General fanfic writing thread!

【Suiisbestgirl】in post ID #1630
that bamboo slide thingy that has water go into it

So, no joke... I wasn't sure either, so I googled the phrase "tilting bamboo fountain" in the hopes I would hit upon the actual term... and that's literally what it's called. I assume this is the thing you're talking about?

 

I love that we're starting to get more fanfics getting written now that we have a community to chat about it. It sounds like that will be a fun one to check out, and I'm very familiar with second-guessing and going back to change things. Very much guilty of that with mine!

【Suiisbestgirl】in post ID #1630
that bamboo slide thingy that has water go into it

So, no joke... I wasn't sure either, so I googled the phrase "tilting bamboo fountain" in the hopes I would hit upon the actual term... and that's literally what it's called. I assume this is the thing you're talking about?
 

I love that we're starting to get more fanfics getting written now that we have a community to chat about it. It sounds like that will be a fun one to check out, and I'm very familiar with second-guessing and going back to change things. Very much guilty of that with mine!

no way!!!! thats exactly what i was thinking of! thanks!

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apparently they were originally used to scare away herbivores like Deer, i didn't know that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishi-odoshi

Hey Ellie, could you post a version of that "How to write people exchanging dialogue" guide that you did before? (it was on the thread for the fanfic I gave up on)

Sure thing!

A guide to properly flowing dialogue into narrative:

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"This is a quote," Takeru explained, "that happens to be one full sentence for me."

Mikoto cleared her throat. "Well, yeah, but the narrative can fully end its sentence if the quote follows it."

"Right, and the quote generally ends in a comma if it comes first and the action of the narrative finishes off the quote," Takeru added.

"Or end the sentence normally if it doesn't!"

"Oh." Takeru perked up suddenly. "If the character's action isn't specifically describing how they said their line, but just what they're doing at the same time, then the quote before it can just end as a sentence."

And then they probably had hot demon sex or something.

Not directly related to writing but still related to dialogue, there's a new feature in our quote formatting on this site where you can format a character's quote like it was appearing in the game: > [name] text
Example:

【Takeru】
This is exactly what I'm talking about, Mikoto. This is a way you can quote characters on the forum.