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#581735 Will Naruto finally put Sasuke down?
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on 15 September 2014 - 12:34 AM
I don't believe for a second that Naruto will kill Sasuke.
#581431 The NEW NaruSaku Debate Thread
Posted by
on 14 September 2014 - 02:58 AM
Heeeeey, I don't want to be one of those people, BUT we are kinda off topic. I'm sure we have a thread for OP, and leave this thread for NaruSaku, right? I mean, the mods made a new post about how we're getting off-topic a lot.
Sure. I think we can segue into NaruSaku from here.
Ahem. Absolutely! Kishi has been able to put together a passable plot, but his true talent is in characterization. The reason NaruSaku is so compelling to me is because how well Kishi portrays them growing close after much adversity. I don't know how others can't see the intimacy between those two.
#544599 Naruto The hypocrite
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on 08 July 2014 - 10:00 PM
"Great friend" in this context just means that they are close; Naruto considers Sasuke to be like a brother to him. From Naruto's perspective, family is family no matter what. If not for everybody, then for Naruto.
#521377 My FF.net pet peeves...
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on 04 April 2014 - 03:30 AM
I'm not a professional writer or anything, but I do know a few rules of thumb that are commonly broken on ff.net:
Avoid said bookisms. You can't cough, laugh, or growl a sentence, and readers notice.
Also don't overuse character tags "The blond ninja said" or "the pink-haired girl jumped the fence". It usually flows better to just say Naruto or Sakura. Character tags do have their uses, but I don't know the nuances here.
Don't use nonstandard formatting for dialog. There are grammar rules for handling dialog that people recognize and just work.
In general, long stories written without a proper outline are going to fall apart. I know this one from personal experience, but I've heard it from pros, too.
This is just my own personal opinion, but a lot of summaries on ff.net really turn me away. Firstly, don't talk to me in the summary, especially to tell me you are bad at writing summaries. Secondly, if your summary asks a question, it should be limited to just one. This question should define the overarching conflict of the story. Jim Butcher calls this the "Story Question".
It shouldn't be in the format of several unrelated "what if" questions. All fan fiction diverges at some point from canon, otherwise it wouldn't be fan fiction; it would be plagiarism. You should be showing me in the story rather than telling me about it in the summary.
I'm in favor of using the Japanese form of family name first in Naruto fics, but actual Japanese words should be used sparingly. It can add character and context to the story, though. A general rule of thumb that I like is that anyone who watches the show would know the meaning of the word, it's fine. If naruto walks into his empty house and ironically yells out "tadaima!", most of us get the context of that. If you have to put a translation somewhere, what you are doing is taking the reader out of the story so they can look up the footnote.
That's all I can say on a technical level. My knowledge and experience is pretty spotty. I recommend looking up Jim Butcher. He's got a few posts about the technical part of writing a novelthat I think are really valuable, and his Dresden Files series is awesome.
As far as story tropes go, I could probably talk all day. Flandarization and bashing is horrible, and it's everywhere. Any character can be an antagonist, but if villainy is a character's only defining trait, or if a character exists to satisfy some revenge fantasy, nobody is going to care about them, and any impact they have on the story is going to feel artificial. A lot of the time I read an AN explaining that the author doesn't actually like Naruto and hasn't read or watched it in years. I think what ends up happening is these fics are derived from other fics, and a lot of context is completely lost. If you don't have a basic respect for and familiarity towards the source material, you should probably he asking yourself why you are writing fan fiction for it.
Avoid said bookisms. You can't cough, laugh, or growl a sentence, and readers notice.
Also don't overuse character tags "The blond ninja said" or "the pink-haired girl jumped the fence". It usually flows better to just say Naruto or Sakura. Character tags do have their uses, but I don't know the nuances here.
Don't use nonstandard formatting for dialog. There are grammar rules for handling dialog that people recognize and just work.
In general, long stories written without a proper outline are going to fall apart. I know this one from personal experience, but I've heard it from pros, too.
This is just my own personal opinion, but a lot of summaries on ff.net really turn me away. Firstly, don't talk to me in the summary, especially to tell me you are bad at writing summaries. Secondly, if your summary asks a question, it should be limited to just one. This question should define the overarching conflict of the story. Jim Butcher calls this the "Story Question".
It shouldn't be in the format of several unrelated "what if" questions. All fan fiction diverges at some point from canon, otherwise it wouldn't be fan fiction; it would be plagiarism. You should be showing me in the story rather than telling me about it in the summary.
I'm in favor of using the Japanese form of family name first in Naruto fics, but actual Japanese words should be used sparingly. It can add character and context to the story, though. A general rule of thumb that I like is that anyone who watches the show would know the meaning of the word, it's fine. If naruto walks into his empty house and ironically yells out "tadaima!", most of us get the context of that. If you have to put a translation somewhere, what you are doing is taking the reader out of the story so they can look up the footnote.
That's all I can say on a technical level. My knowledge and experience is pretty spotty. I recommend looking up Jim Butcher. He's got a few posts about the technical part of writing a novelthat I think are really valuable, and his Dresden Files series is awesome.
As far as story tropes go, I could probably talk all day. Flandarization and bashing is horrible, and it's everywhere. Any character can be an antagonist, but if villainy is a character's only defining trait, or if a character exists to satisfy some revenge fantasy, nobody is going to care about them, and any impact they have on the story is going to feel artificial. A lot of the time I read an AN explaining that the author doesn't actually like Naruto and hasn't read or watched it in years. I think what ends up happening is these fics are derived from other fics, and a lot of context is completely lost. If you don't have a basic respect for and familiarity towards the source material, you should probably he asking yourself why you are writing fan fiction for it.
