Fanfiction Feedback (and advice)

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2002-10-28 05:05am

*jumps onto a passing thread*

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-10-29 01:06pm

OK, something Verilon brought up unintentianally:

DON'T RUSH YOUR WORK. There is NO obligation to work quickly here. If you rush your work and turn out crappy chapters, your audience will lose interest in the story. Trust me, when you take the time, you can make something worth waiting for.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-10-31 07:07pm

Let's give this thread a little bump...

bump.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2002-11-01 03:17am

Not big enough.

Commence primary bump:

BUMP

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2002-11-01 10:56am

What about music?

For instance does anyone (Iggy? Kelly?) listen to music while they write or brainstorm while listening to music. I find it to be the BEST way to get ideas is to listen to music like movie soundtracks.

I've been toying with the idea of putting up a Star Crossed Soundtrack thread to let people know what music would be playing in my head as I write the chapters. Each chapter has a couple of songs that if it were a movie would be the soundtrack.

For instance the Star Crossed Main theme would be: Posthumus' Pompei. In case you don't know you probably heard a part of it when you saw the Spiderman trailers last summer.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2002-11-01 11:08am

Stravo wrote:What about music?

For instance does anyone (Iggy? Kelly?) listen to music while they write or brainstorm while listening to music. I find it to be the BEST way to get ideas is to listen to music like movie soundtracks.

I've been toying with the idea of putting up a Star Crossed Soundtrack thread to let people know what music would be playing in my head as I write the chapters. Each chapter has a couple of songs that if it were a movie would be the soundtrack.

For instance the Star Crossed Main theme would be: Posthumus' Pompei. In case you don't know you probably heard a part of it when you saw the Spiderman trailers last summer.

My favorite for writing fight scenes is Battle of Hoth. Since I write almost completely in the SW universe, I constantly listen to the soundtracks. And the CB music actually helps write those, because the music is quite essential in the episodes.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-01 12:34pm

Stravo wrote:What about music?

For instance does anyone (Iggy? Kelly?) listen to music while they write or brainstorm while listening to music. I find it to be the BEST way to get ideas is to listen to music like movie soundtracks.

I find music to be a MASSIVE help while I'm brainstorming for the next sequence in my story. However, once I start the actual writing, I usually turn it way down, if not flip it off completely because it interferes with my thinking.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-01 01:14pm

Stravo wrote:What about music?

For instance does anyone (Iggy? Kelly?) listen to music while they write or brainstorm while listening to music. I find it to be the BEST way to get ideas is to listen to music like movie soundtracks.

I've been toying with the idea of putting up a Star Crossed Soundtrack thread to let people know what music would be playing in my head as I write the chapters. Each chapter has a couple of songs that if it were a movie would be the soundtrack.

For instance the Star Crossed Main theme would be: Posthumus' Pompei. In case you don't know you probably heard a part of it when you saw the Spiderman trailers last summer.

I actually don't listen to music when I'm writing...unless you cout a cat's purrs. I l;iek there to be noise, but not much...not wuite silence...I dunno how to describe it, really.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2002-11-03 06:12pm

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but people, please put spaces in between paragraphs. It is VERY hard to read when you can't tell where one paragraph ends and the next one starts. Hint, write in text. It converts easier when you cut and paste to SD.net.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-11-03 06:16pm

Stravo wrote:What about music?

For instance does anyone (Iggy? Kelly?) listen to music while they write or brainstorm while listening to music. I find it to be the BEST way to get ideas is to listen to music like movie soundtracks.

I've been toying with the idea of putting up a Star Crossed Soundtrack thread to let people know what music would be playing in my head as I write the chapters. Each chapter has a couple of songs that if it were a movie would be the soundtrack.

For instance the Star Crossed Main theme would be: Posthumus' Pompei. In case you don't know you probably heard a part of it when you saw the Spiderman trailers last summer.

Music is what EVERYONE writes to, but I use television and movies to dictate the general mood of what I write, when I have time. I'll sometimes spend a couple hours watching differently themed movies to put me in the "write" mood (clever, huh?) before I start moving on a project.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-03 06:19pm

Master of Ossus wrote:
Stravo wrote:What about music?

For instance does anyone (Iggy? Kelly?) listen to music while they write or brainstorm while listening to music. I find it to be the BEST way to get ideas is to listen to music like movie soundtracks.

I've been toying with the idea of putting up a Star Crossed Soundtrack thread to let people know what music would be playing in my head as I write the chapters. Each chapter has a couple of songs that if it were a movie would be the soundtrack.

For instance the Star Crossed Main theme would be: Posthumus' Pompei. In case you don't know you probably heard a part of it when you saw the Spiderman trailers last summer.
Music is what EVERYONE writes to, but I use television and movies to dictate the general mood of what I write, when I have time. I'll sometimes spend a couple hours watching differently themed movies to put me in the "write" mood (clever, huh?) before I start moving on a project.

I beg to differ. As I said before, I write better ion silence. But there are times when I write to music. My current fic I write best to Linkin Park. At least, where I am right now. Dunno why, but I do.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-03 06:20pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but people, please put spaces in between paragraphs. It is VERY hard to read when you can't tell where one paragraph ends and the next one starts. Hint, write in text. It converts easier when you cut and paste to SD.net.

Yes, this makes it easier to read, muchly. Greater ease = happier reader.

Post by **Coyote** » 2002-11-03 11:49pm

I'd like to say "Thank You" to those who have commented on my two entries so far, "Mystere" and "Justice". They are from my own "Empires" universe, which I have published in other incarnations. I'll try to bring in some more short stories, since there is obviously some interets here, and maybe some excerpts from a couple of the novels I am working on right now.

Thanks again and enjoy, and as IG-88 said at the beginning, any sort of helpful and constructive critique is appreciated by a writer.

Thanks!

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-12-08 07:09pm

OK, I've seen a bit of this going around and it's irking me.

DO NOT bump fanfics! There is no point to it! If you are the author and are trying to get responses, you can't force people to reply by bumping. If you are a reader, you have no business bumping a fanfic. It won't help the author write it anybetter, and might actually make them nervous and try to turn out a crap-chapter becuase they're afraid people are losing interest.

There is no shame with a popular fanfic being on the bottom of the page. It simply means the author is working hard on another chapter.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2002-12-09 02:22am

IG-88E wrote:OK, I've seen a bit of this going around and it's irking me.

DO NOT bump fanfics! There is no point to it! If you are the author and are trying to get responses, you can't force people to reply by bumping. If you are a reader, you have no business bumping a fanfic. It won't help the author write it anybetter, and might actually make them nervous and try to turn out a crap-chapter becuase they're afraid people are losing interest.

There is no shame with a popular fanfic being on the bottom of the page. It simply means the author is working hard on another chapter.

Um this may not be the place to ask this, but as you have mentioned Bumping, is there anywhere in this Web board for me to find out what the terms used mean (bumped, etc), I found Sticky & Locked in the FAQ but others I'm just guessing at, PM me if replying to this would be off-topic for the forum. Thanks in advance.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-12-09 02:25am

Um, I dunno. I don't think there's a 'terms' thread.

EDIT: and don't quote something so massive, please.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2002-12-09 02:32am

IG-88E wrote:
Um, I dunno. I don't think there's a 'terms' thread.
No worries I'll keep looking with the search engine untilI find something

EDIT: and don't quote something so massive, please.

oops, I should know better, still it's 0732 here so i may have an excuse