Iron Fic 5-1: Moving Time

seitora

Well-Known Member
#26
Thanks for the win guys!

@[Watashiwa]: When you do get around to your commentaries, please leave them in the actual story topics, or at least mine in my topic.
 

Glimmervoid

Well-Known Member
#27
biigoh said:
So... a philosophical use of theme is out of theme. Metaphorical usage of theme is not good. Because I didn't go with a literal usage I'm being penalized. Thanks a lot.

And indeed, you do have to go with your guts. It's been a fun few years, I guess I'll be moving on.
You did come in second; don't take it too hard. The way I see it, taking a non-standard or metaphoric slant on the theme is a risky gambit. If you pull it off, people are going to be impressed. They're going to go, 'that's clever; have some points'. If you fail (or even just pull a judge who don't 'get' it) you're going to loose a few points. You win some, you loose some.
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
#28
biigoh said:
So... a philosophical use of theme is out of theme. Metaphorical usage of theme is not good. Because I didn't go with a literal usage I'm being penalized. Thanks a lot.

And indeed, you do have to go with your guts. It's been a fun few years, I guess I'll be moving on.
...Are you really throwing a hissy fit?

...wow.
 

Ninsaneja

Well-Known Member
#29
Shirotsume said:
biigoh said:
So... a philosophical use of theme is out of theme. Metaphorical usage of theme is not good. Because I didn't go with a literal usage I'm being penalized. Thanks a lot.

And indeed, you do have to go with your guts. It's been a fun few years, I guess I'll be moving on.
...Are you really throwing a hissy fit?

...wow.
You should see the IRC logs, where the same conversation happened.
 

biigoh

Well-Known Member
#30
So, talked to Watashiwa... will keep on trying and throwing words against wall and see what happens. Because it'd kind of suck if I just leave after four years of throwing words at Iron fic.

I suppose I should be glad I wasn't feeling really out of it and doing a haiku for this entry like I have done in the past.

Also note that I have no problems with low scores as I'm not bitching about the writing proficiency grade, only thematics. I still hold that going metaphorical should not get a downgrade on concept alone.
 
#31
Ninsaneja said:
Also, to HH: I didn't really like your story and I can't really explain why.
That bugs me.
But I cut a few points for that reason.
Sometimes you have to go with your gut.
Psh. You're fine. It's been so long since I wrote fanfiction that I forgot to actually, you know, come up with my own story. I needed something like this to get back into the swing of things.

The issue with spending half the fic explaining where we are is that I realized like halfway through, "Wait a minute, there are some Philistines who don't read the Dresden Files. Shit." And then I went back and added in a lot of clarifying details so the reflection makes more sense...

It didn't turn out well. Didn't help that I tried to write in first person, like Butcher does. I've very little experience with that format.
 

Ninsaneja

Well-Known Member
#32
You did pretty well for a 4-hour time limit. Do even better next week!
 

Latewave

Well-Known Member
#33
Harry Potter – The Next Great Adventure – Glimmervoid

Writing Proficiency: 17/20
Theme: 17/20
Source : 17/20
Story: 16/20
Other: 13/20

80/100

Pokemon – Spread Your Wings and Fly – Seitora
Writing Proficiency: 18/20
Theme: 18/20
Source : 20/20
Story: 18/20
Other: 16/20
90/100

Dresden Files – Living Through Changes – Hardcore Heathen Total:
Writing Proficiency: 17/20
Theme: 17/20
Source : 17/20
Story: 16/20
Other: 13/20

80/100


Doctor Who – Coats – Biigoh
Writing Proficiency: 18/20
Theme: 20/20
Source : 19/20
Story: 17/20
Other: 18/20

92/100



Wata wanted a breakdown.

I had already wrote this up and I don't feel like redoing stuff after forum eats it.
 

Watashiwa

Administrator
Staff member
#35
http://thefanfictionforum.net/showthread.php?tid=19789&pid=1171582#pid1171582 Check it.

What happened is that Latewave and Ninsaneja both posted score breakdowns AFTER the finals were declared since they had held off until then.
 
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