[ SECRET POST #2940 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2940 ⌋

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

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02.
[Doctor Who]


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04.
[Fire Emblem Awakening]


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05.
[Sleepy Hollow]


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06.
[Agents of SHIELD]


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07.
[Babylon 5]


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08.
[Sinfest]


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09.
[Weekly Wipe with Charlie Brooker]


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10.
[Sailor Moon Crystal]













Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 026 secrets from Secret Submission Post #420.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Your Old Fanfiction

[herpymcderp]

Reread but never edit. I received the best advice about writing when I was but a teen: once a piece of writing is done, you toss it into the wind and divorce it from your soul completely. Not only does doing so allow you to grow as an author as you criticize and analyze your own work, but it stops you from being too affected by experimental pieces where you might be writing about viewpoints or mindsets that differ from your own (e.g. trying to get into the mind of a child killer).

Re: Your Old Fanfiction

[(Anonymous)]

That was the advice that really helped me. I read it in a how-to-write-sci-fi book by Orson Scott Card (yeah, I know, he sucks -- but he had really good tips for writing). He said that you can always fiddle with things and make them better but at some point you have to publish and move onto the next thing.

That always stuck with me and was super helpful in how I view my older works -- they're just stepping stones towards being a better writer and they were as good as I could do at the time.

Re: Your Old Fanfiction

[lb_lee]

That is very good advice, and stuff I mostly follow, unless someone points out a typo for me. (Though in a couple of my serials, I WILL go back and retcon smaller details as I figure out things later down the line, such as specific timeline and such. But hopefully, it's stuff that most people don't even remember on a quick read-through.)

Re: Your Old Fanfiction

[herpymcderp]

Almost certainly not, and I can totally see retcons for things that develop over time that you don't have a chance to totally figure out beforehand. I do that with my own stuff too, but that's because it's largely done through some rp and then made into actual writing way down the line when the characters voices are fully developed.

Good way to throw in foreshadowing as well.

Re: Your Old Fanfiction

[lb_lee]

Yeah, in my case, a lot of my stories are written really quickly according to reader request, which means that random shit can become series because of popularity. Often, I am not quite prepared for this, so have to make shit up as I go along.

Considering how much I'm flying by the seat of my pants, I'm kinda pleased with myself for doing as well as I have.