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RIL's Writing - The one where I make a fanfic novel

Yeah, so I figured, why not do a novelisation of BCB? You know, expand upon the characters and such. Chapter one's out now, but because AP exams are coming up, don't expect chapter two until late May. But then I'll have free time over summer and upload a buttload of chapters, probably 15 to 20. Hopefully it'll be like 50,000 words, or the equivalent of 200 pages. It's all on my DA. Chapter 1 is right here:
Chapter 1
I still haven't figured out how to indent on DA XD Please comment on it. Be harsh if you want, but if you do think it's crap, at least tell me why so I can fix it. I'll answer any questions about it as long as they're not direct spoilers.
And eventually I'll upload something not BCB related.

This post has been edited by Random Internet Loser: 17 April 2012 - 01:54 AM

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I enjoyed the text. Hope to see more soon. Who is in front of her door? Let me guess... it starts by 'S' and finishes by 'ANDY'? :P
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The word you're looking for is novelisation.

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I had the dream again, the "Wonderland" dream, as I call it
corny, unnecessary

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My steamy tears fogged up my vision and froze to my fur as they slid down my cheeks. The only thing I could do was walk faster in the cold December twilight.
pretentious and masturbatory, there is no reason for our narrator to be poetic about this

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I woke up in a cold sweat. Then I remembered what had happened, and I started to weep. Warm tears flowed uncontrollably down my face as I sat there alone in my bed. That creep from Acapulco's words came back to me in my solitude: "He kind of... hates you?"
I guess he was right, after all.
Setting aside the fact Lucy doesn't need to be tsundere about Zach in her internal monologue, this kind of stuff is okay and makes me like this more.

Anyway, this seems to be half agreeable and half horrible. I like the interpretation and the use of the narrator, but it doesn't reliably reflect Lucy's voice. It's either a boring "and then I did this, and then I did that, and I felt sad" kind of disconnected narrator, or one that reflect Lucy's fears and sadness and desperation in a way that makes it unreliable and harder to infer what is truly going on. I think you're struggling with the idea of faithfully following the sequence and dialogue from the comic, where this isn't necessary.

You should read the chapter, think about what you want to convey, and tell it differently. Don't try to imitate the comic. It's visual. This is prose, and it would benefit greatly from more creativity.
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View PostSuitCase, on 16 April 2012 - 05:30 PM, said:

The word you're looking for is novelisation.

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I had the dream again, the "Wonderland" dream, as I call it
corny, unnecessary

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My steamy tears fogged up my vision and froze to my fur as they slid down my cheeks. The only thing I could do was walk faster in the cold December twilight.
pretentious and masturbatory, there is no reason for our narrator to be poetic about this

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I woke up in a cold sweat. Then I remembered what had happened, and I started to weep. Warm tears flowed uncontrollably down my face as I sat there alone in my bed. That creep from Acapulco's words came back to me in my solitude: "He kind of... hates you?"
I guess he was right, after all.
Setting aside the fact Lucy doesn't need to be tsundere about Zach in her internal monologue, this kind of stuff is okay and makes me like this more.

Anyway, this seems to be half agreeable and half horrible. I like the interpretation and the use of the narrator, but it doesn't reliably reflect Lucy's voice. It's either a boring "and then I did this, and then I did that, and I felt sad" kind of disconnected narrator, or one that reflect Lucy's fears and sadness and desperation in a way that makes it unreliable and harder to infer what is truly going on. I think you're struggling with the idea of faithfully following the sequence and dialogue from the comic, where this isn't necessary.

You should read the chapter, think about what you want to convey, and tell it differently. Don't try to imitate the comic. It's visual. This is prose, and it would benefit greatly from more creativity.


Yeah, you definitely make some good points. I know that I can't really write from Lucy's POV, but the book changes POV a lot, so hopefully I'll do better with the others.
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I liked it, especially with how you portray Lucy's inner thoughts. In the actual comic, she's so far removed from reality, but here, you tell that she's self-aware. I like that.

You should make more. :D

This post has been edited by NintendoSegaSonyGuy: 06 May 2012 - 01:52 PM

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