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Fic Talk => General Discussion => Topic started by: mare on April 17, 2011, 06:02:47 AM
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What are some things you would like to see happen more (or less) in fanfics?
Some examples
I wish people wouldn't spend so much time on what their female characters look like (searching for hours on the net to find the perfect picture of someone who already exists) and instead just focus more on the characters personality.
I wish there were more action/adventure and suspense stories to read
I wish I wasn't so picky
I wish I lived in a world where banners didn't exist and that stories were forced to be read based only on their summary and writing.
etc....
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LOL I friggen love your wish list.
I wish ... authors would write one story at a time, finish it, and then start something else.
I wish ... everything made you spell check.
I wish ... authors who write cookie cutter romances would realize real life is not like that.
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I wish people would leave feedback when they read! It only takes a minute!
I wish there were more science fiction stories.
I wish Howie did more than sleep or wink in stories.
I wish people didn't write such long summaries for fanfics. Leave some mystery!
I wish there were more suspense and drama stories.
I wish people didn't put pictures of themselves or some random girl on banners.
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I wish that authors who dissapeared from the site would come back and finish writing their stories that are incomplete.
I wish authors would research before starting to write.
I wish everyone could get their stories beta read before posting to the site.
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I wish ... authors would write one story at a time, finish it, and then start something else.
I wish ... everything made you spell check.
Amen to these!
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I wish people would leave feedback when they read! It only takes a minute!
I wish people didn't write such long summaries for fanfics. Leave some mystery!
I wish people didn't put pictures of themselves or some random girl on banners.
And these lol
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I wish everyone could get their stories beta read before posting to the site.
and this one! I would also agree with your 1st one if I currently was not one of those people lol
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lol mare for my first one I mostly meant people who have been gone for a year or more
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Then yes, I agree with you lol
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I wish people would spell check more often, the odd typo is fine, but when there are loads it's off putting.
I wish writers would finish the story (or couple of stories) they have going on before starting another. It's frustrating to see loads of unfinished stories by the same author and puts me off reading as I know they aren't going to update.
I wish people wouldn't write really long summaries which include parts of the chapters from the story. Keep it simple.
Although I do like a good romance, I wish there were more action/adventure/sci-fi/AU group stories out there. There are some great ones at the moment, but I'm greedy, lol.
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LOL I agree with pretty much all of these! I'll add to the list when I can think of something that hasn't already been said.
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LOL I friggen love your wish list.
I wish ... authors would write one story at a time, finish it, and then start something else.
That. Gets. To. Me. More. Than. ANYTHING.
If one of my stories is almost done and I get an idea for another, I'll start on it, but it totally fucks with my head. I don't see how some people have 10 stories going at once. My head would explode.
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A lot of mine have already been said...
- I wish some fan fiction writers wrote because they love to write, not because they think it's the popular thing to do.
- I wish writers wouldn't get discouraged, especially new writers, when they only have one or two readers. It takes a while to build up a "fan" base.
- I wish people who wrote romances didn't try to write every single one as a "Cinderella" type story because it gives romance stories a bad rep. That shit doesn't happen in real life.
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I wish there were more AU stories out there.
I wish there were more people writing in general.
I wish people would finish what they start. (guilty lol)
I wish there were more angst in stories and I wish Howie was bigger.
I wish there were more Brian stories. (HELL YEAH)
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geez....-ducks and runs for cover- I'M SORRY.....most of those are me...okay...no t most. I love romance, i just hope it's not "cookie cutter" and I do have 20 stories going at once, but I finish mine. I'm just the type who can't write just one cause I LOVE TO WRITE TO WRITE. So on that note..
I wish writers would write to write. Because they love it, not because they have to please the crowd!
I wish people would do more with Howie. -shakes head- and I wish people actually wrote about Howie. Yes, I know that's living in the clouds...but hey...I'm a D girl. Geez, sue me. Lmao!
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I wish writers would write to write. Because they love it, not because they have to please the crowd!
I couldn't possibly agree with this more! I hate when people beg for feedback or threaten to stop writing if they don't get any. Yes, it's nice to read someone else's thoughts, but write because you love it and you love the story not because you want someone to pat you on the back for it.
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I agree about writing for the love of writing and not to please people or for the reviews. I think it's selfish of writers to say they'll stop posting unless they get reviews!
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Agreed!
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I couldn't agree with you guys more. The one thing that will make me not want to leave a review, or stop reading all together is "I won't post until I get x number of reviews!" It makes it seem like the writer is only writing for the feedback, which gives me the vibe they aren't passionate about the story, which makes me completely uninterested in it.
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Wow that's crazy. I haven't seen anybody threaten to stop writing if they don't get feedback. I know I have complained about the feedback thing before, but not threaten my readers. That's just extreme!
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I've seen it happen more on FanFiction.net than here, it might be because the people over there are younger, I don't really know.
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I haven't seen it as much in recent years, but that used to be the thing to do back in the day. It's definitely a teenybopper tactic. I guess if you have to make threats to get feedback, you're probably not a great writer to begin with, or you'd be getting it anyway.
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Yeah, I was going to say I remember seeing that a lot a long time ago. If you want an update I need this much feedback lol type of things.
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I wish authors who wrote a lot of suspense, and really good suspense didn't get suckered into writing a bunch of romance novels back to back to back. ;D lol
I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I don't understand how you can write SO much romance. I mean I get it if it's the side part to a bigger plot or you do it every once in a while, but there's only so many times you can regurgitate the same plot. Plus it's different now when all the boys are with someone and have been for a long time, there's just no pretending that Suzie Q exists anymore.
I agree with what people said about wishing that authors would finish something before they started another. I kind of get when that happens though, because as a writer new storylines and things pop up in your head and you suddenly get enamored with that new thing for awhile. I just hate when they get UNfinished forever.
I wish that there was more suspense.
I wish people would develop deeper storylines and characters, like there was some realness to it.
I wish when authors from a LONG time ago suddenly pop up with one new chapter to their great stories, claiming that they have the next three chapters written and that they're going back into writing and are going to finish a story, actually meant that when they said it. No one likes a tease. I've seen many authors do this, and it sucks for the reader. lol
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Sam, i'm with you on wanting more suspense. I miss those days when there were so many stories to choose from. Even besides suspense maybe some action or medical dramas with no romance. I do miss the variety of way back when.
I don't mind when people write on more than one story at one time but when you have more than 4 I think it's a bit excessive, as long as you do actually update them all it's okay but if you replace one story with another and then another and they are all kind of just clones of the one you were writing before, then what's the point?
I know i'm guilty of not updating regularly but it's almost summer. Updates will come more frequently when I have the time, but i'm pretty sure my days of writing on more than one story at a time are over although I have been tempted to try it, I don't want to become one of the authors I just described. LOL
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Yeah that's true, there was a lot of variety back in the day. I'm trying to figure out what happened. lol Why everyone's all into the fluff.
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The fluff's always been popular; there just used to be a lot more people writing and, thus, a lot more variety. Personally, I don't get the appeal of just pure romance without another storyline either, but that's all some people like to write and read, so to each their own.
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I don't see the problem with romance, sometimes I might be in the mood for reading that kind of thing, other times I might fancy a bit of horror or whatever. Like Julie says, each to their own.
Something I saw on another site a while back, writers saying things like "the 10th reviewer gets a sneak preview of the next chapter" or "more reviews means quicker chapters". It makes me think they are writing just for popularity or something, and not because they've got a story to tell.
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I hate writers who write for popularity. Huge pet peeve of mine. You write because you love it, and nothing else. All of us enjoy feedback, otherwise we wouldn't post. But it's when it revolves around that, or you write something because readers demand it...that's when you need to stop.
I wish there was more variety too. I hate pure romance 99% of the time. It's great as a sub-plot, but when it's nothing but romance? Boring. To me at least. But I know why it's there, it's always been the most popular genre. Just wish there was more variety in stories lol. I mean how many times can you write about Nick falling in love? But hey, whatever floats people's boats.
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I wish people would come up with their own ideas and not use an idea that's already been done. Be original. I wish that people finished stories instead of disappearing.. .I hate getting into one only to realize they have not updated in 2+ years.
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GUILTY! of many of those. LOL.
I'm off to disappear again.
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I wish people would come up with their own ideas and not use an idea that's already been done. Be original. I wish that people finished stories instead of disappearing.. .I hate getting into one only to realize they have not updated in 2+ years.
I feel bad that I haven't updated my fic in 6 months. :( But my Muse is dead. BUT I'm not starting another fic until I finish it.