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Alassante
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| SpaceWeavil wrote: |
I always feel a bit awkward on these threads, because personally I don't think my stuff is fit to be promoted anywhere, (but I have been told I am my worst critic by a friend) but I do want / need constructive comments on it to see what I'm doing wrong etc. That's why I'm such a review-freak. |
 Space - haven't we talked about you being so mean to yourself!!! SHAME 
I don't want anyone to think I was bashing anyone for posting their stuff on this thread. I was just so frustrated last week for the very same reason and I wanted to share my new found insight. Hopefully I didn't sound too preachy!
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Alassante wrote: | | Do not [be] discouraged. Eventually people will read your stories and if not, that doesn't mean they are bad. |
You may be missing my point: it's not that I think my stories are bad - If I did I wouldn't post them; I'm not bemoaning the fact that people never seem to review/rate enough (we've covered that on this forum on at least two separate threads), and it's not that folks don't read my stories, it's that they don't seem to be reading the best ones!
"Night In Hollin," a lively bit o' fluff got a freakin' award (which I am actually quite pleased with) for chrissakes, while what I think is the best stuff lays by the wayside.
Hence my gripage cum question/suggestion (quest thing).
Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.
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VanatheEverYoung
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| SpaceWeavil wrote: | | I always feel a bit awkward on these threads, because personally I don't think my stuff is fit to be promoted anywhere, (but I have been told I am my worst critic by a friend) but I do want / need constructive comments on it to see what I'm doing wrong etc. That's why I'm such a review-freak. |
Your stories are more than fit to be promoted. You already know how I feel about your work, though  .
| SpaceWeavil wrote: | The one I am completely unsure about is actually my first LOTR fanfic. It is on this site but has never really attracted much attention, (and hasn’t on FF.net either), but at the time I was quite pleased with the style of writing, if not its canon content. There are a few things that might be a bit canon-suspicious, because I wrote this prior to reading the letters and HoME etc, but I thought technically it was okay. Also it was kind of experimental, so I was interested to see if the different writing techniques I tried actually worked, but haven’t had much in the way of feedback on it. It’s also the only thing I have that has never been rated at all. It’s a sort of spooky mystery type thing with Legolas called ‘Old Shadows’, at
http://www.openscrolls.net/fanfic/story.php?no=954
Basically I’d be interested to see what people thought, as if it really is awful or totally annoying because of some of the more canon-iffy things, or, as Viv said somewhere else, it would be better off maybe as an original fantasy or something, then I’d be better to delete it off the site, I think. |
Personally, I liked it. I thought it was a very refreshing story. (I should have reviewed  Sorry). Maybe it didn't attract attention because it's a different genre than what we normally see in fanfic. But, I loved it. I really should go review this and "Underworld."
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SpaceWeavil
Joined: 27 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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| VanatheEverYoung wrote: | | Personally, I liked it. I thought it was a very refreshing story. (I should have reviewed Sorry). Maybe it didn't attract attention because it's a different genre than what we normally see in fanfic. But, I loved it. I really should go review this and "Underworld." |
I didn't mention Underworld here (although I have just done somewhere else  ) because it needs some serious rewriting. The structure of it kind of sucks at the moment, and could be a lot better. I just haven't had the time to redo it and I keep forgetting to go delete it. Still interested to hear opinions though, I suppose, as it'll all help with the eventual rewrite.
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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I'm going to be totally shameless, even though I don't like doing it.
Basically I just added the latest chapter to my Witch King story (not the bloomin' Fluffy story  ) and that's actually the end of 'part one' in the story, so I'm pretty keen to see what it's like and get some feedback before I head onto part two (since if there's a major problem with it that maybe I'm just not seeing, like it's totally boring for instance, it'd be better for me to know about that before I launcg into the next part).
http://www.openscrolls.net/fanfic/story.php?no=1436
So any feedback or concrit is appreciated. This is as close to begging as I get
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Haleth
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:54 am Post subject: |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | You may be missing my point: it's not that I think my stories are bad - If I did I wouldn't post them; I'm not bemoaning the fact that people never seem to review/rate enough (we've covered that on this forum on at least two separate threads), and it's not that folks don't read my stories, it's that they don't seem to be reading the best ones!
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I sympathize with you, Nancy. What I consider my best story here is the one the least read.
For what it's worth, it isn't a new phenomenom. I've seen several other writers wondering about the same thing.
As writers, we tend to lavish time and effort on things we consider important and intriguing. The plot and the characters speak to us in a very personal way. But this interest isn't always shared by the readers.
This really doesn't help the situation, but it sort of explains it.
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| Haleth wrote: |
I sympathize with you, Nancy. What I consider my best story here is the one the least read.
For what it's worth, it isn't a new phenomenom. I've seen several other writers wondering about the same thing.
As writers, we tend to lavish time and effort on things we consider important and intriguing. The plot and the characters speak to us in a very personal way. But this interest isn't always shared by the readers.
This really doesn't help the situation, but it sort of explains it. |
I canalso sympathise, just of late. I've got a friend (not on this site, not a LOTR lover  ) who likes to give me advice and who told me I should just write comedy, as those were the most popular stories I had on the other site I wrote for. Things is, much as I like doing the occasional silly story, I get equal if not more fun out of my drama / angsty stuff, but not as many people are interested in that (or weren't anyway on that other site).
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LuthienTinuviel
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| Haleth wrote: | | NancyBrooke wrote: | You may be missing my point: it's not that I think my stories are bad - If I did I wouldn't post them; I'm not bemoaning the fact that people never seem to review/rate enough (we've covered that on this forum on at least two separate threads), and it's not that folks don't read my stories, it's that they don't seem to be reading the best ones!
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I sympathize with you, Nancy. What I consider my best story here is the one the least read.
For what it's worth, it isn't a new phenomenom. I've seen several other writers wondering about the same thing.
As writers, we tend to lavish time and effort on things we consider important and intriguing. The plot and the characters speak to us in a very personal way. But this interest isn't always shared by the readers.
This really doesn't help the situation, but it sort of explains it. |
I don't know which stories of yours you consider your best, but my personal favourites which sticks to my mind till now is Side By Side With A Friend, and Pitfalls of the Palantir. I'd really like more of those . just would like to letcha know 
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