Story Note Hall of Fame

[resonant]

copperbadge has me thinking taxonomically about everything, so I'm now sorting my story notes into categories.

It's Awful, And That's Just The Way I Wanted It:

The imcomplete sentences are not accidental. The story is written just as it was played out in my sick little mind. So don't bother flaming my grammatical skills or any OOCness.

It's Awful, But Whaddaya Expect For Free?:

Plot and characterization evaporated, and [character] kept dissolving into a marshmellow. I tried, I did, but this turned into overly romanticized fluff. Wasn't going to post it but several people emailed and asked me to... So.

It's Awful, And I Show My Pink Belly To You, So Please Don't Hurt Me:

Category: Angst and romance – ok lets say fluff! Major fluff, get the sick buckets out – I'm worried it sounds cheesy at the end?!

The Feedblackmail category:

Tell me what you think, If I don’t get any feedback I'll just assume everyone hated and not write anymore, so FEEDBACK. Really no feed back no story. The last time I posted I only got 3 emails.

Unclear on the Concept:

I have used some of the lyrics as dialogue[...] but this is not a songfic.

And then there's a sort of catch-all category, which I'm thinking of calling the Comment Would Be Superfluous category:

Some of this is written in the [Fictional] Language and translations will be at the end.



This started as a rabid plot bunny that bit me on the neck and just wouldn't let go. Sevvy as a pimp who could resist?

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warnings: An adult having sex with a minor in a public place. Slight bondage.

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And it is not sad, which is odd cuz i am. and i wrote it like 3 minutes ago. so yeah.
Title:[Title} (or something)
Author: i think i have a name at FFnet, but i cant remember what it is, so just [Pseudonym], i guess.

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Thankyou for my inspiration and dont' we all wish that we could read the sequel to [another writer's story]??? sorry if it hasn't already been written??? I'll have to check on that.

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Warnings: a tad non-con, and don't try this at home, this stuff is overrated as lubricant.

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If there's one thing I pride myself on besides my descriptions, it's my dialogue. Of course, my dialogue is a bit unconventional, so, yea. *nods*

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Category: AAAANNNNGGGST!!!!! argh!!!!

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I'm NOT making fun of [actor]'s real [misfortune], that isn't funny. But I needed a premise.

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There is some confusion regarding the time period the movie takes place. As it has been discussed elsewhere, there are several historical inaccuracies so I closed my eyes and guesstimated 1680. Other dates are structured around context clues from the film and several lines from the lovable Mr. Gibbs. I'll provide a time-line and my research links with the final installment.

(Interesting de note: I’ve concluded that Elizabeth’s father could have been/have been based on the Earl of Carlisle, who was governor from 1678-1680. The fort in the movie would then be Fort Carlisle, built in 1678, in his honor. In which case, Sir Henry Morgan (as in Captain Morgan!) is his Lt. Governor, and succeeds him as Governor in 1680.)

Lyrics are to "So Long, Marianne."

(Res's note: this is that song that Leonard Cohen wrote for Marianne Faithfull in the '60s, the one that begins, "Come over to the window, my little darling,/I'd like to try to read your palm.")

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Warnings:  Chan, hints of non-con.  Please do not read if this discomfits you.

Comments

[tradescant.livejournal.com]

Tell me what you think, If I don’t get any feedback I'll just assume everyone hated and not write anymore, so FEEDBACK. Really no feed back no story. The last time I posted I only got 3 emails.

Wow, you know, if I get three e-mails, I actually consider myself pretty lucky. Obviously my standards are tragically low.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

See, the thing that amuses me about this one is: She says, "If you don't write me, I'll assume you don't like the story." Nobody writes her. Shouldn't her response be to go, "Oh, well, I guess nobody likes the story and I might as well stop posting it" rather than "Hey, these people adore my story and hang on my every word, but they're too rude to write me. I'd better scold them a bit more"?

[cursive.livejournal.com]

My favourite has been a writer who had a bar of 10 reviews before she would post another chapter, and when someone sent her 10 identical reviews saying "I love this story, please write more," she was pleased enough to update.

I never want to be quite that desperate or quite that easy.

I feel really happy about 1 good feedback email for each update. It keeps me feeling it's not crap. I have no idea what I would feel about 10. When I last updated a story and got more than usual feedback which was more than usually positive, I started to worry that my writing was slipping. Go pretentious me.