Opinion pieces i shitted out now uhhh posting them somewhere
too much about self expression has been lost by bowing down to social media brands. referencing other accounts becomes impossible when their opportunities for customization are limited. why reference other accounts? to know and use yourself real practical frameworks and social ones too. the sum of them will let you communicate in the context. learning neocities is an uphill battle. and the scrutiny for leaving branded social media another.
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What i learned writing fanfiction
fanfiction terms As fanfiction becomes less expressive, more homogenized and "professional" for printing and deals these words go out of fashion. but they are still useful!
Word count is its own subgenre. they are typically classified like this:
Drabble: -500
Ficlet: -10.000 (20 pages, 5 chapters)
True fic: 12.000+ (25 pages, 1-2 hour read, 6 chapters)
a chapter: 2.000 words (5 pages)
Keeping count of your words is a really good idea for planning chapters and the structure of the whole thing. Since fanfic is for fun I usually end up writing more or less than i initially thought.
Fanfic is A LOT of work in writing good prose and believable character dialogue. as compared to a story outline. you can come up with a concept or put a character in a situation in a minute, but letting it play out in a way that is fun to read takes hours.
My personal process is like this:
research -> headcanon -> scene for headcanon to appear in ->plan scene in the relation to the full story & connect -> write first drafts of that and other scenes and research again -> second draft with better pacing language and error check.
You will make mistakes! such as remembering lore wrong! thats normal :)
this surprised me, but people will not want to hear about your fanfiction and share interest in your fancontent even if it is fairly basic/alike canon. i can only guess this is because people like the same thing for wildly different reasons.
Its a good idea to write authors notes as you go. so you dont include things that take the reader out of immersion but theyd still like to know. mine are references/explanations usually. i see them as footnotes and like to supply them after the work as "extra reading" material for people that liked the story or had questions for it.
My document is sorted by indents:
Content list:
fandom
> story title
>> chapter
>>> scene
Text:
published text
> authors notes
>> original draft/description/whatever i thought up in the shower
i like to write "last time" and "this time" summaries for my chapters to build hype.
So yeah. hope this helps you get into it too! its totally worth it as a hobby, im using new parts of my brain that i couldnt get to write original fiction. its made me love writing more and its made me love my favorite series more
An action scene consists of:
- strategy
relates to the plot directly
and how the character thinks - environment
somewhere the action might take us
where the characters otherwise wouldnt have gone
area, objects and people - clumsiness
the randomness of destruction and fast happenings
can be played for laughs, or dead serious bad luck
can level the playing field or give somebody the upper hand
even if the character is good, they cannot predict a random brick to the head - destruction
of the surroundings, and the body
consequences, good or bad for the parties
in any order and focus.
Credits
Background gifs by unknowns(old forum finds), nathanprscott, gameplaydaily, raccoonscity, boozerman, dankovskys-beetle-collection, eternalergo.
