Volume 2 F-H
This was originally part of my essay A Long Strange Walk or
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The FFML. I made this on a whim
and when I finished I realized I created something that could
help other fic authors. You ask how ? Well, I don't know about
you but I faithfully study the way succesful authors write trying
to ste...er...improve my style. I hope you guys like my critiques
on you.
BTW, to get a slot on the FFML Encyclopedia, one of the
already listed authors below nominates you and writes an
in-depth commentary on both your style and works. You have
to get the attention of the guys below and then when the
commentary is finished I send it off to random members to
confirm your worthiness to join the Children of Cthulhu......wait !
I mean the FFML Author Encyclopedia. I'll be realeasing it by
volume since once I polish off five letter I'll release
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F:Fire
D. Fire is the author of Sword and Sorcery, a Ranma 1/2 fic set in a fantasy world of
elves and wizards. His work is a masterpiece of plotting and could be held up as a
prim example to an old writer's advice: the simpler the plot, the subtler the plotting.
A very admirable piece of work, the only disadvantage is he seems to have disappeared
and the series is not finished yet.
G:Gamlain,Gaffney,Gagne,Giroux
Four entries in G
Gamlain is the author of one of the most interesting SIs in FFML history, Youma Blues.
A very good writer in first-person POV, it helps considerably well in his writing of I think
the only SI in history where the author is ,well, a villain. Well, thought out series but he
really needs a prereader to help with the typos.
Sean Gaffney is the author of Never Going To Be Fooled Again, Complete Contol, Lucky
and another favorite SI of mine, Made Of Stone. Sean has a great skill in evoking emotion
in his writing which he uses effectively in all his stories. He is currently married to Hotaru
Tomoe-Gaffney and DJ for KCTF-the best radio station in Crystal Tokyo. ~_^
Stefan Gagne is the author some of the most hilarious fanfiction on the 'net.
Louis-Phillipe Giroux is the author of Lines Of Destiny, IMHO the best Ranma/SM
crossover out there. He is also author of Point of No Return, one of the few Lodoss
War fics out there and is planning on writing Differing Powers, a Ranma1/2/WoT
crossover. Louis is extremely skilled in the use of details and dialogue to advance
the stories he writes. His works are also examples of masterful plotting, something
that all writers , both fanfic and original, must possess.
H:Huang,Harnum,Haney,Happosai,Handy,Holmes,Homerick,Helm, Hunter Kid
Hardy, Hunter Kid
Nine entries in H
Andrew Huang is the author of NeoGenesisEvanjellydonut and other very succesful
works on Evangelion. A very skilled writer, the best word to describe his style is
Pratchetty, since Terry Pratchett seems to have influenced his work a lot even in
his serious work.
Alan Harnum is the author of Waters Under Earth, a work that has the same effect on
me as one of Robert Jordan's WoT novels. His works are studies of excellent plotting.
He has the ability to keep the reader interested, curious of what is to happen to the
characters of history. He is also a master at creating images in your head, that will
last long after you have read his work.
Raymond Haney is the author of Hidden Talents. His works are excellent examples of
letting both emotions and character drive the story. His works are also quite excellent
examples for the beginning writer to study. I put in quite a few hours to dissect his works
in my home to see how they tick and I advise that beginners do this too.
Happosai is the author of Aikan Muyo. Yes, it's a lemon _but_ it's also a drama. The
lemon bits are just there ,I think, to spice things up. Emotions run rampant in the
story driving the story forward. Finely crafted dialogue helps in this, too. Beginners
should also examine this work then move onto Joseph Palmer's work for more ideas
on letting emotion drive the story.
Brett Handy is the author of Oh My God !, one of the best SIs on the FFML. The great
dialogue and the masterful plotting are incredible in that sense. Also like all writers Brett
makes you care for the characters, Brett even more so. His style's a bit like Chris Angel,
both having that incredible charm one can sense in their works.
Cory Holmes is the author of Home, IMHO one of the best Evangelion works on the FFML.
It is dark and depressing, but it is also a finely crafted piece of work. Cory has got plotting
and dialogue mastered. He is also skilled in evoking emotions and _making_ you care for
the characters.
David Homerick is the author of Missy Foxglove, which is the equivalent of Macho Cabballo
in the Original fic department. David's style is both emotion and character driven. You feel
for Foxglove. Yes, she's someone who kills magical girls but you just can't feel anything
than sorry for her. David's plot both makes us pity Foxglove and love her at the sametime.
Missy Foxglove and Macho Cabballo are the definite leaders in the field of Original fics.
Douglas Helm is the author of Mama's Hand and the Tales of the Younger Senshi series.
His style is similar to David Homerick in that they are both emotion and character driven,
Mr. Helm just does it for Sailormoon. Anyway, Helm is also a master at evoking emotion
and dragging the reader in by making you either care a lot more than usual for the
characters or hate them more than usual, as demonstrated in Mama's Hand.
Jessica Faith Hardy is the resident mistress of Blueseed and also starting a crossover
series Eternity's Tears. She is a very good writer, anyone who could get me interested
in an anime by just reading the fanfic is an impressive feat. She is skilled in keeping the
reader's attention and keeping them curious to find out what happened. Her style is definitely
improving
I:
No entries
J:Jones,Jamison, JLee100441
Three entries in J
Chris Jones is the author of Sailor Moon: Reversal, a Ranma /Eddings crossover Chaos
and Destiny and a few short fics. He is skilled at keeping the reader's attention on the story
and this has helped him well in his works. Also as far as I know he is the only person to
make a _good_ Eddings/Ranma crossover.
Scott Jamison is the author of Sauce, Worse and tons of other fics that I have faithfully
stored in my hard drive. SKJAM! as he prefers to be called is very skilled at writing
humorous pieces and most of his work has a comedic bent to it. He is also skilled
writing in both script and prose formats. He is also the progenitor of the revengefic, a
very amusing subgenre started by his story Sauce.
JLee100441 is the author of Alternate Future, A Better Future and Nodoka's Daughter.
His Alternate Future and Better Future are two of the best Ranma/NGE works on the
FFML and I recommend them for their incredible mixing of what are basically incompatible
series. JLee's writing style most evident in Nodoka's Daughter, his ability of evoking
emotion and crafting dialogue evident in his work. He has also showed considerable
skill in plotting in all of his works. I also recommend him along with Raymond Haney for
beginning writers for work dissection.
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Coming Soon or As Long As I Have Writer's Block
Volume 3 I-M
Volume 4 N-R
Volume 5 S-Z also Appendix
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' Writers are the torchbearers of civilization. We're set in a corner only we
can illuminate.Some of us are searchlights, able to cast a beam into the
far reaches of the human soul.Some of us are candles , barely able to
sustain a glow against the darkness. Nevertheless the words I write
are important, because light is additive. Another's light doesn't diminish
my own. Our lights together make us stronger.'
- (After much paraphrasing and reaaranging) Roger Martin
' ... there's a hell
of a universe next door ; let's go '
e.e. cummings ' Pity the Busy Beast Manunkind '
' How can a person live in a world where she can hear voices only she
can hear and visions that only she can see ?'
- (Paraphrasing) Shirley Jackson
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