Mood:
Accomplished
AccomplishedSaturday, December 11, 2010
New Chapter Posted
Chapter Eighteen is up and available for viewing! Thanks for your patience and a special shout-out to my beta aiRo25 who got it to me sooner than I could even get back to it!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Writer's Drabbles: The Teaser
A little bit about logistics. Writer's logistics (and yes, I just made that up).
There is such a thing as a teaser on the fanfiction website. That is the limited summary you find when you scroll down the list of new/updated stories. Ones that intrigue me include: romantic pairings (particularly Romy, though the archive on that alone could stand on its own--there's that many), a (decent) alternate universe, and (yes) the writing itself. Spelling and grammar counts here too, mostly because it sort of sets you up for what's to come. Therefore, if I'm too busy staring at how you wrote "rite" in the summary, chances are I won't bother with the rest. I think our brains are wired that way, or maybe I'm generalizing.
I try not to plead with readers to READ MY STORY, IT'S NOT A MARY SUE, K??!! Because, well, because I try not to plead, period. Offer, ask, yes. But not beg. First off, I did not know what a Mary Sue was until I read a reader's bio, stating that it's the usual, formulaic mish-mash. If that's the case, my story can be categorized as a Mary Sue--but with a twist. I like that, playing on a theme, making it better. But if someone denies it and writes out in caps to get my attention, it does reverse psychology on me and I don't venture forward. Caps are equivalent to yelling. Don't yell. It's the internet.
Finally, the R&R requests in summaries tend to bother me. I'm very traditional. I think that if people like your topic, like your summary, like the idea you've proposed, chances are they'll at least read it. Maybe not review (which I've come to terms with--but not 100% okay with), but there are the hits on your counter, if that offers any consolation (not for me, though). I always believed that if people find your work interesting, they might be inspired to give some love, er, feedback. But people get lazy, they get tired of staring at the screen, who knows? I'm only being so benign about it because I can be guilty of all of those things as well. That, or I just could not continue reading. But that's for another day.
I guess in reality, that summary is just a summary, and people look at it in different ways. I'm always thinking up new ways to attract people to my writing, and sometimes it starts with a decent summary. But that's my opinion.
There is such a thing as a teaser on the fanfiction website. That is the limited summary you find when you scroll down the list of new/updated stories. Ones that intrigue me include: romantic pairings (particularly Romy, though the archive on that alone could stand on its own--there's that many), a (decent) alternate universe, and (yes) the writing itself. Spelling and grammar counts here too, mostly because it sort of sets you up for what's to come. Therefore, if I'm too busy staring at how you wrote "rite" in the summary, chances are I won't bother with the rest. I think our brains are wired that way, or maybe I'm generalizing.
I try not to plead with readers to READ MY STORY, IT'S NOT A MARY SUE, K??!! Because, well, because I try not to plead, period. Offer, ask, yes. But not beg. First off, I did not know what a Mary Sue was until I read a reader's bio, stating that it's the usual, formulaic mish-mash. If that's the case, my story can be categorized as a Mary Sue--but with a twist. I like that, playing on a theme, making it better. But if someone denies it and writes out in caps to get my attention, it does reverse psychology on me and I don't venture forward. Caps are equivalent to yelling. Don't yell. It's the internet.
Finally, the R&R requests in summaries tend to bother me. I'm very traditional. I think that if people like your topic, like your summary, like the idea you've proposed, chances are they'll at least read it. Maybe not review (which I've come to terms with--but not 100% okay with), but there are the hits on your counter, if that offers any consolation (not for me, though). I always believed that if people find your work interesting, they might be inspired to give some love, er, feedback. But people get lazy, they get tired of staring at the screen, who knows? I'm only being so benign about it because I can be guilty of all of those things as well. That, or I just could not continue reading. But that's for another day.
I guess in reality, that summary is just a summary, and people look at it in different ways. I'm always thinking up new ways to attract people to my writing, and sometimes it starts with a decent summary. But that's my opinion.
M ood:
Okay
Monday, October 18, 2010
New Chapter to be Posted
Hurray! Just got the chapter back from beta aiRo25 and after some last minute revisions, plan to post tonight. What a wait!
Friday, September 17, 2010
Anime vs. Cartoons
Postings on youtube can be quite entertaining. Besides battling it out with strangers, it can also be a thought-provoking process. Consider: I stumbled upon the anime version of Wolverine. And though you would never recognize him without those trademark claws, it did fit. Wolverine did wind up in Japan and married one of the country's own in the comics. At least, that's what I came away with from seeing that very brief, yet intriguing, trailer. But the comments below the vid heckled back and forth, about how tall Wolverine is (a mere 5'3? that can't be right), how anime is so much more than cartoons; anime has depth. And I thought, well, doesn't the X-Men have depth? And the more I thought about it, the more I realized that wasn't always true. In many ways, Evo is very formulaic. Kitty' valley girl accent, Scott's leadership, mutant harrassment. But I guess what it lacks in depth, fanfiction steps up to fill in that gap. And that's what makes writing about the X-Men so alluring and exciting; that what the show barely scratched on the surface, regular joes could hash out, evaluate, and analyze like economists reporting on the Recession (but it would be much more interesting and optimistic).
In the end, I would watch both and not think much of it. But this anime Wolverine still looks interesting, 5'3 and all.
In the end, I would watch both and not think much of it. But this anime Wolverine still looks interesting, 5'3 and all.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Random
There is an ad for Vampire Eau de Parfum by Body Fantasies on the Fanfiction.net website. What does it smell like? Blood? Might as well open a vein; its cheaper! Bwahahaha!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Reading Bits
It took almost two days to finish McEwan's Atonement, and I am more than motivated to write the next part of my story. It was a very hard book to read; with not knowing the plot, the relentless imagery that made me mad with skimming--it's written very much like a Jane Eyre, but much more defiant, provocative. I was blisteringly angry with Briony and her injustice towards the lovers, but, as my sister reminded me, it is her story, so I read on patiently.
It does not end well, and that is the only spoiler I will allow myself to reveal. It is a good read, though, and really pits wartime nursing in a brighter, more inspiring light for me. Not like Scarlet, from Gone with the Wind, who wanted to get the hell out of there and abandons her duty, but Briony and her unnerving perseverance with her patients--that even writing seemed childish compared to feeling such awestruck love for these strangers and wanting nothing but to help them.
But the ending was outrageous and I felt jipped in many ways. Therefore, I plan to write in that design, but to a more acceptable ending (at least in my terms). I always love a good love story.
It does not end well, and that is the only spoiler I will allow myself to reveal. It is a good read, though, and really pits wartime nursing in a brighter, more inspiring light for me. Not like Scarlet, from Gone with the Wind, who wanted to get the hell out of there and abandons her duty, but Briony and her unnerving perseverance with her patients--that even writing seemed childish compared to feeling such awestruck love for these strangers and wanting nothing but to help them.
But the ending was outrageous and I felt jipped in many ways. Therefore, I plan to write in that design, but to a more acceptable ending (at least in my terms). I always love a good love story.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
So Excited!!
Well folks, the Sixteenth Chapter is underway!! I just sent it off to my beta reader to do a check-a-roo, and as soon as I get it back I will update!
Personally, I was done with Appalachia. Sorry Jubilee. ;D But we'll come back to it when the time is right! I'm in the mood for a good Jott. And that's not often, let me tell you!
I have been in a good mood as of late, reading Stardust and re-watching Under the Greenwood Tree, so writing downer material was extremely hard at times. I had to tap into my Emo-alter ego, and even that was not easy.
But I stuck it through, and now it's time to write about another wedding (hopefully one that does not end up with Remy and Jean together. Wait, did I just give that away?) and New York (I've never been. Heard it's a nice place, when people aren't trying to blow it up). Check back soon for fanfiction updates VERY VERY SOON! Yes!
Personally, I was done with Appalachia. Sorry Jubilee. ;D But we'll come back to it when the time is right! I'm in the mood for a good Jott. And that's not often, let me tell you!
I have been in a good mood as of late, reading Stardust and re-watching Under the Greenwood Tree, so writing downer material was extremely hard at times. I had to tap into my Emo-alter ego, and even that was not easy.
But I stuck it through, and now it's time to write about another wedding (hopefully one that does not end up with Remy and Jean together. Wait, did I just give that away?) and New York (I've never been. Heard it's a nice place, when people aren't trying to blow it up). Check back soon for fanfiction updates VERY VERY SOON! Yes!
I am feeling
dorky
dorky
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