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Roisin
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 Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:25 pm Post subject: Fanfic Awards |
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I think it would be good to have an award competition, similar to the Mithril awards but more tongue-in-cheek. The way the MTV movie awards are, sort of. Awards like best OC, best love scene, best fight scene, best characterization of canon characters, saddest story...
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sindohte
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like a good idea to me. Are you thinking about just having awards for stories & other works posted only on the Open Scrolls Archives? And would there be a panel of judges or could anyone who was a member of OSA be able to vote?
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Roisin
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Hm, only Open Scrolls, anyone can nominate, panel of judges picks winners.
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Legilmalith
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I think that awards would be a great idea. It would give the writer more confidence in himself/herself. Sometimes writer's don't feel self-assured, so awards would help boost their self-"writing"-esteem  
Just thought you'd like to know I support this 
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dolarabee
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| Legilmalith wrote: | | Sometimes writer's don't feel self-assured, so awards would help boost their self-"writing"-esteem |
Yeah, but so do the rating and review features, which are already implemented and available...
do.
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sindohte
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 7:00 am Post subject: |
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I think the rating and review features are excellent ways to provide instant feedback to the author about the quality of their story and allows the reader to the ability to provide comments, ask questions, or just say hey to new or favorite authors.
However, I think a fanfic awards would be different in that various aspects of a story could be highlighted could be highlighted such as best villian. I think it would boost readership of the OSA because I know personally that if four or five stories were nominated for a particular category such as best villian, I would be interested in reading all of the nominees. And doing that would likely expose me to an author whose story I might have passed over for some reason or another.
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Roisin
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:21 am Post subject: |
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I was mainly just thinking of it being fun...best villain, best action, that sort of thing.
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dolarabee
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| sindohte wrote: | | And doing that would likely expose me to an author whose story I might have passed over for some reason or another. |
I agree with and can't fault your logic, sindohte, but we still find the archive too 'young' for awards.
Having the different categories and types of each fic listed should give readers an incentive in trying a certain genre of stories they wouldn't normally go for, don't you think? I'm all for helping writers showcase their work and I think there's already quite a few bits and bobs doing that on this site - thanks mainly to Robbie. We have the Story of the Week, randomly advertising fics; we have the ratings and the number of hits, which certainly let readers know whether a fic is worth a look or not; the reviews, the recommended reading list for each member... you can even use the forum or shoutbox to rec or asked to be rec'd.
Most likely, if we do go down the Awards route, it'll be to celebrate OSA's first anniversary and be in the fun spirit Roisin had in mind. We lot don't like to take ourselves too seriously. That doesn't mean it won't get readers interested in stories they would have otherwise skipped over... we'll see when we get there.
All that doesn't mean we don't appreciate suggestions and ideas. Keep 'em coming.
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sindohte
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| dolarabee wrote: |
I agree with and can't fault your logic, sindohte, but we still find the archive too 'young' for awards.
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Nice to know that my insane babblings actually make sense once in a while I shall look forward with anticipation for whenever the fanfic awards do occur at OSA. You are right about the Random Story feature, it does encourage me to at least try some stories that I might not otherwise read.
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