Archive for May, 2011
Cultural Divide
I am a slave to TV Tropes. Seriously, I don’t know how I first learned about it (I think it was through a link on a fan fic I was reading at the time. Plug for Karalora’s awesome story “The Crowns of the Kingdom”) but you can see influences of it everywhere. Especially in my […]
Filed under: Fanfiction, Harry Potter | 2 Comments
Tags: America, Celtic Thunder, culture, differences, TV tropes
You’re so proud! You had an idea for a story and you wrote it. Your friends say it’s really good so you publish on Fanfiction.net or other public fan fiction archives. You sit back and wait for the reviews to roll in. There are a few possible scenarios: A) You receive only good reviews. Congrats […]
Filed under: Fanfiction, Lord of the Rings | 5 Comments
Tags: Fanfiction, replies, reviews, writing
You read a fan fiction. And you’ve been moved to review it. Here are some guidelines to writing a good review. If you like the story… “This is so good! Write more!” That is a very common review. And it’s positive and probably truthful. You thought the story was good and you do want to […]
Filed under: Fanfiction, Lord of the Rings | 3 Comments
Tags: Boromir, Fanfiction, reviews
Romance
Let’s face it–nine fan fictions out of ten are going to be romances. Once again, All Fan Fiction Writers are Girls. And girls love romance. Well, most of us. I know I do. And there are great romances out there and then there are lousy romances. And more times than not, I end up MST-ing […]
Filed under: Fanfiction, Lord of the Rings | 4 Comments
Tags: Aragorn, Arwen, Eowyn, Fanfiction, Faramir, Legolas, romance, slash
Fanfiction for Dummies 