Short entry about a story I read...
Feb. 5th, 2005 11:38 pmSpecifically, The Secret of The Cave of Origin by chinesechic.
It's an OT story, involving an 'Isabel' with brown eyes and black hair. By amazing coincidence, chinesechic's profile informs us she has black hair and brown eyes. It also says to call her Isabel. Also by amazing coincidence, her other story, a Code Lyoko fanfic, involves a character named Isabel, who has brown eyes and black hair.
But, as is usual, I don't make these entries just to mention the new sue of the day. There's always something specific I feel like mentioning.
This time, it's that the writing is very good.
Don't get me wrong - the story sucks. I am not and will never be someone who says sues can be written well. Also, the third line of the story is...well, this:
She slid down the stair rail (A/N: That’s fun!) and ran into the kitchen.
Emphasis hers, actually.
The plot...well, it tanks right about when it gets to the point she meets May and Brendan while they're all waiting to get their first pokemon and never recovers. And that's about a tenth of the way in.
But the writing of the story is good. The author makes few grammatical errors and actually manages to describe and write decent dialogue.
Which raises the question: is it better to read poorly written good ideas or well-written bad ideas?
::sighs:: Perhaps she'll improve.
It's an OT story, involving an 'Isabel' with brown eyes and black hair. By amazing coincidence, chinesechic's profile informs us she has black hair and brown eyes. It also says to call her Isabel. Also by amazing coincidence, her other story, a Code Lyoko fanfic, involves a character named Isabel, who has brown eyes and black hair.
But, as is usual, I don't make these entries just to mention the new sue of the day. There's always something specific I feel like mentioning.
This time, it's that the writing is very good.
Don't get me wrong - the story sucks. I am not and will never be someone who says sues can be written well. Also, the third line of the story is...well, this:
She slid down the stair rail (A/N: That’s fun!) and ran into the kitchen.
Emphasis hers, actually.
The plot...well, it tanks right about when it gets to the point she meets May and Brendan while they're all waiting to get their first pokemon and never recovers. And that's about a tenth of the way in.
But the writing of the story is good. The author makes few grammatical errors and actually manages to describe and write decent dialogue.
Which raises the question: is it better to read poorly written good ideas or well-written bad ideas?
::sighs:: Perhaps she'll improve.
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Date: 2005-02-07 10:26 pm (UTC)