[FFML] [fanfic][repost] NGE: EndGame, 02

[Miashara]

Manga has a very bad habit of this, so I try not to make to much of a point 
of it. It's just one of my pet peeves. Unfortunately, in english there is no 
simple character to represent a pause. -blah blah blah." He paused. "blah 
blah- is really as close as you can get. Some people add periods or commas 
in the midst of sentences in otherwise unnecessary positions, and in small 
doses that works, but similarly, its something you want to avoid. And it's 
an old habit in manga.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Ching" <wavehawk.geo at yahoo.com>
To: <ffml at chez-vrolet.net>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [FFML] [fanfic][repost] NGE: EndGame, 02


> From: "Miashara" <miashara at deepfriedpuppies.com>
>>You use a lot of ellipses. A lot. One a
>>novel is okay, one a chapter is pushing it,
>>one a paragraph is rediculous.
>
> I'm guilty of overusing ellipsis myself. Other than
> hyphens and commas, do you have any other
> recommendations for punctuation marks we can use to
> get the same effect? Such as using the tilde (~)
> instead?
>
> The overuse of ellipsis might be a solely anime/manga
> fan writing issue. Blame it on their frequent use in
> manga, especially the recent ones we've seen being
> translated.
>
>>>"JUST OPEN UP, YOU GOD-DAMNED LOVECHILD OF A ?"
>>Goddammed. It's one word.
>
> I assumed he was trying to express a pause in speech.

That didn't make sense to me. by hyphenating you're joining two independent 
things. In this case there is already a thing that means god and dammed put 
together. if a pause was intended, the two should be left alone. The space 
conveys a break in narration


>>"Elements of Style" by EB White.
>
> I'll agree to this. You have to learn the rules before
> you break them. >)
>
> This is a (VERY) personal bias, but I think anyone can
> learn more about creative writing if you read more
> actual fiction than guides on how to write fiction.
>
> Unless a writer switches off his/her TV set and starts
> reading a broader range of written fiction, critique
> is useless.
>
> Put rudely and crudely: Who am I going to follow if I
> want to write a horror novel? Mr. Stephen King, who's
> had the runs on the board and lots of novels? Or
> Professor Murray Kloptropolis, who teaches a class on
> horror writing but has never written anything more
> than a step-by-step style guide on writing horror
> novels?
>
> Creative writing is a form of expression. Telling
> someone to follow a stock-standard rule of how a story
> should go is a recipe for disaster.

That's good too. Pick whichever one works for you.


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