Pete Zaitcev wrote:

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:55:10 -0700, whimsy <fripon@earthlink.net> wrote:

 

 

Similarly, Nerima is a real ward in Tokyo and contains the ultra 
prestigious Waseda University Senior High School.  Yet I don't ever 
recall reading a Ranma fic that used this fact (such as some sort of 
competition between Waseda and Furinkan).
   

What would be the benefit for the readers, the vast majority of whom
do not care one way or the other? Moreover, what makes you think that
Ranma's Nerima has anything to do with actual Nerima?

   Nonetheless, when a fic is set in modern day Japan, it should try to 
incorporate the feel and attitudes of Japan.  I admit, I chose the wrong 
example since geographic information is  rarely critical to the story. 
 By comparison, Maiko Covington's reminiscences of her time in a 
Japanese high school are invaluable for that setting.  In fact, 
Guardians of Order (the game company that did the Sailor Moon rpg) 
specifically mentions them as among the best primary source material on 
the topic.  Information such as the fact that high school is not legally 
required in Japan can also be a significant detail.  For instance, in 
"Awkward Circumstances" Psyckosama could have Hotaru expelled from Mugen 
Gakuen Academy if the school administration found her an embarassment.   

I reckon that not much can be accomplished by venting disappointment
in general direction of dumb, uneducated, malicious, or perverted
writers. Well... You still can leave a review (on FF.net). "The author
engaged in typical raping of Kagome which we saw in a 1000 fics before,
and so I was bored out of my skull." That will get to them, rest assured.
Some would even take the whole fic down just because they cannot remove
signed reviews.

Excellent idea.  Thanks.

If a story consists entirely of dialogue, how would I indicate and 
distinguish between a pause in one person's speech, a pause on the part 
of both parties, a pause between the different parties speech, and a 
dialogue occurring sometime later such as several hours later?  I am 
attempting to write a story that is almost entirely dialogue.
   

I always fall back onto the "Big Paper Literature" technique, that is,
write it out carefuly. "After a moment of reflection, Ranma-chan replied:".
OK, this wasn't too careful, but you get the idea. No funny conventions
with angular brackets and multiply dots. And hey, if it worked for
Oscar Wild...

 

I see that I didn't make myself clear.  I want to write the fic entirely 
as dialogue, so no third party perspective.  Help?

- whimsy





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