Kurahieiritr

It would be sad to have to remove your work because of harrassment from reviewers. I think that you should write in the style you feel most comfortable with and ignore the more picky weeaboos, probably of which a majority of do not know proper Japanese anyway.
I know I give Japanese pop stars / anime voice actors a break when they speak English just because I'd rather find the bright side of the matter (ie: its endearing that they try) rather than be annoyed that what they are saying sometimes sounds downright silly and under practiced to my American born ears. Our languges are very different and mastering one from the other can be very difficult.
I will say this though, I'd rather not sound silly to a Japanese person by slaughtering their language at every oppertunity with frivolity rather than practicing, learning and thinking about what I want to say before I say it. I think that people generally absorb culture through osmosis, meaning they don't think, they just do, or on this case speak or write.

Trust me, it's not just underagers. My sister in law, may the gods keep her on the other side of the country, sends me emails in text speak. From her iPhone.

Congratulations, my friend. I bet you are thrilled to be included since it could increase the sell of your other books. I'm so happy for you.

Torquere Press has put out a free anthology of flash fiction all based on a central theme... "Please Don't Feed the Alligators."
There are some wonderful authors featured in this collection of flash fiction, and I am absolutely tickled to have a story in this anthology: "The Herpetologist and the Honeymoon."
So, stop on by and get a copy. The price is right, after all!

So when I see stories with very poor grammar and punctuation, bordering on chatspeak or textspeak or whatever these crazy kids call it these days... I question whether the author is telling the truth about being over the age of 18.
Seriously. Think about it a moment. Most of us have figured out by age 18 how to write, if not 100% correct, at least close enough to get by pretty well. The few exceptions I've found have been the kind of people that don't enjoy writing and wouldn't do it in their free time, or didn't have English as their first language. I don't think grammar is a lost art though, in fact, I think we're seeing a renewed interest in it by the number of grammar snobs that are cropping up. It's like the technologically literate are starting to push back against the illiterate that are infiltrating their domain. We went from using 1337 to set ourselves apart to using perfect grammar while online to set ourselves apart from the people that don't type as well as we do...
On websites other than this one, I just assume simple ignorance or not enough experience with typing, thereby making the person more likely to take shortcuts.

I may post a semi-raw chapter to give readers something to look at if I have not been posting much because of the real world situations that happen, but I replace such chapters as soon as is humanly possible with grammatically repaired versions. I tend to use human speak in dialog because people don't use proper grammar when they talk to each other as a rule. However, I am very strict with my own writing when it comes to all other elements.
To my thinking, grammar checking programs are the most important tool any writer can purchase. I have never had interest in cell phones or text message programs of that classification. On facebook, I am constantly lost when I run into text speak outside of the terms LOL, ROFL, WEG, and LMAO. I avoid text speak because I have never understood what was attractive about it. Laughter is one of my favorite things, so I do tend to abuse the above terms. Also, I loved the Weird Al song. Word Crimes made me laugh a lot so thanks for sharing that one @GeorgeGlass.
I have seen a number of text speak stories on various sites across the web. Because I do not know the lingo, I must back pedal to find a different story. In some respects, the lost art of grammar is a sad statement about how our society has become fixated on doing everything faster, and more efficiently to the point it no longer has any meaning at all. We are losing too much of what once made civilization great. Fast and gratuitous actions only seems to increase the pressure of consume more ideals that are sold constantly on the radio, and on televisions around the globe. Civilization is losing a lot of what made it special because of the lost art of grammar usage I believe.

*Grammar.
And the difference between 'laugh out loud' and 'lots of laughs' is not going significantly change the content of a message.
That said, there is a time and a place for text speak, and prose is not it.

I have been asking a question to myself for a few years now. Ok, more than a few years. It has been since texting got to be a big thing. The question is why do some authors think people want to read what they wrote when it is all in text speak. The readers can never tell what the author is writing because there are so many different way it can be taken. Like LOL, that could be 'lots of laughs' or 'laugh out loud'.
Another question I have been asking is why do they shorten three letter words? Are they that lazy, that they can't be bothered to put the letter that goes in the middle in there. How do people still miss spell words to we now have auto correct and they can use their voice to say the word and it will come up.

Here it goes, borrowed from The Sound of Music:
Bishonin in poses while semes look smitten
Big uke eyes and fanfictions written
Twinks in their bedroom all tied up with string
These are a few of my favorite things
Long haired bishonen and R18 doodles
Watching hard yaoi and knowing that it rules
Wild all male orgies and hot guys with wings
These are a few of my favorite things
Bishis in leather and tsundre with glasses
X-ratd doujun and men with nice asses
All of their hotness makes me want to sing
These are a few of my favorite things
When my life bites
When my pride stings
When I'm feeling mad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad
****I felt inspired so I wrote ths and posted it elsewhere. Thought ypu guys might like it too.****
When I posted this in that other place I accidentally pluralized one of the bishonin . . . now I feel silly.

I wonder if sane Japanese people feel the same way when they hear garbled English in every other one of their pop songs . . .
I think it's cute to an extent, but I find it ruins the mood of whatever I'm listening to because I tend to break out in "OhMyGodItsSoCute" hystarical fangirl lauguhter depending on how bad the English is.
I wonder how people from Japan feel about us so hamhandedly trying to assimilate their language as they have done so to ours? Do think its cute or do they hate it?
OmG, I challenge anyone here to write a Hetalia fanfiction where America and Japan have an argument about this

Im starting a small writing/critique circle for pepole who write or read yaoi/slash stories. It can be fanfiction or original as long as your into boy on boy stories. You can be an experience writer or a newbie it doesn't matter.
There are certain requirements you must meet to join:
*Must write/read yaoi/gay/boyxboy/slash stories.
*Dont mind reading hardcore sex scenes (my stories all have a lot of sexual situations so you must be able to handle them.)
*Into or dont mind different types of boyxboy stores (ex: boys in a skirt, teacher/student relationship, incest, threesomes,)
*Active participant - You must be able to be log online at least a couple times a week. It doest have to be everyday or for a long amount of time. Just a couple of minutes if you want.
*This is a give and take circle...so you must be willing to let others read and edit your writing, while you do the same.
*Must like to write and read. (If you dont then why are you even on this website)
Like I said it is going to be a small group of people. It will be a chance to connect with new people and also improve your writing while helping others. If you are interested message me. I will then give you more details on what to do.

I would be interested in seeing this. I feel like there's three metrics to care about: page views, which counts how many people clicked on the story. Readers, or the people that not only clicked, but kept reading. And reviews, which are people that clicked, read, and then had an opinion they thought worth typing up. The last one is the hardest to get, I feel, as commentary takes a bit of an effort and some people may enjoy a story but feel they have nothing to contribute in the terms of a review. Having that in-between stat to tell if it's being read or not would be lovely.
And does anyone feel that the codes are more important than the story description...? Because I sacrificed codes in favor of more text about the story and I don't think it's working.

I am doing a bit of condensing to take up less space. Here is the first worksheet. Feel free to copy it and use it all you want. I got it free from a pro writing site, and have used it for over a decade personally.
Character Developing Worksheet
NAME:
RACE:
GENDER:
CITY OF BIRTH: STATE: COUNTY: COUNTRY:
BIRTH DATE: CURRENT AGE:
NICK NAMES:
PHYSICAL STATISTICS
HEIGHT: WEIGHT:
BODY TYPE: NECK: SHOULDERS: ARMS: HANDS:
BREASTS/CHEST:
BELLY & WAIST:
LEGS & HIPS:
VOICE:
FACE & EYES: HAIR COLOR & STYLE:
Habitual Expressions:
PERCEIVED PHYSICAL IMPERFECTIONS MINIMUM OF 3
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES/ MINIMUM OF 3:
CLOTHING STYLES & FAVORITE OUTFITS; MINIMUM OF 3:
Favorite Colors:
Taste in Jewelry:
This is a psychoanalytical tool. This focuses mainstream values and character behaviors. This is the inner world workings of characters that evoke emotional responses to each situation.
Language Spoken:
Political Affiliations:
Social Class:
Family:
Father's Name: Profession: Living or dead? If dead, how did he die?:
Mother's name: Profession: Living or dead? If dead how did she die?:
Are parents happily married, or divorced where applicable?:
# of Brothers:
Names:
# of Sisters:
Names:
Description of family escutcheon (Coat of Arms) where applicable:
Interesting information regarding family (Idiosyncrasies/historical significant background such as starting a company that was successful/ war hero ancestors/Scientific innovators etc.):
Marriage to whom and when.:
Number of children, ages, and names if any:
Character's relationship with family:
Thoughts and feelings about their family:
CHARACTER LINEAGE: 3 GENERATIONS MINIMAL
CREATE FAMILY BACKGROUND FOR CHARACTER'S RELATIVES; INCLUDE HISTORY, OCCUPATIONS, ETC WHERE APPROPRIATE.
PERSONALITY TYPE:
CHARACTERISTIC GESTURES (Habitual Mannerisms are Actions that are somewhat compulsive to emotional cues) Name 4 minumum:
RELIGION; WHERE APPLICABLE:
GENERAL PERSONALITY TYPE: INTROVERT? EXTROVERT?
QUIRKS Name 3 or more:
ECCENTRICITIES/ MINIMUM OF 3:
TEMPERAMENT: Emotional Level (i.e. Cries at the drop of a hat/ angry at the drop of a hat):
SENSE OF HUMOR:
METHOD OF HANDLING ANGER/RAGE:
ADMIRABLE TRAITS; MINIMUM OF 4:
NEGATIVE TRAITS= MINIMUM OF 2 preferable to have 3 or more:
BAD HABITS/VICES List MINIMUM OF 4:
PREJUDICES = MINIMUM OF 2:
PET PEEVES/GRIPES MINIMUM OF 4:
FAVORITE PET SAYINGS, WORDS/IDIOLECT MINIMUM OF 5:
SPEAKING STYLES; TALKATIVE, TACITURN, SOFT/LOUD ETC...
PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE:
TYPE AND # OF CLOSE FRIENDS MINIMUM OF 2:
BEST FRIEND:
OTHER FRIENDS MINIMUM OF 6:
What do friends and neighbors really think of him/her?:
What does (S)he value most in his/her friends?:
Who are his/her worst enemies and why?:
THINGS THAT MAKE UNCOMFORTABLE/ EMBARRASS = MINIMUM OF 4:
MOST PAINFUL THINGS IN LIFE MINIMUM OF 2:
TRAUMAS/PSYCHOLOGICAL SCARS FROM PAST MINIMUM OF 3:
MOST CRUCIAL EXPERIENCE(S) THAT HELPED SHAPE PERSONALITY/ATTITUDES MINIMUM OF 1:
FEARS MINIMUM OF 2:
PHOBIAS: WHERE APPLICABLE
MANIAS: WHERE APPLICABLE
PHYSICAL ILLNESSES/AFFLICTIONS: WHERE APPLICABLE
MENTAL DISTURBANCES: WHERE APPLICABLE
HOBBIES: Hobbies or Past times, MINIMUM OF 3(Can these activities show characterization or influence story?):
INTERESTS: (Not Romantic) MINIMUM OF 2
SPORTS:
FAVORITE SHOWS MINIMUM OF 2:
FAVORITE MOVIES:
FAVORITE TRAVEL DESTINATIONS:
PETS:
DIET; RICH OR LOW CHOLESTEROL/FAT?:
FAVORITE MEAL:
Favorite Non Alcoholic Drinks:
FAVORITE RESTAURANT/ETHNIC FOODS:
A: Restaurant:
B:Ethnic Foods:
DRINKS ALCOHOL? : HOW OFTEN? WHAT IS FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?:
FAVORITE BOOKS:
FAVORITE SONGS IF APPLICABLE?:
OPINIONS SECTION
OPINION ON ABORTION (As Example):
OPINION ON BIRTH CONTROL:
OPINION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:
OPINION ON MILITARY INTERVENTION:
OPINION ON PROGRESS; SCIENTIFIC:
MEDICAL:
TECHNOLOGICAL:
OPINION ON CRIME/WEAPONS CONTROL:
OPINIONS PECULIAR TO CHARACTER MINIMUM OF 4:
WHAT IS HIS/HER ATTITUDE TOWARD SMALL CHILDREN?:
ATTITUDES ABOUT CHARITIES:
LIVING SITUATION SECTION
HOME; APARTMENT/CONDO, MANSION, CASTLE ETC.. LOW INCOME/EXPENSIVE, RENT OR OWN?
NEIGHBORHOOD:
DESCRIBE FURNISHINGS IN CHARACTERS HOME (COLORS AND MATERIALS):
CITY BACKGROUND?:
COUNTRY BACKGROUND?:
TRANSPORTATION:
OBEY LAWS:
WHAT IS THE WORST CRIME (S)HE HAS EVER COMMITTED?:
DRIVE FAST/SLOW
INCOME:
INCLUDES BREAKDOWN OF EXPENSES IF POSSIBLE:
STOCKS/BONDS, INHERITANCE WHERE APPLICABLE.
SEXUAL ATTITUDES SECTION
TYPE OF MEN/WOMEN ATTRACTED TO OR PREFERRED:
FAVORITE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF OPPOSITE/SAME SEX: MINIMUM OF 2:
ATTRIBUTES OF CHARACTER THAT ATTRACT OPPOSITE SEX:
OPINION ON HOMOSEXUALITY:
SEXUAL TURN ONS: SEXUAL TURNOFFS:
SEXUAL ATTITUDES; PRUDE OR PROMISCUOUS:
WOULD THIS CHARACTER PREFER ORDINARY SEX, OR SEEK MORE THRILLING GRATIFICATION?
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
IQ:
YEARS OF SCHOOLING:
POOREST PERFORMANCE SUBJECTS IN SCHOOL:
FAVORITE SUBJECTS:
MAJOR/MINOR STUDIES IN COLLEGE; IF APPLICABLE:
DEGREES EARNED/AWARDED/ HONORARY:
GRADES ACHIEVED:
SPECIAL OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING WHERE APPLICABLE:
SKILLS/ABILITIES/ & TALENTS: I left numbers because all O.C. characters need these to be realistic.
1
2
3
4
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
1
2
3
CURRENT OCCUPATION:
PREVIOUS OCCUPATIONS:
1
2
3
4
QUALITY OF WORK PERFORMED: HOURS WORKED PER WEEK: INCOME:
REPUTATION WITH THOSE WORKED WITH:
GUILDS BELONGED TO IF ANY:

Your stuff is actually pretty good. (I'm waiting for a sequel to the Dresdenverse story, myself.)
My biggest pet peeve is the, "I wouldn't write it that way" reviewers. Ok, great, then go write it your way!

To put it as simply as I can, gender/race doesn't matter to a pansexual. Pretty sure a lot of pansexual's have their own kinda term for it since it can vary from person to person, but it has ended up boiling down to pansexual's not caring for gender or race, sometimes even species. Could say a lot of hedonistic people are pansexual.
You forget one very important thing there; it's fangirl's. Not saying all, but a good deal of fangirls have been known to fly off the handle when they see someone writing a story about their 'pairing' and find the roles are reversed or one isn't just the 'seme' and 'uke' all the time. Main reason why I like to stay away from writing pure fanfiction and putting my own OC's into the mix, the fangirls/fanboys, I stay away from those as much as humanly possible.

I hooked my first troll with the first story I ever posted. My disclaimer was kinda general because I didn't think much of it since the site itself disclaimed that the contents were parody. So I posted my first story, Anita Blake, and my first ever review was someone ranting that I had stolen Anita Blake and he was gonna contact the Anita Blake author with a link to my story and yadda yadda yadda. It was very off putting for my first ever story but luckily the next poster was very helpful in explaining what the first poster was talking about, just because the site says my story is a parody I should still state it myself, and help me with some constructive critisisum. My spelling still sux to the point of confusing my Spelling Check but my grammer has gotten better at least. Because of that one, second commenter, I always review my reviews of the story of others so that no matter who bad their story looks I always try to stay constructive. By and by 'tho, my biggest pet peeve is the Wall Of Words, a story with no paragaph breaks.

To actually generalize sucks, some guys are more sentimental, more attatched than others, some more distant, just like with women, we're all individuals, different tastes. Some thing that women are the more emotional side, but, guys are just as bad, we just have always had the social stigmata attatched to showing it. If a guy shows emotions, he's seen as weak, some of the strongest men I've ever known have shown the love, or able to actually cry, it shows they truly care. The stoic, non emotional ones are the ones not in touch with themselves, or their partner. My ex has made me cry more than any person ever, and she loved me more because of it, it showed her that i truly cared.
don't think how it should be, feel how it is, do you feel the love? do you feel how things are? all are different, but, it's more feelings than it could ever be explained, try to convey that.

Interesting topic, though this thing has been revived three or four times now right? This is the most revived thread I've ever seen in my life, thank you for the experience. Now on to the actual topic, can women write male sex scenes? I don't see why not honestly. I mean it's like everyone has pointed out at one time or another in here; research, DO RESEARCH. Anyone can write in any perspective if they just do enough research or at the very least, some kind of research. I'm a guy, but for years and I mean YEARS I studied the female body and the gender, also helped that over half of my family is made up of girls ha ha. But I did the research, created a pair of male/female siblings on a forum and ended up having an rp with a girl involving the siblings. First sexual writing I ever did in the perspective of a woman in my life. Person I was rping with asked me if I was a girl and just lying about being male on my profile, so that right there should tell people just how accurate my writing of a female in a sexual scene was; remember I'm a guy to.
All amounts to doing research, the more research you do the better you are likely to be in your writing of the opposite sex. Also I would like to just say I agree about the dick girl comment on the first page, one involving yaoi/slash and the like. I mean people who only do their research on yaoi alone is going to be a poor writer for male/male stories of any kind; at least involving sexual scenes if nothing else. The only difference between male/male yaoi and dick girl's is often the fact the guys in yaoi just don't have breasts. Don't get me wrong, I actually do happen to enjoy yaoi, but my opinion stands. Mean you don't just apply lotion or cum or anything slick, slimy, or wet and then just slide on in slowly or in one mighty thrust, I mean that would not only hurt, but cause bleeding like you wouldn't believe. Lotion or what I said above is a good start, but you always have to at least ease in an inch and pull out, then go in an inch deeper the next time and repeat the process until your either balls deep or both men are comfortable and can start on the thrusting portion.
Now that doesn't go for just guys, that's basically anal sex in general, or at least the first couple of times you do it with the person. Feel like I've went off topic, so I'm just gonna end it here.

That is, actually, how foe and I met. He asked, I answered.

Hmmmm, if you want to write from the opposite sex's perspective, go find one and talk. That's what I did, I wanted to know what a woman would think about a certain topic so I asked. Someone once asked me why all my female characters are bi, well all my close female friends are bi; including my girlfriend. I know straight women, but aren't close enough friends with them to talk about such a personal matter.

Thankfully not from here, Rogue. There's actually quite an improvement in reception of reviews on AFF since I went on hiatus seven years ago, but then again it could be a category thing, since I stick almost exclusively to original works now.


And no harsh, Kura. You're right to be frustrated and to say it.

Having read your thoughts, VladPryde, got me to chuckling. I grew up surrounded by males instead of females so I understand your points perfectly. I'm aware of the bragging and other elements because the guys always forgot that I was a girl when I was growing up. ROFL. If anything I can scarce write from a female perspective due to the pervasive amount of time I spent around men of various ages which makes me quite the oddball. Being in a femaqle body did me little good because I never understood where the girls were coming from at all. Then again, most girls do not grow up fixing cars and tractors and heavy road construction equipment.
You made a lot of great points in your 2 posts. Watching guys having pissing contests and all the rest was a first hand experience for me over the years. The need to stake claims and prove dominance is very much a reality of the male condition. I have seen plenty of different ways in which guys go about the one upsmanship over the years. LMAO. It is a primal instinct, and you nailed it beautifully. The drive to meet the criteria of dominant male is very strong in some men also. So thanks for pointing those elements out for those who were unaware of that facet of the male psyche.

Lots of great ways to go about the process of creating have been listed since I was last here. I think many of them are wonderful ways to go about the creative process. I can think of several of these ideas from dreams jotted down as the spark, and across the spectrum that I have done at various times in my own writing career. Writing is such a malleable form of creative expression that I think most of us have done variations of all these ideals at some point.

Usually what happens is that I get ideas just before I go to sleep, then I half dream about it for several days or weeks until I write some ideas down about the characters. Sometimes I get ideas just about dialogue, and record that. Then when I really make a decision to start a story, I begin by creating a character sketch including name, background, visual description, internal and external conflicts, family history and personality quirks. I do this for the main characters and as I go along, add them for minor characters. Then I make notes of the particular scenes and places involved in the story: descriptions, locations, smells, etc. After all that is done, I create a more cogent plot outline. This may start from the beginning and go to the end, or the end and go toward the beginning, or start in the middle, etc. I put the plot together like a puzzle as I go along. Then I make a concerted effort to write the first chapter notes, and subsequent notes for later chapters. Finally, I outline the first chapter and work on each section of the outline. Often the plot springs out of dialogue ideas or ideas I get from popular culture. For instance, I might get an idea from a sketch comedy on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon or Saturday Night Live. The current fic I'm writing stems from a Jimmy Fallon sketch he did with Justin Timberlake. It may sound random, but I tend to get really random ideas and flesh out a story from that original spark. It seems to work well now that I use Scrivener, because it has sections for research, character sketches, locations, etc. I also should note that I keep a log of all the research I do and derive ideas from that as well.

For me writing fan fiction invariably starts with hearing dialogue. I've usually become inspired after immersing myself in whatever the canon is. If it's a visual canon like a film or television series, the voices are even clearer, and I'm aware that I will both consciously and unconsciously add in little mannerisms that the actors bring to their characters.
Once the dialogue is in my mind, I have to write it. If it's insistent enough, I'll need to fill it in, and fan fiction happens. In the case of multichapter stories, I've never started writing one where I knew how it was going to end. A couple of chapters in I'll start seeing scenes from further on in the story - they're like little lights appearing on a darkened map, showing me where to head to. About halfway through the story, then I'll usually know the ending and the important scenes along the way, so my dark map is now a collection of beacons with little ley lines lit up between them.
The strange thing is, that visualisation of the map with the lights isn't new on me. It's something I've been aware of for a while, which is why I posted a reply to this topic. Yet, if forced to say what it looked like, I'd say it seems more like a network than a continuous line, which doesn't really lend itself to a longer narrative. But then, perhaps I'm visualising the scenes as ingredients that lead to the conclusion, rather than a sequence of events.
It's most like seeing a lighted up town from space, or a collection of synapses, or some strange mix of the two. Sorry if that doesn't make much sense.
Somewhere I read something by Stephen King, talking about how it is for him, and he describes finding a story as if it were an archaeological dig, and he only knows the shape of it as he scrapes away all the dirt around it.
I suppose it's different for us all.