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Post by citation on Oct 9, 2015 5:28:09 GMT
So.
I'm currently writing a fiction story about dinosaurs. Note that it's not a naturalistic story at all - it's kind of just me deciding that I wanted to write an homage to epics but then thinking "So like... everyone should be a dinosaur"
I have no idea if I'll ever finish it, but I hope I will. And if I wanted to share it, would this be the board to do so? I would feel strange putting something I wrote in the "discuss literature" section, but this seems to be for sharing more... art-y art, so to speak.
So what would I do?
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Post by Meg Dickson on Oct 9, 2015 5:51:59 GMT
I'm making a writing board XD
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Post by citation on Oct 9, 2015 5:55:25 GMT
All right, cool! Now I know where to put my story if I want to subject you guys to my weird ideas sometime in the future. XD
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Post by Meg Dickson on Oct 9, 2015 5:57:34 GMT
Hehehehehehehehehh I am... still torn about posting the link to my fanfic. Because it's my child? And I need good feedback (both constructive criticism and positive remarks!) but... unconstructive negative criticism would not be good... esp. since my mental state has been p. fragile of late
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Post by citation on Oct 9, 2015 6:08:39 GMT
Aww, well, it's really up to you! I couldn't guarantee I would read it (it would depend on what exactly it entailed I think) but I'm sure that anyone here wouldn't want to be mean about what you wrote... at least I would sure hope not! But if you don't want to risk it, it's fine. But I'm sure people would love it, and would love to help you out with improving it!
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Post by Meg Dickson on Oct 9, 2015 6:17:10 GMT
It's... an insanely long Harry Potter AU fic? That includes dinosaurs later on. Basically - 7th grade I wrote a really silly self insert fic - 12th grade I realized that some of th eplot elements wer actually good so I took that self insert and I changed her into a different person than myself - Summer aftre 12th grade I slowly developed this character and turned her into a REALLY INTERESTING character that I was pretty much in love with (she is my child now) - Summer after frosh year of college I decided I wasn't done with her even though I had finished my revised story so I was like "what if this character had been in all 7 harry potter books"
AU ensued AU is long, AU is elaborate, AU is kind of insane
It's if Harry Potter was geared towards adults/young adults and covered those types of themes. Also, more POC, more queer people, and more criticism of the conservativism of wizarding society.
But this main character TECHNICALLY has my name (different nickname,) so that's embarrassing, and at times I just went "fuck it what would I want to have happened in HP" and acted accordingly, so there are some sillier elements
And again
It's 600,000 words and COUNTING
So I've poured my soul into this thing
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Post by citation on Oct 9, 2015 6:36:01 GMT
Haha well that sounds quite interesting, actually - not gonna lie, the most appealing thing about it is that it's so long. I actually really love long fics... haha. It sounds like a really good fic, honestly! I think you should post it. I might read it if I got the time. Couldn't guarantee my feedback would be the best, I don't have that much faith in my criticism skills, but at the very least you could be certain I wouldn't send you unreasonable hate, I have more class than that
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Post by Meg Dickson on Oct 9, 2015 6:48:49 GMT
OK I'll make a new thread in Writing -> Dinosaurs -> Fanfiction bc there are dinosaurs, just... in book 5 on? book 4 technically I guess?? Other thing: It DOES take a bit to pick up, that whole butterfly-effect-one-tiny-change-spiraling-out-and-exponential-growth thing. Book four is when shit hits the fan so to speak. Also: another reason why it's a vulnerable thing for me; I do share some things in common with the main character (Maggie) still, namely: sexual orientation, love of dinosaurs, and... some pretty terrible mental illnesses & life experiences that I write about! In story! So that's fun!
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Post by Meg Dickson on Oct 9, 2015 6:55:35 GMT
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Post by magistermystax on Oct 9, 2015 8:09:36 GMT
I'm currently writing a story featuring dragons with a lot of dinosaur/bird traits (feathers among other things). If I were to post it on this forum, would it be better in dinosaur-related writing or non-dinosaur-related writing?
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Post by Meg Dickson on Oct 9, 2015 14:02:36 GMT
Dinosaur related writing! I don't think anyone would be upset by it being in there... since dragons are scanscoriopterygids now XD
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