[ SECRET POST #4952 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4952 ⌋

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


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 39 secrets from Secret Submission Post #709.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

No, I reject this argument on principle. You're still suggesting that a fanfic needs to follow a "proper" structure to be good or enjoyed or to "work" or even to exist, whether it's done intentionally or not. I am saying there is no "right" way to write a fanfic. Do some or all of my fics have structure, even though I don't consciously plan out each scene? Absolutely. Do they NEED it? Absolutely not.

[(Anonymous)]

Every story needs some kind of structure. It doesn't need to be the SAME structure (there are entire books written on the subject) but they need structure to be satisfying and objectively decent ... ie, coherent.

The fact that fanfic uses existing worlds and characters means you need less structure to be coherent because you're not coping with dropping entire characters and a world all at the same time as having a hurt/comfort fic, but you still need structure of some sort.

It's like people saying art can be anything. I reject the notion that a canvas planted a flat blue color to represent depression is 'art', because it's incoherent. I would never know what the hell it meant without someone telling me.

[(Anonymous)]

So much shifting of goalposts going on in this thread. Is it that a fic has to meet the criteria of "proper" structures as suggested by the secret? Is that it has to have a beginning, middle and end? Is it that it needs to have some kind of structure? People need to make up their minds.

[(Anonymous)]

It's really not.

Say you have a story idea. You think, "All right, I want the characters to do A. But wait, I have to explain how they got to A. Then when they get to A, I need to have consequences, so B happens. But I want the story to be exciting, and wait, this is a really cool idea I can stick here, but it needs to build on what I have or readers will be confused ... so then C happens." And BAM, suddenly you've got RISING ACTION, or structure. "I want the ending to be satisfying and explain what happened to the characters. Because if I just end it at C, people are going to be SO confused about how it all ended up and ask me questions!" And BAM, you have denouement.

[(Anonymous)]

Or you write it however you want and end it however you want because it's a fucking fanfic and the only person you have to please is yourself?