8WayRun Fanfiction: The Writer's Block

Dab_Of_Oppo said:
Talisman, Darkwing, Exodus, I will leave you all with this for the night.

Please understand I hold your abilities in the highest regard, and do not think less of you for writing Fan Fiction. Fan Fiction on the whole just doesn't make sense to me. Why do you write it? What do you get out of writing it? Why put your (extensive) talents to characters that are not your own?

If you want to PM me an explanation that would be fantastic. This topic leaves me completely befuddled.
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All I can say is: There is something very pleasing about taking the characters that you adore and expanding upon their own stories from the place they were originally from, tweaking this and that to your own taste. Then you have something we call "fanfiction", and now you can share it with others and hopefully they like what you've come up with.

It's like a new recipe you're creating, just by combining two of your favorite things and putting them together into something greater. Maybe. This theory doesn't do well with food, but it's metaphorical so whatever.
 
Fatal_Exodus said:
All I can say is: There is something very pleasing about taking the characters that you adore and expanding upon their own stories from the place they were originally from, tweaking this and that to your own taste. Then you have something we call "fanfiction", and now you can share it with others and hopefully they like what you've come up with.
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It's up now, at least as much as I felt like doing yesterday. Heh, go bask in it's terribleness!! lol

It's like a new recipe you're creating, just by combining two of your favorite things and putting them together into something greater. Maybe. This theory doesn't do well with food, but it's metaphorical so whatever.
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Lays chips and ketchup. End of.
 
As well as a part 2, which I just finished writing. If you can call it that. Heh, need to improve writing sword fights.

Also, does anyone else do this? I tend to write fight scenes (whether guns, swords, whatever) as realistically as possible. When I play video games with my friends we always turn down health to the bare minimum. You play (Soul Calibur) soooo differently that way!
 
--Official news--

I have officially deleted my "You Ungrateful Greek" fanfic. It was just too hardcore and disturbing. I don't want people making false conjectures that I enjoy sick stuff that I wrote. Well, atleast I can say I succeeded in making my first too squeezed of a lemon.
Dab_Of_Oppo said:
As well as a part 2, which I just finished writing. If you can call it that. Heh, need to improve writing sword fights.

Also, does anyone else do this? I tend to write fight scenes (whether guns, swords, whatever) as realistically as possible. When I play video games with my friends we always turn down health to the bare minimum. You play (Soul Calibur) soooo differently that way!
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Yes, I try to write fight scenes as realisticaly as possible.
 
Dab_Of_Oppo said:
As well as a part 2, which I just finished writing. If you can call it that. Heh, need to improve writing sword fights.

Also, does anyone else do this? I tend to write fight scenes (whether guns, swords, whatever) as realistically as possible. When I play video games with my friends we always turn down health to the bare minimum. You play (Soul Calibur) soooo differently that way!
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Fight scenes with swords? Lol, I used to have trouble with it too. Try something like this....

"How dare you speak to me like that! Insolenent woman, you'll pay for that mistake with your life!" Raphael snarled angrily to Xianghua.
"I won't let you hurt her," Kilik murmured quietly as he readied his staff. Grey clouds slowly smothered the sun and without the light reflecting off the crystals, everything slowly began to darken.
Without replying, Raphael ran forward and slid under Xianghua's horizontal slash. Bracing himself, he launched a powerful kick upward that connected with her jaw and she fell backward into the snow. Blood dripped down her torn lips and she struggled to get back on her feet.
Kilik slammed his staff down where Raphael was but the vampire blocked the attack with his rapier and the two men stared hatefully into each other's eyes. I'm in a very foul mood right now, you do not want to anger me any further than this," Raphael threatened quietly.
"I will not yield. You shall hear the roar of my soul with my next attack!" Pushing Raphael back, Kilik swung his staff in multiple vertical circles toward him. "Kali-Yuga, show him our strength!"
Blocking the multiple attacks, Raphael pursed his lips in frustration. He quickly ducked behind one of the statues and Kilik's staff smashed the crystal to pieces. Xianghua had gotten back to her feet and she ran forward to their vulnerable enemy.Angrily, Raphael thrust his rapier forward at the same time as she did and sparks flew down the length of their blades. "Get out of my way woman!"
Xianghua counter one of his moves and tried slashing his legs. But at the last moment, she grinned. "Just kidding!" Her sword swung upward instead and it inflicted a small cut on his side. Kilik then followed Xianghua's attack by planting his staff down on the ground and used it to gain momentum by grasping it and spinning toward Raphael with a strong kick to his stomach.
Raphael hit one of the statues and dropped down into the snow in a dazed fashion. "If I wasn't fighting during the day, you would've never been able to inflict this much damage on me," spat Raphael as he got back up.

What's important is... emotions, setting and dialogues as well as the actual fighting. These factors will make your fight scenes drastically more dramatic and the readers will feel more involved as well.
 
Talisman said:
--Official news--

I have officially deleted my "You Ungrateful Greek" fanfic. It was just too hardcore and disturbing. I don't want people making false conjectures that I enjoy sick stuff that I wrote. Well, atleast I can say I succeeded in making my first too squeezed of a lemon.
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A few changes and it would have worked, but it's probably for the best. Sorry to hear that though.
darkwings13 said:
Fight scenes with swords? Lol, I used to have trouble with it too. Try something like this....

What's important is... emotions, setting and dialogues as well as the actual fighting. These factors will make your fight scenes drastically more dramatic and the readers will feel more involved as well.
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Thanks, there is also the point that I write how they would actually fight, (i.e. you hit someone with a sword, they're not exactly walking away from that) and I write the dialogue and consequences of the fight after it's already ended. Like how, he may be your best friend, but if things get heated, you just see red. Things go south and you won, but at a price, so how is that character going to deal with it.


EDIT: Sticky this thread perchance?
 
Dab_Of_Oppo said:
A few changes and it would have worked, but it's probably for the best. Sorry to hear that though.


Thanks, there is also the point that I write how they would actually fight, (i.e. you hit someone with a sword, they're not exactly walking away from that) and I write the dialogue and consequences of the fight after it's already ended. Like how, he may be your best friend, but if things get heated, you just see red. Things go south and you won, but at a price, so how is that character going to deal with it.


EDIT: Sticky this thread perchance?
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Yeah, maybe...
 
Fatal_Exodus said:
All I can say is: There is something very pleasing about taking the characters that you adore and expanding upon their own stories from the place they were originally from, tweaking this and that to your own taste.
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So I can't have have Talim off Yun-Seong just to preserve the "balance." Even though I thought it would be interesting to force a charitable/compassionate character to do something that they actually do in the game. Difference being the game only shows them as 'knocked out.'
 
Yeah, I could just have her knock him out. That was the original plan for the Cass/Soph fight I wrote, but I really love bittersweet endings...

Other than that, finally quit smoking, head swimming right now, can't think of anything to write! gaah
 
Fear. It all comes down to that one emotion in the human heart. People are frightened by what it different and this could relate to a clash of opinions where certain 'ideas' could be seen as threatening. I'm ot sure of what else to say since you haven't really given me more details lol.
 
darkwings13 said:
Fear. It all comes down to that one emotion in the human heart. People are frightened by what it different and this could relate to a clash of opinions where certain 'ideas' could be seen as threatening. I'm ot sure of what else to say since you haven't really given me more details lol.
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Yea, it's usually a clash of opinions.

So what have you been working on Darkwings?
 
Studying most of the time for now (Finals... T_T). Whenever I take breaks, I go type up some stuff on my fanfiction story. Lol, I just updated on Tuesday actually.
 
Okay, here's what I'm having trouble with so far.

Titles, I can't title things for crap. Also, have a horrible time naming characters.

As for the major thing staring me in the face, is the antagonist's actions. It will spoil some things, so with that:

The major thing is the genocide of towns, which I thought to basically make a shadow-government 'conspiracy' using a fake rebellion to wipe out the things it sees wrong with the country. The actions would be justified because when the rebellion is 'ended:' there would be a much larger job market, they would eliminate most of their issues under the guise of "the rebellion did it," and having a new enemy to focus on, the country would unify far more strongly then it had in the past (see the USA circa 2002).

This sounds incredibly hoaky and stupid, but it's me just brainstorming for the time being. People taking an action so wrong, I forget they don't have to justify their reasoning to me, but only to themselves. I should take the antagonist for a walk (writing exercise), that would help a lot...

MAJOR SPOILER WARNING.

Also, the main theme of the story being cost, Arianne, Emily, they end up 'healed' and 'whole' but at what cost?
Thus begins my eternal internal debate to kill Cassandra or not...
 
'The end justifies the mean' would be your antagonist belief from what I can tell from the spoiler then. I will need to read more to be sure and add in some more thoughts but for now, that's what I think your antagonist is like.
You're going to kill Cassandra in your other story dab?
 
darkwings13 said:
'The end justifies the mean' would be your antagonist belief from what I can tell from the spoiler then. I will need to read more to be sure and add in some more thoughts but for now, that's what I think your antagonist is like.
You're going to kill Cassandra in your other story dab?
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Apart from that December 21st short I put up, everything in "Out of Sheer Curiosity" is all the same story (unconnected but I've only just started writing it out. There will likely be a whole version in a year or two). The Antagonist hasn't made an appearance as of yet.

Question: The less you see of something, does it make it better? I.E. The less you see of a spooky monster, the more spooky is becomes.

Yeah, so far the plan's end is to kill her, but I like her too, so I don't know. Given all of your reactions to the small part of Cassandra I've put up, this would not be a popular decision, yes?


Kevin said:
You ppl are awesome. I wish my mind could have the ability, patience and creativity 4 this >3<
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You can own me in Soul Calibur though!
 
A character's death could be a powerful weapon if you utilized it correctly. In animes I've watched, a really popular character would die a super heroic/epic/sad death and even though it made me sad, it just made me think that the anime was so much more better. Take Romeo and Juliet (although I hate this story....) for example, it's becuz they died that the story became so loved (but I still hate it...).
 
darkwings13 said:
A character's death could be a powerful weapon if you utilized it correctly. In animes I've watched, a really popular character would die a super heroic/epic/sad death and even though it made me sad, it just made me think that the anime was so much more better. Take Romeo and Juliet (although I hate this story....) for example, it's becuz they died that the story became so loved (but I still hate it...).
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I've decided not to kill her, at least. Then I would write myself into a corner. Ha

I haven't posted anything more on it, and likely won't until the Christmas-area. Not to say I'm not working on it, I do almost daily.

Before I post any more. I must write a song. Ha, Cassandra and Petter is basically turning into a road-trip story to lighten up the whole dark thing.

In other news, would anyone like to help me write a song in a style a-la Gin Blossoms or Uncle Tupelo?
 
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