High quality fanfic...

POSTED BY: SuzFromOz
UPDATED: Monday, June 12, 2006 20:20
VIEWED: 3685
PAGE 1 of 2

1 2 NEXT PAGE

SUZFROMOZ

Saturday, June 10, 2006 4:09 PM

I hadnt ever read fanfic of any kind till on this forum. I have been working my way through the categories, and have been impressed with how well it is written, especially capturing the 'voices' of the characters. So, I went looking online tonight for fanfic for some other shows I like. I am now convinced of the high standard of writing on this board. Im not sure why it is so consitently better (good Beta readers, the type of person who likes firefly,?? who knows) but the stuff I just read is rubbish. And not just one, I read about 6 stories on several boards, and a few I just couldnt finish they were so bad. They mainly sounded like they were written by teenagers....I guess they probably were.

What am I gonna do when I run out of serenity/firefly fanfic to read??

So, thanks to all the authors on this site - you are doing a great job and I am loving your work.

Suz

EMBERS

Saturday, June 10, 2006 5:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SuzFromOz:

What am I gonna do when I run out of serenity/firefly fanfic to read??

just be sure to give positive feedback to the authors you like,
and encourage them to keep writing more!

**********************************************
watch the R. Tam Session vids: http://www.hittarivertam.nu/
and buy the 'Serenity' comics published by Dark Horse
have you checked out this thread?:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816

and listen to 'I'm Going To See Serenity':
http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=a0
c814e1229742ce77ed4497cbf4631c

SAMEERTIA

Saturday, June 10, 2006 6:32 PM

It's very true.
I've been in the online fanfic community for ten years, and the norm is 1 good story to every 10 bits of absolute trash.
This site consistently has some of the best fanfic written. I was so nervous posting my first piece here!!!

It also seems like everyone writing here is genuinely interested in becoming a better writer. I've seen a new author repost a story several times, taking in the suggestions of reviewers, and drastically improving not only their style, but the quality of their story.

EPEYON

Saturday, June 10, 2006 6:45 PM

What the ones before me have said. Generally fan fiction writers are teenagers, and teenagers who are writing the fic for their friends, or they don't think about it or care about the characters. They just want to see character A and character B get together. Or you have the ones were it's basically dream fulfillment, the writer placing themsellf inside the world. Or a horrible character who is perfect in every way and has sex with the writer's favourite character.

On some sites, such as www.fanfiction.net it's more like 100 bad fics to every 1 good fic. Depending on the fandom. If you're interested in Star Wars there's a fanfiction section at www.boards.theforce.net which has some pretty good stuff. And the community's a good one. But generally you really have to search to find a place with good fanfiction.

SAMEERTIA

Saturday, June 10, 2006 6:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SuzFromOz:

What am I gonna do when I run out of serenity/firefly fanfic to read??

Suz

You won't run out. We'll just keep writing!

CESARE

Saturday, June 10, 2006 8:15 PM

Quote:

What am I gonna do when I run out of serenity/firefly fanfic to read??

Write your own...? ;-)

SUZFROMOZ

Sunday, June 11, 2006 3:35 AM

I must have it some of the worst sites then, because fanfic.net was one of them.

Hmm, writing my own...... I do like to write, or I used to. Im not so sure Id be able to get the voices right, or the details in some scenes.. The last actual story I wrote was a novel aimed at pre teens, and that was a very long time ago (and I never finished it). To much else on my plate I guess.

PHOENIXROSE

Sunday, June 11, 2006 10:00 AM

I used to find some really good X-files fic when I was still a fan, but then some of it was really bad, too. I don't have much experience with fanfic; I only read it if I'm a HUGE fan, because other times when I've tried to wade through all of it I just felt sick. It does tend to be very good here, doesn't it?
Although I have to admit there have been stories even here that I haven't been able to finish. Can't remember them now, but I got about half a page in and just said "I can't take it!" Sometimes it was spelling errors, sometimes the characters didn't ring true, sometimes a combo. Or maybe it didn't ring true to me because the grammer was bad so it just seemed like the characters were babbling. Not sure; I'm rather picky with that kind of thing, though.
You should try writing your own! I've done just a couple drabbles to get the feel of it; it's very satisfying.

***********

LEIASKY

Monday, June 12, 2006 3:54 AM

There are lots of sites out there that have good Firefly fic. This one has a lot of good stuff, but a lot of horrible stuff too.

fanfic.net has some of the worst I've seen.

I only discovered Firefly in Dec of last year and I scoured the net to find all the fan fic I could. When you visit Firefly sites, look at their link sections, because they'll send you to all kinds of other places that have good fic.

When you read something that you like, be sure to comment on it. The authors will appreciate it greatly.

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

SUZFROMOZ

Monday, June 12, 2006 12:37 PM

Do you have any links to sites you reccomend?

There is lts of fic here I ahve glosse dover as not my cup of tea (slash etc) but OI have worked my way through most of the general fiction, and most of the romance section, and I ahvent found many to complain about. Vut yep, I definately hit an all time low at fanfic.net. wow that stuff was bad.

1 2 NEXT PAGE