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farla ([personal profile] farla) wrote2010-04-16 11:16 am
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Authors, Part 15


Name: Celestia2010
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1567627/
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Subject: Re: your review
You should know something else I accidently forgot to put in: I WROTE THIS IN SEVENTH GRADE! You see, this idea was something I came up with back in seventh grade, after reading a series of really good fanfictions about the destiny of TR and Jessie and James. Sorry! :)

I figured Miya wouldn't get everything she wanted, but she would live a pretty decent life. It's like this: James and Jessie realize their love for each other, but they're still in TR. Obviously, Giovanni gives them an ultimum, you know, stay and separate, or leave forever. They decide to leave, and they go to Viridian City, where they reside. Meowth resigns with them (because he's loyal) and he sorta disappears. The years pass, and James and Jessie have a tough life at first, and they try hard to make ends meet. After a while, they move into a condo, Miya is born, and they are sorta stable. meanwhile, in the TR side of the story, Giovanni and his (made up) brother, Kaputo (blame my sister for the name) go into the mountains to search for a legendary "flute master" and get in an avalanche. Kaputo dodges out of the way, and Giovanni is killed. Kaputo goes back and tells everyone Giovanni died in a freak accident and forbids anyone to know about the real circumstances. Meanwhile, he marries a woman named Stella, and Zoey, his daughter is born. Of course, he’s not happy that their child is a girl, and he kills Stella. Zoey is raised by Cassidy and Butch, who have now been raised to a higher rank. When Zoey and Miya meet, their worlds are turned upside down because Miya does not know that her parents were TR agents and wants to find out the truth, and Zoey is assigned to find out more about James and Jessie, who Kaputo is secretly plotting to kill because they know too much about TR. But of course, Zoey doesn’t know that in the beginning.

So I hope that really long summary helped, and I’m really sorry the story turned out so crappy. Again, I’m in the process of fixing it, so please try to bear with me. Thanks!
-Celestia2010

Name: BrittanyxRaee
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1845662/
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Subject: re: Your review to Fair

A response to your review at http://www.fanfiction.net/r/5894370/

I'm pretty new to the whole writing fanfiction world of pokemon, so I thank
you for pointing out my mistakes for me. I plan on editing it soon, so once
again I thank you for your constructive criticism. :)

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Story: Dämmerung
Chapter: 1. Chapter 1

From: so-they-say ( http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2024630/ )
Reply URL: http://login.fanfiction.net/review_pm.php?reviewid=102359841
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To be honest, after you gave me a review, I was very curious as to what your
writing style would be like...and I think it's okay. Your attention to detail
is amazing.

If I could pick any flaw with this story, it'd have to be the amount of times
you used the phrase "white cat". Sure, it doesn't have a name yet, but why
keep repeating 'white'? You said it 7 times. That was a bit of overkill.

"Few observers would spared it a second glance."
I think that's supposed to be 'spare'.
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Moral: while reviewing in general is a good way to get attention in general, haterageflameviews, or as I call them, "criticism", are totally the best way to lure people into reading stuff from obscure fandoms and seeing what they think of it.

If someone else would like to double-check this by giving nice reviews and seeing if responses cluster around familiar fandoms or not that would be awesome.


Name: StrawberryIceRose
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2061613/
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Subject: re: Your review to A Christmas PARTY!

A response to your review at http://www.fanfiction.net/r/5567222/

I agree.

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Name: Yellow-The Healer
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2232085/
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Subject: Re:ok

Oh, and did I mention that I'm not stupid and that I know how to Capitalize?

Why do you care, anyway?

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Name: Yellow-The Healer
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2232085/
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Subject: i will

Sorry about spamming your inbox. It's not like you check them
anyways...(probably).


I will use the tip you gave me, but not the one that you got wrong.

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Name: I'mSlowlyGoingInsane
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1777001/
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Subject: re: Your review to A little bit of hope

A response to your review at http://www.fanfiction.net/r/5890175/

Go bother someone else why don't you, don't tell me everything I've done wrong
in my work when I've worked so hard on it, maybe just a LITTLE compliment
wouldn't kill ya next time! Oh wait, there won't be a next time, at least not
form you there won't.

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Title: The Writer
Chapter: 1
Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5898179/1/
Author URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2103723/
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Hello,
My name is TSW. I'm replying to thank you for reviewing my most recent story,
"The Writer."
Now, I actually just wanted to thank you for your review. Most people would
consider it a "flame", but I know what you mean by it. Some people just
shouldn't be writing on the internet, yes? Well, some people write what people
want to read, and get thirteen great reviews in a row. It goes to their heads,
and they churn out more of the same. It
s people like you that keep all of us in check. Thank you for performing your
civic duty.

To the point, I actually laughed aloud after I read your review. Not
mockingly, but because after going over my story, I realized that it was all
true! (if you don't remember what you said in your review, I'm sorry to waste
your time; close this message now.) My writing style is indeed overwrought,
and that is what pains me most. Can't change it without practice, no? In any
case this story is meant to be entirely confusing, as the main character is a
carbon copy of me; He thinks too much about trivial things, and talks too
little.

Most of the diolog is the character mapping out scenes in his head for an
invisible audience. He thinks himself to posess a somewhat poetic mind, and
sometimes goes too far with his descriptions. Also, I'm just trying to escape
the generic trainer story that gets mulched up and churned out by generation
after generation of writers.

I'll tell you a secret, if you're somehow still bearing with me(for which I
applaud you): The story is not about "Nicholas Crux." It's about the story he
writes, a segment that simply focuses on good storytelling, eschewing pretty
words in favor of plot. Some will hate it, and a few may enjoy it.

Thank you for your review, and have a nice evening!
-TSW

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Name: The Second Writer
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2103723/
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Subject: How 'ya doing?

Hey,

I replied to one of your reviews a little while ago, thinking that I should
thank you for providing me with some constructive criticism. I had just typed
in the words "have a nice evening" and sent the file off to you, when I
realized something: We had already met. A few years ago, I decided to post up
a few of my first pieces on this website under a different name. Needless to
say, I was young, and they were awful. We won't go into that.

You sent me a review explaining in detail just why my story sucked. (And it
did suck, make no mistake!)It actully sent me away from my computer in tears,
vowing never to post anything online again. Then my youth grew up a little,
lost its innocence and started writing again. Then I got what most people
would consider to be a flame from you. I had just sent a reply out to you when
I noticed that the writing style was eerily similar to something I'd seen
before. I did some checking. "Yup, Farla. Seal icon hasn't changed in two
years..." I read through your profile and a few of your stories and saw that
you seem to have garnered a lot of hatred from a lot of parties over the
years. So much so it seems, that you had to make multiple links to direct
complainers to where they can drop off their flaming pile of insulting
material.

I found that pretty funny.

I was just wondering, are you a sadist or an unsung fanfiction hero? Are you
crushing small children's dreams for the hell of it, or are you helping them
realize their full potential by weeding out the chaff from their work? I can't
tell, but my money is on the latter.

If you aren't already a beta reader, you should probably become one. You don't
sugarcoat things, but damn... You'd be the first person I'd ask.

It's likely we won't speak(or write) again, so I've said everything I wanted
to say in one lengthy PM. Keep it up, the world needs you. Failing that, the
world needs a spell-checker.

Thanks,

TSW

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Name: Leotah
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2073011/
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Subject: re: Your review to Regret

A response to your review at http://www.fanfiction.net/r/5896064/

Hi! Thanks for the review! I'll try to improve upon myself! A small review for
your review - You're too harsh on your reviews. You're lucky I understood your
reviews but you may not be all that lucky next time!! People might
misunderstand and hate you, like what has happened in some of your stories!

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Title: Soul Shattered
Chapter: 1
Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5898797/1/
Author URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1591523/
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I realize my prologue should be longer, but it's my style to have extremely
short ones unless I have a lot of information to convey. I probably should
have made it more the introduction to Chapter 1, but like I said, it's just a
part of my writing style. I know I can have more than one scene in a chapter.
I usually only put one scene in my prologues, then make my chapters much
longer.

As for the second part of your review, I must say "what?" I have never heard
of anyone not capitalizing the word Pokemon and the species names. While that
might follow this world's laws of English, the Pokemon world is a completely
different one. I know the Pokemon world is made-up, but one must treat it as
its own world. It's also what the official canon does. I looked on the
official website and that's what it does.

And I did go back and change the grammar errors.

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Meanwhile, I made the mistake of thinking there was some sort of upper limit for stupid, and the universe promptly reminded me that Einstein was right.

[identity profile] ember-reignited.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
What stupid comment? There's no comment here, and you're quite sure there never was one.

[identity profile] nrrrdy-grrrl.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I inhaled my gum reading this. I think I was gasping in amazement.

[identity profile] ember-reignited.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks? XD Mostly I'm just glad I got Farla to smile at me instead of stabbing me in the throat like I'm sure she must have wanted to when she got the email notification.

[identity profile] farla.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
:)

On what would be a related tangent had there been a comment there was not, I don't think the PMD naming scheme really breaks anything. You just have to assume the species name is functioning as their surname and that their individual name just doesn't come up because generally surname is enough to distinguish between characters.

[identity profile] ember-reignited.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, that does make sense! Though the part in Time/Darkness where Teddiursa evolves and suddenly the two Ursaring have no idea how to address each other is still facepalm-worthy.