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Post by kasashimaru on Mar 24, 2015 23:27:41 GMT
Ello folks, Kasashi Maru to join the party!
My real name is Kasey, but have been writing with Kasashi MAru since my middle school days where I wrote a Inuyasha Mary-sue.
As previously said I started writing fanfictions, but did have a book in mind well before that! I still write fanfictions, my mind unable to shake free from my love of the characters and wanting to see more adventure. I only have one I'm writing now and several others originals I'm working on in my spare time. Writing is a hobby to me, doing it only when I have free time or am bored. It's a passion though that I wish I could do forever, but I also have dreams to open a business.
My style: - I have dogs in it always. I just feel like a story ain't complete with out one walking across the "screen" or being involved.
- I write like a script with details just enough to move the story along and use dialog to move it the most.
I write mostly Sci-Fi/adventures, but have done boys love a handful of times and found it's another passion on mine though its kinda pittered out like a bad crush.
I have a bad history of taking critiques badly and losing my inspiration to write. I'm hoping to get rid of this adversity to improve my work. I hope this could be a good tool and to meet fellow writers trying to make it in this world! |
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Post by Kit Roe on Mar 25, 2015 0:55:56 GMT
Hey, Kasashi! I too still write fanficion. Gradually trying to stop; though, it is a difficult thing to do. It's not the reviews I find addicting, but all the untold stories I have that randomly jump into my head with different pairing. I'm usually not a cannon pairing kinda gal either. There are a few exceptions: Naruto and Hinata from Naruto, and, Asami/Korra from LoK. I also don't really have OTPs. There are some pairings I like more than others, or ones I get in the mood for, but, none that I'm so dead set on that I hate fics with that character with another.
I liked Inuyasha when it first came on, but as I grew older I think it fizzled on me. Like, I'm not really a fan of Kagome or Inuyasha. But, I do love the crap out of Sesshoumaru and Rin. (So adorable; wtf.) With that being said, I am still working on a Ses/Kag fic on ff.net. x,X I blame the devart comic Raindrops. Damn that artist.
And I don't think anyone takes critiques good when they first start. It's hard to have someone rip apart something you love, even if that's not really what they're doing. Learning to realize that not everyone is wrong, or right, helps also. I've always been of the opinion that if a million people are asking or saying the same thing... then it's probably something you need to change. If only one person mentions it, and you don't want to change it, it's cool not to. Learning to not take it to heart is the hardest part.
(Also, just realized it was you, Kase! xD Love you, girl.)
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Post by danixiewrites on Mar 25, 2015 19:23:04 GMT
*waves* Nice to meet you! I too love animals on the page--they keep sneaking in. With superpowers. Or something. XD My rule of thumb for crits these days is to hand my words over, let them be shredded (for the purpose of improvement, mind you, not just to like. Shred.), and then decide what I actually want to listen to. If the critiquer makes a suggestion that doesn't fit with how I see a character or world, or even my plot, I ignore the advice--because it is advice, not the end-all be-all of words forever. It's not their story.  The second rule is to get space between it and your writing. It's super hard to be objective about your own work, but to make it easier: take a break after writing it, read the crit, take another break to let it soak in so you can make those decisions, and then come back to it to see if there's anything to it. Case in point: I had one person suggest that I take out a brief interaction from the book I'm working on now (2 paragraphs? maybe.) because she didn't get why it happened. At the time, I had a really bad negative "NO WAY" because I loved the lines and thought it added the perfect foil for a scene that happened later. (Hint: big reactions like that from yourself also typically mean you should give it a bit and come back. Just don't leave it forever--because your words love you!) A bit of space...and a reread...and now I'm finally taking those lines out, because she was absolutely right: it didn't work. She's the only one who ever said anything about it, but the fact the comment has stuck with me so long meant I needed to take the time to digest it. |
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Finally got to do some good and long writing...decided to move the fight scene till another chp ltr.
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Post by vladrisdracolyas on Mar 31, 2015 4:23:25 GMT
*waves* Hallo and nice to meet you! I used to write scripts all the tyme when I was younger (for movies I never got to even make haha), I find it interesting that's how some of your writing style is though.
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The second rule is to get space between it and your writing. It's super hard to be objective about your own work, but to make it easier: take a break after writing it, read the crit, take another break to let it soak in so you can make those decisions, and then come back to it to see if there's anything to it. 