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| So my humble students, now that we all know the do's and don'ts of songfics and fluff fics, it's time to take a look at the common link that they all share: OOC. How far is too far?
Obviously, our favorite characters cannot all be canon all the time. So OOC really does come in handy and it surprises me that more people do not add this tag in their summaries. I've gone over this in previous entries and it all comes down to one word: WARNING. That's all I need. Please let me know ahead of time that Snape will be trolloping around a field laughing and giggling after he has decided that he will adopt Harry.
Wait. What? What?!
You're probably wondering what I am shocked about such a display of affection from such a greasy professor. Yes, grasshopper, that's right, absolutely no warning whatsoever. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, perhaps our un-beloved professor is under some serious dark magic - oh. wait....nope, Harry Potter is now frolicking in the flowers as well. What's that behind you?! There's the line. Congratulations! You have either read or written an AU fic. I'm sure some of you disagree with me and that's okay, but I stand strong on that point.
One OOC is enough. Two will put you in a huff.
Miyagi: Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later...
[makes squish gesture]
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ATTENTION!!!
It has been my personal quest for many moons to find an awesome fanfic trailer. For those not familiar, its simply a trailer for your fanfic that you can post on youtube using various clips. (Like fanvids, but with an actual purpose).
Frustration has taken over and I am calling on you fine people to help me in my quest. I don't care what fandom its from I just need the knowledge that there is a good one...somewhere....anywhere.
Get 'em:
youtube or myspace
Send 'em:
by commenting here or sending them to me (www.youtube.com/judywasapunk)
Watch 'em:
I will post my findings here in the next post.
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| Ahhh, how I love some old fashioned fluff. Nothing can fix a bad day better than your favorite ship...that is, until our new found fic gets a little too warm and cozy. What makes a good story? A good plot. A good plot needs conflict, a height in tension, and then closure. A good story does not go on for 72 mind-numbing chapters about John and Sally's adventures through the most boring relationship ever! And please spare me from inane details such as which button up shirt Johnny is wearing or how Sally is pulling up her brunette hair in a ponytail. If you find yourself including these wonderfully creative tidbits, please stop. now. All your characters are officially Mary Sue. Pointless. Moot.
Yeah. Lets go with moot. Face it, by now this story has gotten incredibly gay. Eighty-something chapters and 32 reviews? Is it really worth it? No, I didn't think so. Get yourself a beta and a better plot line besides "My goodness! We have a flat tire!" or the ever popular spontaneous ticklefight. (Note: the ever popular spontaneous ticklefight is allowed when followed by an NC-17 rated hallmark moment...teehee.)
Just learn to keep control of the fluff.
Wax on. Wax off.
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| We've all been caught off-guard by one. You're happily scrolling through a decent fanfic (that probably has your new favorite pairing) and you notice that one of the characters are a little OOC. No biggie, though, so you read on. Until about 5 to 7 chapters in when you notice a few paragraphs down that the text is italicized...and centered? Why is my favorite character bursting into song? Oh. My. God. That's right. You've just been had by a songfic. And if you didn't know it was a songfic, you've just been scarred for life...OK, more like 8 seconds. Retreat and all will be well.
Evanescence fan? Yeah, 75% of the people that happen upon your unwarned songfics probably hate you right now for writing that emo-soaked Buffy fanfic that deals with suicide or cutting, or sexual assault, or an apocalyptic crisis (man, Buffy is messed up!) Yeah. We've seen you around. Not that the general-fanfic-reading public is out there flaming all your songfics. Do your thing. Next time remember to label it as such in that handy little summary.
Oh...you're not sure if your fic qualifies as a songfic? Do you depict a normally gruff, closed-off character bursting into song (because the lyrics reminded you of the fandom and it so totally was the perfect fit)? Or maybe its just your run-in-the-mill mediocre fic but you thought you might add those oh-so-perfect lyrics and place them randomly throughout the fic italicized and centered. Sound familiar? Yeah, you've just published a songfic. And if you haven't disclosed so properly in your summary, you've just wasted 8 precious seconds of everyone else's time.
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