Weird, huh? (And, no, my editor is not a vampire. Although she does tend to get up late, rather than early, and she's a huge Spike fan...)
Very weird. But sounds like a cool person to have as an editor :o)
Anyway, what it comes down to in writing fanfic is the point you are trying to make when the vampire in question is getting a whiff of whatever person/demon/place/thing.
Right, I agree. When you write about a character noticing someone's physical appearance, they don't have to notice every feature. They might just notice the eyes, because they are saying something, or the neck, because its...inviting something ;o)
But to get back to the point you'd asked about, with being thrown out of a fic...one of my favorite science fiction writers, Harlan Ellison, has a saying: "Go please the world."
I LOVE Harlan Ellison (and he's so quotable!). I think I found from the answers to my questions that you're absolutely right: it's impossible to please everyone. Not like I didn't know that before, but I think it's funny how almost every person answered the name "O'Connor" annoyed them, whereas that's really the only name that works for me now. I'm not about to change my writing due to other people's opinions--I was just curious, really.
Based on what I've read of your fic thus far (I'm about to re-read the first six chapters of TBS in order to properly savor the new seventh chapter) I think you don't have to worry about jarring people so badly in any way that they'll stop reading, no matter what choices you make.
Once again, thank you! And next time, I won't post a WIP, so people won't have to reread to freshen their memory.
Re: Chiming in
Very weird. But sounds like a cool person to have as an editor :o)
Anyway, what it comes down to in writing fanfic is the point you are trying to make when the vampire in question is getting a whiff of whatever person/demon/place/thing.
Right, I agree. When you write about a character noticing someone's physical appearance, they don't have to notice every feature. They might just notice the eyes, because they are saying something, or the neck, because its...inviting something ;o)
But to get back to the point you'd asked about, with being thrown out of a fic...one of my favorite science fiction writers, Harlan Ellison, has a saying: "Go please the world."
I LOVE Harlan Ellison (and he's so quotable!). I think I found from the answers to my questions that you're absolutely right: it's impossible to please everyone. Not like I didn't know that before, but I think it's funny how almost every person answered the name "O'Connor" annoyed them, whereas that's really the only name that works for me now. I'm not about to change my writing due to other people's opinions--I was just curious, really.
Based on what I've read of your fic thus far (I'm about to re-read the first six chapters of TBS in order to properly savor the new seventh chapter) I think you don't have to worry about jarring people so badly in any way that they'll stop reading, no matter what choices you make.
Once again, thank you! And next time, I won't post a WIP, so people won't have to reread to freshen their memory.
Thanks for your thoughts!