AMC--Chapter Eighteen

[dawn_felagund]

If you haven't already heard, the first draft of this story is now finished. Now begins the process of revision and creating the second draft, at which point the hard work of all of my reviewers will come to fruition

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[dawn_felagund]

I don't think that anyone who writes Feanor as a complex and mixed character could find him easy to write.

*raises glass of...ummm...bottled water?*

(Felak's at work :-P)

Hear! Hear! Nicely done sly compliment to me, yourself, and every Feanatic on my flist! ;) (With whom I have spent considerable time griping about what a pain in the @$$ Feany is to write. *grumblegrumble*) But you make a good point: He is hard to write because he is so complicated; because we know he is proud and more than a little obnoxious at times, it is a challenge to bring forth his virtues and make him sympathetic nonetheless.

The other day, I found a Silmfic at Pit of Voles, where there's this OFC who gets abused by the Feanorians and saved by the Valar and turns out to be Iluvatar's sister (!).

Lol! I read that! If you looked at the reviews, you would have noticed that one Dawn Felagund left quite a long one...actually, I think it was my longest one ever, and I don't generally review stories I dislike or think have no potential. I got the impression that the author was young and probably wasn't too well acquainted with the vicious, canatic Silmfic community, and so I left her my email so that, if she wanted help with her story, we could chat writing, but she never emailed me.... :-/

She did, though, if I recall, issue a griping retraction of the story, blaming harsh reviewers. While I felt bad for the obvious, obnoxious, and completely non-constructive flames she got, a few people took a lot of time to give her some excellent suggestions. As someone who has gotten very long, nitpicky suggestions on her story *coughcough juno_magic! coughcough*, I know that it is hard to set aside personal love for a story and admit, "Hey, I'm not perfect. I need to work on this." {{{{huggles Juno, Teh Awesomest Beta}}}}

So, rambling aside, I felt mixed emotions at that whole ordeal. She could have sought help, but she didn't, so....

*shrugs*

Oh, and don't forget d) you've just majorly annoyed them by portraying them as evil torturers.

Lol! I don't like "evil"...I prefer "misguided!"

They must really like me, then. I argue on their behalf until I turn interesting shades of purple! :P

[aramel_calawen]

They must really like me, then. I argue on their behalf until I turn interesting shades of purple! :P

Same here! *cuddles Feanorians*