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Just out of curiosity, does the TV show entitled "Between the Lions" mean anything to any of you? It was seriously like the coolest show ever
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^ I used to watch that show all the time. My mom's a librarian so....
Anywho, I have some problems. It seems no matter what I do, people don't like or even seem to notice my fanfics. I think I need a good titler or something. I just wrote one like 2 days ago, and nobody has responded. This is my 5th fanfic (6 if you include my non-pokemon story). I'm lucky if I get 5 comments. Can anybody help me?! |
You win some you lose some I suppose. I've written three on PC, more elsewhere which are original(written with my real name) therefore not posted here, and most if not all that I've written on PC have only gotten one or two comments each. I can actually remember who commented on each.
NG-137 - Legendarian Mistress / BBS version: An-Chan Reflection in the Storm - Bay Tower Soliloquy- 0 There seems to be a principle here on PC that if you write at either side of the writing spectrum(either horrendous or extremely well written) you're more likely to receive more reviews either correcting your mistakes or commending your brilliant writing. Furthermore, the first thing that people look for is an interesting title or if the person who wrote it is a brilliant writer(though still that's not a solid guarantee). Then, when they actually click on the fic, they'll look at how long it is and some actually just go tl;dr. The last thing, if they actually read it, is that they'll read how well or interesting the exposition is before deciding to comment. Protip: Some people work on the you scratch my back, I scratch yours principle. You review mine, I review yours. Simple, no? |
Anyone have a Magic Knight Rayearth story pairing Zagato with an OC? None of this,"Write it yourself." Stuff either. If I could write one myself I wouldn't be asking.
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You do consider yourself a fanfiction writer, don't you? If I'm able to write a drabble about a kid getting electrocuted into next week by a pack of angry Luxrays, then you can certainly write a romance story.
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Or there's people like me who haven't updated their main fic in like forever... (It's approaching a year now, scary...).
But I am glad at least that the next part is partially written. I know I usually mis use punctuation... but I'd think people if they were reviewing would be kind enough to point it out. |
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To be clear, it was sarcasm. I was telling Konekodemon that if she really wants someone to write for her, I'd be happy to... if she paid me. |
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The pay isn't that good, but until I'm fairly confident enough to go public and commercial it'll suffice. |
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Or, in shorter terms, I was being sarcastic. |
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And this is why I don't really post in the FFL anymore. Too many disjointed conversations. If it only slightly relates to the topic, chances are, you might want to find a different topic to attach it to. It makes one feel like you could pay a bit more attention to what's being said. |
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Also, yeah, since I'm not up for arguing right here and now, I'll just admit my mistake and get on with regular lounge precedings... |
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Good day to you, sirs and madmans madams. |
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Another thing that might help is try to be active in the actual community. Review other people's stories (no bumping old threads, though), and hopefully the "I'll review you, and review me" philosophy that Mizan mentioned will pull through. Hopefully. I should mention that some people are kind of busy playing Kid Icarus to review. Which happened to me. Oops. But...Kid Icarus! Quote:
You: Request fanfic based in another random fandom Others: Um, write it yourself or ask elsewhere You: I can't write! Others: Well, none of us here know that fandom/want to write about a random OC/write romance You: disappears until the next time It happens every time. And, well, pattern recognition. It would help if maybe you requested a Pokemon fic (since this is a Pokemon community) that didn't have to have an OC character in there. People are iffy when it comes to OCs. Some people write them. Others don't. And those that do write them seem to only write about those of their own creation. (I know I do, and I'm not trying to speak for everyone else.) Or you could try to write it yourself. Listen to the reviews you get, and don't shame a country. Do research. And things will go better. Also, folks, I know that I silently wished for a more active section when I'm on vacation next week so I'm really not bored. But, I don't know... Try to be civil towards one another? *skips off to her last five hours of work* |
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Anyways, I jwas just spending some time reading here. Feels good as usual. It kinda motivates one to be civil towards others, Astinus but then this the Lounge we're talking about. ahem... I mean... and I'm sure we'll pull thru. And since I don't recall many people picking on this topic, Do you think 'real world' products, events and people/animals have a place in Pokemon fanfiction? Do you include them in your own fics? Hełł yes I do! I mean, the games actually go to some lengths to make the Pokémon world look a different place, but then the blatant advertising makes it a whole "like reality unless noted" sort of thing, so why not take advantage of it. Like, OK, you can have the naughty-natured Giratina and for some extra fee you can have this SuperNintendo!!! Or a GameCube!!! And it kinda makes sense that there should be enterprises with dominant positions in aspects similar to out world. Not very similar to ours (I can't think of a Whiskas equivalent in the Pokémon world, for example), but when the case does apply, using a relatively familiar name (different enoough to avoid lawauits, of course) helps the narrative because it helps the reader emphasize with the idea of a world "beyond what is being written in". Not to exaggerate though-- I don't think the three and only three different drinks you can get from vending machines in all four regions are made by a Coca-Cola stand in (that it's only one is another matter), but to imagine that all those widescreen TV sets in the remakes are sold by something like Panasonic or that the One Truck was a sort-of-Nissan doesn't stretch things too much (in particular if you are from the "Pokémon World == Extended Japan" part of the fandom, which I'm not, but hey). Anyways, I'm wall'o'texting again... I haven't had the chance to actually do them, but I've planned and written some freethinking scenes using names like Emron, Beanthec, Shill and Karonzee. Yeah, I'm not that good disguising brands. I also apply things that I am familiar enough with. For the first fics I did before the Pokémon fandom I actually did the thing inter-universe, like referring to Shinra's main competitor pre-Mako wars in the Final Fantasy Universe as Roxxon or the brandname of the relic stores in Final Fantasy VI being The Magic Box. There are other brands I'm using right now, but since now I'm writing fic in Spanish you won't get to read it unless we're all lucky so maybe I'll talk about it later. For the moment I want to see more insanity here. On that line, what about the IRC/Skype Cabal? |
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Do you think 'real world' products, events and people/animals have a place in Pokemon fanfiction? Do you include them in your own fics? We've had this topic once... once...(albeit on product placement) Lol, yes I do. It sometimes helps the readers relate to the fic in question much more closely than they usually would. Hell, in NG-137, Silver's driving in a modern BMW(considered antique) without a hydrogen engine. Also, I was going to do some slight product placement elsewhere. XD Quote:
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