People tend to exaggerate when depicting themselves, even
unconsciously, which is the problem with writing yourself into a story
in general. The biggest issue with writing yourself into fanfiction
is that you don't exist in the same world as the characters -- putting
yourself there immediately makes the story non-canonical.
Furthermore, 90% of fanfic writers add themselves to a story solely so
they can have sex with their favorite characters. Wild, insane, ego-
stroking, plotless sex.
In general fiction, it's a technique that has to be used with great
caution. In fanficiton, it's just a bad idea.
-Kardas Fox
On Feb 20, 2009, at 03:10 AM, Philip Bustamante wrote:
> So, as a person who is just delving into his first attempt
> at fan fiction, I understand it is NOT ok to write
> yourself into the story, even if it isn't by name? What if
> it could be done carefully? Or do most of these attempts
> end up as bad as the previous posts suggested?
>
> BTW yes, bravo Alex for another great story.
>
> -Phil
>
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:39:30 -0000
> "author_ex" <authorx_at_rocketmail.com> wrote:
> > Mmm. Sounds sexy. I don't see anything wrong with
> >posting it. Would most likely go under skunkworks art un
> >the files.
> >
> > --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Scrapper Black
> >Dragon <scrapperbd_at_...> wrote:
> >>
> >> This picture has been posted to the group previously -
> >>fairly old picture, but certainly funny (and wrong!).
> >> From memory it is from a convention sketch book (but I
> >>could be mistaken). I don't think there should be a
> >>problem with you posting it here - pick a suitable folder
> >>on the group and upload.
> >>
> >> Let's face it, if it wasn't mayonaise, Onyx would
> >>certainly know! ;-)
> >>
> >> Scrapper, Black Dragon, Skunkworks AMA Group Moderator.
> >>
> >> --- On Fri, 20/2/09, machaisu_akakami
> >><machaisu_akakami_at_...> wrote:
> >> hey there, random person here, first i
> >>should say love your work james,
> >>
> >> from the eyes of an aspiring young artist.
> >>
> >> scondly the point: i was googling for random images, and
> >>i found a
> >>
> >> sketch of onyx by hardiman, where she was eating a
> >>sandwitch and
> >>
> >> noticed that, "[it's] not mayonase ..."
> >>
> >> anyhoo, i don't believe i've seen it posted here, may i
> >>post it?
> >>
> >> (if i ever get around to it, or figure out how ...)
> >>
> >> hope i did'nt break any rules or such ... (which is why
> >>i've mostly
> >>
> >> been observing ...)
> >>
> >>
> >>
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