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[Sequoia]

lol...Frostweaver'll be busy if there are heaps and heaps of people who want their fic reviewed...XD my fic has no reviewers, except from SPPF...

 

[Dragonfree]

As for reviewing a non-Pokemon fanfic, sure I don't see why not provided that I finish up with the 2 Pokemon ones I got right now first.

*pokes* Umm, I did reply to your PM...

 

[Sima Yi's Apprentice]

Mine has no reviews on it either. I don't care who replies to mine, I just want someone to do it. I'm starting to think that people just don't like it. So, to anyone who does relpy to it, many thanks.

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

EXPECTED DEADLINES FOR "DEEPEST WISHES" CHAPTERS
5/21/05 - Chapter 1
5/28/05 - Chapter 2
6/4/05 - Chapter 3

 

[Shuko]

Mine has no reviews on it either. I don't care who replies to mine, I just want someone to do it. I'm starting to think that people just don't like it. So, to anyone who does relpy to it, many thanks.

When it comes to fanfiction, you can't let a lack of reviews get to you - especially around here. I'm more guilty than most, but I'm sure a lot of people just don't read too many other fanfics than their own and the ones they've been reading for a while. When and if you do get reviews, you have to be grateful for what you can get. ^^; And you can't really take any of it to heart - even the good ones. Letting a good review give you a swelled head can be just as damaging as letting a bad review spoil your experience. I look at it this way: write your fiction for the pure joy of writing. Don't worry what other people think. If you have a lot of fun writing it, then all the rest will fall into place. But if you're writing just to receive reviews, the only advice I could give you is to give your public what you're pretty sure they want. Read a few of the most popular stories; get to know what people really like, and just go from there. But I wouldn't recommend doing it that way anyway. I would think that would take all the fun out of it. :(

Btw, I left you a review on your thread. Go read it if you have ten minutes to spare, lol.

 

[Frostweaver]

Mine has no reviews on it either. I don't care who replies to mine, I just want someone to do it. I'm starting to think that people just don't like it. So, to anyone who does relpy to it, many thanks.

Fanfic reviews don't come to you. You go to them.

I'm certain that there's no reviews because you aren't the one on the active side to hunt down reviews (yes, that's how it works anywhere but fanfiction.net) or there's a definite need for improvement of a better title...

 

[Shuko]

Fanfic reviews don't come to you. You go to them.

I'm certain that there's no reviews because you aren't the one on the active side to hunt down reviews (yes, that's how it works anywhere but fanfiction.net)

I don't understand... what do you mean hunt down reviews? Do you mean we should, like, PM people who've reviewed other fics and beg them to review our own? That sounds awfully spammy to me. :(

Or do you mean we should go read a bunch of other fanfics and write reviews for them in the hopes that they might review ours back? *A kind of "I'll scratch your back if you review my fic" kinda deal*

Either way I'd feel kinda silly. I want my fic to be reviewed honestly, and in my own idealistic way of thinking, part of that is in their [the readers'] actually having the interest to take the initiative themselves. Have I been looking at this the wrong way?

 

[Lady Demoonica Darkmoon]

However, that allows you the access to win whatever awards they got (hopefully they got some) over in other writing.
However, I'm very sure that if the story is as long as you've claimed it to be, 3 hour is definitely not enough... It takes me 3 hours to do a review on perhaps 2500 words worth of story...

The place is fairly DEAD I'm afraid, so no awards or such. I have had two lovely reviews though, I thank you both. As for it's length, (100,000 / 2500 = 40, 40 x 3 = 120) set aside 120 hours then, because it's about 100,000 words in length. Uh, at that rate I'd say I'll see the review sometime near Cristmas. *laughs*

EDIT: I just posted a pokemon fic I wrote back in 1998. It's just been on my computer and I thought 'Why not?'

 

[Casual Billy]

Billy: Can you say (Billy holds up a sign with the following words written on it)"new Worlds Away chapter?!"

Audience: ...

Billy: Of course you can't! Who can talk in italics?!

Audience: We're un-amused

Billy: Really? What'd you all think about the last chapter?

Audience: (Loud collective yawn)

Billy: What? You all are crazy. That one introduced a new character, had some comedy, and the beginning of a battle at the end which i guess is kinda like a cliffy ending. How can you be...

Audience: We're un-affected.

Billy: Whatever. New chapter's out y'all. If you liked the last one (I'm assuming I have a closet reader at least) *Billy opens up a nearby closet to find someone inside reading another book* I guess those are the kind of closet readers I get. Anyway, this one has a battle in it, some character development of this new girl and a further development. Here are what other reviewers (from serebii) have said about this chapter:

Whee, I liked this chapter. Good mix of both battle and character devolepment

Pretty good. That seemed like quite a bizarre conversation between Sarah and Jack there^^. Hehe.

Well, that's a definate cliffy...great chappie, lookin' forward to reading the next one!

Oooooooh! Very interesing. This was not what I expected, but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. ^^

Your vocaubulary and grammar is excellent, as are your descriptions. It all has a very cinematic feel to it, especially with the music.

Giovanni describes your fic quite well:

?Marvelous, just marvelous.?...

I can honestly say that I loved this story. It isn't as dark and dramatic like L.O.A (which isn't a bad thing; I really love gloomy stories) but that's the hidden charm. The lighthearted tone of the story is a really nice change (and many people prefer to read stories like that). The plot also kept me very interested all the way. I noticed there's more humor here, which I'm grateful for.

You heard 'em, it's good stuff. Help me make it even better by giving me your feedback and criticisms. I really think the story gets a WHOLE LOT better in chapters 6+ than the ones which preceeded those chapters and it continues to supercede this quality as the fic progresses. So check it out!

 

[oni flygon]

No awards because no one participates in them, dammit! *points at Fanfic of the week and Frostweaver's standard of excellence thinigies* You can get those if you want to... ><

Stop comparing you idiots or I'll have to give you some warnings! XP

 

[Shuko]

No awards because no one participates in them, dammit! *points at Fanfic of the week and Frostweaver's standard of excellence thinigies* You can get those if you want to... ><

Stop comparing you idiots or I'll have to give you some warnings! XP

Well, this may earn me a warning, but I'm gonna post it anyway. XD As of right now, here's how it stands:

Stats:
Other Forum:
I got 1 review, and it sounded suspiciously like a member I know here. XP
Here:
I got three reviews, although they were from two reviewers. :P

Calculation:
Other Forum = 1 - (1 Probably didn't count) = 0 = Nobody there reads N00b fics = Nobody there likee me. ;_;
PokeCommunity = 2 (+ 1 for return reviewer! XD) = 3 = Peoples here are open-minded = Me gots warm fuzzy feeling. *^_^*

Conclusion:
Nobody there likee me < Me gots warm fuzzy feeling --->
$PPf < PokeCommunity

How's that for a comparison? :P

 

[Breezy]

Fanfic awards are mostly based off popularity anyways. Some fics should win a category of course, but it's most likely that they got a few votes because their well known. Heh.

As for reviewers, you run after them, jump on them, hog tie them and shove your story in the face. People have been doing that for years. XP

 

[oni flygon]

Well, this may earn me a warning, but I'm gonna post it anyway. XD As of right now, here's how it stands:

Stats:
Other Forum:
I got 1 review, and it sounded suspiciously like a member I know here. XP
Here:
I got three reviews, although they were from two reviewers. :P

Calculation:
Other Forum = 1 - (1 Probably didn't count) = 0 = Nobody there reads N00b fics = Nobody there likee me. ;_;
PokeCommunity = 2 (+ 1 for return reviewer! XD) = 3 = Peoples here are open-minded = Me gots warm fuzzy feeling. *^_^*

Conclusion:
Nobody there likee me < Me gots warm fuzzy feeling --->
$PPf < PokeCommunity

How's that for a comparison? :P

That one's fine... At least that one's reasonable... XD

 

[Strawberry Delcatty]

I'm thinking about putting up part of chapter 1 of Deepest Wishes up already, but I'm wondering whether or not that's a good idea. I'm trying to avoid having a chapter go over the 20,000 character limit, but I'm also trying to avoid rushing my chapters like I did with HMW.

I'm also thinking about going to update daily over the summer so that my story can constantly stay fresh. Then again, there's going to be my new version of HMW as well as another fic I'm working on called Feline Symphony, and those would probably get updated a lot as well. I REALLY don't want to bug people to beta read on a daily basis, so I'll proofread them myself. Rest assured that if daily updates DO happen for all three stories, at least ONE chapter will be up before midnight that day.

What do you guys think I should do?

 

[oni flygon]

Fanfic awards are mostly based off popularity anyways. Some fics should win a category of course, but it's most likely that they got a few votes because their well known. Heh.

As for reviewers, you run after them, jump on them, hog tie them and shove your story in the face. People have been doing that for years. XP

Yep, that's true...

I get less reviews in the poetry forum when I bled and sweat to write them... then to see crappy poems get these other reviews... v.v

 

[Shuko]

Fanfic awards are mostly based off popularity anyways. Some fics should win a category of course, but it's most likely that they got a few votes because their well known. Heh.

As for reviewers, you run after them, jump on them, hog tie them and shove your story in the face. People have been doing that for years. XP

Well... I haven't really been around PC long enough to be popular yet. -_-;... And I don't really care about winnin' no contests. I just wanna feel like my readers are enjoying themselves when they read my stuff... But I guess I'll swallow my pride and give it a try...

*Takes deep breath*

Go read my Fic, you entertainment-deprived, pathetic peoples!!!!1

Okie-dokey! ^_^

 

[Casual Billy]

I'm strangely compelled by that message. I should try it too.

oh. I'm in the quick reply box. No giant letters for me. I'm sad that I'm too lazy to just copy this and click post reply...and i just lost interest in describing the process I'm too lazy to do...hmmm...

Maybe this will be just as effective:

READ MY FIC YOU PEOPLES! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN TELL ME WHY AND I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR TIME BACK...EETNURAUG SUGOB.

 

[Breezy]

Actually, you don't have to be at a place for a long time to become "popular" on a forum. You can just talk to a lot of people or be well-known on another site.

Btw Neko (can I call you that? Maybe I shouldn't; we have a Niko already anyways. :P Plus, I know a few people have heart attacks when I don't type ALL of their usernames), posting daily can be both good and bad. Readers that are hooked onto your fic will love you since you're updating quickly, but some might not. For some odd reason, people like me hate it when people update quick status. Don't ask us why (least not me anyways) for we do not know hehe.

Speaking of character limit, what is the character limit here? Some of my short chapters need to be split in half sometimes. o0

Edit: Aw, I wanna scream blind fury too.

READ MY FIC DAMMIT!

^_^ Nah, you don't have to. I just wanna to say that. I already have a lot of reviews for Who Shot Brendan Birch anyways.

 

[Casual Billy]

With the posting daily thing: Yeah, sometimes it can turn potential readers off because it seems like they can never catch up. While I'm writing a fic, I usually wait an average of 5-7 days before posting a new chapter. Here, it's been kinda difficult to delay updating though as I'm merely translating a fic that's already completed onto the boards here. I posted 1 chapter on the 16th and another like an hour ago. But that was after a month and a half of nothing though, so it evens out.

 

[Yamato-san]

Fanfic awards are mostly based off popularity anyways. Some fics should win a category of course, but it's most likely that they got a few votes because their well known. Heh.

exactly. Recently on.... a certain forum.... I suffered a humiliating loss in a contest. My Kiryuu, my loveable and very deep talking lizard, was nominated for best Pokemon antagonist. There was only one other nomination, who didn't seem very good at that, I thought I had that prize in the bag. Instead, Kiryuu loses to a Lugia that's barely around for a single chapter and seems confused on hell on what its intentions are (it wants revenge on its cousin, it was lonely for its cousin, what does it want?). I didn't end up winning the other awards I was nominated for neither, and for that matter, just ONE person nominated me at all. That's why these popularity awards can be such a bad thing. Overrated fics get all the credit, well-done fics keep getting overlooked because they only have some d*mn closet readers supporting them. That's why I love this forum so much. I don't need to rely on waiting for some loyal reader to come up and spread the word about my fic. Instead, this place has a great, seemingly-unbiased reviewer and fanfiction of the weeks doing that. It really makes me feel appreciate, so appreciated that I feel no need to shout out to read my fic like others before me did. Of the four forums I currently post PMC at, this seems like one of my favorites.