Reviews for "The Eight Commandments"

Mon Sep 08, 2003 2:21 pm

Yes! ... "breath" versus "breathe," "there" versus "their." All horrific. You reminded me exactly why I don't read at ff.net anymore. And thanks for the tip on "blonde"... I know I've done that wrong as least once. Probably many times. I shall go through my stories and do a thorough search-an-destroy tonight. Smile smiley face

Oh, and final quick note: You may want to run this essay through a spell-checker or beta reader, probably both. There were some bits I bet you didn't notice. (Believe me, I read my own stuff so many times, that by the time I'm ready to send it to Beta, I'm convinced that "teh" is really a word.)

Mon Sep 08, 2003 2:23 pm

Also, would you mind designating this as part of the Writing Tips Challenge? (See the Challenges section on the home page... we're trying to get input in essary form, hopefully for future creation of a definitive Guide to Writing LoTRfic.) Thanks!

Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:31 pm

Very good and helpful. Including the blond/blonde thing reminded me of this fic I read where "the blond" was used to describe a character half the time and they used his name the other half. I have acquired a LOATHING for that word!!!

Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:38 pm

Well, I learned something new! I always wrote "blonde" regardless of sex (though for the elves I tend to write "golden" or "fair"). Domo arigato, this was a nice companion piece to the Ten Comandments at OFUM, and the Fellowship mantra. (Say it with me now, the Fellowship Mantra: 'You shall count to nine, nine is the number of your counting. You shall not count to ten, nor to eleven. Nine is the number of the Fellowship.")

Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:39 am

Oh, what a pleasure to read this! I found myself nodding my head and chuckling right through it. I have an 'essays' page on my website where I invite select authors to contribute or request things I've come across. Would you be interested in allowing me to post this there? You may want to check out my site first to see if it's to your liking. Either way, thank you for sharing this.

Thu Sep 11, 2003 11:25 am

Viv said
> Also, would you mind designating this as part of the Writing Tips Challenge? (See the Challenges section on the home page... we're trying to get input in essary form, hopefully for future creation of a definitive Guide to Writing LoTRfic.) Thanks!

oh, this gave me a wonderful idea, thanks for the head ups! I won't use this essay, though.

Wed Jan 28, 2004 2:38 pm

What an excellent checklist of things to remember when we read and write! It's definitely served as a good reminder for me on a few points, though I won't say which ones Surprised smiley face

ops: Perhaps it should be made compulsory reading before people start posting fics all over the place Very Happy smiley face

Thank you for writing such a good piece,

Panneth

Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:54 pm

Ahhh, so true, so true. Great points (err commandment) Very Happy smiley face

I never new about the blonde/blond thing... learn something new every day. Thankfully I don't think I've ever written a story with a blonde/blond in it ::gasp::

Just wanted to comment on your POV point. I really hate it when someone outright states who's POV it is. Like when they start a story with

_~_! Legolas' POV !_~_ and have something like that whenever they change POV's. It's not annoying to the point where I won't read the story (as long as it is well written), but I find it takes away from the story. I'll be totally immersed in this world, then ::BANG:: I get snapped out of it.

It's not that hard to weave it into the story. So that by the time you're done reading the first paragragh, you KNOW who's POV it is. You don't need to be told. IMHO it's not a skill that's that hard to learn, and can make a story look a lot more professional. Yes, some printed books use that style. But usually it's one chapter a person, not five POV changes a chapter.

phew... didn't mean to go on and on about it... Keep up the great work.

Sat May 01, 2004 2:48 pm

THANK YOU!! Gosh, if only all people would follow simple grammar rules, the world of fanfiction would be infinitely better. *shudders* Fanfiction.net: the one place I know of with the most disgusting amount of Mary Sue's and badly grammared fics. You have to sort through so much crap to find the good stuff that I've practically given up on ff.net...

Anyway, great rules Wink smiley face

Rather reminds me of Miss Cam's OFUM fic Laughing smiley face

"My son-in-law is NOT gay!" and "You shall count to nine, nine is the number of your counting. You shall not count to ten, nor to eleven. Nine is the number of the Fellowship."

Mon May 31, 2004 8:21 pm

LOLOL Methinks that person didn't really pay attention when they read your "commandments" at FF.net *snicker*

Thanks for the tip on the blonde/blond deal. I needed that, knew there was a difference, but couldn't remember it to save my life. *g*

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