Comments | m_mcgregor: Marty-Stuing and the art of superpowers

m_mcgregor

Marty-Stuing and the art of superpowers

Sep 25, 2009 02:17

I assume someone somewhere has been graciously reminding people that The Wonderland Subject exists, as I've gotten a sudden influx of messages about it. One of them reminded me that I wanted to address something that more than a few people have said about the story, particularly the last few chapters. (That means there are SPOILERS in the upcoming ( Read more... )

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anonymous September 25 2009, 09:10:54 UTC

TVTropes has a saying that shows up occasionally in pages about fanfiction, recommendations, and (I think) one-sentence premises that goes along with the 90% crap argument:

The last ten percent is worth dying for.

-Luke

m_mcgregor September 25 2009, 22:51:00 UTC

Pessimist that I am, I would say 1% if worth dying for. The other 9% might not be crap, but it's not exactly amazing.

Still, I get your drift and agree.

lakrids404 September 25 2009, 09:56:02 UTC

Do you have a place where you upload your stories.?

m_mcgregor September 25 2009, 22:52:02 UTC

Anything new will show up here first. Older stuff I haven't archived here yet can usually be found on Twisting the Hellmouth or I Need a Parrot. Older stuff I haven't archived here yet that you can't find on those sites...well there's usually a reason for that.

anonymous September 25 2009, 13:31:43 UTC

Well thought out and insightful. However since you mentioned The Wonderland Subject without having a new part for us is evil. I understand that you're not writing at the moment but is it really necessary to rub it our faces that those are great fics that you're not writing?

m_mcgregor September 25 2009, 22:52:26 UTC

My apologies. If it's any consolation, I wish I could get the next chapter out just as much as you do.

hjcallipygian September 25 2009, 13:55:52 UTC

Definitely agree that the 10% can show up anywhere.

And you cannot fathom how much I wanted to add on, "After all, that's exactly how much of our brains we use!" just to see if I could hear you grinding your teeth all the way from here. =)

m_mcgregor September 25 2009, 22:53:01 UTC

These days I wouldn't be at all surprised to know I only use 10% of my brain.

Oh my poor noggin'.

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m_mcgregor September 25 2009, 22:57:35 UTC

Most of my stories come from me wanting to read a story that doesn't exist, so I'm forced to go write it. I don't know how many other authors do that, but I would assume a bunch of them do. If I had a machine that could churn out stories for me based on my ideas, I wonder if I would ever have written a single word of fiction in my entire life ( ... )