: Sunday, March 09, 2008
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penknife: We can has policies. - New draft LJ policy document went up this morning, with a note that it's just a draft, and that they want feedback on the policies from users. -- gilpin25: [in metamorfic_moon] Discussion - So Is This Funny ... Or Really Not? (Humour in Fanfic) - Do you plan humour beforehand or just work it into the story if it seems natural to do so? Do you like reading different types, but tend to stick to one sort when writing as you're more confident with it? What about using recurring jokes, one-off gags, wr -
- mecurtin: Read for meeeeeee & Sturgeon's Law on TeeVeeeeeee - With TV, though, most writers seem to end up resenting the very idea of doing a good job -- yes, Aaron Sorkin, I'm looking at you. I think that may be part of why science fiction, the literature of ideas, gets transformed into sci-fi, which appears to be -
- vescoiya: Liver for breakfast then? - So The X-Files does what a lot of science fiction shows do: it sets up mutants as monster-of-the-week type enemies. Most of the time, although it's a bit distasteful, I can stomach that: usually the mutants as portrayed are so strongly and clearly coded a -
- cupidsbow: "The Things We Never Talk About"
How can you tell when a story is good?
How do you know when a story is finished (ie. the best you can make it)?
How do you edit effectively?
How can you pick a good editing choice from a bad one?
Can you learn "talent"? - athousandwinds: "Where are all the black new faces?"
So. What novels, what stories do you have in mind that would make for brilliant adaptations, that feature characters of colour? - sagaluthien: Your thoughts about wip stories - Who here is guilty of having an Abandoned WIP folder on their PC? -