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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:23 pm


havishanta
Awww, InkMistress you just gave me warm fuzzies. (Cuddles Hiei teddy bear, then quickly throws away)

Ahem.

Well, I suspended because as Miss Ayana put it, I had an A.P.A. or an Author.Panic.Attack. I freaked out thinking how I was going to make the HieixSachiko relationship even work. How it was going to be long term. How Hiei could even PUT UP with her.

But Miss Ayana wound me down. CALMED me down. And talked me through it. She convinced me the pairing was good because it HAD its imperfections and to look at KeikoxYusuke if I thought otherwise.

So I took a few deep breaths and started writing again. : )

Awww...I just can't believe you said that. You LIKE hearing my epiphanies. I was convinced people were sick of my rants by now. Lol. Awww! (Hugs Hiei teddy bear again, then tosses away...again)

Have fun with the characters, but also realizes that EVERYTHING has flaws, and that's what makes it beautiful. It's a lesson I needed to learn, and I learned it by tearing myself apart.

No joke. I cried that night during my A.P.A. I punched my Hiei teddy bear to no end, than hugged him and told him that he had known. That he had known the entire time it wouldn't have worked out. But its something every author needs to learn, and its evident Sue-writers haven't even come close to learning it yet. : /


I think we all have those moments. I remember once, a bit after I'd finished my first full-length fanfiction (still the longest thing I've ever written) and I realized that my beloved OC was a TOTAL MARY-SUE. I broke down.

I couldn't write, couldn't even think about the series. The whole thing lost meaning for me. Eventually I decided that I just had to learn from it. Since then I've tried especially hard to keep my OCs from being Sues. Mainly by researching and coming up with my own theories on how Sues can develop. ^^

Even now I doubt myself, asking whether I've written something realistic or something poopy. Asking if I've made Kurama too martyr-like, Hiei too stoic, Kuwabara too brash. I don't think it ever really ends. Maybe it's not supposed to.
PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:39 am


But the thing that's good about worrying, is that it just shows how much you care.

You DON'T want to put the characters to shame. I know that I'm constantly going back in my story and rewriting things just to make sure people have a better picture of my character. Because the LAST thing you want to do, is to depict something wrong, whether it be a character (terrible if its all through-out the story) or it be a situation (which can be even MORE fatal!).

But the fact that we will sit up into the hours of night, or look at our writing and think 'This can't be right' is actually good. Because if you think about it, once we break completely, we can focus on only picking up the good pieces. The pieces of how it is. Now how we want it to be. And we'll hold onto those pieces because its the only things we really have to hold onto. And then we'll WORK with them, and makes something beautiful. : )

(Oh geez, I'm getting poetic. I'm gonna shut up now.)

havishanta


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PostPosted: Wed May 20, 2009 5:43 pm


havishanta
But the thing that's good about worrying, is that it just shows how much you care.

You DON'T want to put the characters to shame. I know that I'm constantly going back in my story and rewriting things just to make sure people have a better picture of my character. Because the LAST thing you want to do, is to depict something wrong, whether it be a character (terrible if its all through-out the story) or it be a situation (which can be even MORE fatal!).

But the fact that we will sit up into the hours of night, or look at our writing and think 'This can't be right' is actually good. Because if you think about it, once we break completely, we can focus on only picking up the good pieces. The pieces of how it is. Now how we want it to be. And we'll hold onto those pieces because its the only things we really have to hold onto. And then we'll WORK with them, and makes something beautiful. : )

(Oh geez, I'm getting poetic. I'm gonna shut up now.)


You're right, but on the other end of the spectrum, if you doubt yourself too much or become insecure with your writing, you could end up being unable to do it well at all, or you might be so controlled that you're afraid to take risks. I think it's important to have fun with writing and to be aware of how well you do it. ^^
PostPosted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:09 pm


Hahaha...in other words DON'T HAVE AN A.P.A.! XD

havishanta

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