That was a'ight, but lemme lay somethin' fresh on ya.

[shinneth]

❀ Everyone has dirty fandom secrets or guilty pleasures or unpopular opinions.
❀ List five of yours.
❀ Get cries of OMG YOU TOO or WTF ARE YOU SMOKING.
❀ Profit!

I have more of those than I know what to do with, so why not.

Comments

[anonymous]

I gotta say, this chapter...your writing quality suffered. Perhaps I'm just noticing because I just got off of editing an essay, but I noticed redundancy in your wording that I hadn't seen before. There were also some grammar mistakes and - lo and behold - a spelling mistake somewhere in there, but overall I felt like it was a rushed piece.

[shinneth]

You're just now noticing the redundancy? I've always had that problem ever since I started writing. I usually catch a good number of them and revise them before finishing up, but at least a couple will usually slip by. It's a flaw I've always had and hated, but it's one of those things I keep subconsciously doing even when I try not to. Writing, speaking, what have you... it's something I've always struggled with.

I'm pretty sure almost every chapter has as least one grammar and spelling mistake, too. I make a habit of looking over my stuff now and then, but with chapters this immense, it's inevitable that I'm going to miss something. Maybe it's just because this chapter focused on characters I'm not that great at writing for, but it was a struggle getting the chapter done for a while. Was it really that bad?

[anonymous]

Well, if they were present in earlier chapters...they were probably insignificant/negligible in relation to the scope of it, anyway. I think that it was just a bit more pronounced this chapter because it was a passive one; it was setting up plot for future events. Since it wasn't WHOAMYGOSH interesting, I think i noticed it a bit more. What comes to mind the most is when you're describing the energy of aura sphere vs focus blast in the lucario/infernape fight, it was really repetitive.

Also, I'm WildGamer. Dunno if you remember me, but I sent you a link to an Ash/Paul AMV on bulbagarden some time before.

[shinneth]

Ah, that scene. That's understandable since I solely made that whole fight scene because so many reviewers were looking forward to a Reggie vs Maylene battle next chapter when I initially never planned to write one out, so I was forced to improvise a bit and stretch out a 1-on-1 match since I really didn't have it in me to do a full battle between those two (not yet, anyway). That was the point where I struggled with the writing for like 2 months or so.

Aaaand yeah, now I remember you. Sorry I haven't been very responsive; it's been tricky adjusting the new job into my lifestyle in addition to keeping up with my other social activities. I don't plan on the next chapter being necessarily epic, either, but hopefully I'll make up for it once I get to a certain episode adaption.

[anonymous]

Ah, I see. Well, did you enjoy it?