 wwfreak 2009-03-10 . chapter 30hi there,
i have only recently caught on to the world of fanfic, in fact it was watching mark and lexies relationship on the show that got me intrigued - so much so that i have just spent the last couple of hours unable to tear myself away from the computer screen and read chapters 1 - 30 without a break. Needless to say i loved them, think you got a lot of the banter between them spot on and i got addicted!!
I know that it must have taken you forever to write, but if you ever feel the urge it would be great in another story to hear about life after the epilogue!
Thanks again, really really enjoyed Come lie with me
Kirsty |
 vuks 2009-02-25 . chapter 30I have an opinion. Hit the review button. Sorry.
I’m reading it and liking it. Sort of. I mean, you’re good with words, you do conversations and feelings quite beautifully. You make almost no grammar mistakes, and it’s hard to stress enough the importance of proper English. Kudos to you. The story-line is interesting if slightly predictable but we are not here to write and read the next Potter-level masterpiece, are we? So all is good.
What’s not so good is that you’re doing character bashing. Not overly much but there it is. You express contempt for the characters, you convey emotions there shouldn’t be. As a reader, I can’t agree with it.
Your Derek is a card board figure, your Mark has lost his appealing acid edge, your Sadie is way too white and fluffy. Your Addison is too bitchy. I could go on.
The main purpose for writing a fanfic is to explore fictional figures within existing boundaries, popularly known as cannon. It is an exercise in honing your skills, expanding your imagination, analysis of various characters, life-styles, beliefs etc. while keeping your own opinion well out of it. If you write them outside cannon, you explain the whys and hows to your adoring readers.
For example, turning Derek into a single-minded jerk just because your story needs a complication does not convince me. He doesn’t normally hand out ultimatums, not without a sound reason. You didn’t give me a reason, so I think you’re simply bashing him (not that I can’t understand. As gorgeous as he is, he can be right annoying). Later in the story, you want me to blindly believe that a world-class neurosurgeon with tremendous observation skills and staggering IQ does not see what’s in front of him. I quote, ‘Seriously?’ You did the same to Meredith, Christina, Addison, Derek’s mother and others, including Mark and Lexie themselves.
Some neutral objectivity would be nice. I don’t like getting the feeling that taking a club and introducing it to Derek’s head is a good idea. I want to understand that Mark thinks so, and why. I want to see him angry, or annoyed, or shamed, or whatever. *I*, a mere reader, shouldn’t be. I want you to show me. Do you get the difference? It’s about them, not us. And this show in particular is so full of contradicting, developed, messed up emotions. Use them for inspiration, not taking sides!
I hope you’ll see this as it’s intended – constructive criticism. I think you’re very talented, you write very well indeed. Keep up the good work and get even better at it! |