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Ramble, ramble
Okay, so at last, started thinking about the commission again for the first time in months. ^^;;; What I'm here to ask is, can anyone direct me to good pics of Yue from CCS? Full-body would be best. I'd prefer anime pics, but manga will do. Elwen, I'm looking at your sister =P
On a separate topic. I wonder why the best authors on FF.net get the least reviews? I mean, there's the obvious "FF.net is a pile of [insert your creative descriptions here] not worthy of any respecting author/reader's time" sentiment, but the place isn't entirely inept. Yet, unless they write a running serial novel and rack up the chapters (and readers), it's just so lonely. You'd think a well-written story would stand out that much more in that archive of 90% junk, and people would WANT to read and review them, right?
Case in point: I present a couple of my favorite authors in terms of writing skill: Flarn (aside from the long and quite great Slayers fic, her most recent publication = no feedback) and pradaloz (great imagery, but look at those single digits.) And I know it's not like I'm doing my part to contribute, but I not-review everyone equally =P and at least I'm giving them a tiny bit of publicity here. ^^;; But I mean, is it the summary? I don't think that makes a significant difference. Is it the length? I admit I do pre-judge quality by word-count-to-chapter ratio, but there's all kinds of variety in my listed examples. Is it the single-chapters? My single chapter story that's not even finished has gotten more reviews than these prolific authors, and it's certainly nowhere as good...
(Yes, the not-very-secret's out now. I haven't publicized it because I'm still quite a ways from producing the finished work, for what little it's worth. But you won't have trouble finding it.)
Still waiting for mom to go to bed and leave me to draw in peace...
On a separate topic. I wonder why the best authors on FF.net get the least reviews? I mean, there's the obvious "FF.net is a pile of [insert your creative descriptions here] not worthy of any respecting author/reader's time" sentiment, but the place isn't entirely inept. Yet, unless they write a running serial novel and rack up the chapters (and readers), it's just so lonely. You'd think a well-written story would stand out that much more in that archive of 90% junk, and people would WANT to read and review them, right?
Case in point: I present a couple of my favorite authors in terms of writing skill: Flarn (aside from the long and quite great Slayers fic, her most recent publication = no feedback) and pradaloz (great imagery, but look at those single digits.) And I know it's not like I'm doing my part to contribute, but I not-review everyone equally =P and at least I'm giving them a tiny bit of publicity here. ^^;; But I mean, is it the summary? I don't think that makes a significant difference. Is it the length? I admit I do pre-judge quality by word-count-to-chapter ratio, but there's all kinds of variety in my listed examples. Is it the single-chapters? My single chapter story that's not even finished has gotten more reviews than these prolific authors, and it's certainly nowhere as good...
(Yes, the not-very-secret's out now. I haven't publicized it because I'm still quite a ways from producing the finished work, for what little it's worth. But you won't have trouble finding it.)
Still waiting for mom to go to bed and leave me to draw in peace...
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Second: thanks so much for the kind words about my fic! Gives me a happy.
Third: I took a wild guess at what your FFN penname might be, and I do believe I've found that "single chapter story that's not even finished." If I'm right, then you shouldn't be knocking it! It's a lovely piece of work that hit me right in the (admitedly tiny) romantic part of my soul. It was touching and very well-written, and you've got to share it with the list! (Although she's offline for the summer, I bet
Finally: reviews on FFN. I think there's a combination of reasons why a particular story may or may not have a lot of reviews. The quality of the fic itself is a factor; for the most part, the extremely well-written fics are going to attract notice. The nature of the fandom is another; fics that appeal to the broadest number of fans will attract a lot of rave reviews, too. The two aren't mutually exclusive--I don't want to invoke the lowest common denominator--there are a lot of good quality fics that get a lot of reviews. I think, though, that those fics that appeal to the nature of the fandom will get more notice. (Yeah, I know, I'm stating the obvious.) I know that I'm off in my own little weird universe with my fic, and I tend not to stick to some of the fanon conventions when it comes to characterization (esp. Link characterization). That's not to say that I'm doing anything wrong or that I'm doing something wonderfully inventive and daring (my ego may be huge, but it's not *that* huge). It's simply that most LoZ fans who run across my stuff probably don't like it, and the writing isn't so fantastic that they're forced to like it anyway. ;-) There's also the reviews-for-reviews factor. Reviewing other people's fic is a *great* way to get them to review yours. There are many of us, though, who are too darn lazy to go out looking for and reviewing other peoples fic. I should review more than I do, but...eh. Lazy.
I'll quit with the spamming of your LJ in a sec, but first I gotta say that if I could draw as well as you, I'd probably never get around to writing again. I love your fanart, and I suppose you can guess which piece warms my little smut-happy heart the most. Verrry nice. ;-)
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Good point about the nature of the fandom. I think that explains more about why novel-length Zelda fics get the reviews, too, since the original medium was about adventuring above all. But, I sure don't think reviews have to be only used for complements... if I read your fics and didn't like something about it (and if I were one to review in the first place ^^;) I would be MORE likely to comment on the unusual stuff. Oh well.
As for the drawing-ness, who says I *have* time to write? That's why that one story's taking me six months to finish. ^^;;
(I thought you might like that pic. I actually did it partly with the mood of "Nothing to Give" in mind. Yay inspiration. ;) )
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I'm glad to hear "Nothing to Give" was something of an inspiration. It's funny, really, since a lot of my inspiration for fic comes from fanart. I guess artists and writers have something of a inspiration circle going on.