Avaloyuru
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Oh my goodness!! I love it!! While I personally have difficulty with using a ‘created language’ in my writings, I most definitely and absolutely spend an enormous amount of time researching and developing the various aspects of culture for my original works. Just like in ‘real life’ there are so many different cultures, I want that same ‘richness’ in my stories, complete with social customs, beliefs, politics, etc. I think this ‘setting of mixed cultures’ helps to build and expand the possibilities for creating tension, intrigue, and other things that can pull the reader into the story. It gives them ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’ to both love and/or hate as they root for whichever one ‘does it’ for them LOL I also brought this topic up in a discussion with a few other writer friends of mine and their feelings were pretty similar to mine, as well as something you said about ‘slang’ terms. I brought up in that discussion one of my favorite authors, Mercedes Lackey and her Heralds of Valdemar Series. There is a group of people in her story that most definitely have their own entire language, but she didn’t use it a lot in the story, just dropped a word here and there when a character from that particular group of people could not think of how to express something to someone outside of their group. But she would have that character go right into an explanation of what that word meant in their language. That worked out really well in my opinion.
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I struggle a lot with POV, including my own voice as far as how the story is being told. I’ve been collecting a lot of articles on Pinterest as well as different things mentioned about POV in various articles in this writers newsletter I recently signed up for. I’m not new to writing, just new to sharing it with others! Going back to the topic of this forum, I look into and read the writings of others who have a lot more comments than I do to check out their style. Maybe see what I’m doing wrong (wrong being used for the lack of a better term at the moment). I only write in the Tolkien Fandom right now, and I see so many using elvish, so in my mind, I’m thinking it must be what readers want. But I don’t see myself using another language in my original works. I totally agree with you on the point about ‘show don’t tell’ in writing.
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Interesting question!!! The most basic description of erotica I’ve ever heard simply referred to it as “literature or art intended to arouse sexual desire” which is short, sweet and to the point. With that having been said, yes, any previously published work can be turned into an ‘erotic fanfic’ simply because regardless of the original content, the storyline can go in any direction the fanfic writer wants it to. Based on that description, the limitations apply only as far as the fanfic writer is willing to go with their story. Just like readers, we have our own specific erotic interests as well as those ‘aspects’ of it that range from just not interesting to us or so far out there we don’t even want to think about it. But hey, whatever floats your boat, go with it! I write within Tolkien related fandoms on different sites with Thranduil as the main character (mostly). All of my writings are sexually explicit and cover various settings such as M/F, M/M, BDSM, Multiple Partner, Master/slave, and Dominant/submissive. There’s also a little bit of child abuse and rape in a couple of my stories, with appropriate warnings given. All of these interactions written in sexually charged situations.
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Using other languages in a story is a real iffy situation for the most part. I personally only use it in my Tolkien related fanfiction, even then it’s primarily limited to greetings, acknowledgments, or other short (2-3 word) phrases. But I do not use another language in any of my original works. I think a lot of that depends on the ‘audience’ as well, such as with the Star Trek fans, I had a few friends years ago who enjoyed bothering the crap out of everyone around them by talking to each other mostly in Klingon (shaking my head). Similarly, with Tolkien, there are a lot of people who take the courses to learn it and use it excessively. Which isn’t a problem as long as it’s not entire sentences or a full conversation. I have a large Sindarin vocabulary and understand what they are saying, with a few exceptions. Regardless, it’s a personal choice if the author wants to do that, but it’s something that can be viewed as a huge distraction to some readers.
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Wow! Going to the link to see the entire blurb written, I would have to agree that this ‘advice’ does not apply ‘across the board’ and I don’t say that because I’ve used the ‘slamming door’ action to emphasize something a character just said. I've also used it when that same character was alone but was so completely frustrated or angry there was a need to expend energy. I have hot-headed characters as well as those who hide that aspect of themselves from others. Therefore, in private they react in what would be viewed as a violent manner to release some of the anger or even rage they feel inside. For example, I have this one character who is viewed by most of the other characters as 'meek and mild' yet she threw a book across the room because she was pissed off. I feel old cliche's do have a place in writings as long as they fit within the characters established personality and the setting they are used. Using them does not reflect poor or substandard writing skills, in my opinion.
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Okay, I have another question LOL What are the Dragon Prints?
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So, what does a person have to do around here to lose their virginity?
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you’ve made 12 posts, according to the content count, up there, on the banner… at least I thought that was visible to everyone…
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@WillowDarkling – Thanks! I discovered that accidentally LOL
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Just make 8 more posts, and you can change your title yourself, and yes, the games forum counts, totally!
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Wow! It’s hard to believe that it’s been over a year since I joined this site!
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I don’t plan on going anywhere! I have two stories posted but it’s hard to tell how they’re doing, LOL There hasn’t been any reviews done on them yet.
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I’m not sure what I did right this time, but I managed to publish the first chapter of one of my stories “Of Light and Shadow” – very happy
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WooHoo!! I think I’ve got the hang of this LOL I got both stories posted, Of Light & Shadow as well as The Moth & The Flame. Both are currently only at 8 chapters each, not sure just how far they’ll go.
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About a week ago I finally reached the point where I was comfortable with a story I’ve been working on. I searched on here how to publish it, but so far it has not been cooperating with me
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@CloverReef – Yes I did manage to get everything worked out!! Apparently when Firefox did its last update some of my browser settings got messed up. It took me a while to get it figured out because they changed the way things look and how things are done. I managed to get both of my stories posted, yay!! But I think I’m going to stick with only publishing completed works or at least only one story at a time. There is too much pressure to post new chapters in a timely manner where readers don’t lose interest. Not to mention the fact that the two stories I’ve posted are so completely different from each other that it really takes an effort to get in the right “head space” to jump from one to the other.
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What a relief! Glad you got it sorted – troubleshooting is frustrating at the best of times, but when it keeps you away from something writing related? You must’ve been going crazy!
I get you. I’ve gone back and forth between posting complete works and posting every chapter as it comes. Because I tend to drop fics a lot, I came to a compromise with myself. I ‘allow’ myself to post, only when I’ve got a good number of chapters all written and properly edited, and if I’m sure I feel committed to continue at that point. But even then, the pressure absolutely has a way of catching up, and then if I take breaks I feel guilty about it! Trust your instincts and you do you. -
@CloverReef – Thankfully one of the stories is getting close enough that I can write the ending within the next week or two. But I can already see Part II
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I already have so many author created characters to choose from that it’s almost ridiculous! Different things can inspire an entire story for me, even reading a simple quote I found on Pinterest can result in a flash commercial in my mind for a storyline. That’s when I sit down and take it from there, fleshing out the story and picking which of my characters I’ll cast as actors. I know, kind of bass ackwards I suppose, but it works for me for the most part. The only real problem I have is being overly critical of myself and my writing. That’s why I create the story outline, kind of like a book report on a book that hasn’t been written yet, and try to stay on target. Unfortunately, that’s why I end up with multiple stories going on at the same time. It’s also the reason it takes me so long to publish a story, I have to feel comfortable enough with where the story is going so I know I’ll stay on target. I know things happen but it’s disappointing when I’m reading a story someone else has posted and I’m really getting into it then it just stops and I’m left hanging. I want to do everything I can to avoid that.
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I can totally relate to the comments about overthinking, I’m accused of doing that with everything!! When it comes to character building, however, I kind of treat it the same way as I do when I develop the general plot of the story. I create a Word Doc entitled “Cast of Characters for...” and list what role they play in the story. It is seriously a big help when you’re working on a story that ends up being presented in parts, like what’s going on with a story I’ve been working on for a while. I made the fatal mistake of falling in love with my villain and that took the story in a direction I didn’t want to go.
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OMG! OMG! OMG! Mind totally blown!!
I just watched the movie “Soldier’s Girl” and I am like totally excited!!!
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If I offended anyone with my post about the movie ‘Soldier’s Girl’, I sincerely apologize. I do not deny that I watched it because Lee Pace was in a lead role. The fact that it is based on a true event, is horrific in itself.
I realize that we write fan-fiction, we take other people’s work and rewrite it to our own ends. As I am sure others have experienced this as well, I have been ridiculed for using Tolkien for this type of writing. There are people out there who do not understand, particularly when we as writers go the way of adult material.
No, I have not yet published anything on this site (yet). I have written many fan-fiction stories based on other writers works. Particularly the author Mercedes Lackey and her series on the Heralds of Valdimar. I love her works because she created this wonderful fantasy world that actually mirrors our own real world when it comes to social and cultural problems. The main character in her first trilogy ‘Vanyel Ashkeveron’ is gay, and lesbians in her series ‘The Oathbreakers’
Watching movies of all types, including actual porn, helps me develop my own characters that are believable, where readers can (hopefully) relate to them.
I watched 'Soldier's Girl' for reasons other than Lee Pace. I do not have transgender characters because they do not fit into the fantasy worlds I write about, the concept does not exist. Yet at the same time, I feel the ‘psychological mindset’ of a transgender person would make for an awesome character that some readers could identify with.
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We all have our reasons for writing. I think the primary reason stated in one of the forums was that we do it for ourselves.
I have been digging through boxes of old writings that I did years ago that are based on other authors works. I cannot describe how happy I am to have found this particular site to ‘technically’ publish my stories. No matter how much we write or how good we think our stories are constructive criticism is essential in my opinion. I believe I will get that here.
I will never be another Tolkien, nobody will in my mind. However, that does not stop me from pursuing the idea of actually finishing a book and getting it published.
For every character in the LOTR stories I write, I have created an 'alter' character that differs enough that it is not a copy.
I also have the greatest respect for the fact that this site actually cares about plagiarism! Making it another reason I have not yet published on this site yet. I spend three times as much time researching Tolkien’s writings to get my facts straight because those facts are the building blocks of the events I write about. I feel this effort helps reduce if not eliminate plagiarizing other fan-fiction writers.
Unfortunately, there are only so many to describe the physical act of a sexual encounter, regardless of the participants.
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I did not intend to actually rant here and I apologize.
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It’s been an adventure these last couple of weeks!! I realize that Fan-Fic doesn’t have to (and usually doesn’t) follow the original script put forth by their chosen author.
However, in my situation with Tolkien, there are so many gaps which create an exceptionally fertile ground to go whatever direction I choose, especially when the main character is Thranduil.
Not to mention that I’m incorporating some ancient ‘original works’ of mine into this entire storyline. I should call it “The Saga of Thranduil” LOL I need my head examined!!
When I hit my wall in the story and started working on another one, I actually created more work for myself. The new one I started was supposed to be a OneShot PWP that ended up being a 6 Chapter back-story on the 3 chapters I had already written.
The extra work comes in because now I need to rewrite a few sections in the first story to incorporate this new back-story because I absolutely love the direction the back-story took!
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Sending out a big thanks to everyone who offered suggestions about my writer’s block last week! The main problem I was having was that the story was going in the wrong direction and I couldn’t figure out how to get it back on track.
The answer thanks to all of you was basically simple! Just run with it! Go with the flow in my head just to get it! Then go back with the edit and rewrite once it was out of my system.
I chose not to delete the ‘wayward’ sections, but rather copy/paste to another document and file in a folder called ‘Snippets’ because I can use them later on in another story.
So once again!! Thank You! Thank You! Thanks You!
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@CloverReef Thanks! I think you nailed it!
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I think a break is order. I’m trying to force this story and it is just not working
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Me too; I’ve got a ridiculous amount of notebooks full of stories, but across all fan sites, I only have 4 specific stories of my own posted yet. I have a collaborative work in progress as well.
Ahh Tolkien. Nice. Love Middle Earth, fascinating. Though my writing centers on anime lol
I admire when authors keep characters IC, but I’m known for writing them OOC (at least I make sure they have a reason
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I agree- I make sure I’m not unintentionally pulling off other stories. If there’s something I wanna pull, I always ask author.Hehehe I have gotten creative with my erotic scenes. I write yaoi/slash and finally found me a bisexual guy that I can ask about m/m relations.
Don’t worry, secrets are safe
except it’s written on your update Hmm, that does sound like an issue. Sorry I don’t have much help for that
I’m not much of a suspense writer, and though I love LotR I haven’t read any fics for that fandom.
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I find starting a new story as the others suggest can sometimes shake shit loose (Or make you completely abandon that story if you’re anywhere as fickle as I am.) So I’ve found writing short stories when I’m stuck helps. Because short stories are a temporary distraction, they’re less likely to tempt you to abandon your current project. Especially if you kill off all the chars in the short story! lol… But sometimes breaks from writing in general can help too. Or drive you completely insane… Unless you’re already crazy. Then, I guess, drive you completely sane? Oh no!
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I’ll just point to my attempt to write a holiday fic last winter. It became the holiday fic, the sequel “Dale’s Game”, and there’s another story after that (barely started). And this last halloween story is a spinoff from Dale’s Game, with one of those characters slated to return in that other story.
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WooHoo! Three chapters down and hopefully only three more to go! But I’m not restricting myself
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@Desiderius Price The only reason I’m waiting until I have a certain amount of chapters is to avoid the potential added stress of having to produce another chapter on demand. That is of course if the reviews turn out to be good (crossing fingers!)
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For so many years I have written solely for my personal pleasure without concern for what anyone thought because I never shared them with anyone.
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@Avaloyuru Here’s one response I had to somebody wanting me to go faster (channel your inner Yoda)…
QuoteRushing leads to scat … suffering.
I’ve been trying to balance the hold-them-back vs faster-posting myself for a while. For the repair guy, I’m going a bit faster/looser, but still sticking to my about one chapter buffer because that gives me a chance to combine chapters if needed, adjust, and/or the basic proofreading. (If I have a glut of chapters, then I’ll post daily until it’s back to the one chapter)
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I also have a question
How do you delete images from your profile? I added two images because I couldn’t send them in a message. I don’t want them there anymore 
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Oh Duh!!! Thank you!!! (((((HUGS))))) I looked at that like 10 times last night I never saw the trash can image LOL All I saw was the plus sign!
In my own defense, I started trying to do that during a break after 17 straight hours trying to write LOL
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Good Morning AFF!!!!!!!!!
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That little wretched creature of inspiration does grow restless indeed. But it is staying shackled in that cellar until it gives me something nice and filthy!
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@CloverReef Best be careful, that creature’s escaped, and is seeking you for reasons of [Anal] [Xeno] (probes count as that, right?)
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@Desiderius Price I approve of these reasons and will find this creature at once!
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The biggest problem with proofing and editing is that I change so much! LOL
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What? People get scared of a little story involving Harry Potter, a time turner accident, and him becoming Tom Riddle?
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Oh, I rarely read in HP, unless it’s Pittwitch’s stuff. No, no, I have a few in LotR which are dark indeed. Like http://lotr.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=544193029 or http://lotr.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600080114 ...
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Since apparently I'm late as always (maybe I should have that as the title tag thingamajiggyjig)…
First one I posted, took almost a year to do... And every chapter I'm just like "Do It! Do It!" (Yes, I put on the Emperor Palpatine gravelly voice and command myself to post) and still takes a few minutes of arguing with myself. Now I'm just like (curled into a fetal position in a corner) "There's a review! There's a review! There's a review!"
As for editing and changes... Yeah, been there... Actually, going through a massive upheaval of one I'd like to get published... Man have I changed (@CloverReef and it's all your fault!)
And I probably don't have near as many tales of "Huked on Fonix", but I've seen some who've really needed an editor...
As long as you're having fun and enjoying writing it, you'll fit right in with the rest of us asylum escapees…
(Really gotta work on my rambling...)
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I’ll tell you what, it’s no wonder that I get no sleep anymore LOL Seriously, for someone with a vivid imagination punctuated by personal experience in the world of BDSM, I have become beyond addicted to this site and specific authors. I could have kept reading for many more pages! Great story!
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OMG! Someone is going to have to give me at least the title of this story! A link would be preferred!
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@Desiderius Price I kind of know what you mean about feeling cheated. My first introduction to Tolkien was in 1973 as a reading assignment for my literature class. We were all supposed to read 'The Hobbit' and write a review. I absolutely loved it! Unfortunately though after graduation I joined the Army and for a long time, I didn’t really have much time for reading of any kind much less fantasy worlds. Around the mid 1980’s I joined the Science Fiction Book Club and have built up a rather large collection from different authors. As far as the movies, for me I think it was like spending years watching old black and white silent movies, then all of the sudden someone hands me this awesome widescreen color version of those old worn out B/W’s! Yes, there a lot of deviations from the books, but I think they helped add a degree of depth to certain characters, even though I still pick apart the movies.
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I realize this may be an ‘older’ forum thread, but I’m still new and weaving my way through this site. I’m loving what I find though! I don't think I actually had a favorite, I loved all the elves! I read a lot of different author works that take place in their specific fantasy realms much like Tolkien does with Middle-Earth. However, once the movies were released I was first infatuated with Legolas. Then came the Hobbit movies and I absolutely and completely fell in love with Thranduil! Of the stories I’ve read so far, the pairings I like most are: Thranduil/Legolas and Glorfindel/Erestor I think I need to read a few more!
