The Dreamer

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Yeah I know, more than a year since I last actually posted any of this book. But now I'm going to be writing 20000 words on it every month, so you'll soon be sick of it! Anyways, I would REALLY FUCKING APPRECIATE COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING:

a) character development!
b) character voice!
c) delicacy of exposition!
d) general quality of world-building!
e) character interaction!

Please be constructive about these things -- don't LOOK for something bad to say, but point out something if it's there.

I would really fucking NOT appreciate corrective comments on the following:

a) word choice!
b) grammar!
c) spelling!
d) etc!

I am ROCKETING through this in order to have it done 8) There's going to be a lot of retaded stuff as far as the style goes, and I'll catch it myself later. Save your constructivism for the other stuff.

Uneditted and prolly going to changed greatly in the final draft 8)!

( When you're defensive, you're stupid. )

Poll #1018674
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Should I post my many, many himitsu fics in this journal?

Unrelated to any of my projects and probably a completely pointless, ugly waste of creative energy.

( I didn't say anything. )

The Dreamer

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Would still rlly appreciate comments, uneditted, because this is nano and I have to worry about speed over quality for now, and a lot of cleverly disguised infodump and character introduction. Yes!

( You don't have all the story. )

I use this journal once a year. lol.

The Dreamer

This is my nano project, which I'll be posting here as I finish chapters. I think I actually might make it this year, which is insanely awesome. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE COMMENTS, because, like, I'm kinda hoping this can be the first (short) draft of a publishable novel, here. So yes. Hope you enjoy.

( I have had a dream. )

I was thinking today about the term Mary Sue. Not a Mary Sue as in the fanfiction sense, things are a bit more defined, there, but canon Sues, OC in original fandom Sues, RP character Sues, Sues in books and games and movies.

And I came a conclusion.

There is no such thing as a Mary Sue.

A Mary Sue can be anything. What constitutes a Mary Sue? A character with no flaws, one person will say. No, a character based on one's own self, another would attest. No, no, a Mary Sue is a character who all the others love. No, a Sue is one whom special things always happen. No, a Sue is a character the creator of the story clearly favours. No, a Sue is a certain type of character, such as a happy, beloved Princess. A Sue is a character who's pleasant and 'weak'. A Sue is a character who's badass and 'strong'. A Sue is a pale, mysterious beauty. A Sue is a popular, vivacious beauty. A Sue is a character who is impossibly talented. A Sue is a character who the story revolves around.

A Sue can be anything.

The term Mary Sue has become something that writers try to pin to any character who does not suit their standards of a dynamic, well-written, interesting, likeable character. I'm sure we are all guilty of pinning the term "Sue" to a character who simply didn't suit our fancy. I know I am. It's an easy, guilt-free way to dislike a character and feel secure and superior in that dislike. We cannot be blamed for disliking this characters; they're a Mary Sue, they're unloveable, and disliking them doesn't make us fussy, it makes us enlightened. It's a crutch, both a flimsy one and a flawless one.

But the fact is, that the term "Sue" is flawed. A Mary Sue can mean too many things to be used as a defintion any longer. A Mary Sue can be anything and as such it stands to reason that there is no such thing as a true Mary Sue. When a concept has enough defintions, it ceases to be a concept.

Call a character boring. Call a character cliche. Call a character a self-insert. Call a character overglorified. Hell, just say you dislike a character.

But the Mary Sue witch-hunt needs to end.

[x-posted to my personal journal]

more world-building!

( Religion. I actually really like writing about religion. )

Sorry for spam here. Really.

Okay, I would like REALLY REALLY LOVE YOU ALL TO DO THIS PLEEEEEEEASE.

This will help me a LOT.

If you could, I would love it if you would list the major strengths and major weaknesses of my writing, both stylistically and practically. Overall opinion of my writing, things you think I could be better in ... this will help me a lot, knowing both my strengths and weaknesses as perceived by other people.

writing is not a hobby anymore, I can't let it be a "if I'm happy with it, go me~" experience.

My Weaknesses As A Writer

stylistic ;;

- serious flow issues in narrative.
- occassional 'talking heads' syndrone in dialouge.
- character voice sometimes lost in the 'pretty' of narrative.
- 'pretty' not actually pretty, more like purple.

practical ;;

- I hate writing down my thoughts. Love to think. Hate to write it down. This is a SERIOUS issue.
- much, much, much too easily distracted.
- too easily overwhelmed.
- need more follow through motivation.
- need to be held accountable.
- need to stop procrastinating.

Need to work on these really bad.

WORLD BUILDING FOR MY BOOK THING

NEEDS A NAME

yeah this isn't much yet but I'll stick more here when I finish it

Suggestions for other countries welcome.


( A veritable political sinkpit )