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Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?

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WindSparrow - Jun 23, 2013 8:34:31 am PDT #8564 of 10434

Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I just came across a fic I shall surely not read. The summary said, "I suck at summaries, but this is "Medieval [fandom]" where it takes place in Medieval or Renn times, whichever has princesses and jousting, not the other one, I don't know for sure." OK, that's from memory, not an exact quote. Just for the fun of it, I looked at the reviews. One said, this is great, definitely continue it, but maybe if you aged the characters because some of the things they are saying are too advanced for an 8 year old to say.

Dear heavens, I ran from that fic.

Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2013 8:38:58 am PDT #8565 of 10434

brillig

I hate when authors apologize for their stories. People, I understand stagefright, but it's probably not as bad as you think. And if you are knowingly putting out fic that's bad--not even intentionally badfic--then you're not doing yourself any favors.

WindSparrow - Jun 23, 2013 8:42:42 am PDT #8566 of 10434

Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I wonder what would happen if I went around PMing all the authors I see advertising how they suck at summaries with a suggestion to just CC&P a quote from the story.

Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 23, 2013 9:32:06 am PDT #8567 of 10434

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I'll confess I recently commented on one author's story to tell her that tag entries are not her Twitter feed.

Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2013 9:45:52 am PDT #8568 of 10434

brillig

snerk, Matt. "I don't even." "All the feeeeels!"

Anne W. - Jun 23, 2013 10:16:27 am PDT #8569 of 10434

The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Matt, I have been tempted to do just that on many an occasion.

§ ita § - Jun 23, 2013 12:25:14 pm PDT #8570 of 10434

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Recently I clicked on a fic with an uninspiring summary and really enjoyed the summary--enough that I had to tell her that her story was way way better than her teaser led me to believe--it even misled me about the plot.

Poor thing--I wasn't even the first commenter who'd said that. But to her credit, she did edit the summary at least twice more before I finished reading it, and they were better. Not great, but better. Never, I think, has an "I suck at summaries--try it anyway!" been more literally deserved, and she hadn't initially even said so.

P.M. Marc - Jun 24, 2013 9:09:21 am PDT #8571 of 10434

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I effin' hate summaries. For the record.

I'm tempted, should I ever write something for public consumption outside of Yuletide again, to just make all summaries moving forward quotes from Yoda.

P.M. Marc - Jun 24, 2013 8:32:19 pm PDT #8572 of 10434

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

And now that I'm home, ita !, thanks for the links!

Juliebird - Jul 02, 2013 11:56:29 am PDT #8573 of 10434

I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Am reading an Avengers fic with surprise!DonnaNoble. House of Odin series. Which all kinds of strange since I just finished Alons'y Avengers.

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