My criteria as a personal reader used to be that if you can't hook me in the first 30 pages, you're outta there. (Goodbye, Dune.) And these days it's getting even more stringent. With fanfic, it's like the first three paragraphs just based on SPAG or formatting. After that (since some fanfic can be really short), I give it a couple more pages to see if they have any real world knowledge about what they're writing or at least made a decent attempt at research. I hate poor research. I'm harsh.
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
Wash ,'Serenity'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
SailAweigh - Jan 25, 2013 5:05:01 am PST #5534 of 6690
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Gudanov - Jan 25, 2013 6:29:16 am PST #5535 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Big revision was sent off to my agent this week. Hoping it goes well and the next revisions aren't quite so big.
Gudanov - Jan 25, 2013 6:30:51 am PST #5536 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Ah, I liked Dune. Of course I was listening to the audiobook which had a full cast and was excellent. My favorite audiobook remains The Golden Compass though, also with a full cast with the author doing the narration himself.
hippocampus - Jan 30, 2013 4:57:37 am PST #5537 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Just sent out my first partial. Oh if there is book~ma to spare, I'd love some.
Gudanov - Jan 30, 2013 5:27:56 am PST #5538 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Good luck, lots of ~ma. It didn't take you long to get that first request :).
Amy - Jan 30, 2013 5:35:11 am PST #5539 of 6690
Because books.
What Gud said! Yay!
erikaj - Jan 30, 2013 6:53:08 am PST #5540 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod.
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2013 9:52:01 am PST #5541 of 6690
brillig
So I'm working on a story. The character is doing stupid things. She has to do the stupid things to further the plot, and they're in character, but god, I hate having to associate with this person who's being so blatantly stupid. It makes it difficult to write the scenes. I can't even look forward to her comeuppance, because it's going to be painful and messy and bad.
sj - Jan 30, 2013 10:38:26 am PST #5542 of 6690
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sox, lots of ~ma to you!
hippocampus - Jan 30, 2013 12:40:45 pm PST #5543 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
thanks you guys!
Connie - (possibly dumb questions you've already considered) is the character aware they are stupid things? what's motivating her?