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starsfinallyxplode 2007-08-31 ch 1,	abuseActually, an interesting thing about Shakespeare's plays is that most of them do not contain details of scenery and costumes. He rarely gives any stage directions besides "enter" and "exit" (and even most of those are supplied by the editor of the text you're reading, not Shakespeare himself). That's because Shakespeare intended his scripts only for his own acting company, and not for publication. Speaking of using correct facts. :) Anyway, you've done a marvelous job here. I was planning on writing an essay on this myself, from the perspective of a reader rather than a writer. But as you've said it much better than I could have done, I will just favorite this instead.
Enigmatic Margaret 2007-03-10 ch 1,	abuseHey I found that very interesting indeed, you broached a number of areas that I've noticed as well. Your observations on titles and summary have an odd ring of truth in them, that's only because I've seen a lot of them in use. However you didn't bring up the old "Summary inside. In first chapter..." Like their luring you in. Haha, paranoia much? Anyway good essay, I'm off to read your Mary Sue one next. Sounds good.
m34n00b 2006-09-12 ch 1, anon.	abuseSockpuppets? Nah. I thought it was interesting you could favoritize people who did not even publish a single story. It's a shame they had taken everything down. You look like a decent writer. Whatever they had up there would have been decent as well.
m34n00b 2006-09-11 ch 1, anon.	abuseI take offense. I was going to leave a review as a registered member, and yet I was blocked. What did I ever do to you? I find it interesting that most of the authors on your favorite list have 0 stories up.
katmonkey 2004-07-23 ch 1,	abuseGood essay and good advice thumbs up
Samurai Katagi 2004-05-26 ch 1, anon.	abuseYeah, I know what you mean. Good fics are usually swallowed up by the bad ones. That's why I only got 4 reviews on one of my more better fanfics (A Reversed Swan Lake...it's an Inu Yasha fic) Inu Yasha is an extremely popular Anime and is ruined a lot by many beginners who spend one hour, using a messed up script style, and only write about 563 words per chapter. My Inu Yasha fic was almost 50 words, spell checked and slaved over for 2 and a half weeks, only to have been swallowed up by several fanfics posted at the exact time as mine. So that just proves you're right. And hurry and write about Mary-Sues...they're annoying the hell out of me. Note to self and all writers: Never post on Saturday after school. That's when most of those beginner stories show up. If you want your fic to be read post on a weekday.
Tempest Epilogue 2004-03-05 ch 1,	abuseI found this to be quite useful. Some good notes that are useful to remember. And also, I agree with you a lot on title and summary. I am much more likely to read something if the title sounds interesting, or witty, or just like it could be a good story. And the summaries are useful for pretty much the same thing as the title, only they can elaborate on the title a bit more. Also, a fairly thorough summary will actually give people a clue as to whether or not they actually do want to read this. Because without a bit of summary, the story/poem/whatever might turn out not to be the kind of thing they planned on reading. I also like, in a summary, when people give a reason for the rating. If there are two stories, and they are both rated PG-13, one might be rated as such for a completely different reason than the other. Anyhow, I thought this was well-written and a good summary of making stories appear readable and interesting. Thank you for it. :) ~Hencellina
ConfectusPapilio 2003-12-25 ch 1,	abusegood essay! thanks for writing!
kentes 2003-10-21 ch 1, anon.	abusehug That was totally helpful. Thank you. kiss grope I think I'll stop there. ^_^
red-nail-polish 2003-09-24 ch 1,	abuseWell, I have found some of this useful. I am notorious for the "voices in the dark" thing. I only seem to do that when I do it in script format. Most of the time it can be assumed in my works that all the characters are there unless I have stated otherwise earlier. There was one time that I wrote a mary-sue. At first I didn't even realize it. The fact is, in retrospect, that it was a truely horrid piece of work. I am proud to say that I deleted it within a week. I would be very glad if you made some commentary on "song-fics". I'm sure that you have heard of them, it's when a writer puts a story with a song narrarating it. I'm putting this on my favorites; good job.
NeWriter 2003-09-12 ch 1,	abuseI agree with you on almost everything you said. Sometimes the topic is the reason why people read it; and sometimes it's just the tile and summary. The "Untitled" title isn't by any means saying that the person doesn't know where the story is going. It's just that maybe, they can't find a good title! I always write stories and when i get the first chapter ready... THEN I try to think of one. Luckily, I always get a title; but there are people who don't! I'm against the people who say " I want 5 reviews or I won't post the next chapter" kind of thing... it's actually making the readers feel OBLIGED to review. No way. I do agree with the Author's Note at the end or start... and other than that; very good essay! I found it that you wrote it very thoroughly...=)
Kaz Anagros 2003-08-24 ch 1,	abuseSorry, but you've got it all wrong...if you want your fic read, your summary needs to include one or more of these things: the word "vampire", an adult content warning (preferably a yaoi warning), an emoticon of your choice (^_^ suggested), or lastly, it must contain the words "RR PLZ!" "REED PLZ!" or "rNr PLZ!" where the number of exclamation points dictates just how badly you want your story to be read. Some other things that get a story read are less than one thousand words per chapter (the shorter the better), crossovers, blatant unintelligence, rape, and of course complete disregard for how the characters you are using act in the anime/book/cartoon you are fanficing for. (NOTE: If you are writing original fiction, this may or may not apply). I shouldn't be serious when I say this, but sadly, I am. So go out, fellow writers, and continue to reduce the quality of writing here on this great site! Go! Go now! ~Kaz
Kelpylion 2003-08-24 ch 1,	abuseoh. Nice...more good fanfic advice. I'd like to hear that Mary Sue one.
Damaged 2003-08-20 ch 1,	abuserolls eyes I must disagree with you. It's not just the topic of the fic that grabs attention. To me, it's the title and the summary. Who cares about Digimon and whatever ... and scripts are okay too ... Also, even if a person's fic is "well known" like Digimon (as you've been relating to), it doesn't mean that they'll get all the "attention" opposed to a different kind. To me, you should just write to write, not write to impress people or get them "hooked" onto your writings. Write from your heart. And no matter whatever flames you may get or "Oh my gosh this is AWESOME" ... it doesn't matter ... the works are YOURS. They mean something to YOU. Who gives a ** if not a lot of people read them? Fictionpress and fanfiction.net isn't somewhere to get a bunch of attention. Sure, you post to see what people think. But, if you ask my opinion, writing just for attention is a lousy reason to write. ~Damaged~
Ingridtk 2003-07-20 ch 1,	abuseYou must have had a lot of experience as a writer. Good essay, I especially liked the part about summaries.

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