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wyncatastrophe

You see that look on my icon's face?

Dec 18, 2011 12:45

Yeah. That's how I feel about this paper. What the hell?

But on the up-side, I have almost six pages of a 8-10 page paper done, so, one way or another the end is in sight. I still have to find a way to talk about at least two more books (seriously? who gives a number-of-books assignment in grad school?) and then conclude with something ( Read more... )

writing, grad school, fan fiction, fandom: star wars, fandom, folklore, real life, fan culture

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The end is in sight! Of cleaning and decorating, that is. pronker December 18 2011, 19:22:23 UTC

I can't discuss Radway, I'm sorry that isn't helping. Much luck with it.

That's very interesting, to delve into the genesis of tale types:

a/5 ways to do x and one time they did not

b/5 *or more* ways to do x, plain and simple

c/Second person stories and why they faded away after the wealth of them *ABH stories*

d/any fic described as 'random'

e/an excellent essay here.

Origasm? Pronker, you naughty thing! wyncatastrophe December 19 2011, 03:51:18 UTC

I finished Radway! Ha!

Oooh, I like your list! And thank you for the link. I talked about Mary Sues in my presentation on Radway Tuesday night! It got cheers all around. Fan fiction = cooler than you think. Hee.

The tree is up and looks like this <-- pronker December 19 2011, 05:22:47 UTC

Congratulations! An AO3 kudos! A Facebook +1! An adultfanfictionDOTnet 5 +++++!

That is just so neat that Mary Sue had her day in court class.

Re: The tree is up and looks like this <-- wyncatastrophe December 19 2011, 05:25:06 UTC

I think my classmates liked the presentation. They laughed and shouted and pounded on the desks. (Ze world of academia, zometimes it eez not so dignified…) I think it's because we were finally getting to some of the stuff that we came to CS to do in the first place, so even if fanfic wasn't their "thing," it was in the ballpark more than, say, Max Weber.

And thanks! :)

I'll bet the tree is beautiful.

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savageseraph December 19 2011, 00:59:17 UTC

You know, someone wrote me one of those "Did and Didn't" fics for Yuletide last year. I've never written one, and I hardly ever read them, not sure why, but my gift fic (in Prince of Persia the movie) made me consider giving them a shot.

wyncatastrophe December 19 2011, 01:22:01 UTC

I think I like them - although, like anything else, they can disappoint. You know I get my folklorist geek on when I'm looking at anything resembling a traditional narrative structure, so there's that element to please me, and also I think that in some ways a very specific structure like that frees the writer up to produce riffs on a theme, without having to worry so much about "how do we get from here to there?" which is usually the thing that trips me up.

Also a Wyn favorite: 10 Things Head!Canon Meme!Fics. In fact … I think I'm going to run the "ten things" meme right now! Yippity-yay!

Now I just have to type a conclusion for my damnable paper…