I loved Second of Our Reign until the end, when I felt like the bottom fell out of it.
Oh, man, I loved it. I thought it was perfect. You didn't like it that the real Harry went away with Sirius et al?
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Rebecca Lizard - Dec 24, 2002 2:20:32 pm PST #2166 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
P.M. Marc - Dec 24, 2002 2:43:30 pm PST #2167 of 10000
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 wouldn't have mentioned the Last Virtue here if I didn't think it was worth reading. My only LV caveat is the one in whitefont in the comments I made about 30 posts back or so. The one about the silver. White font to the left.
The plot vs. character thing is more from other works (specifically, The Uninvited Guest) of larger and more ambitious scope. And yes, perception of how one character would react in a given situation is very much YMMV, but sometimes, they do seem like they've been fitted awkwardly into situations where the reactions read a little more like they needed to be there than like reactions the character would have, if that makes sense.
She gives very good Cordy, which is rare.
Her Wes reads a little off (which may be my Uninvited Guest issue in a nutshell), however a large part of that is the fact that I'm a primarily Wescentric writer, so many, many Wesleys feel off to me. I'm hypercritical about the characters in which I'm most invested. (Wesley, Buffy, and, oddly, Fred, even though I don't write much Fred.)
P.M. Marc - Dec 24, 2002 3:07:50 pm PST #2168 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Belated Cereal:
PMM/Minim's Fanfiction New Year's Resolutions
- Finish sequel to Imposters.
- Keep head down and mouth shut
- Write "Dude, Where's My Clark"
- Staple mouth shut
- Finish the damned Lilah/Gunn
- Repeat mouth closing, this time with Krazy Glue
- Move the site to the new URL.
- Get in 12-step program for linking
- Sleep more than three hours a night
- Remain silent on lists.
- Finish Lex/Lorne
Should be enough.
Rebecca Lizard - Dec 24, 2002 3:10:06 pm PST #2169 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
Move the site to the new URL.
Where'll this be?
Connie Neil - Dec 24, 2002 3:11:33 pm PST #2170 of 10000
brillig
Oh, you had to plant that seed.
My fanfic resolutions, without hte cool formatting (in no particular order)
1. Finish Career Change
2. Start (and finish) Career Advancement (the sequel, heh)
3. Finish that huge story I've promised to my previous fandom
4. Put list of stories I think are cool on my website
5. Finish that story with the Winthrop Sisters (Hi, Teppy! It's not forgotten!)
6. Ignore the plot bunnies and write the ones I can't ignore quickly.
That should do.
Rebecca Lizard - Dec 24, 2002 3:13:29 pm PST #2171 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
1. Finish shit.
askye - Dec 24, 2002 3:14:31 pm PST #2172 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Fanfic resolutions:
Read more Buffy Fic SEND FEEDBACK Stop reread Due South Fic, unless it's to send Feedback Write some more Fic.
Fay - Dec 24, 2002 3:17:43 pm PST #2173 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
t mememe
Good grief. 30,000 words and counting here on the Dracofic. Good grief.
t /mememe
Rebecca Lizard - Dec 24, 2002 3:20:06 pm PST #2174 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
Eee!
Do you want any beta work on your new bits?
Fay - Dec 24, 2002 3:21:36 pm PST #2175 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
YES. Please. Yes. That would be lovely. Please. Especially because, with the weird-ass fragmentary way I'm writing this, I think that shifts of tone and logic and stuff are probably way more problematic in the current draft than they would be if I were writing it all in a beginning-then-middle-then-end way.