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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 25, 2013, 07:52:37 PM ---LOL The Blood Red Moon talk gave me another question:
What are some fanfic faux pas you've committed?
These would be things you've done in your stories that are apt to be criticized or not considered great writing by this site's standards. An example might be making your female lead a Mary Sue (a female character who's perfect in every way) and naming her after yourself.
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I've made plenty of mistakes LOL! I've put myself into stories, I've written some real crap and I've probably had a Mary Sue girl *cringes*
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: julilly on June 27, 2013, 10:15:31 AM ---Some people also write in whatever regional accent they have, also, which I always find amusing.
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LOL yes, I'm sure my stories are written in the way I speak! I do try, but sometimes my (not very Welsh) accent comes out in my writing :)
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 27, 2013, 12:00:29 PM ---That has to be hard, writing dialogue in your One Direction fics! I was looking up British slang most recently for Song for the Undead because I wanted it to be authentic, but then I also didn't want it to seem like I was trying too hard to incorporate too much slang.
Most of my knowledge of British slang comes from reading Harry Potter and going, "What does 'take the Mickey out' mean? What the hell are 'trainers'?" and eventually using my context clues to figure it out LOL. So whenever I write British characters, I think WWHRHS? "What would Harry, Ron, and Hermione say?"
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If you want British slang, I can help :)
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Carter-Orange on June 27, 2013, 03:26:23 PM ---If you want British slang, I can help :)
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Thanks! :) I may need you for my Harry Potter story sometime!
Carter-Orange:
Wouldn't it be great to hear each other's accents? I wonder if people sound how we think they would?
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