My Top Ten Pet (Fanfic/Writing in General) Peeves

[bjewelled]

I'm supposed to be working. We've got big changes tonight. Oooooh~

Actually, I am working. Mostly. I just have to wait a few minutes for the servers to do their thing. So in the meantime, let me educate you all.

Comments

[copperbadge]

I heart you so much right now.

Character X dies and Character Y turns into an intergalactic octopus.

I'm pretty sure this is the plot of a Torchwood fic I read.

I can understand why tie-in novelists do the life story thing, because someone who isn't familiar with the series might on the off-chance buy the book, but it's still stupid because they are WAY outside the target market and likely to be confused anyway. Though it may be a publisher's requirement or something.

Anyway, yes. Yes to all. May I link? (I like to ask, 'cause firebombing you with 2500 of my nearest and dearest can be annoying.)

[bjewelled]

You're very welcome to link! If there's any way I can contribute to the general education of humanity then I'm happy to oblige :)

I actually enjoy trying to write a bit of a teaser in less than fifty words. It's a challenge. Though I have a feeling I read that fic too. Everything's better with tentacles? ;)

[copperbadge]

I quite like writing summaries usually, yes. Once in a while I get totally stuck and just pull a quote from the fic, but I never like doing that.

I do miss summaries when there isn't one at all -- I like to at least be told what genre I'm in, and who I can expect to show up...

[snakeling]

What Lies Within, by xtricks? It's a great fic, so much better than the "that tentacle fic" moniker it usually gets :)

[bjewelled]

Actually, no, while I have read that fic, that wasn't what I was thinking about at all. :3