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What's the most objectionable thing you plan to add to your story (if you haven't done so already)?
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Chaptered fics would be a little much for these sort of prompts. Usually for this type of thing, short one-shots(1,000-2000 words) or drabbles (50-500 words) are the way to go. Not that you should limit yourself to that length if you feel like going over, but in livejournal communities that do these type of things, this drabble/shot one-shot limit seems to be favored by the majority of writers.
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I really am glad to see so many people interested in this =3
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I participated in a one-shot contest on another board that limited the writing to 1000 words and that felt really comfortable for the time frame we were given (I think it was like 10 days or so). Those were fight scene one-shots however, which tend to be short-ish, so we could raise the word limit here a bit.
I'm thinking the prompts would either be to write a story centered on the ideas surrounding one word, or to develop the idea of a quote. Or, we could post a picture, and make that be the setting, which could be really interesting. |
I was dumb and forgot that this was a leap year. xD So I'm waiting for March 1, only because I'm slightly obsessive about that.
You know, if you guys want a prompt to be used, send it my way. No matter what it is - a word, a quote, a picture, whatever - we'll use it. The way that I have this planned is that I'll sticky a thread in the main forum with each prompt having it's own post. Then, when all the fics are in for that prompt, I can run through and link them all. Organization. Yay. I'm also thinking either two weeks or one full month between prompts. I would prefer a month, since I take a long time to get something polished for publication. But I can change it if need be. |
Well, today seems like a good day to get this thing started. Is it going to be like those contests at SPPf or are we doing this just to make a thread full of creative one-shots (either way, I'm in).
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Alright, I today is a great day to get this started!!
I think that a month would be the best for it. So that it can be polished, or if you have writer's block, it gives you time to get something written. |
Geez, I get banned for three months and you guys add 100 pages. Ahahaha. I'll just answer a random question.
What's the most objectionable thing you plan to add to your story (if you haven't done so already)? Probably to have my main character cheat, I haven't done many fanfics. |
What's the most objectionable thing you plan to add to your story (if you haven't done so already)?
Well, so far I've had a bullying scene, some slightly bloody fighting scenes, and some dark themes. I'm going to have a few emotionally charged fighting scenes, which will probably make them fairly intense. Other than that, there is a small chance I will have some alcohol/tobacco use (it's set around the middle ages). |
damn.... my question's gotten pretty popular, hasn't it?
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What's the most objectionable thing you plan to add to your story (if you haven't done so already)?
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What's the most objectionable thing you plan to add to your story (if you haven't done so already)?
Well, since I haven't released anything, it's all on the drawing board, but a few of my more controversial ideas include: 1) A young main (early teen) developing a naive crush on a considerably older woman (think, crush-on-a-teacher type situation) which the latter - incidentally, a main villain - quite ruthlessly exploits to drive her own agenda. 2) A character dying in a very bloody kind of way. Thought to be fair, the level of gore-in-writing isn't high because that part is described from the viewpoint of the victim, who is in shock and doesn't realize his situation until just before his consciousness fades. The brutal murder is heavily implied, though. 3) Pokémon killing people. Sort of controversial given the generally happy, go-lucky image of the franchise, I suppose. 4) A character getting driven mad by the big bad and eventually committing suicide under the delusion that it will stop the big bad's evil plot. 5) A main character spending the better part of her life locked up in an insane asylum. I think those cover the general gist of things, though I might have forgotten some. :3 Why do you use Pokemon nicknames? Umm...because I feel like it? xD Dunno', I guess it really started with RPing, where giving nicknames was the only way to assure that my character's pokémon wouldn't get mixed up with the x amount of others from the same species lounging about. Makes them feel more like proper characters too. If the character really isn't the type to name their pokémon, I don't push it, though. How important is the title of a fic? Ehh...this topic has pretty much been explored to its full extent, so I'll just second what's been said. Quite often (especially when I'm low on time) the title is what determines whether or not I open the thread. So yes, titles are very important indeed. Is it okay to cut down on the description when you're trying to add a mysterious atmosphere to your chapter? Definitely. At least, I'd like to think that it's okay seeing as how I'm doing it all the time myself. Oftentimes what's not being said has far greater impact than what is being said. Heck, if you really want mystery then you'll pretty much have to cut down on the explanations at some point or the other. How do you feel about "n00b" comments about your fic? Haven't had the chance to enjoy this yet, but n00b comments in general bug the heck out of me, so I probably wouldn't like it much. >.< Might have myself a laugh if they're suitably ridiculous ones, though. xD Do you welcome the use of legendary Pokemon in your fic(s) or try to stay away from them? Ehh...depends. I usually try to make use of the less known and obscure species, to which legendaries obviously don't belong, but at times I just need to draw on that divine/semi-divine status they possess, and in those cases I won't shy away from doing just that. In general, they don't tend to be my first choice, though. As a side note, but does anyone else have difficulties in writing a first chapter? For the aforementioned planned fic, I've thrown out about four different chapter beginnings because not a single one of them seems to work. So, how do you write a first chapter, and what sort of elements (in medias res, detailed descriptions of the setting, et cetera) do you use to do it? Yes. HECK YES. I've tried so many opening chapters now that I've lost count, everything from hectic chases and ominous, horrorish scenes to moments of quiet contemplation and cutesy-happy, innocent ones. I'm absolutely horrible at pinning down beginnings for things (right now, I have like three or four separate ones that I could pursue, each one of which would branch out into a distinctly different fic x.O) and I seem to have too much of a tendency for just pushing backspace and starting out from scratch again. >.< So yeah, it's just lots of experimental typing (sometimes just doing whatever pops into my head) with occasional saves of better attempts onto text documents for later judgment until I'm finally satisfied, pretty much like what I do with my RP plots except that the process is slower. Mostly, my opening chapter (well, the drafts for my chapters) tend to be split into two types. The first is a confusing kind of scene that the reader won't fully understand until its context is laid down (something which won't happen until a few chapters later). The main character is introduced, but only by their mannerisms and their actions (in some of them I don't even give a name at the beginning) with no background for how they got to doing what they're currently doing, why they're doing it, where they're doing it, or indeed even what precisely they're striving for. The other type is pretty much your standard, textbook-model fanfic opening, where I lay down the basic background and current life situation of the character along with the basics of their current goal and - usually - some foreshadowing of conflict to come. Lately, I've been leaning towards the former type, though. I don't like tipping my hand too early on in the game, though of course I'll have to take the necessary precautions to ensure that I'm not being too selective. After all, I do want my readers to understand what the heck is going on in the story; I just want to make them work a little for it. x3 Quote:
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Ohh...this sounds like fun indeed. Reminds me of that time when I decided to write a pokémon fanfic using the poem "The night before Christmas" as my prompt and only...well, the night before Christmas as writing time. Didn't get very far, but it was a fun exercise all the same. XD
So yeah, I'm going to be playing around with this, though if I ever get anything finished before the deadline remains to be seen. This is looking to be good, clean fun regardless. :3 And yeah, seconding a month as regular writing time. It's an easy way to keep track of the deadline too. That way, those who really want to polish get to do that while those who have slower creative processes or constricting real life commitments (*Points at self*) get a fair shot at finishing their work in time too. |
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I think a month is good too, for the reasons that everyone else has pointed out before me. |
Yep, I agree to a month. I usually need that full amount of time anyway.
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A month has already been decided. I figured that was the safe way to go.
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So... has anyone even started their fic yet? I have ideas but nothing written.
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I have the first few sentences written in my mind, and a general idea of what the fic is. Haven't written anything actually, since from Thursday afternoon until Monday night I don't write.
But I do have to have the fic finished by the twenty-fifth, since it's a birthday present for someone. |
A fic about rain as a present? Cheap That's real nice Hanako. :P
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xP I'm not about to ship off a present to another country. Besides, it's what my group of friends do: we write stories or draw pictures for presents since that's where our talents are. And it means a lot more than that present that you can buy at a store.
And yeah...some of us live in different countries. So it's difficult. xP |
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Articuno is all schizo and emo after loosing his home to Blaine, and thus many misadventures insue, trying hard to get Blaine off without loosing to his Magcargo (That usually 1HKOs it with Fire and Rock Atatcks). I got the idea thouroughly developed, but I've never summed up the courage to actually write it >.>; |
What's the most objectionable thing you plan to add to your story (if you haven't done so already)?
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If adds more drama, IMO. |
So what are we looking for Hanako, one thousand words? Five hundred words? Whatever you feel like?
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I started writing mine... ish... It will change like 20 million times before the end of the month....
And I personally would LOVE to get a fan fic or fan art for a birthday present! =] Things like that mean so much more than store bought things I think. |
Agreed one hundred percent on the fic/picture as present thing, Yuna! ^^ I love the present I got from my friend when she used her fic characters to wish me a happy birthday two years ago.
And don't worry, Dogar The Brave. This challenge is a monthly thing, so even if you can't write a fic this month for this prompt, there will be many other chances in the future. I should forget about thinking about writing tonight. I just got me some loverly Sim-eyes. <3 |
Ah. The prompt: Rain. I may give it a go. I need some practice.
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Yeah, like everyone else said, this fic challenge thing sounds found.
Hm...rain? Dang it, I got one fic idea I can use but it'll be a big spoiler for "Nothing, Everything" (thought up of a few backstory ideas to use...XD) Not sure if I'll make it this month as I'll be very busy this month. Hope to try for one prompt though. ^^ |
So I just know this fic is NOT going to be one of my best works. =/ But tis cool. It happens. I've very out of practice, I haven't wrote it a long LONG time...
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I have a couple of ideas I'm playing around with but who knows if it'll turn out for the best.
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I have my idea ready, just haven't started because I need to finsih schoolwork. [My mom's going crazy over it =(] I should have it finished before the month is over. Anyways, I just can't wait to see what others come up with =).
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This does look interesting. *w*
I think I'd definitely be able to join, seeing as how I wrote it up and finished it yesterday after I read through everything, my only problem is waiting til the month's over. x3 But I guess I should go over it a few million times just to make sure its as good as it can be. -nods- |
You can actually post it at any time. ^^; The deadline is just when all fics have to be in by. No later. Sooner? Oh yes.
So go ahead and post it now. I won't mind. |
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It's not that your idea is bad, Dunsparce. It's just that for the challenge, we're staying away from Pokemon-specific prompts. So there won't be any prompts for say "Articuno" because it would really limit the writers. They would have to involve an Articuno some way. The way it is now, though, the writers can just ease in "rain" somehow, and have free reign (pun not intended) over the rest of the fic, as long as it's Pokemon-related somehow.
So you can write your fic if you want. It just wouldn't be for the challenge. |
hey, I wrote up a little rant in the contest thread which nobody replied to.
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And I'd love to hear comments on my past situation if you've got any. ^^' |
Most objectionable thing I'm adding....
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Incidentally, I have a question for you all: What is the favorite thing you've ever had one of your characters say? Seriously, I like coming up with things for my characters to throw around, and Gale's cheeky personality is a perfect way for me to interject funky comments. My personal favorite quote so far is his little throwaway "I won't go so easy on ya next time!" It's not so much what's being said as the fact that it basically sums up Gale's overconfidence in a nutshell. |
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What is the favorite thing you've ever had one of your characters say?
There were a few 'Corphishisms' that I'm proud of, but some others I look back on and think "What was I thinking?" I also liked Treecko's reply to Jeff's "What kind of friend would I be if I let you move in this condition?" which was "A friend who knew who he was dealing with." |
Have you ever been sorely dissatisfied over the results of a contest, award nominations, etc.?
I haven't been dissatisfied with the results of a contest, but I was in the way that a contest was run. The person in charge randomly decided a week before the deadline to put a page limit on the entries after participants wrote stories that were longer than the cap. But I do agree that the way that contest you entered, Yamato-san, wasn't fair in picking the winner. If the contest is supposed to be the main part of the story, than a fic where the battle is just a brief mention shouldn't have won. What is the favorite thing you've ever had one of your characters say? Ah, this came about from writing during class: Quote:
But as for something that will actually survive a round of proof-reading? Ah, nothing has struck me yet. Except for a grown man popping out of a row of potatoes in a garden and yelling "Peek-a-boo!" |
Thanks for the responses to my earlier post, guys. At least I know I'm not alone here. XD
Unfortunately, I still don't have any inspiration as to what to do yet. Maybe I should just take a break? Quote:
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And lastly, a recycled quote I keep wanting to use (but consistently ends up in crappy stories that don't make it to the public). It usually has to do with a reference to Gregor Samsa (in Kafka's The Metamorphosis), a comparison between him and Bill, and the comment that this in itself is incredibly bleak, to which Bill responds: "Oh, no, it's okay. I've always wanted to be a fictional character." |
What is the favorite thing you've ever had one of your characters say?
In "Nothing, Everything", there are a few quotes from the characters that I loved. Here's my favorite that I posted so far: Quote:
There's one other quote I love, but that's not until in the fifteenth chapter which is not posted yet. :X |
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Although, incidently, I've gone over it a few times and decided to extend it a bit more, since I came up with this new awesome idea that would undoubtedly make it 10x better. xP *shot'd for lack of modesty Anywho, I should be able to finish it by this weekend, but just to clarify (I've read the rules ><) when I'm done, I just make a new thread and add "FFC" to the title, yeah? Oh and another thing, can One Shots have multiple chapters or just a simple story? |
Is the current prompt 'rain'. Its just that's what everyone's saying and I want to know before I start writing.
P.S. When's the deadline? |
Hanako-chan made it into a thread, see?
But yes, the prompt is rain and it's due at the end of this month. C: Long time amirite? >< |
I have mine finished too, Phanima. I'll just edit it repeatedly as I always do. How many people are taking part in this, does anyone know?
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Have you ever been sorely dissatisfied over the results of a contest, award nominations, etc.?
My ego has, plenty of times (most of all, I think, when The Fall of a Leader didn't win anything at the last TPM Silver Pencils after a bunch of nominations that got my hopes up too much). My more sensible mind, not particularly. Unless you count the time at the Serebii.net forums where my fic won about twenty awards it didn't deserve and everybody proceeded to ***** about how much they hate the popular authors who win everything, but I can't say it's really humanly possible to feel genuinely sore about that. What is the favorite thing you've ever had one of your characters say? Ooh. Lots of them. From The Quest for the Legends, it's probably this one: Quote:
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Hokay, so time is drawing near!! Ok, so we still have a while... but you know XD And I totally am sad that the post got deleted. =[ Tis ok.
I am having such a hard time writing this one. I have my one I don't like as a back up, but I don't want to use it unless I have to, I'm just not too happy with it. =/ Hanabanako you changed your name!!! *gasp* |
Hmm... I'm stuck again...
I've had a bit of time on my hands lately and have been working on Feral Twilight a lot, and then I find myself going back to the prologue of my fic. The thing that bugs me about it is the little fact that I can't decide between two of them... Prologue 1: I have a scene involving the anatgonists of my fic Cleopatra Drake and one of her minions Nathan Kyles. The scenario involves them meeting one winter's night on the balcony of Cleo's penthouse. In the fic, she's a really rich woman who will do anything to gain immortality as promised to her in a dream by a legendary wolf demon embodying fear that was sealed away centuries ago. In order to release the demon from his prison, she had Nathan go on an expedition into the depths of an abyss in the middle of my fake region of Ronac to retrieve an item known as The Nostalgia Coffer, in which is said to lie another world where dreams, fantasies, and memories are given life. The scene involves Nathan as he gives her the item. And that it... Prologue 2: I have a scene involving a younger version of my region's leading Pokemon Professor, Dr. Felicia Barnes, as she and her mentor watch as a satanic beast is summoned to destroy the creature she created over the course of several years. Both have a little bit to do with my fic's plot, but the second deals with some more immediate stuff. |
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If you have to choose... well, it depends - which is more important for the fic - the one that gives immediate stuff, or the longer term plot-developing? If the immediate stuff can be introduced in the first or second chapter and won't distrube the pace, go for the first one, otherwise, slowing introduce the ist prologue as the story goes on. Also, which one happens first, if they don't ahppen at roughly the same time? If one is, say, a few years or months before, etc, have that as the beginning, as otherwise you'd have to introduce a past event later on, and that would be diffficult to do without distrubing the plot and pace... Hope I helped... |
Kind of helped. Some minor parts of the first I could merge with the second and give it a little more depth and mystery. Thanks, bobandbill!
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I have an interesting conundrum. A person who's fic I'm reading has just begun a shipping between the main human character and the main pokemon character. I can't say I'm surprised, as there have been elusions to this for a while now. However, it still kind of bothers me, as I don't really like the idea of a pokemon/human relationship. I know it's not my story and etc., but I have certain life experiences that would cause me to discourage such a plot element (how's that for not going into details?).
I guess what I'm asking is "what should I do?" Should I tell the writer that they should really think about it before they do this, tell them right out not to, or simply let them take their own course and stop reading if it becomes too much of a problem for me? It would be hard to do the last part, as I really like their fic otherwise and have been reading/critiquing it for a long time, as they have been doing with mine. As a result, it would be really awkward to simply drop off the face of the earth with regards to responding to their fic. Anyone have suggestions or knowledge with any of this type of thing? |
The best you can do when it comes to that sort of thing, txteclipse, is probably to just tell them that you don't feel comfortable with it or that it won't work for reasons X, Y, Z. Also, if you've been a regular reviewer up until then, tell them politely that it's not your cup of tea, that you're sorry, and that you can't read on. (It may make you seem like a bit of a jerk towards them at first, but if you do it by stating that it's based on personal preference, they might take it better than you simply disappearing on them.) Unfortunately, you can't outright tell a writer not to follow a certain plot -- just that it may not work (or that the writer will most likely have difficulties with it) for specific reasons -- because in some cases, the writer has already had the plot planned out for chapters in advance or had originally meant to go down a specific path (such as a cross-species ship) from the beginning (and the reviewer can't write a story for an author).
Sorry if that doesn't help much. |
At least voice your dislike towards it, but don't make them change the story just for you. maybe take the discussion up in PM's if need be.
If it really is too much for you (ie you feel too uncomfortable reading it), then tell them that you are dropping out for reasons you expressed, so they understand why. Otherwise the author may feel discouraged about your disappearence and may abandon your fic. If you can stick it out however, there may be other parts that you can read and enjoy that don't include perhaps, but again it does depend on the story itself. Did the author warn of it occuring later on at the beginning of the fic? |
No warning whatsoever, except the elusions I mentioned earlier. The two characters had a kind of draw to each other, and I suspected he (the writer) might take the fic in that direction.
It's funny, because I kept telling myself throughout the story that he wasn't doing what I thought he was doing. I credited it to an overactive imagination (a curse, at times), but now it seems my worries were not ungrounded. He's still fairly early on in the situation writing-wise, but the fic is definitely leaning that way. I messaged him a bit ago, basically saying that I was uncomfortable with where he was taking things. I also told him that he should at least be careful with what he's writing, but I didn't press the matter. It's basically up to him to decide what to write, I suppose, and I have to live with that fact. It's just that I've seen some of the things he's getting into cause some serious problems. That sounds intense, and I didn't actually say that to him, but I've seen it happen. In all honesty I'm kind of worried about him more than anything, because like I said I've had some experiences with this stuff that casts it in a rather dark shade for me. It's like watching someone reach for a stovetop that you know is hot, but they think is cold and you worry that they'll take your warning as an insult to their intelligence. EDIT: v It did help. Thanks muchly. |
Hmm... well, consider the amount of stories that have PokemonxPerson relationships (which personally is too... weird for me as well) stories that are around... I wouldn't worry about the person who's writing this him/herself, as more than likely if they're fine in actually writing this stuff, then they shouldn't really go into any 'serious' problems. A word of warning should be fine, but don't press the issue, and maybe hold it of for later if it does delve deeper into that sort of stuff (which it sounds like that it is...)
I'd say keep reading for now - if it does get worse, then state that as you told him/her, this sort of story is no longer for you and leave on good terms with the author. Besides, if you have had 'issues' with that sort of thing, than there's no blaming you for your decision to stop reading. The thing is, the writer as well should be aware that such stories are bound to put people off, and understand that. Unless the fic hadn't been pre-planned to go in that direction, the author probably should have mentioned that in the beginning however. Hope I helped... |
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So unless you can elaborate on that and come up with some very good arguments for Pokémon/human relationships necessarily ruining a story for the author himself, you should definitely not tell them not to write it, politely or otherwise. Imagining myself as the author in the situation, I know all you would accomplish would be ticking me off and making sure I won't miss you when you stop reading as I would conclude you were an idiot all along. Your personal preference has absolutely no right to dictate what the author can and can't write, and Pokémon/human relationships aren't something people casually include for the heck of it; it seems pretty clear that the author had been carefully planning this all along, especially with the allusions you mentioned, and probably intended for this to be a big point in the story. I mean, picture telling Tolkien as he is halfway through writing Lord of the Rings that the story is great but he should make it happen in the real world and not involve any rings. When you read a story, you have to do it on the author's terms. When you criticize it, you have to be doing it with the aim to help the author tell the story he wanted to tell, not the story you want to read. So. You can give simple constructive criticism on it, as long as there is something to criticize. Is the relationship too sudden or is there no good buildup of chemistry between the characters? (Sounds unlikely in this case, what with all the 'allusions' you speak of.) Is the relationship realistic in the situation? Do the characters accept it too easily? But don't just strive to find something wrong with it to disguise your personal taste as constructive criticism, and pretty much no matter how you criticize it, the relationship itself sounds like the author intended it to be a big point as I said before; you'd really only be giving advice on how to make the relationship work out better in the story and not encouraging the writer to remove the relationship. Again, you really shouldn't encourage the writer to remove the relationship if the story is obviously built around that relationship. You can encourage the removal of minor things that don't undermine the point of the story, but chances are this is not one of those things. This is the situation where "Don't like it, don't read it" actually does apply. Just like you can't force the author to write something other than the story they want to tell, the author can't force you to read a story you don't want to read. Just tell them that you can't read the story anymore because the subject makes you uncomfortable. Or, if you're willing to tolerate it for the elements you like about the story, just read on and ignore it. Tell the author you happen to be uncomfortable with it if you wish, but don't try to dictate what their story should be about. Of course the author probably should have included a warning with such a controversial subject in the story, but it doesn't change that your personal preference can't tell an author what kind of story they should write. |
i'm writing a fanfiction and I don't know how to post it. can some one help me here. just PM me if you have anything to say about it.
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I will do that. but really I just wanted to know how to post my fan fic.
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Yah Taylor I will help you with your spaces and stuff. ( good story bad way to write )
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Type a title into the title box above the main typing area. Place your fic in the main typing area. Scroll down a bit past the rows of smilies to the "Submit New Thread" button and click that. There's your thread. |
Dragonfree, I think I'll just give you the sparknotes of what I said to this author to avoid a long and drawn out discussion of what I should and shouldn't do. I basically said
a) I was personally uncomfortable with the subject matter, b) Pokemon/human relationships is sketchy territory, c) to make sure he wants to take his fic in that direction, and d) that, regardless of everything else, shipping usually merits a higher rating. In my opinion, that was pretty honest. I was explaining my personal discomfort with the subject matter, as well as notifying him that yes, this is controversial stuff, and he should be sure he's ready for what that implies. Now for his response. He basically said that he didn't intend his fic to be a shipping story, and that the situation was just something he figured the two characters would find themselves in eventually from having been together for so long. I can see that as something that would probably typically happen given the situation: it was more of a passing "what if" than a definitive acceleration in the relationship. |
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Hoh my gods, Silver. XD That's just...one of the more awesome thing I've seen today that didn't involve my Sims. XDXDXD
oni flygon hasn't written anything in a while, but I did find some of his old stories. The Professor What Are Friends For? Smitten Onii-chan Valentine's Day The Tree Across The Meadow City of Blinding Lights Love's Lost Call of Dragons Confessing and Paths Ties of Love and Friendship Roommates Some Things Never Change... Under the Night Sky Friday o.o There we go. All of oni's Special fics. If I find any more, I'll let you know. :D |
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Pokemon Special Fic in my sig, kid! :) |
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Just a question that was going through my head the last few days that I wanted to ask. |
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Also depends on my mood, I suppose. Or if I have time to bother going every little thing... |
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That said, if a story like this is posted, I know for certain that the writer is most likely a kid who needs a little guidance (assuming that the things like "Astinus' stamp of approval" is not actually part of the story). So, I'll give him concrit and a bit of patience if he was going to continue. Point out the errors, suggest ways to iron out the little details, and generally try not to be overly snarky because you know the kid honestly doesn't know. However, as you've said at the end, he has no intention on continuing the story, so I think a review wouldn't really be necessary. Instead, I'd go with reviewing his most recent work. (The exception to this rule essentially lies in finished stories and one-shots, I feel, except where the don't-revive-threads rule is in effect.) After all, he might have a reason why he's not continuing other than boredom, so if he realizes that his older story was crap, there's really no point in reviewing his self-acknowledged crap, you know? |
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Meh... I've kind of got a thing...well, two things I'm having a hard time making sense of in my upcoming fic Feral Twilight...and I was wondering if someone could give me some advice...
My first problem is that I've a few fakemon that that my main character Jay Christie is known to have from the beginning of the story, but two of them kind of look a little bit like two preexisting Pokemon. And these are them... Skunter-http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff58/HuntsmanSkunk/Skunter.jpg Lupudle-http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff58/HuntsmanSkunk/Lupudle2.jpg To me, they seem to be kind of close to Skuntank and Mightyena, though really they not supposed to be like evos or anything like that. I was just wondering, though, if they're too close... Would anyone get confused if I used them? Really, I'd like to because their supposed to match a theme I gave my trainer using savage pokemon, which they're both supposed to be. My second problem is somewhat related to my usage of Lupudle and another fakemon that's supposed to be the antithesis to its full evo, Metalupus. This creature's supposed to be one of two dragonite rank wolves who's evos are determined by whether their baby form loves or hates its trainer; Metalupus being the ultimate result of love and Canersia being the result of hatred. The thing I was wondering about is how I was planning to have Jay's Lupudle evolve into Metalupus during a battle against Canersia (who, in the fic, is manipulating the head of a crime syndicate using shadow Pokemon so that he can summon forth a demon that's supposedly able to create and control the shadows as a means to raze humans from existence) and whether or not that would be too cliche to have the wolf evolve then. |
Reminds me of Plusle, Minun, and Pachirisu's relationship to Pikachu. XD
Seriously, though, it's okay. As long as your fakemon aren't essentially (insert Pokemon here) with a slightly different look, I really don't think anyone will notice. Most likely, you'll be working on describing them in the fanfiction, so you can assume that people's visualization skills will render the Pokemon further from the designs of those canon Pokemon than the mental image you have in your head of them, if that makes sense. As to the evolution, it's something that I've seen many times in fanfiction, but personally, I really think it depends on the circumstances surrounding it. If that occurs at what is essentially the climax of the story, you can still pull it off because that does tend to heighten the drama of the moment. |
I have a seal of approval? I honestly did not know, and now I realize that I've been kind of neglecting my mod duties in favor of...really happy Sims.
And I would never approve a story like that. Why? Because I'm a mean old b-witch without a care in the world, and no other color but black in my heart. I would tell that person who wrote that story that they should improve, and at least know how to spell a Pokemon's name right. And to make paragraphs, and spell-check, and add more, and all these other random pieces of advice that I don't give anymore because I don't review. And now I'm really confused. Seal of approval? Oh, Skunter, your links...I can't click them. :< But yeah, if your fakemon fills a role that no canon Pokemon and fulfill, then you are all right. |
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Seriously, maybe Oni was thinking of the old way I reviewed? Or someone else's current reviewing system? Or maybe the way the USDA reviews chickens and livestock? |
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Man, whenever I'm busy, this place gets busy. XD
On that post Oni Raichu did, too me I think the writer is putting some effort into his/her story. I remember doing my first story I probably had a thousand grammar mistakes. He/she has a gist of telling a story but not really the showing part yet and the pacing. Yeah, pretty much how I would do a review on that story is to tell him to work more on the emotions and to look over the story and fix the story (both on grammar and other things like emotions) up to his/he ability until he's ready to post. And on Sims? Hadn't played too much of it because of school and work, but I saw my sister played that game and was addicted to it for quite some time. XD Okay, now to get my lazy butt and revise Chapters 8 and 9 of "Nothing, Everything". XD |
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Oh yeah, I'm having some personal problems and won't be able to post chapter three of Just A Brother for a while...my thread won't be closed for...need say, neglect? xD The only time I've had to get on here is at school, and it blocks my own story...so...nyah. X.x And mah story's going good so far...I can't wait to get everything up...and written...haven't had time to write, either. And I've had writer's block. |
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I just choked on some blueberry nuggets.
Right, aren't we supposed to be discussing fanfiction? I'll start: I was going to write something today, but I left my pencil in my other class. Now I can't write anything, so I'm going to skip my math class and organize my pr0ny pictures of my Sims. |
Heh, uhm... here's a weird question but, How do you type Ho-oh's cry? I need it for the first chapter of my fic >.<.
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Like so: CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I normally just write that "Ho-Oh screeched/cawed/cried". There's no need to actually write the sound that it makes. It's like a few good paragraphs of Pikachu talking in "Pika pika chu pi ka!" I just say that Pikachu chattered, and just kind of leave it at that. |
Well, I don't really want to give it away that it IS Ho-oh.. I want people to guess at it :).
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Ok, I guess I'll just go with a description.
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Ah, thanks, bobandbill (btw, Astinus is a girl). Got a little scared there. I don't even start writing my next chapter until about four days after the previous one was posted/finished.
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And it has been proven, college makes you ability to read go down. And the ability to spell also. XD |
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(Although I might be serious. I may or may not know that Astinus is very good.) |
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My fic is going a million times better than my other...-throws it out- EVIL! |
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