On Sun, 14 Apr 1996 21:52:06 -0400 Ryoga Hibiki said:
On Sun, 14 Apr 1996, Ben Kosse wrote:
I hope that you read this and can see where I'm coming from. I agree
that you must write in whatever way you can do best (I just sit down and
write, others plan their story before touching it). But, fanfics require
that the author pay attention to someone else's characters and universe. Not
following those will usually detract from the entertainment value of a story.
But isn't it just as wrong to follow an EXACT set of someone
else's guidelines? Is it forbidden to tamper with characters just
because someone else created them? If so, then half the stuff written is
a hideous perversion of the truth and everyone who wrote them should be
executed.
The point I'm trying to make is that while giving advice is good,
TOO MUCH advice can weaken an author to the point where it no longer
becomes that author's work. And THAT is a bigger sin than any anyone has
listed, myself included.
Whoa....hold on here. Peter Noone (giggle!) is forcing anyone to actually
use the guidelines. They are needed if anyone feels they need help. They
are not being force-fed to newbie fanfic writers.
I'll be honest...intuition and instinct are a good portion of what I write.
However, one of the main reasons why is that I do a lot of the recommendations
naturally, without making a real conscious effort for it. Unfortunately,
times come (like now) when I get stuck. That's when the guidelines can come
in handy. They are there as a resource for people who need it, nothing more.
Nightelf
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Biggest BGC otaku on the RIT campus (especially Priss).
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Ryoga Hibiki
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