Synchronized Posted September 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 [font=comic sans ms,cursive]I've been throwing around the idea of holding a Club-related Contest. Something along the lines of, whoever reviews the most FanFics of members of the Club (within a three day period) gets a tag/design or something - a Club Achievement? This would help both writers and readers alike.[/font] [font=comic sans ms,cursive]Any opinions one way or another?[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 [quote name='Star' timestamp='1317223741' post='5545690'] [font=comic sans ms,cursive]I've been throwing around the idea of holding a Club-related Contest. Something along the lines of, whoever reviews the most FanFics of members of the Club (within a three day period) gets a tag/design or something - a Club Achievement? This would help both writers and readers alike.[/font] [font=comic sans ms,cursive]Any opinions one way or another?[/font] [/quote] If it'd make more people read more fanfics then i dont c y not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-so-Radiant Arin Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Seems kind of like a type of subjugation for those that don't do much reviewing of Fan-Fics (my last couple haven't gone over so well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 [quote name='Dante v. Nero' timestamp='1317244003' post='5546228'] Seems kind of like a type of subjugation for those that don't do much reviewing of Fan-Fics (my last couple haven't gone over so well). [/quote] A review doesn't necessarily have to be a foe like Roxas and Crab do. You can just say a few things you liked, what could be improved, and then give them advice to better their writing. No biggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDorago Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Question for Star - was I accepted? You said everyone who applied was, but I wasn't added when you updated the first post. Just checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 I am also interested in Kyubey's idea. It reminds me of stuff like The Pagemaster and Last Action Hero, but the premise to your story sounds intriguing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synchronized Posted September 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 [quote name='IceDorago' timestamp='1317247639' post='5546349'] Question for Star - was I accepted? You said everyone who applied was, but I wasn't added when you updated the first post. Just checking. [/quote] Oh, my bad man. I must have missed you. By review, I didn't mean Foe Fiction-style, I just meant, like Drago said, some constructive criticism, what you liked, what you didn't like, just to help the writers get some feedback and stuff and be more interactive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-so-Radiant Arin Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Alrighty, doesn't sound like I'll be able to do much though because I've been struggling a lot with my Fan-Fic. Finally, I got my three pages done today. Now I need to catch up on the other twenty-seven. EDIT: I don't do constructive criticism. Apparently, I just ramble on without end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDorago Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 [quote name='Star' timestamp='1317263692' post='5547126'] Oh, my bad man. I must have missed you. By review, I didn't mean Foe Fiction-style, I just meant, like Drago said, some constructive criticism, what you liked, what you didn't like, just to help the writers get some feedback and stuff and be more interactive. [/quote] No problem. And that does sound like a good idea, unless it turns into something when people run around half-hearted reviews that can't actually help the author just to win a prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 [quote name='IceDorago' timestamp='1317290893' post='5547714'] No problem. And that does sound like a good idea, unless it turns into something when people run around half-hearted reviews that can't actually help the author just to win a prize. [/quote] Maybe the review would have to be approved by Star and/or other members of the club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDorago Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 [quote name='Umbra' timestamp='1317313173' post='5548096'] Maybe the review would have to be approved by Star and/or other members of the club? [/quote] Yeah, I was thinking something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Also like the sound of Kyubey's fic. Think its got options, although shamefully I can't think of anything brilliant and inventive to add to the pot of ideas. As for group contests and challenges, all for it. I'll be able to actively compete more from next weekend when I finally get Internet at home, so will happily do reviews for people if they want as long as I can get the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-so-Radiant Arin Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 I take back what I said before about the reviewing thing. No one wants to be the oddball, and it kinda sounds like I'm being one right now. Will probably post my new Fan-Fic this weekend. I've finally gotten back up to pace and I've already got two pages done today. And Matt, you're on the same time I am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synchronized Posted October 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 So you guys are on the same page with thinking it might be a good idea? If so, I'll set up a challenge of some sorts (with a banner because that makes it [i]legit[/i], and we'll see what we can get going with it. That being said because I'm posting anyway, hoping to get my own 19 finished, up, and posted by the end of today, which brings us one step closer to the end of the arc. Also, Kyubey, I'd be really interested in seeing perhaps a prologue or a draft of that to see how it plays out. It has a very interesting premise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDorago Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Can't wait for the contest. I'm planning to start writing my new fic now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 I did do a bit of a light drabble (as in, really short) just to get in the mood. However, I'm not getting good vibes, and I'm honestly having difficulty expanding the idea past the basic tenets. It'd probably be easier if I can solidify the plot before characters... D: [spoiler="Here it is, regardless."]There was a hum in the air. It wasn’t a sound, or at least one in the traditional definition. No single instrument made the noise, and there was no orchestra tuning up to release it into the atmosphere. It didn’t have a wavelength or any hertz. However, everyone in the city could indescribably feel it. It vibrated against the weathered bricks and shook against the leaded glass windows. The antiques in the shop on Parlor Street could feel the hum, and a few of them shivered with its low melodic pulse, like out-of-place geriatrics in a nightclub. A woman waiting for the express at Swamp End Station felt it, pulling her coat tighter around her as if it was a cold to be shielded from. The stray cats down at Deepblue Alley let out the occasional meow as the sensation rubbed them the wrong way. The indescribable sound, the one that was on the tip of everyone’s tongue but never fell off, was magic. It roiled through the streets of Voliere like a cancer, creeping into any orifice that would accommodate it. However, magic was an untamable beast, and civilization wasn’t exactly compatible with it. The two of them were opposites, oil and water, forced to coexist and never able to. So, wherever magic made its home, bad things follow. And where bad things occurred, there were those that follow to extinguish them, to tie the magic up so it cannot seep out. If magic was a language, then these people were its Readers.[/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Enjoyed that little drabble there actually. Guys, have a question to be asked generally across the board. And that is: [b]How much planning do you do for your fic before posting the first chapter?[/b] I ask this because I've been doing bits on and off for my next one, and have most of the first half of it storyline wise planned event for event, plus over 25 characters roughly pencilled in, a list of duels covering most of the story, and other bits. And this fic won't be released until mid-late January so there's plenty more to do (i.e a lot of reasoning/motive behind bad guys and connections with other characters/ending). Whereas for Armageddon I gave it maybe 3 weeks planning before Chapter 1 was posted, only maybe 10 characters had been confirmed, and I had no real idea what was going to happen beyond the end of the first arc (other than it would build up into a 'save the world for Armageddon' in some fashion). Which allowed for plotlines to float in and just get added and it was fun and fresh, although no storyline lasted that long. With the next one I want there to be more mysteries around the start and deep plants early on that slowly weave together, but I fear if its too rigidly structured and I know the end too early, it might not be as fun to write. I dunno, what do you think. Oh speaking of Armageddon; 2 out of 4 of 'The Aftermath' chapters written, third should be done by Tuesday (I've been ill which delayed it). Will be released over week 10th-16th hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 I usually only have two things planned out: The beginning, and the end. Everything else can be extrapolated from that. Going into Doorway, I only had four characters nailed down for the first arc: Jonah, Yasuo, and the Jackson twins. Lester, the Freeborn family and even Versago itself were logical continuations of the story, and thus appeared as they would. I find that if I plan too much out in advance, writing it becomes a chore that never gets done. It turns into "I have to do this" rather than "I want to do this". However, I normally have a few key events that need to happen planned out. For The Dark Doorway, that would be the Versago duel, Yasuo telling his story, Elvira and crew getting Lester to safety, and now meeting up with the Elemental Sages to bring the entire cast together. After that, I connect the dots.[i] Elvira needs to get into town to find Lester? Well, have one of her parents drive her. But Karen's still passed out! Well, invent a character that would have a reason to drive her there! [/i]Ergo, Matthew Freeborn appears. With him comes Melanie, the reason he was at the hospital in the first place, and then Vince to look after [i]her[/i]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDorago Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 I really only keep a basic plot outline and the end in my head and then change things and come up with the details as I write. It'd be too tedious for me to come up with an incredibly detailed plan for everything, so a basic outline with some extra details planned for certain parts works for me, though I understand why some people prefer lots of planning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-so-Radiant Arin Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 [quote name='Bahamut ZERO' timestamp='1317531104' post='5554406'] [b]How much planning do you do for your fic before posting the first chapter?[/b] [/quote] Everything starts with an outline. If you have the basic premise of your story, then it will be a thousand times easier to write it, rather than just making stuff up off the top of your head as you go along. After writing the outline, the next step is the opening thesis of your story, followed by the ending. Everything else is just getting from Point A to Point B. Me, personally, I spend a lot more time planning things out than writing them. But then again, we are just talking about the first chapter, and the first chapter shouldn't have much planning to it, since it almost always introduces hints of a plot and a few protagonists, depending on the story. More of my planning is spent developing the plot that might appear in later chapters, and asking myself "what can I do to make this plot the best?"[quote name='Kyubey' timestamp='1317522360' post='5554026'] I did do a bit of a light drabble (as in, really short) just to get in the mood. However, I'm not getting good vibes, and I'm honestly having difficulty expanding the idea past the basic tenets. It'd probably be easier if I can solidify the plot before characters... D: [spoiler="Here it is, regardless."]There was a hum in the air. It wasn’t a sound, or at least one in the traditional definition. No single instrument made the noise, and there was no orchestra tuning up to release it into the atmosphere. It didn’t have a wavelength or any hertz. However, everyone in the city could indescribably feel it. It vibrated against the weathered bricks and shook against the leaded glass windows. The antiques in the shop on Parlor Street could feel the hum, and a few of them shivered with its low melodic pulse, like out-of-place geriatrics in a nightclub. A woman waiting for the express at Swamp End Station felt it, pulling her coat tighter around her as if it was a cold to be shielded from. The stray cats down at Deepblue Alley let out the occasional meow as the sensation rubbed them the wrong way. The indescribable sound, the one that was on the tip of everyone’s tongue but never fell off, was magic. It roiled through the streets of Voliere like a cancer, creeping into any orifice that would accommodate it. However, magic was an untamable beast, and civilization wasn’t exactly compatible with it. The two of them were opposites, oil and water, forced to coexist and never able to. So, wherever magic made its home, bad things follow. And where bad things occurred, there were those that follow to extinguish them, to tie the magic up so it cannot seep out. If magic was a language, then these people were its Readers.[/spoiler] [/quote] I found the piece exceptionally well done, Kyubey. Cannot wait to see what you are actually going to put forth. It reminds me of an old 1960s horror classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 I SPEND WEEKS thinking about what I want to do. Hell, if I ever get around to it, I have the next, say 20 chapters of my fic already planned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-so-Radiant Arin Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Oh yeah, by the way, the prologue/first chapter of my fan-fic will be up probably some time in the afternoon (or morning, or evening, depending on where you are at). Just to let you all know. I'll probably update every four or five days, since there are a lot less chapters in this fic compared to my last one (this story is much shorter compared to my other one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDorago Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 [quote name='AggroDrago' timestamp='1317564502' post='5554879'] I SPEND WEEKS thinking about what I want to do. Hell, if I ever get around to it, I have the next, say 20 chapters of my fic already planned out. [/quote] Yeah, I spend time thinking, but a lot of the stuff doesn't make it to my final version. [quote name='Dante v. Nero' timestamp='1317564675' post='5554884'] Oh yeah, by the way, the prologue/first chapter of my fan-fic will be up probably some time in the afternoon (or morning, or evening, depending on where you are at). Just to let you all know. I'll probably update every four or five days, since there are a lot less chapters in this fic compared to my last one (this story is much shorter compared to my other one). [/quote] You should put up the first chapter along with the prologue cause we here have read the prologue already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-so-Radiant Arin Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 [quote name='IceDorago' timestamp='1317565255' post='5554903'] You should put up the first chapter along with the prologue cause we here have read the prologue already. [/quote] It has been done! [/extremelydramaticvoice] Prologue and first Chapter of my fan-fic have been posted in the Fan-Fic section. I would highly encourage everyone to read it, because it is awesome. EDIT: Almost forgot this. http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/264641-yu-gi-oh-underground-tyranny-pg-13/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 've posted my thoughts, Dante. It's good, but could use s'more spit and polish. As for my idea, I'm drifting away from the book idea more and more. Trawling through TvTropes has given me the idea of a JRPG-esque story, mainly for setting. Would anyone be willing to read that? I'm still hashing out details, so I can't say much more yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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