AFAA: draft 1
WOOT I AM DONE.
First things first: explaining my reasoning. Because no one wants to read a massive essay on the inner workings of writing, I've tried to be as simple and as short as possible--I made 50,000 characters my landmark 'cos that's one post on-forum. So, coverage as opposed to depth, with the result that there are things in there (such as ( Read more... )
First things first: explaining my reasoning. Because no one wants to read a massive essay on the inner workings of writing, I've tried to be as simple and as short as possible--I made 50,000 characters my landmark 'cos that's one post on-forum. So, coverage as opposed to depth, with the result that there are things in there (such as ( Read more... )
Fandom-specific tips
Understanding terminology - seems good.
The world(s) of Pokémon - ah, canon debates. XD Hmm, seems decent, although Jax's/Valentine's stuff on canon (recently posted about, methinks you would have seen it) might warrant some mention/s in there (maybe for instance in the 'AU' part, where she mentioned examples about Oak which'd fit in there nicely)? But it seems good.
From Game Boy to fiction - agree with part in particular on differences between the games, and writing itself... well, pretty much steady here.
Pokémon - overused and underused - maybe the infamous 'eevee' problem might be mentioned? May be touchy though. But examples of overused shouldn't hurt.
After the writing - Posting on the Internet - on forum tags, maybe mention good old WYSIWIG options that can over come it (well, it does for me at times anyways). Mention the 'preview thread/post' button as well, maybe.
And I see only one paragraph on responding to reviewers - so if there is any more, I don't see it.
ANYWAYS from first reading, it seems good - seems helpful when I put myself into the mindset of someone new, anyways. It does seem pretty simple, but not too simple for new writers, tbh - leastways from what I know - and even the simplest stuff (like defining what a protagonist is, or a genre) will help at least a few people, IMO, so that's not a worry. Isn't too complex either... a good overview, really. I may need to read later though again when it isn't 2am and I haven't had 5 hours of sleep the previous day and I can think more with more sleep (hey, it's Friday =P), and see other people's thoughts as well.
Again, not sure how easily you can restrict to 50,000 characters - all is pretty important to some degree, and parts I mentioned above as seemingly less important aren't plentiful, sorry. >_< And idk if two posts is all that bad (besides the fact that it's two, not one, and hence involves more work, and you've done awesomely already - overworking is not a fate you deserve... but idk where 10,000 characters are going to come from for the chopping board, so maybe having 2 posts as is - one long, one shorter, will be fine. That and occassionally sppf fails at character counting and counts even more than what the is, from experiance >_<).
And when you post - remember the evil words that apparently may still give you those 500 internal server erros (select, create, delete, update, and others >_<).
*gives thumbs up and a cold beer, while hoping he made sense before shrugging and pressing submit anyways*
*reads other links* COMMAS!
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