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on the subject of songs, a doujinshi with a soundtrack would be pretty cool. I'd love to try my hand at writing my own Japanese song lyrics when I know more.... however, it'd suck because such lyrics would most likely never be integrated into a song. I don't know how to write notes, and even if I did, who would be a vocalist, and who would do the instrumentals? It could be possible for me to volunteer/hire (most likely the latter) people over the internet for all of this, but if the recordings are from seperate people and not one group, I'd have to combine the files in a way that they don't sound awkwardly crappy. Overall.... possible, but probably more than it's worth.

My brother thought up the name "Pocket Monsters Chronicles". I just decided to keep it, and as I went through the first version, I just left it as a random title with no bearing on the actual content. On the revision, I tried adding some scenes of Hiro chronicling to have the title make sense, and as an added bonus, I thought it'd be nice that the date could be kept track of instead of the readers not knowing how much time has passed between events and such, but I guess there's an easier way to do that than log the date every single day. Now, I think adding that chronicling part to the story was a mistake, so I think in future versions, I'll go back to just having it be a random title with little to no bearing on the actual story.

On future plots I plan to work on, I intend for the titles to be directly related to the content of the story. When it comes to chapter titling, as with most anime, I use a simple title that seems to be directly involved with that chapter's content. As you can see, I post the chapters' names in both English and Japanese.
 
I leave titles off my pieces for a long while too~

Like...I ended up using "Death" for one XD Just because I couldn't find anything to go with a situation dealing with a suicidal kid and a cop ^^;

Anyways, my current project is "Siren Town" which fits it. Not too much meaning behind it, just kinda describes the situation. "Bensone Manner" needs to be changed. It's another project, and I need a new title =X
 
I tend to leave titles as well... I admit, "Hooves of Flame" is not a WONDERFUL title, but hey! It's better than my last fic: "Mew's Chosen One". Ehehe, points for gettting better? Perhaps the next time around, I'll think more.
 
I don't have much problem with titles. Usually they come to me fairly easily, and sometimes I think up titles that float around for a long time, waiting for a 'fic that fits them to pop up (a la Eternity's Requiem). I'm pleased with most of my titles, except perhaps The Ninetales' Curse. Yeah, that one is pretty bad.

I have much more trouble with summaries. I stink at them. I just don't know why.
 
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YAY

FINALLY

I'm done with version 2 of the fanfic writing guide ^^ *just sent it in to the mods*
So I guess that I can finally fully concentrate on reviewing! Wednesday afternoon i'm away to work, so on Thursday I can review (and work at night).

Not sure if the mods will take the time to bold the titling and stuff, so sorry if it turns out hard to read, lol. I bolded them on MSWord but it doesn't like to show up in PC =/
 
Hey Dragonfree, you'll probably never do this, but I have a suggestion to your title. I think it should be "Quest for Legends" omitting the "the's". I say it that way in my mind all the time and, personally, I think it sounds better. Eh, I'm just not big on word repitition.
 
I hate word repetition too >.o It bugs the hell out of me in my RPs.

YAY! Can't wait to get that on my site frostweaver :P I actually waited for this, like you said I should o.o;
 
Oh, let's talk about summaries ^^; I'm good at those.

I'm like the Queen of Paraphrasing. xD I can get anything down to a few sentences. Not awfully helpful in writing itself, but meh. Yay useless skills!
 
I'm your opposite there; I couldn't summarize to save my life. People tell me I'm very boring when I'm telling people about something because I always go into too much detail. For some reason I tend to think like everything really matters...
 
I have no attention span. I can't stand listening to someone else go on and on when what they're talking about could be said in one word, so I guess that's why I don't do it myself. ::shrug::

On a random note, I just posted a new fic ^^;; Do take a look.
 
Katsuro said:
lol

Is HoF a rapidash/ponyta fic?
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Indeed, is it that obvious? :P

I hate summaries. I'm too wordy, and I know it. Paraphrasing is NOT my strong point.

Random sentence of the day: Chapter 3's up! Check it out!
 
I can't believe you guys and your carelessness to titles... Title for a fanfic in a forum (PE2K, SPP, PC, whatever) is the ONLY eye catcher for your readers.
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Yes, that is completely true. I learned that the hard way. Whirl Island Quest and Wanzewald Pokemon Contest aren't very exciting titles, though when I added The Anime Parody! To the end of Waznewald Pokemon Contest, it got much more reviews and reads. Im still not sure what I should put as an alternate title to Whirl Island Quest, anyone have any tips? And my next fics title will definetely be eye grabbign since it shall be deemed "The F***** Up Finals" (with the astericks of course)
 
What'll TFUF be rated? xD

Hooves of Flame = Hooves Aflame?

Anyways, can't help you with WIQ =/ I couldn't think of one either =X Any good ideas on shortening summaries? There's a girl needing to shorten hers considerable for her editor. [My Neopets guild is a pretty hardcore writing groupe =D]
 
I really hate making summaries. I'm always trying to give as little info as possible but try and make it sound like it'd be a good and interesting read. Which is hard. How do you guys feel about summaries that end in a question? Like... "will she learn to overcome the obstacles?" or "can he find it in himself to do the blah blah?". Is it acceptable or corny?
 
Anyways, can't help you with WIQ =/ I couldn't think of one either =X Any good ideas on shortening summaries? There's a girl needing to shorten hers considerable for her editor. [My Neopets guild is a pretty hardcore writing groupe =D]
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:o I can help... what's the summary?

I love how that excites me xD
 
Ok, here's what she posted:

Kickbrass said:
I'm writing a synopsis for my novel. The publisher wants six pages or less, and it looks to be about ten... how do you cut a synopsis? Does anyone have synopsis-writing tips?
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Iveechan said:
I really hate making summaries. I'm always trying to give as little info as possible but try and make it sound like it'd be a good and interesting read. Which is hard. How do you guys feel about summaries that end in a question? Like... "will she learn to overcome the obstacles?" or "can he find it in himself to do the blah blah?". Is it acceptable or corny?
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I think that sort of thing is corny and melodramatic. When I see a summary like that, I almost immediately think, "Do I even care if she will learn to overcome the obstacles?"

It's trying to get people to empathize with the characters without even knowing them, I think, and it doesn't do it for me. *shrug*

Edit: What's the name of your guild, Katsuro?
 
I personally also agree with Negrek that those rhetorical questions for summaries are corny. You realize that most published novels that are targetting young adults/adults will not use those techniques anymore. Usually, they will give a summary or a very basic run through of the theme instead.

Of course, summary writing varies depending on the audience that you're targetting.
 
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