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Post by Mister Buch on Sept 23, 2009 13:28:29 GMT 1
That is a full-on cannibalism joke. I went there.
(There's a bit in the first episode of Red Dwarf where Lister eats a load of dust and it turns out to be the former crew, dehydrated).
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Post by Zarsthor on Sept 23, 2009 15:29:29 GMT 1
Ha ha! Radioactive Shepard goo on toast! Yeah Marmalade does kind of taste like that.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Nov 16, 2009 5:14:48 GMT 1
Ho hum, There's not muching bitching over bad fan fiction nowdays due we seen the same old Mary Sue Shepard, you know it needs?
More crazy, as Alister prescribed it... or at leaste 'tasteful' dead baby comedies
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Post by Zarsthor on Nov 16, 2009 16:22:36 GMT 1
I just can't be asked to link them anymore. I've found millions of the damn things lately.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Nov 17, 2009 3:18:02 GMT 1
Quite a lot of fan fiction you've read lately.
But yeah I can see what you mean by that, most of them aren't even lols worthy nowdays. It's more of a "So bad it's bland" variety.
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Post by Zarsthor on Nov 20, 2009 3:34:00 GMT 1
Its the tweeny stories. They're all slash, grimey erotica written by adolescents that have never had sex before and fiction that is 90% songs/bad references. Poor wiritng skills is the leats of their problems.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Nov 25, 2009 8:31:25 GMT 1
So I was bored and decided to love of mother of things, I've did two bad things now.
Reading Stands of the Exile the holy gail of a typical purple prose, mary sue and aimless whining. Oh and a non sensical describtion that is in the league with Twlight
She might be unarmed, unarmored, and soft, but she was hardly defenseless.
Lol wut? Soft? What kind of describtion of the character it is? What do you mean soft? Soft as in not as hardy as a typical warrior? soft as soft skin? or since this is described from a guy's perpective, soft as in pairs? Actually come to think of it... no wonder the Draenai was the victim to rule 34 all because of this.
anyways the 2nd bad thing is that I'm going to shake that dice for "The terrible crossover fan fic idea."
*rolls the die*
So... it said, Your challenge is to write crossover fanfiction combining Twilight and The Magic School Bus. The story should use hurricanes as a plot device! O.o
Anyways speaking of that, does usually crossover fics ended up shit? I know it's a good chance it will ended up as a craptacular mess but by any chance is there a well written crossfic? Or hope is neigh?
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Post by Zarsthor on Nov 26, 2009 3:27:07 GMT 1
Good cross fiction? ... only in the marvel universe. lol Even then that's debatable whether they were good as stand alone stories. I do enjoy the world of superheros but you have to admit all that comic book stuff is like well paid bad fan-fiction. The writers change there minds about what dimension we are in every two seconds. I just reticently found out that Spiderman has been screwing around with a large number of women before Mary-jane and that he might be a pedophile because she's so much younger than him! I mean damn... I knew MJ wasn't his first fling but dear god that's a lot of screws he's had... a lot of my childhood memories of superhero's have been smashed over the last month. Oh well... least nobody can take Thor away from me. I'm still the Thor expert in this house betches!
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Jul 4, 2010 9:46:59 GMT 1
Ok, I've haven't posted this for a while and with a good reason. Most writers who write fan fics are... well, still learning their craft and picking on them them is like kicking a dead cat, I've just realised. So it's kinda redundant due to the fact that most of the criticisms you put in, they shut their ears and ignore you... most of the time. So there's no point in putting a criticism and that's probably why I don't leave a review on ff.net nowdays. Besides, I have my own shit to do... but still.
Recently I'm trying to reread "Stands of the Exiles" (WoW fic) again, this time trying to be fair, blah blah. Ok, I've mention in the past that this author is bit of a stuck up and poured too much purple dye in her stories (In other words, too much flowery descriptions), but I can cope with if it weren't for one thing that really gets on my nerves lately...
Messy presentations.
You see, she recently post it on ff.net and I've can't read the damn thing without the back of my mind complaining about the lack of structural organisation... like splitting into chapters. Did you know that her whole story was crammed into one chapter. Think about it... 63.5k of words in one friggin' chapter! Seriously, split it up damn it! Even S. Meyer did at least have the courtesy to split it into chapters in the Twlight series... if you can call that.
I feel tempted to write a review, telling her to split it into chapters.
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Post by jklinders on Jul 5, 2010 16:55:58 GMT 1
I've got no business writing in here seeing as I don't write a lick, but here I am  I think an essential part of the writing process ( if I was delusional enough to think I could) would be to read my own work after it was done. Not for proof reading, but to check how the reader would see the content. That may seem elementary but the idea is, when you are writing you have a sense of what you are trying to impart and this could potentially lead to gaps in the presentation of the scene. Intentions of the characters et cetera. A genuine effort to separate yourself from the scene you were trying to set and how your writing presents it can make all the difference in ensuring the reader knows what you are talking about. Chapters, paragraphs, sentence structure, it all has a role in giving the reader comfortable breaks. |
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Jul 5, 2010 17:34:34 GMT 1
You have some good points there linders. Once the writers finished their works, they should re-read it, not only for proof reading for corrections but also making sure the scene and the wording fits well like a musical score. Well that's not a good analogy but what I meant it flows well and makes sense. Also another thing, the writer should take the time to fix up their stuff before sending it in the to the editiors. That's one of the things S. Meyer stumbled into flaws. She didn't took the time to edit her works properly before handing in the manuscript.
(To be fair, I get a little too excited when I've finished my first drafts, so I have to try and be very careful about that... just ask my beta reader. Fortunately he enjoys using the red pen, bless him.)
And yes, presentations is a must! Sure words don't look fabulous as visual art but it's still important. A perfect example on how forum people tend to complain about 'having an eyesore' after read a wall of text. Hence presentation with paragraphs and sentence structure is quite important. Same goes to chapters. There are slow readers and fast readers in this world, so adding chapters is nice especially if they want a break for their eyes. not many people will stomach reading a book within 1 day... unless they really enjoy the book and/or decide to do a marathon.
While we're at it, the author Semiiramiis is getting slight better with her structures in her recent fan fics, but she should have the courtesy to look back at her older fan fics and clean it up. Also, she should not post fics that haven't been proof read on the first go nor post developmental ideas. I know I'm sounding hypocritical at times due to the fact my older fan fics formatting is a mess too due to the changes on ff.net. Still at least I have chapters on them, tried to proof read myself (I still admit it's a pathetic job) before I got a beta reader myself and most of the developmental stuff are kept shut within my little black book.
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Post by Mister Buch on Jul 7, 2010 1:15:14 GMT 1
@ Mr Linders:
What I do is read everything I've written about a month after I write it. Usually I find I was wrong about it at the time of writing - if I thought it was bad, it's good and if I thought it was great - it sucks ;D
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Post by jklinders on Jul 7, 2010 2:43:08 GMT 1
@ Mr Linders: What I do is read everything I've written about a month after I write it. Usually I find I was wrong about it at the time of writing - if I thought it was bad, it's good and if I thought it was great - it sucks ;D And that is why the work you do post looks good. Not everyone thinks of that and I expect that is why people end up posting....regrettable work. |
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Post by Mister Buch on Jul 8, 2010 0:22:39 GMT 1
Ah no, I almost always post it! I mean I look at it a month after I post!
But thanks for compliment, JK!
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Post by ommadawn on Jul 8, 2010 1:12:47 GMT 1
;D
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I think an essential part of the writing process ( if I was delusional enough to think I could) would be to read my own work after it was done. Not for proof reading, but to check how the reader would see the content. That may seem elementary but the idea is, when you are writing you have a sense of what you are trying to impart and this could potentially lead to gaps in the presentation of the scene. Intentions of the characters et cetera. A genuine effort to separate yourself from the scene you were trying to set and how your writing presents it can make all the difference in ensuring the reader knows what you are talking about.
