Authors, Part 24

[farla]

You have received a reply from the author, Deltra 307, regarding the review
you posted for:

Title: A Soul of Silver
Chapter: 1
Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5918629/1/
Author URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2335044/
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First off, thank you for pointing out some errors. It really helps in stories
I'll be writing in the future. Second, yes, you would capitalize names of
Pokemon and the word Pokemon itself. The Pokemon's names are proper nouns
because it is the name of the species. Pokemon is the name of an
anime/manga/game, thus it is a proper noun as well. The reason 'youth' was
used so often was because that was the way it was written in the Strategy
Guide. And the 'waste of time', what if someone is not familiar with Pokemon
or just don't know it? Truthfully, I knew the story, but when I read it, I was
quite interested, so you can know the story and still enjoy it. The thing with
the said, if I use it once, I usually keep using it for every statement, and
do people really want to hear the word said over and over? Though it usually
is more important than the words I use to replace it. I always forget to
capitalize mom! It irritates me so! I'm sorry if it bugs you that it's not
capitalized. If I messed up with the dialouge, I didn't notice. I know about
speech verbs. If I did the "Hi," he said, "this is it." thing, it
meant that
the separated dialouge was one sentance, not two, so it would be written as
such. Once again, I do thank you for pointing out errors.

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Name: Lightsworn Heka
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2092590/
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Subject: Your Flame Has Been Doused

I am Lightsworn Heka, the author whom YOU have flamed. I seriously think that
you should have thought that I have my own individual writing style. That
seriously hurt...

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Checking their profile gives a welcome change from the current flavor of stupid: "Age: I'm 11, but almost 12". When I was a kid we lied about our ages and liked it that way!

You have received a reply from the author, EbonyShroud, regarding the review
you posted for:

Title: Fear
Chapter: 1
Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5920449/1/
Author URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1390636/
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First of ll, thank you for providing constructive critism. It's so hard
finding real critisism without getting sugar-coated words.

The reason the ending is odd is because I am using this as a style practice,
to see what people's reactions are to new styles. I tried mentioning to people
about why I am doing this, but find that they do not provide critisism about
it. I apologize for not mentioning this

I will try to heed your advice, althoug I will admit I most likely will
forget. Thanks again for the advice and have a nice evening.

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Name: born2bdazzled
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1856662/
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Subject: re: Your review to Changse

A response to your review at http://www.fanfiction.net/r/5905843/

how cna u call me a troll when u dont kno wat i lookk like? dat is really
mean!!! :(

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God damn it, people, first it's that they can't write and now they can't even troll properly? Do I have to do everything around here?

Name: Wrath-Fangirl 202
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2220764/
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Subject: re: Your review to Shattering of the Dimensions

A response to your review at http://www.fanfiction.net/r/5906781/

I'm glad for your suggestions, but I am still going to capitalize Pokemon
names, because everyone is used to it. You know how many Pokemon fics
capitalize those Pokemon words? Not to be rude, but no one else has a problem
with it. I really doubt that the capitalization of those Pokemon names is
taking anything away from the readers enjoyment of the story.

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Comments

[ember-reignited.livejournal.com]

God damn it, people, first it's that they can't write and now they can't even troll properly? Do I have to do everything around here?

It Occurs To Me That The People Most Deserving Of Being Trolled Are Those Who Take Trolling Seriously

I Am Tempted To Embark On A Campaign Of Vexation Against Such Individuals

Or I Would Be If Engaging In Your Human Irony Did Not Fill Me With The Urge To Commit Auto-Trephination And Scoop Out My Brains Like The Soft Seedy Innards Of A Gourd

[farla.livejournal.com]

bY DOING SO YOU WOULD BE PRODUCING THE SAME TROLLING WHOSE LACK i SO BEMOAN. tHUS i WIN EITHER WAY.

[ember-reignited.livejournal.com]

YOU FORGOT THE COMMAS IDIOT

[farla.livejournal.com]

cOMMAS ARE FOR THE WEAK. nOTE ALSO MY GLORIOUS BLACK TEXT. wHICH i SEE NO NEED TO ADORN FURTHER.

[ember-reignited.livejournal.com]

Seriously, though, if their failure to fail properly aggravates you, they have in fact succeeded in their goal of aggravation through failing. Thus the trolling is successful.

[farla.livejournal.com]

Eh, it's more a sense of generalized disdain that they're not even doing anything interesting with the concept.

[nrrrdy-grrrl.livejournal.com]

I wrote music criticism professionally for 15 years when I was a journalist and I so often found myself thinking about that Oscar Wilde addage that all bad poetry is sincere. If people ever want to see fan fiction recognized for the literary movement it obviously is, there needs to be avenues like this so that writers can learn their craft. Intentions are not skill. I am wildly encouraging of talented writers, but the urge to create and publish cannot be self-congratulatory or come an expectation of babying.

I applaud the work you do in offering your fair-handed critiques. It makes a genuine difference and creates opportunity for artists to both rise above the limitations of their past and to question their own motives for publishing. Bravo.

[farla.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I doubt this does more than curb the worst excesses, but even that's something.