemon - helps in creating the feel that there's more to life than just the pogeys. Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples? No. In my region giving Pokemon nicknames is a federal felony that carries a minimum sentence of 62 years hard labor. Well, not really, but given the fact that I don't see the point of nicknames, coupled with the fact that I cannot come up with good nicknames to save my life, I tend to leave them out. I had a notion of having the villains refer to their Pokemon as "Battle Unit 76044" or something similar, but I decided to scrap that idea XD Do you intend to give your characters any accents or dialects? A husband and wife have a British and US Southern accent respectively. Random Pokemon Center attendees may also speak with accents, but that's about it. |
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How do you treat the subject of character death? No matter how admittingly fond I am of reading it and no matter many times I write it, I think I'll never find it easy to write. I'll probably always fret my brains out about making sure I pull it off well, and I'll probably always have something of a hard time carrying out the decision to put an end to a character since it's never a decision I make frivolously and since I always end up with some sort of sentimental attachment to my characters. However fond of the character I may be, though, that won't save him/her/it if I've determined that character's death to be necessary or appropriate given the circumstances. If I think anyone else who'll be reading might object to or complain about the character's death... well, that's not enough to save the character, either. Similarly, I won't just go and kill a character off if I don't feel that it's necessary or appropriate for him/her/it to die, and I won't kill a character to please people who might like to see him/her/it die. I also won't kill a character off just to try and milk a reaction out of people. Do you occasionally use religious symbolism in fiction, original or otherwise, or do you draw paralells to religious beliefs? I don't consciously use religious symbolism, no. So if there's anything in my work that could be construed as religious symbolism, it's pure coincidence. The only possible parallel to any real-life religious beliefs that I think occurs in my own stories is in the form of one Pokémon culture that worships a deity whose form is that of their own species, as has been done in some real-life human religions. That aspect of those Pokémon's religion was not deliberately chosen to bring any real-life religions to mind or to make any statements about any actual religions, however, and I didn't intend it to be based on any actual religion in particular. The religious beliefs of human characters in my fics isn't really explored, but I imagine that humans in the context of my stories vary in their beliefs just as they do in real life. I've had human characters use phrases like "oh, my God" and "what the hell", but I've left open the matter of what religious beliefs they actually have, if any. Religious beliefs and practices of certain Pokémon cultures have been addressed more directly, but as is the case with the humans, there is no single belief system shared by all Pokémon in my fics. Quite often, there is no single belief system for any given individual species of Pokémon, either. If you ever use music in your fan fiction, do you allow it to be real music, like something made by Paul McCartney, or do you create your own singer/band/song? Whenever human music appears, I personally like to think of it as being by some real-life artist, but since I don't mention the song title or artist by name, I'd say it's really left open to individual interpretation. Any kind of music belonging to a Pokémon culture that appears in one of my stories would, for the record, not be real-life music, but if anyone wanted to imagine it as coincidentally having the same melody as *insert real-life song* or being somehow reminiscent of some style or another of real-life music, I wouldn't bop that person over the head with a rolled-up newspaper or anything for it. XP I do put quite a few little references to real-life music in my fics, but really just along the lines of pulling some chapter titles from the lyrics of actual songs or naming characters after actual musicians (by which I don't mean I'm giving characters the exact full names of any real-life musicians). Do you use time-travel in your story? If so, how? No, I don't use it. This is mostly because I've simply had no reason to use it, but also partly because, admittingly, really thinking about that particular subject makes me feel like my brain's going to implode. XD; What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why? Spoiler:
Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore? Kind of. There are times when I don't feel like writing for one reason or another and don't know when I'll want to again, but I think I'm always aware to at least some degree that I won't ever let myself get away with quitting--I'd always wonder what might have been if only I'd finished what I'd started, and that's a kind of wondering that I don't enjoy. Do you have any fics/one shots planned for the future? If so, what? Spoiler:
There is another idea for a fic that I've been kicking around for a little while, though: a chaptered fic having to do with a late '80s sci-fi movie called Arena. That, however, is still pretty much just a notion I've entertained--I wouldn't call it a plan at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if writing that became a plan, though. XP I've also given thought to writing fics based on a couple of other fandoms, especially Space Ghost, but those are also just ideas at this point, not plans. How do you deal with subtlety? That's one of those things that I admittingly don't really think about consciously. ^^; So if I actually succeed in accomplishing it anywhere, I'm afraid that it's purely by accident. XD; Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only? It's been restricted to Pokémon, actually--I have yet to write romance involving humans, and I don't imagine that I ever will (unless I do decide to write that Arena fic someday...) since a.) I prefer to write about creatures other than humans, and b.) romance is really not one of my favorite things to write about--I'm just not as confident when it comes to writing that as I am when it comes to writing some other things, I'm afraid. ^^; That hasn't stopped it from creeping into my fics, though. XD The Origin of Storms had a small number of couples that were shown to be or to have been romantically involved, and all of them (especially two of them in particular) actually ended up having some effect on the story even if none of the romantic elements were really the focus of the stories. Spoiler:
I think that the fact that romantic elements haven't been a main focus of either of the stories is part of what allowed me to actually be comfortable enough to write those things in there. The other thing that I think enabled me to be comfortable enough with that stuff was the fact that I was dealing with couples that either already were or no longer were couples at the time in the story that I wrote about them, with how they actually became couples never really explored in much detail since I didn't feel that the story really called for it. Spoiler:
What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why? I think it varies from story to story, from author to author, from reader to reader... in short, I think there's no single most effective POV. What kind of personality do you like to see in a character? What quirks or attitudes do you like to give your characters? Any personality that I find especially memorable for any reason is a personality about which I especially enjoy reading. I love characters whose personalities make it unlikely that I'll forget them anytime soon. ^^ There aren't any particular attitudes that I prefer to give to characters (at least not consciously), and the same goes for quirks, though I will say that I definitely do enjoy giving quirks to characters ^^. Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples? I usually refer to the Pokémon characters by the names given to them by their own kind, but people who train Pokémon or have them around for any reason are usually shown to give names to their Pokémon. If the human-given name is the only name the Pokémon has, he/she/it is always referred to by that name. If not, then the human might call the Pokémon by the "nickname", but the Pokémon will otherwise be referred to by its "original name". In my fics, Pokémon-naming practices in my fics vary from human to human. For example, one of my human characters (specifically Morgan) often gives Pokémon names that she considers fitting for the species (such as Ominous for a Claydol and Raze for a Skarmory), but also sometimes names them after other humans or else just chooses a name that she thinks has a nice ring to it. Do you intend to give your characters any accents or dialects? I've occasionally referred to a character as having some kind of accent, though not in terms of comparing it to a real-world human accent or anything like that. Also, I prefer not to actually write out the effects of accents in the actual dialogue. As for dialects, I don't believe I've ever used those, unless having the aforementioned Claydol's people never use contractions counts. XP |
How do you treat the subject of character death?
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Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples?
The only nickname inmy fic is one that the Pokemon gives to his trainer. The trainer's name is Lucius, but the Pokemon calls him Lucy. What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why? I find it a bit easier to write in first person because you can really flesh out the main character while having everyone else keep their secrets and ambitions. Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore? Well actually, writer's block already has me in its deadly grips. I'm hoping my writing spirit will prevail by the end of Febuary. |
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What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why? First person, you just get so much more, well, you're told so much more about the story and you can really, let me think, feel, the character's emotions and thoughts. I don't write in it because I just don't think I'm good enough yet. Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples Yes, I do. Normally the name represents something. Like, in Operation Main Frame, the Lucario (that you only see at the second last chapter) is nicknamed Tempa. Tempa doesn't seem to have a meaning within the fic itself, which is why I'm planning on writing a one-shot about it. Question I feel should accompany that: Why do you use Pokemon nicknames? |
Why do you use Pokemon nicknames?
When I was writing a fanfic, I ran into the problem of having two Pokemon on the same team that were the same species. (There were two Pikachu.) So I needed nicknames to tell the two apart in narration. That fic died. But the idea of one character naming her Pokemon remained, so I kept it. The names became different, but the idea is the same. In case there are two Pokemon of the same species, the reader can tell them apart. |
Why do you use Pokemon nicknames?
Well, I don't. But if I did, it'd be for the same reason Hanako does; to tell two similiar Pokemon apart. Another question: How important is the title of a fic? |
How do you deal with Pokemon nicknames?
Well, Laertes, Augustus, and Aristophanes obviously have nicknames given by their trainer (why they're name after a character from Hamelet, a Roman Emperor, and a Greek writer of comedies are best known to Gale). That's not their real name (in fact, their real names are completely unpronounceable and untranslatable by humans or Pokemon outside their own species due to the fact that they speak a language composed of their own name). As far as that goes, Pokemon outside their own species don't usually refer to each other by name and simply use pronouns or generic ways of referring to them ("Comrade", "Friend", "Partner", "Enemy", etc.) So nicknames do exist in my fic, but they're really just a method for a trainer to talk to his Pokemon on a more personal level and make it easier for them to bond. The only Pokemon in my fic to have their real name revealed will be *SPOILER ERADICATION BLASTER*. Speaking of fanfics, I've actually made progress in chapter two today and I maybe be able to actually post it before the end of February. Yay me! |
How important is the title of a fic?
I find it to be quite important. An eye-catching title can draw in a lot of readers. I'm trying to look for something original to put for the title of my story. (like part of song lyrics) How do you treat the subject of character death? It'd be hard to kill off a major/popular character in a story, but it could also bring more attention/popularity. A death near the end of a story does sound...a bit repetiitve to me, though. I think a few deaths throughout the course of a story would seem better. A character death can be a good, or bad idea, depending on how you use it. |
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Since I can't play the Sims then. >> How important is the title of a fic? On forums, very important. We don't have the feature of also tossing in a quick summary of the story to catch readers' eyes, so title is pretty much everything. Have a horrible title, and people will click to see the train wreck of your fic. Have an interesting title, and people will click to hopefully read the engaging plot line that is your fic. |
How do you deal with Pokemon nicknames?
In The Quest for the Legends, some trainers simply nickname their Pokémon and others don't, depending on their personal preference. Two of my human main characters call their Pokémon by their species names while one uses nicknames, and at least one minor character also uses nicknames. In the fic universe, however, Pokémon also use nicknames for one another that each individual makes up to use for others (i.e. each individual has many names, one for each person who has made a name for them). This is what is used in my two Scyther spin-offs, and the names used in the narration are the names that the POV character uses for each character. The names are always words or composites of words due to the nature of the Pokémon language. Why do you use Pokemon nicknames? In The Quest for the Legends, I do it mostly to be realistic; I just figure that some Pokémon would give nicknames. There are a couple of scenes containing multiple individuals of the same Pokémon species; first there's a scene with three Scyther in it, which uses their own nicknames for one another as described above, and then there are several scenes with three Charizard, which are a little awkward as only one of them has a nickname, but thankfully the ones without nicknames are of different genders and have different trainers, allowing me to use "the male Charizard", "the female Charizard", "Mark's Charizard" or "Carl's Charizard". Neither character would use nicknames, and I place the characterization above possible conveniences like being able to identify different individuals of the same species. How important is the title of a fic? Important (sadly, since I'm terrible at titles). I often cringe when at the end of a movie trailer the title turns out to be something awful, and the same applies to fanfics although I don't read as many of them as I'd like to at all. |
Why do you use Pokemon nicknames?
Well, I don't usually use Pokemon nicknames, but in "Nothing, Everything"... Spoiler:
How important is the title of a fic? Like everyone else, I beleve it's important as it'll grab the reader's attention. I actually have a few people love the title "Nothing, Everything". XD Pretty much that's the only good title I came up with for my fics. XD |
Who/What inspired you to write your fic?
----- Now to answer my question. Well, there was a fic out there called "Pokemon Academy" by Bluntasaur. Seeing that, made me want to write the fic that I have now. And what happened after 29 chapters of my fic? My fic has almost as much views as the author of said fic does! Still, I pay my respect to Bluntasaur for inspiring me to write. I'm really glad he did! |
Who/What inspired you to write your fic?
Heh, I was going to make a topic just like that. The idea just came into my mind one day. I got some good ideas for a touching friendship/bonding kind of story, but I didn't really get inspired to do it until I read "Treecko and Champ: Oore". :) Dachampster inspired me a little, that's about it. |
Who/What inspired you to write your fic?
Well I came up with the initial idea hen lying in bed after waking up on days weekends before the summer. I was also inspired to write by Dachampster as well as this other guy "cloudmeister"/"Ryou###" on FF.net/PE2K respectively. The show did as well. |
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