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Post by amiphist on Jun 20, 2004 1:18:14 GMT -5
it's true, so if you have to PM them in, please PM me a copy
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Post by redvolleyball03 on Jun 20, 2004 5:36:03 GMT -5
I have a question... Are we allowed to sumbit both a fanart and a fanfic? Or just one or the other?
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Post by POLYMAGUS on Jun 20, 2004 9:26:22 GMT -5
can you submit multiple entries?
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Post by Dienne Herlsif on Jun 20, 2004 17:40:45 GMT -5
ah very good question. i think yes. my only restriction on multiple entries will be the bit about submitting the same piece more than twice.
dyh
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Post by PuppyDawg on Jun 20, 2004 18:32:40 GMT -5
So are we PM-ing or posting?
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Post by Dienne Herlsif on Jun 20, 2004 19:30:54 GMT -5
posting.. but hold your horses, ill post more about that later, after ive figured out some necessities concerning the new forum. chill.
dyh
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Post by PuppyDawg on Jun 21, 2004 4:27:22 GMT -5
Oh, I was just wondering for future reference. I'm not even close to being done.
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Post by computermouse on Jun 23, 2004 14:20:13 GMT -5
Oh, I'm glad somewone else asked what a mary sue was, 'cause I didn't know either. (You are right, they are annoying!)
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Post by Dienne Herlsif on Jun 23, 2004 16:01:25 GMT -5
if anyone would like to write an essay on the properties of a mary sue and how to recognize one (and eliminate them in your own writing) i would LOVE to have you post it on the columns and essays board
dyh
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Post by computermouse on Jun 24, 2004 14:35:12 GMT -5
OOH! I can do it! I've actually read alot of fanfics with "mary-sues" in them. (just without knowing that is what they are called)
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Post by Dienne Herlsif on Jun 25, 2004 13:06:46 GMT -5
make up a rough draft and pm it to me... i might want to nit-pick at a couple of details before it actually goes on the board. thanks!
dyh
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Post by PuppyDawg on Jun 26, 2004 23:36:59 GMT -5
One more question: When you mean development of 5 major characters, what do you mean by "major"?
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Post by POLYMAGUS on Jun 27, 2004 0:06:08 GMT -5
probably something like harry ron hermione malfoy voldemort those sort of characters
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Post by Dienne Herlsif on Jun 27, 2004 1:35:06 GMT -5
ah you misunderstand. development of main character is worth five points in the scoring.
this is one of the things that fanfics are renown for - the main character doesnt change.
main purpose of any story is to show off the main character and why he does what he does. a character develops by inserting background and conflict to motivate him to do something. then through his experience he usually learns something or changes dramatically.
this part of the rubric might also be called having a moral, theme, or purpose to the story. if youve ever seen the movie Adaptation, the point it pushes in the first half of the movie is that the character has to change for it to be a story at all.
what fanfic is renown for, then, is that the characters dont change; they dont develop into better or worse versions of themselves.
i hope that made sense.
dyh
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Post by PuppyDawg on Jun 27, 2004 11:17:38 GMT -5
Oh, I get it. Let's say i'm writing in like JK, with harry as the main character, and I put him through all this stuff, but he doesn't lose his "Harry-ness" and most certainly doesn't have a change in personality and become a death eater.
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