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[Sarah1281]

Raonar wrote...

Sarah1281 wrote...

Raonar wrote...
I just deigned to make a browse search on FF.net and it's TRUE!!! My fanfics don't show up when I choose Aeducan as character, even though it is so OBVIOUSLY set up as Aeducan & Brosca. why? WHY???

The horror....

Ah well (eats cookies while Sten isn't looking)

I really don't know. It used to, then somewhere around Chapter Six it disappeared. Soignee's DDW is the same way (or was the last time i checked) though none of my stories have ever had that problem. What causes it? I have no idea.

Hmm.... maybe it has something to do with the fact that I changed the rating to M.

EDIT

Greak Oki, take your time. It's long (really long) and some chapers are also long, so don't start on it unless you're sure you have the time and disposition.

I think you just figured it out. Both those stories are, none of mine are, I just checked the first five DA pages and and none of them have a story that is rated M, and then I did the same thing with Harry Potter and the results are the same.

[okiness]

Rao: I can read a Stephen King novel in a day to a day and a half. I'll be fine on your fic. Besides, detail is good for the oki! Now, if you can sell me on the every single origin survived story, you will have much to be proud of.



This reminds me.......WHY AM I NOT WRITING FIC

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

Raonar wrote...

Sarah1281 wrote...
 People keep getting really surprised to hear stories like this exist and I stumble into them all the time. Do I just have the worst luck choosing what to read or something?

I think it's mroe because you just probably read more stories than the rest of us.

It wouldn't be hard to read more than me, sadly. I barely read anything I'm not already following while I'm writing...I've probably given my reasons before, but again, it's mostly to avoid nagging feelings that I might be stealing other peoples' ideas. Only the other night I flicked on the TV and there was a program on that had ducklings. I automatically wanted to put ducklings into a chapter. That is how pathetic I can be.

(In their defence, they were really, really cute.)

[TanithAeyrs]

You have to change the filter for the M rated stories to show up. The default filter eliminates the M rated stories. If you don't need to include things that would generate an M rating then leaving them out gives you exposure to more readers. Unfortunately my story has Zevran and a couple of upcoming scenes with the Crows that deserve the M rating (and sadly not for sex).

Modifié par TanithAeyrs, 07 août 2010 - 06:14 .

[Sarah1281]

Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...

Raonar wrote...

Sarah1281 wrote...
 People keep getting really surprised to hear stories like this exist and I stumble into them all the time. Do I just have the worst luck choosing what to read or something?

I think it's mroe because you just probably read more stories than the rest of us.

It wouldn't be hard to read more than me, sadly. I barely read anything I'm not already following while I'm writing...I've probably given my reasons before, but again, it's mostly to avoid nagging feelings that I might be stealing other peoples' ideas. Only the other night I flicked on the TV and there was a program on that had ducklings. I automatically wanted to put ducklings into a chapter. That is how pathetic I can be.

(In their defence, they were really, really cute.)

I get that mostly with Arsinoe de Blassenville's stories. I love her Warden Maude's theory that she were dead when Flemeth found her and she was brought back to life (which I don't even know if it hactually appened in the story as it was just a fear she confided to Loghain while drunk) and when someone in her other DA fic mentioned that phylacteries really sounded like a form of blood magic then in my story Morrigan made sure to imply that they were when she said that Irving could have the Templars use Jowan's blood and magic to hunt him down after he escaped. Of A Kind made me realize the difficulty a dwarf would have finding armor at first since there are no dwarves at Ostagar so Duncan got her some (it would be irresponsible to expect her to fight without it) while he was in Denerim trying to recruit.

It isn't always a bad thing, I don't think, being inspired by other stories but you have to be careful you're not ripping them off.

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

okiness wrote...

I took it upon myself to actually make a speech about it, so if you want to know how I feel in detail http://www.sendspace.com/file/ty stee then listen. But you don't have to! It's just in case anyone wants to know

Aha, the perfect flawless character debate! Ok, I understand now. Entertaining to listen to, btw. You made me giggle several times.

But what is the romantic appeal of Ser Gilmore?! o_O

[okiness]

Sarah: maybe one reason I don't read TOO many HNF is I fear I'll like them and rip them off, hah



SOLD: Immort made him interesting! I also just like companions. I lost all my data when my hard drive was destroyed but I was trying to start a mod just to make a new companion xD



AND yay I speak okay woo! Thanks for listening

[Raonar]

okiness wrote...

Rao: I can read a Stephen King novel in a day to a day and a half. I'll be fine on your fic. Besides, detail is good for the oki! Now, if you can sell me on the every single origin survived story, you will have much to be proud of.

This reminds me.......WHY AM I NOT WRITING FIC

One reviewer said the origins surviving was done in "a decently logical way".

The protagonist directly intervenes in the DC and DE origins. The mage is already a recruit when the tale begins. As for the HNF and CEF, they are already at Ostagar, waiting for the others, since Duncan had already passed through there previously.

It was really more difficult to make them all survive the Joining.

Modifié par Raonar, 07 août 2010 - 06:25 .

[Sarah1281]

Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...

okiness wrote...

I took it upon myself to actually make a speech about it, so if you want to know how I feel in detail http://www.sendspace.com/file/ty stee then listen. But you don't have to! It's just in case anyone wants to know

Aha, the perfect flawless character debate! Ok, I understand now. Entertaining to listen to, btw. You made me giggle several times.

But what is the romantic appeal of Ser Gilmore?! o_O

Okay, I just listened to it as well. (Yay, shoutout! ) I suppose I can take comfort in the fact that I'm well aware I don't do fight scenes (and when I do there are issues with them) and never really describe anything and while my one-shot characters aren't fleshed out as well, if I just started listing the flaws my main character that I'm writing a story about has, she sounds like a horrible person. Seriously, I've done it in the past and then had to add that she really wasn't that bad.

Example: in the chapter I was writing earlier today (and should have up some time tomorrow) she's still holding a grudge that Wynne said 'I find it very interesting how you refuse to answer a simple question. I think that that says more than you ever could' when Aunn realized that she wasn't sure whether she failed Trian and so, not wanting to admit it, said her answer was her own. This was several weeks ago but she dislikes her based mostly on this and now when Wynne tried to do her 'I'm wise and am going to be your mentor now' routine, she blew up at her and even though Wynne's really pissed and now dislikes her, she has no intention of fixing it as she doesn't want to put up with Wynne. I was going 'bad idea, bad idea!' while I was writing it but, well, she really doesn't like Wynne. Sign of a well-developed character or mental instability on the part of the author? I'm not sure I want to find out...

Modifié par Sarah1281, 07 août 2010 - 06:52 .

[okiness]

Raonar: I will take the reviewers temporary word for it!



Sarah: for sure! I think I speak to you more than anyone else here. YOU ARE MY FRIENDY. You know you write so well I forget about the battles...but that's why my stuff has so much detail. Fight scenes GALORE...



That is so interesting and I find it to be a good thing you can separate your desires and thoughts from Aunn's. For real, that's actually an impressive non self insertion trait more people should take after!



Pfft, I know if I was in Dragon Age I'd want to pimp smack everyone by the end of the game, especially Odelia's best friend, and well. Everyone. I get mad at the whole camp at least one a dialogue tree. Odelia just shrugs it off. I think I'd win Sten over easier than her though, everyone says I make the best cookies

[Sarah1281]

okiness wrote...

Raonar: I will take the reviewers temporary word for it!

Sarah: for sure! I think I speak to you more than anyone else here. YOU ARE MY FRIENDY. You know you write so well I forget about the battles...but that's why my stuff has so much detail. Fight scenes GALORE...

That is so interesting and I find it to be a good thing you can separate your desires and thoughts from Aunn's. For real, that's actually an impressive non self insertion trait more people should take after!

Pfft, I know if I was in Dragon Age I'd want to pimp smack everyone by the end of the game, especially Odelia's best friend, and well. Everyone. I get mad at the whole camp at least one a dialogue tree. Odelia just shrugs it off. I think I'd win Sten over easier than her though, everyone says I make the best cookies

Dialogue's my favorite thing to write and bantering goes far quicker than introspection (the other thing I bother actually writing...) so for one-shots that are mostly dialogue I end up just doing script format in a notebook while stuck in class and translating from there. If only ff.net allowed script format...

Instead of having my characters think like me I try to think like them - except making them make more sense - and I'm sometimes a little too good at getting into their heads but we all must make sacrifices for our art, right? If mine's a little identity confusion then it really could be worse.

If I were in DA I'd probably consider going to Orlais after Ostagar, realize their accents drive me crazy, and then ditch Ferelden for a country with less annoying accents. If, for some reason, that weren't an option I'd probably be more keen on helping with little matters because I'd feel bad if I didn't and not because I overidentify with them for whatever reason or for PR purposes like Aunn does.

I should probably take this time to mention that she's still not that horrible of a person? 

[Raonar]

Sarah1281 wrote...
I should probably take this time to mention that she's still not that horrible of a person? 

She's an Orzammar politician, so can anyone really blame her for being a bit odd?

[Maria13]

My main fic is Alistair/Surana, I like the templar/mage pairing as being full of contradictions.  I guess tension interests me and then relationships, the deep end of relationships....

When I was in 8th grade I don't think ff existed (I am old...) the internet was just being birthed, and I only joined ff.net this year.  This is the first time I've written fiction of any discernible length.  Interestingly I think ff has a great future ahead of it especially since we now seem to be moving towards electronic media and away from print.

I like dialogue, description not so much...

Modifié par Maria13, 07 août 2010 - 09:01 .

[Sarah1281]

It was founded in 1998 if that's any help. The first stories were Buffy ones according to Wikipedia.

[jenncgf]

Heh, ff.net in 2004 was all Inuyasha, all the time it seems.

Why do I say that?  Oh, no reason.  

One of these years I might even go back and write something for that group.  Maybe.  But probably not. 

[jenncgf]

Raonar wrote...

TanithAeyrs wrote...

Raonar, thanks for the link to Jenncgf's stuff - it was really enjoyable. I confess I have been avoiding new FF lately due to lack of time, but that was worth the read.

@ Sarah - I was completely unaware of FF until I started to run across some in the old forums before DA:O was released. I didn't pay much attention to it until the Community Creations forum was created on the social network, so I guess I was kind of late to the party. I'm glad I found it though, I'm having a lot of fun writing again and I had almost given it up entirely after my first child was born.

She has more here.
I do, however, admit that that one is the only story I read by her, and I did it on being prompted to do so by intuition.

Tanith, Raonar:

Thank you both!  That was a lovely surprise to wake up to!

[Maria13]

Sarah1281 wrote...

It was founded in 1998 if that's any help. The first stories were Buffy ones according to Wikipedia.

Not really I am old...  I'd just completed my second stint at uni then...  I thought the first ff was star trek or was that the first slash?

Modifié par Maria13, 07 août 2010 - 09:17 .

[Raonar]

jenncgf wrote...

Raonar wrote...

She has more here.
I do, however, admit that that one is the only story I read by her, and I did it on being prompted to do so by intuition.

Tanith, Raonar:

Thank you both!  That was a lovely surprise to wake up to!

Well, it's your own fault for making it so enthralling.

[DreGregoire]

jenncgf wrote...

Heh, ff.net in 2004 was all Inuyasha, all the time it seems.

Why do I say that?  Oh, no reason.  

One of these years I might even go back and write something for that group.  Maybe.  But probably not. 

No you did not just totally bring up Inuyasha. That is just wrong *reaches for the case of Inuyasha dvd's* while wondering if she could still write about Aonghas while watching it.

Modifié par DreGregoire, 07 août 2010 - 01:47 .

[Sialater]

Maria13 wrote...

My main fic is Alistair/Surana, I like the templar/mage pairing as being full of contradictions.  I guess tension interests me and then relationships, the deep end of relationships....

When I was in 8th grade I don't think ff existed (I am old...) the internet was just being birthed, and I only joined ff.net this year.  This is the first time I've written fiction of any discernible length.  Interestingly I think ff has a great future ahead of it especially since we now seem to be moving towards electronic media and away from print.

I like dialogue, description not so much...

The internet was in it's fetal stages when I was in the 8th grade, too.  I think my dad had the kind of modem you put the phone reciever on.  I didn't even know fanfiction existed until a couple years ago.  I'd gotten inspired by KOTOR, once, but it went nowhere because I had nowhere to put it.  ME1 didn't get me to write, just make up a dozen Shepards.  And then.... DA:O and a certain elf assassin (and Surana/Alistair) put a plot bug in my brain.  And then ME2 with a certain pushy Vanguard of mine cemented it.  The only good thing is that writing this stuff has improved my own intellectual property work.

Shadow:  Zevran does have a tendancy to just... take over, doesn't he? 

Tanith:  I'm glad you like all three of my massive fics.  I thoroughly enjoy yours, too.  To date, The Rescue is the longest thing I've ever written, and the closest to being finished.   That's the one I was lamenting last night.  It doesn't seem as if the characters want it to end.

[Gilgamesh1138]

@Maria and Sia, YAY! I am in good company. I too did not have FF.net in the 8th grade, as internet was still in swaddling clothes needing nappy changes. I just joined this year.



And Sia, I don't want The Rescue to end, I am with your characters.

[TanithAeyrs]

Maria13 wrote...

Sarah1281 wrote...

It was founded in 1998 if that's any help. The first stories were Buffy ones according to Wikipedia.

Not really I am old...  I'd just completed my second stint at uni then...  I thought the first ff was star trek or was that the first slash?

 Maria, know how you feel, I finished my B.S. in 1992 and my DVM in 1996. 

@Sia -  It is frustrating when a fic takes on a life of its own, but as a fan, I can say I don't really want  "The Rescue" to end.

[Sialater]

Gil and Tanith:  Not helping.   And Zevran's sitting in my imagination looking smug.  Have I mentioned he invaded my own novel?

I'm very glad y'all love The Rescue.   It took on a life of its own and I had no idea it was going to become a novel-length monster when I started it. I've talked Moira and her boys into at least letting me finish this and I'll give them at least one sequel.  Maybe more.

(And I got my BA in creative writing in 1996, so I join the ranks of the "mature in body, if not in spirit.")


Also... would one of you dwarven experts like to peek at my DNF fic?  Something's not right and I can't identify it. 

Modifié par Sialater, 07 août 2010 - 09:38 .

[okiness]

Sarah: Aunn isn't all bad, she's human. I'm sure if we harped on the negative choices I've made, I'd seem horrible too. People aren't supposed to look pure of heart and innocent no matter what, especially when you examine the darkest portions of their lives.



Incidentally, I've begun fanfiction reading. I'll review your fics if you'd like, but I don't want Sarah to feel neglected because I could write paragraphs..

[Raonar]

Personally, I find reviews awesome and especially telling, though most I got just commented on the story itself and not my writing.



I'd like to get things things like "this was [insert appropriate feeling here] but you could try to transmit [insert sensation/feeling here] by focusing more on [insert element of the narrative/description here] in order to relay it even more awesomely.



I do, of course, admit I am totally biased....