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[Icyflare]

^Pretty much. I think as along as you're not making any profit off it it and you've mentioned the disclaimer at least once, then there's not an issue there. Also, I'm not dead. Yay!

Modifié par Icyflare, 06 septembre 2012 - 07:53 .

[Spiritwolf1]

I have to share this review, I admit I started posting the story on Adult FF and it is really smutty over there but I had to laugh when I got this review that asked me where the smut in my story was. God I found that funny.

[lillitheris]

Icyflare wrote...

^Pretty much. I think as along as you're not making any profit off it it and you've mentioned the disclaimer at least once, then there's not an issue there. Also, I'm not dead. Yay!

The disclaimer is completely pointless, but if Lemur feels like one is needed, a single one will do just as well as one for every chapter…

…

Dangit, reviews and follows are head to head still.

Modifié par lillitheris, 06 septembre 2012 - 08:39 .

[Spiritwolf1]

Some sites make you have a disclaimer and you have to mention your not making a profit.

Modifié par Spiritwolf1, 06 septembre 2012 - 11:15 .

[fainmaca]

I just default to putting this up with every update:

Author's notes: Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3 and all related characters and trademarks are property of EA/Bioware. Rated M for language, violence and suggestive themes.

I've got peace of mind, and it ain't hurting nobody.

EDIT: And I just realised I forgot to put it in the last chapter update. For the first time. In TWO YEARS.

Modifié par fainmaca, 06 septembre 2012 - 10:47 .

[Seracen]

lillitheris wrote...

Success in writing using the technique I always forget, which is just typing the entire scene in short notes, which keeps the flow going, and only then going back and writing out the content for the notes.

I was having problems, once again, with how to express something and got stuck there…this flew past that part—although I will still need to go back there and improve it…

Totally been doing this, as I've been distracted for the past week or so with life...blargh...

Still, progress is progress.

[lillitheris]

I could use an eye on the last chapter…I included three (or four) small world-building details that are completely nonessential to the story, and I’d like to hear opinions on how well they were integrated into the overall flow. (The whole chapter is about 2700 words.)

I’m not going to tell you which ones to see if they jump out egregiously badly.

Chapter is http://www.fanfictio...46/36/ME4-Unity.

Modifié par lillitheris, 07 septembre 2012 - 11:44 .

[AustereLemur799]

I was just thinking how funny it is to be described as a Lemur . I only use this username because it's the same as my xbox GT.

Anyways I really need to stop procrastinating and thinking of silly excuses to procrastinate. I would offer to look over your work, lilitheris; but I'm not exactly the best qualified - or the best situated for that matter.

I wish I'd kept my chapters restricted to a couple thousand to keep them concise and to the point. The thing is; once I found myself running onto 11K +, I couldn't seem to stop it . Now I'm cursing myself with the inevitable weight. I figure that I must be talking a lot of nonsense somewhere. The chapter I'm currently working on was only supposed to be a filler... Where did all the words come from?

Modifié par AustereLemur799, 07 septembre 2012 - 03:00 .

[fainmaca]

@AustereLemur799: If you're talking nonsense, then I'm pants-on-head retarded. My current project of just under two years is about as long as the first six Harry Potter books combined. One chapter is 70k words on its own.

Said it before, and will say it again- big chapters are just as good as little ones. Never ever ever limit yourself with something as silly as a word count.

[Spiritwolf1]

lillitheris wrote...

I could use an eye on the last chapter…I included three (or four) small world-building details that are completely nonessential to the story, and I’d like to hear opinions on how well they were integrated into the overall flow. (The whole chapter is about 2700 words.)

I’m not going to tell you which ones to see if they jump out egregiously badly.

Chapter is http://www.fanfictio...46/36/ME4-Unity.

Looked through the chapter and everything looked good, didn't see anything amiss, it flows well.

[IliyaMoroumetz]

has anyone ever had problems trying to get a story published? I tried putting up my humorous control ending story up on FF.net, but it says 'Story Not Found' despite the fact that I put it up in there.

[lillitheris]

AustereLemur799 wrote...

Anyways I really need to stop procrastinating and thinking of silly excuses to procrastinate. I would offer to look over your work, lilitheris; but I'm not exactly the best qualified - or the best situated for that matter.

Don’t sell yourself short, now.

I wish I'd kept my chapters restricted to a couple thousand to keep them concise and to the point. The thing is; once I found myself running onto 11K +, I couldn't seem to stop it . Now I'm cursing myself with the inevitable weight. I figure that I must be talking a lot of nonsense somewhere. The chapter I'm currently working on was only supposed to be a filler... Where did all the words come from?

If it works, it works! I could have written—maybe even should have—the last four chapters as a single 10 k-one without altering much, I just choose to split it up. It’s easier for me to write.

If you do feel that it’s a problem, you should try a shorter one. If you do the short notes -> full scene thing, you can A) see how things could/should be split and where the natural places to do so are and estimate pretty well how long a given set of notes will be when you’ve written it out.

If you can’t find those splits, or your notes end up indicating that the chapters would be 5 k or 7 k, then that’s what you should go with.

[lillitheris]

IliyaMoroumetz wrote...

has anyone ever had problems trying to get a story published? I tried putting up my humorous control ending story up on FF.net, but it says 'Story Not Found' despite the fact that I put it up in there.

I see it on your front page? http://www.fanfictio...er-Lord-Shepard

Edit: I’ll actually read it now since I’ve got some time and it’s open!

@Spiritwolf1: Good to hear, thank you!

Modifié par lillitheris, 07 septembre 2012 - 03:55 .

[IliyaMoroumetz]

Lili, aren't you getting an error and it's not found?

[lillitheris]

IliyaMoroumetz wrote...

Lili, aren't you getting an error and it's not found?

Indeed I am!

[IliyaMoroumetz]

Ok... now that's strange... maybe I need to refresh my cookies or something like that...

....hmm.... cookies...

[Spiritwolf1]

Completely off topic you all need to go to google and look at the logo, its interactive

[lillitheris]

IliyaMoroumetz wrote...

Ok... now that's strange... maybe I need to refresh my cookies or something like that...

....hmm.... cookies...

I was saying that it didn’t work for me either

[IliyaMoroumetz]

lillitheris wrote...

I was saying that it didn’t work for me either

Ah, well, it works now.  I had to delete and it reupload it again.  Now it works!

[lillitheris]

Awesomesawesome. FFN is kind of like Windows, you gotta reboot every so often…

[AustereLemur799]

fainmaca wrote...

@AustereLemur799: If you're talking nonsense, then I'm pants-on-head retarded. My current project of just under two years is about as long as the first six Harry Potter books combined. One chapter is 70k words on its own.

Said it before, and will say it again- big chapters are just as good as little ones. Never ever ever limit yourself with something as silly as a word count.

Good to know . But that just means you're awesome. At least you stuck with it. I started working on a trilogy entirely of my making (not fanfiction) to wile away my exam years at school. After three years they were going nowhere so I abandoned them.

It took me a year to get enough confidence to actually start writing fanfic and publish it. Now I've spent months writing a retelling of ME1 and I'm only about the equivalent of one-hour's gameplay into ME1 . So, yeah, I guess I might be finished by this time next year... And then I had plans to do retellings of ME2 and 3. Might take me the next decade or so - if I haven't given up (I'm terrible at committing to things). Either way, by that time, no one will care to read it

[AustereLemur799]

@ lilitheris

I see your point about splitting chapters. It's sensible, but then I'm not. When I sit down to write a chapter, I have a little plan with events/scenes that must be covered. It's just that I somehow accumulate extra baggage along the way.

If I could actually get my butt into gear and put a little TLC into my chapters once I've written them to draft standard rather than offloading them onto my mum to proof-read; I would probably make a lot of adjustments and improvements. I'm just really lazy and have this thing where I hate re-reading something I've written. I guess if I got bored writing it; that's probably not a good sign .

[lillitheris]

AustereLemur799 wrote...

When I sit down to write a chapter, I have a little plan with events/scenes that must be covered. It's just that I somehow accumulate extra baggage along the way.

Then it sounds like it’s fine. At that point you’d need to either do periodic reviews to see if your extra stuff has created a split point, or do the same at the end.

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I wish AO3 had statistics even as poor as FFN does…I have absolutely no idea if anyone’s read it there—although I have only posted chapters 1–20 so far anyway. There’s a slowly climing number of ‘hits’, but who knows what that means.

Of course, it is open-source, so I could just start writing a stats module, but the last thing I need is even less time for writing prose.

Modifié par lillitheris, 08 septembre 2012 - 04:09 .

[Aimi]

lillitheris wrote...

the last thing I need is even less time for writing prose.

Agreed. :<

[Icyflare]

AustereLemur799 wrote...

And then I had plans to do retellings of ME2 and 3. Might take me the next decade or so - if I haven't given up (I'm terrible at committing to things). Either way, by that time, no one will care to read it

Have you considered writing a one-shot? It's certainly less time and commitment than say...a complete retelling of ME1. Just to test the reception to your writing a bit. It might help.