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#227576BadwolfwhoMon, 18th Jun '12 3:13:15 PMfrom Stardust Road
There's these two Bell Gargoyles that keep killing me. I'm fine with the first but then the second shows up and they spam fire and it's only a matter of time before I die.
Bouncing Dash.◊
Badwolf out.
Build a fool proof system, and the world will create a better fool.
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#227579BluespadeMon, 18th Jun '12 3:16:17 PMfrom Texas
@Badwolf (operating under the assumption that you won't actually go to bed for another 5 or 10 minutes): the gargoyles are one of those bosses you are really supposed to have a summoned ally for. There's an NPC you can summon (Solaire) right before the boss door if you're not playing online. Hopefully you still have some Humanity left.What did they do?
edited 18th Jun '12 3:16:39 PM by Bluespade
Element of Dullness.
#227580SeraphemMon, 18th Jun '12 3:20:34 PMfrom Delamare
Write 14 chapters, leave it on a MASSIVE cliffhanger before the final chapter.
and then stop to rewrite the whole thing from the start.
Build a fool proof system, and the world will create a better fool.
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#227581CrowfallMon, 18th Jun '12 3:25:09 PM
Bluespade had been dreaming about me? Oh my. *blushes*
With fanfiction, I'm with those that are a lot more forgiving of it. I don't really go in expecting expert writing, so small mistakes don't bug me as much. Course there are fics that have large mistakes that get to me.
#227582Perpetual LurkerMon, 18th Jun '12 3:30:50 PM
I think a large part of the nitpicking comes from when people stop judging things as fanfiction and start comparing things to published literature. I know I've heard it said many times that Fallout Equestria stands on its own as a piece of literature. With that judgement comes enhanced scrutiny from those skeptical of the claim. It's not bad by any means, no. It's just another good fanfic, and the pedestal it's put on probably shouldn't be quite so high (IMO).
#227583BluespadeMon, 18th Jun '12 3:33:29 PMfrom Texas
It's also a lot easier to convince people to make small changes than big ones. People are generally much more receptive to something like "this is how you should be using parenthetical statements, you've been doing it wrong" than "this character is a mess and needs to be completely overhauled."@Crowfall: It was only one time!
Element of Dullness.
#227584Mousa The 14Mon, 18th Jun '12 3:34:11 PMfrom Northern Virginia
It's probably difficult to becuase the default standard for fanfiction is "Bad" therefore if it's actually great then relatively, it's "godsend".
#227587SeraphemMon, 18th Jun '12 3:38:14 PMfrom Delamare
with FOE, again there just going by the story as a whole, not the grammar, spelling etc.. JUST the story, and yes it could use a pass through an editor to polish it up, but given that it would be up there most of the novels out there
Build a fool proof system, and the world will create a better fool.
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#227588Mousa The 14Mon, 18th Jun '12 3:39:09 PMfrom Northern Virginia
Excuse my positive reasonability but I tend to think that if it was published, put into book form to be sold for hundreds of people to consume then it would have to at least be minimally decent, especially when those things tend to go through an extensive process of editting.
On the other hand fanfiction is homebrewed, barely looked at, "for fun" stuff so the standards aren't exactly shining.
#227589BluespadeMon, 18th Jun '12 3:40:46 PMfrom Texas
That one time tells us all we need to know, though.
Hey, I dreamed about you too!@Seraphem: I think you're misunderstanding what an editor is supposed to do. As an author you're actually expected to have fixed as many grammatical problems and typos and such as you possibly can. The editor is more there for big decisions, like pointing out inconsistencies in the story or whole sections that need rewriting.
edited 18th Jun '12 3:40:56 PM by Bluespade
Element of Dullness.
#227590Perpetual LurkerMon, 18th Jun '12 3:41:29 PM
@Seraphem And that is your opinion.
edited 18th Jun '12 3:43:46 PM by PerpetualLurker
#227591CrowfallMon, 18th Jun '12 3:41:35 PM
Plus a proper editing process can be very time consuming, which a lot of fanfic authors may not have time for given that this is just something they're doing in their free time for fun.
#227592crowloverMon, 18th Jun '12 3:42:52 PMfrom Name & Address Withheld
Don't be silly Seraphem. No pony is better than Twilight.
Hi ginger. Don't worry, the angst is just trying to lull you into a false sense of security.
edited 18th Jun '12 3:50:53 PM by Crowfall
#227597Kuroi Tsubasa TenshiMon, 18th Jun '12 3:53:42 PMfrom Canada
I seem to recall (buried somewhere in that mess of an omnibus comments thread on EqD) kkat saying she spent 40 hours per week on Fo:E and had five dedicated editors to boot. Which leads to the expectation that mistakes should be very minimal.
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Badwolf out.
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Ah yes, FOE.
Speaking of, I'm nearing the end of Chapter 24 of Project Horizons. The angst has receeded... for now
