[ SECRET POST #2773 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2773 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Maplestory]


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(Ted and Ralph, The Fast Show)


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[Big Hero 6]


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[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]


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[Arashi no Yoru ni]


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07. http://i.imgur.com/QnC2dWq.jpg
[Hannibal, linked for nudity and gore]


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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - posted twice ].
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Comments

Re: Fanfiction dealbreakers

[(Anonymous)]

Present tense is hard to do well because while it can work for dialogue and action, it's terrible for description and awkward for alluding to events from the past.

First person is difficult because you have to very accurately convey the character's internal experience and perception of events, which is subjective, especially in a work that isn't told 1st person POV. And many people think OC first person stories are a cop-out because the OC is "obviously" just relating their own POV; ie, a self-insert.

And damn it pains me to be agreeing with skippydelicious. :\

Re: Fanfiction dealbreakers

[skippydelicious]

And damn it pains me to be agreeing with skippydelicious. :\

The first time is always the hardest.

Re: Fanfiction dealbreakers

[(Anonymous)]

DA

First person POV, and limited third for that matter, are easier to do if you pick a POV character with a strong 'voice', I think? I've written fics that essentially end up with accents, actually, including a reasonably well-regarded 1st person in a Southern accent and a tight 3rd person POV in an Aussie accent. I mean, on the downside it's also probably too easy to go overboard and end up with something excruciating, but generally a strong, identifiable voice that stands out from the rest of the canon makes close POVs easier to grab hold of.

That said, I don't tend to use 1st Person much unless prompted to it or doing a noir pastiche. Or a monologue, in one case, but I don't think that really counts. However, I do do almost everything in limited 3rd, and I've never gotten the hang of omniscient 3rd at all.