A Guide for Newbie Fanfic Authors -- Spontaneous Writing Meta

Feb 26, 2008 04:06

A Guide for Newbie Fanfic Authors (Alternately: A Diversion for Those Who Are Interested in Pretentious Writing Metas)

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commentary, putting on my thinking cap

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interpol15 February 26 2008, 10:35:30 UTC
"His turgid throbbing member entered her delicate pink flower, as she gazed into his steely orbs, swirling with suppressed lust."

Sorry, couldn't resist.

I hate it so much when authors use modifiers instead of a character's name. SERIOUSLY. SO MUCH HATE. Just use their damn name, and if it's too much, then weed it out during the editing process. Nobody thinks "the older man", or "the chestnut-haired girl".

And now I want to write a story with the title "God's in his heaven, all's right with the world" just because I think it's cool.

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ifyouweremine February 26 2008, 19:43:31 UTC
LOL! Did you lift that first sentence straight from ff.net?

Yeah, the modifier thing is annoying. I used to do it sometimes, and now when I look back I'm, like, WTFSHORTERBOY! #facepalm# ^___~

OOOH WRITE IT. =o)

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interpol15 February 26 2008, 21:49:17 UTC
Naw, it's just an amalgamation of of every bad harlequin and crappy fanfic "lemon" that I've read. And I've been reading things for eight years (holy shit), so there's a ton of crap ( ... )

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ifyouweremine February 27 2008, 02:57:54 UTC
Firstly: I admire that you can slip a word like "amalgamation" into the conversation all smooth and casual-like, hehe! FTW!

Also, I think the life of a creative writing teacher is a rather downtrodden one. I actually wanted to be a creative writing professor until I realized that it entailed hours upon hours a week of ruthless assaults against the written word. Modifiers are the least of these people's problems.

OMG NICE IDEA! (How is it that, when you think of an SPN religious AU, your mind immediately creates a conceptually complex, introspective piece like that, and when I think of an SPN religious AU, my mind immediately says, "Priest!Dean self-flagellation w/ incest FTWWWWWW!"? I WANT TO BE DEEP, TOO. T_T ^_~)

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interpol15 February 27 2008, 07:04:36 UTC
Using big words comes from being the daughter of an english teacher. Thanks mom ( ... )

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ifyouweremine February 28 2008, 19:52:31 UTC
Firstly: OH HAI THER PRIEST!DEAN ICON.

Also, hey, your mom's a teacher, too? My mom used to be a reading teacher (she taught at the same middle school I went to, actually) but now she's a science teacher at an elementary school. I also have, like, four aunts who are teachers, so. Yeah, I guess that's just a popular profession in my family. o_O

Totally not pretentious! Though, I would argue that Sam is a walking advertisement for Oedipal issues (OH HAI JESS-WHO-LOOKS-LIKE-MARY-WHO-ALSO-LOOKS-A-LOT-LIKE-DEAN-WHO-HAPPENS-TO-BE-SAM'S-STAND-IN-MOM. HEY THERE, JOHN).

Also: HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH SUCH AN AWESOME PLOT SO QUICKLY? #envies# (LOL, I totally have the opposite problem, btw! Long stories don't like me. =o( ^___~)

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interpol15 March 1 2008, 07:21:38 UTC
I love Priest!Dean. If the priests in my parish looked like that I totally would have gone to church more.

My mom's the only teacher in the family. Isn't it such a pain when they're in the same district? I could never get away with anything, since EVERYBODY knew who I was.

Oh Sammy. I just hope your story ends better then Oedipus' did. At least you and Dean can't have kids! (DON'T FORGET THAT JESS AND DEAN TOTALLY HAD THE SAME BIRTHDAY. SAM IS SO NOT FOOLING ANYONE ANYMORE.)

I have no idea how I come up with these things. They just pop out of my head, and then I mess around a bit until it's coherent. AND NOW I REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO WRITE THE SECOND STORY BECAUSE I'M A SUCKER FOR PRIEST!DEAN, COMPETENT!SAM AND HAPPY ENDINGS. It's just gonna take me a while, cause I know I'll never be fully happy and I'll be constantly editing. THIS IS WHY I NEVER WRITE ANYTHING.

Damn, does Jensen have the prettiest lips.

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ifyouweremine March 1 2008, 10:06:46 UTC
If there were a priest that looked like Dean, I think we would all go to church more, LOL!

Actually--I'm going to sound like such a n00b for saying this--I actually kinda liked going to the same school my mom worked at. I was, like, the least-rebellious kid ever, and being a teacher's daughter endowed me with a special sense of privilege, like I was a part of the behind-the-scenes action there. I think I've always been just a little bit pretentious. #facepalm# ^___~

OMG now I've got an unbearable urge for some SPN/Antigone fanfic! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE??? (I was always kind of pissed at the show for giving Jess the same birthday as Dean. OMG, can that man have NOTHING to himself? Srsly? Not even his birthday? Also, Sam SO used Jess as an unconscious substitute for Dean. TRUFAX.)

YES, YOU MUST WRITE THAT STORY BECAUSE FANDOM NEEDS IT. If you want to talk it out or anything, hit me up.

Liiiiiips! Jensen's lips are amazing. If I had lips like Jensen's, I think I'd be in dire trouble, because I'd just sit in front of a mirror all day. ( ... )

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interpol15 February 27 2008, 07:06:51 UTC
U R SO DEEP, LIKE DEAN AS A CAT DEEP, AMIRITE?

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ifyouweremine February 28 2008, 19:53:46 UTC
CAT!DEAN WAS SO TOTALLY DEEP. IT WAS, LIKE, A METAPHOR, MAN. A METAPHOR FOR LIFE. I WILL LET YOU PONDER ITS MEANING NOW.

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