Author's Note:
As of today, October 14, 2002, I have decided to stop posting on this story until further notice. I have NOT and REFUSE to abandon everyone who has read my story and stop writing.
The reason for this is not because of the harsh content of the flame that I have just recently received (from a person who OBVIOUSLY doesn't read fanfiction) but because I wish to improve upon my style. In a sense, I'm like Hermione and am somewhat of a perfectionist so I'm taking time off so that I can just look back and fix stuff, improve on my diction and add some variety in it as the flamer pointed out. I don't mind flames; I just take what's worth getting out of it. Who knows, maybe it'll be better than it was before. So whoever the flamer was, sorry, but I'm not going to stop writing fanfiction just because you flamed me.
If you have any concerns about change of plot, don't worry, I won't change the plot but when I fix this & upload the next chapter (which is finished btw), howbeit, I hope more people will read the improved version.
Despite some useful content in the flame, I STRESS that the flamer is WRONG is saying that Fanfiction is a waste of time. I will agree that we are taking someone else's concepts and shaping them as we please, however Fanfiction is a form of expressing one's ideas and as I have noticed in most of the Fanfiction that I have read, some of which, I think is better than my own, such as NAPPA's Septanic Duelling story, there are original characters, each of which could have their own story to tell. So I encourage everyone who is writing Fanfiction to continue doing so and if you happen to stumble among some idea or concept that sells, write a book on it and who knows, you may become as popular as J.K. Rowling.
I would also like to point something else out. Although pieces of work such as 'The Iliad' by Homer and 'War and Peace' by Tolstoy are great pieces of literature, even great authors such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens have read the other works of literature and based their writing style on it. Arthur Conan Doyle basing his Sherlock Holmes stories on Edgar Alan Poe's suspense works being one example. If I'm not mistaken, I believe Poe has one short story that looks similar to Sherlock Holmes in the way it is presented.
Granted, I'm not the best writer alive but it's worth trying. Writing is just like every other skill, with practise, one can get better at it. Whether or not everyone agrees with what I have said so far is up to the individual but I do ask that you consider it before deciding to agree or disagree with me.
Finally, I will change my policy about the beta-readers. I don't care if it takes you a week to proofread as long as it's done well. If everyone volunteers, hey, I'll send all of you the new chapter and maybe new ideas will be suggested for Christmas, which WILL be chapter 23 out of 36.
I thank you all for your loyal support and I hope to resume posting by the end of October.
Sincerely,
Tassadar
As of today, October 14, 2002, I have decided to stop posting on this story until further notice. I have NOT and REFUSE to abandon everyone who has read my story and stop writing.
The reason for this is not because of the harsh content of the flame that I have just recently received (from a person who OBVIOUSLY doesn't read fanfiction) but because I wish to improve upon my style. In a sense, I'm like Hermione and am somewhat of a perfectionist so I'm taking time off so that I can just look back and fix stuff, improve on my diction and add some variety in it as the flamer pointed out. I don't mind flames; I just take what's worth getting out of it. Who knows, maybe it'll be better than it was before. So whoever the flamer was, sorry, but I'm not going to stop writing fanfiction just because you flamed me.
If you have any concerns about change of plot, don't worry, I won't change the plot but when I fix this & upload the next chapter (which is finished btw), howbeit, I hope more people will read the improved version.
Despite some useful content in the flame, I STRESS that the flamer is WRONG is saying that Fanfiction is a waste of time. I will agree that we are taking someone else's concepts and shaping them as we please, however Fanfiction is a form of expressing one's ideas and as I have noticed in most of the Fanfiction that I have read, some of which, I think is better than my own, such as NAPPA's Septanic Duelling story, there are original characters, each of which could have their own story to tell. So I encourage everyone who is writing Fanfiction to continue doing so and if you happen to stumble among some idea or concept that sells, write a book on it and who knows, you may become as popular as J.K. Rowling.
I would also like to point something else out. Although pieces of work such as 'The Iliad' by Homer and 'War and Peace' by Tolstoy are great pieces of literature, even great authors such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens have read the other works of literature and based their writing style on it. Arthur Conan Doyle basing his Sherlock Holmes stories on Edgar Alan Poe's suspense works being one example. If I'm not mistaken, I believe Poe has one short story that looks similar to Sherlock Holmes in the way it is presented.
Granted, I'm not the best writer alive but it's worth trying. Writing is just like every other skill, with practise, one can get better at it. Whether or not everyone agrees with what I have said so far is up to the individual but I do ask that you consider it before deciding to agree or disagree with me.
Finally, I will change my policy about the beta-readers. I don't care if it takes you a week to proofread as long as it's done well. If everyone volunteers, hey, I'll send all of you the new chapter and maybe new ideas will be suggested for Christmas, which WILL be chapter 23 out of 36.
I thank you all for your loyal support and I hope to resume posting by the end of October.
Sincerely,
Tassadar