Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Fanfiction
Crystal
Thank you, Pam, for this discussion between your daughter and yourself. I
forwarded that post to my daughter so she can check out the links if she
wants to.
I sat with my daughter today and read to her this entire thread and all the
replies. According to her, Fanfiction is a site where writers critique each
other. If someone wrote a story that had the wrong rating, people would be
complaining almost instantly. My daughter writes stories and people write
what they think of them. She changes her stories or keeps them the same as
she feels fit, but it gets her thinking about her audience, who they are and
what they want. One thing about that site is that when an author has been
critiqued many times, new people come to read the story, so my daughter
sometimes critiques herself just to get people to come read her stories. It
just seems to me that X rated stories could find their way onto that site,
but they wouldn't last very long. Plus, since new writers have to be
critiqued to get people to read their stories, they probably will not have
very many people who actually read them, anyway.
Crystal
properly...
correctly) that most people don't bother reading them very far in. *g*
nal story than fanfic, so there's a higher percentage of g ood fics vs. bad.
don't read fanfiction much anymore, mostly just write.
format is also a plus.
so not every fic gets in. Still, not every single fic is top-of-the-line,
but there is some really good stuff here, and you don't have to sort
through the piles and piles of rubbish you get on ff.n.
into S/R, then... ;) If you /are/, or are willing to suspend disbelief,
they're VERY well-written.
and it's selective, like Sugar Quills. I think Azkaban's Lair is solely, or
at least primarily, S/R slash.
stories. I have a couple posted here. ^_~
downtime is permanent...
<-- shameless plug there, but I like to think that some of my fics (about
95% of the fics on Nine Lives are by me) are pretty good...
forwarded that post to my daughter so she can check out the links if she
wants to.
I sat with my daughter today and read to her this entire thread and all the
replies. According to her, Fanfiction is a site where writers critique each
other. If someone wrote a story that had the wrong rating, people would be
complaining almost instantly. My daughter writes stories and people write
what they think of them. She changes her stories or keeps them the same as
she feels fit, but it gets her thinking about her audience, who they are and
what they want. One thing about that site is that when an author has been
critiqued many times, new people come to read the story, so my daughter
sometimes critiques herself just to get people to come read her stories. It
just seems to me that X rated stories could find their way onto that site,
but they wouldn't last very long. Plus, since new writers have to be
critiqued to get people to read their stories, they probably will not have
very many people who actually read them, anyway.
Crystal
> This is an IM between my daughter (15) and myself, followed by email shesent me - about fan fiction.
>we do it all the time.)
>
> (Don't laugh - yes we were IMing from different rooms in the same house -
>fanfiction.net?
> -pam
>
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> PSoroosh (10:38:07 AM): how much X-rated type of stuff do you run into on
> PSoroosh (10:38:19 AM): people on unschooling discussion are warning otherparents about it.
> HarlequinPhantom (10:38:21 AM): Basically none, since the new policy...new policy? Do you run into ANY?
> PSoroosh (10:38:27 AM): how about before the new policy?
> PSoroosh (10:38:29 AM): a lot?
> PSoroosh (10:38:50 AM): and - is there still stuff left there since the
> HarlequinPhantom (10:38:52 AM): They used to allow nc-17 fics, but nownothing over R. And before that, most people /did/ categorize their fics
properly...
> HarlequinPhantom (10:39:05 AM): Occasionally someone will post some lemonunder 'G'. But it's rare and it's really obvious from the start.
> PSoroosh (10:39:09 AM): how much should parents of, say, 10 yo's, beworried?
> HarlequinPhantom (10:39:12 AM): Nah.post about it firsthand?
> PSoroosh (10:39:29 AM): well - you're on the list, temporarily, want to
> PS! oroosh (10:39:38 AM): or I should pass along your experience?(people writing highly rated stuff that's well-written ALWAYS post them
> HarlequinPhantom (10:39:45 AM): Lemons rated G are so badly written anyway
correctly) that most people don't bother reading them very far in. *g*
> HarlequinPhantom (10:39:48 AM): Go ahead..anyway, it's not selective enough, and there's far too much drivel.
> PSoroosh (10:40:18 AM): is nc-17 same as X?
> HarlequinPhantom (10:40:20 AM): I don't read on ff.net much anymore
> PSoroosh (10:40:26 AM): or are there two different levels?fics...
> HarlequinPhantom (10:40:28 AM): Yeah, basically.
> PSoroosh (10:40:32 AM): okay
> PSoroosh (10:40:34 AM): what do you read?
> PSoroosh (10:40:43 AM): anything else to suggest?
> HarlequinPhantom (10:40:47 AM): I love sugarquills.net for Harry Potter
> HarlequinPhantom (10:41:21 AM): fictionpress.net, ff.n's sister site fororiginal works, has some good stories - MUCH harder to write a decent origi!
nal story than fanfic, so there's a higher percentage of g ood fics vs. bad.
> PSoroosh (10:41:40 AM): can you send me an email with this info?few fandoms I read fics of, I usually have one or two fansites I browse. I
> HarlequinPhantom (10:41:48 AM): For other HP, and also Cats and the other
don't read fanfiction much anymore, mostly just write.
> HarlequinPhantom (10:41:51 AM): Sure...jas.takes on really bad fics...
>
>
> http://go.to/godawful is a fun site for reading good writers/editors'
> http://www.subreality.com/movieverse.htm is a superb X-men fanfic archive.LOADs of fics, good layout, v. navigable and fastloading. Easy to read
format is also a plus.
> http://www.geocities.com/xmenmoviefanfic/index2.html the previous one'ssister site, I believe.
> http://www.sugarquills.net SugarQuills is a great place to find qualityHarry Potter fiction, because, unlike ff.n, they have a selection process,
so not every fic gets in. Still, not every single fic is top-of-the-line,
but there is some really good stuff here, and you don't have to sort
through the piles and piles of rubbish you get on ff.n.
> http://sekaiseifuku.net/puppyfarm.html Has a few nice fics, but they'reALL Sirius/Remus slash, not an archive, a personal site, so if you're not
into S/R, then... ;) If you /are/, or are willing to suspend disbelief,
they're VERY well-written.
> http://azkabanslair.slashcity.org/ I haven't browsed Azkaban's Lair much,so I don't know everything about it, but it has at least a few good stories,
and it's selective, like Sugar Quills. I think Azkaban's Lair is solely, or
at least primarily, S/R slash.
> http://www.catsfanfiction.ipfox.com/ Cats fanfics, it seems to be downright now, but it's REALLY good when it's up. VERY beautiful layout, great
stories. I have a couple posted here. ^_~
> http://www.catsfanfiction.com/ <-- Very much the same as the one above it,but not as many fics. I haven't seen it up in ages, so I'm guessing the
downtime is permanent...
>none of them are fanfics except my own - http://www.kalliroscope.net/9lives/
>
> I used to have a TON of Cats links, but I've lost all but a couple, and
<-- shameless plug there, but I like to think that some of my fics (about
95% of the fics on Nine Lives are by me) are pretty good...
>well. Also, there're LOADS of webrings dedicated to fanfiction.
> Googling for fanfiction + whatever fandom you're into usually works quite
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