glamdring Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Anything is potentially a good idea (or equally, potentially a bad idea) depending how much you enjoy it and manage to develop it. The forum is often littered with interesting starts to stories that then get abandoned because the writer can't work out how to continue in a satisfactory style or to the same standard - that is no bad thing - some people enjoy reading those even when they are just a few posts. One of my main problems with writing stories here is that I can often come up with good ideas for a story start or can write a couple of high quality posts to kick off a story, but then I know that I can't maintain the standard so I give up and go for a story more on my level! As far as branching out goes, I prefer to stick to the tree trunk mostly in writing my stories. I'm not a particularly good writer in many aspects, but I have found a niche (albeit a standard niche if that isn't a contradiction) in which I feel fairly comfortable writing my stories and I tend to stick to it with just a few experimental and adventurous posts. I'm considering buying a new laptop when FM09 comes out because my current one is 3 years old and wasn't top of the range when it was new so it will never handle FM09's 3d match view and may be too slow for the game in general too. If I do that my story-writing enthusiasm might be ignited because I will have two laptops and can dedicate one to the story writing and the other to playing the game so I don't have to keep task switching and causing FM to go slow (which it tends to if I have anything else open at the same time) as I do at the moment - few things dent my enthusiasm for writing a story more than that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowcrapup Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I have an idea for a story floating around in my head but I'm not sure how to implement it. Is there somewhere in the forums where I can post the beginning of it, when I have a chance to start writing, to gauge interest/recieve tips on my writing style before I start posting all of it. P.S. I'm really sorry if this is the wrong place for this type of thing. It just seemed like the post liely place to get help. Cheers in advance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Just post it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowcrapup Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Can anyone tell me why the words on my posts keep shrinking in my story. I think it might be because I'm typing in word then copy and pasting it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I do that, and it only occaisionally happens to me. Are you adding bits on the end, and if so are these the shrunken bits? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowcrapup Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 No I paste it in and it looks normal but when I click post it squashes the last few lines. Sometimes I can get round it by pressing enter after the last line which seems to help a little bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 That seems to be the problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kewell08 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Mine does that - I change my font to Times New Roman but the last lines, not added, go back to fat Verdana... anyway we've hijacked the thread. I'm liking the story blowcrapup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowcrapup Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Are player related stories allowed? It would basicaly involve adding myself in the DB as a player then following my career in story form. (It won't be done now but its an idea for the future) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 That sort of story is perfectly acceptable, blowcrapup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowcrapup Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 That sort of story is perfectly acceptable, blowcrapup Thanks for clearing that up. It might not be started for a while though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowcrapup Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 From the 1.10.2008 is it the 7th or the 8th that would be classed as a week? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 It would be the 8th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
canvey!! Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 What are people's thoughts on different languages in stories? If, for example, you had an English manager managing in Spain, would you put all speech in English even though it is spoken in Spanish? How would you differentiate between Spanish and English (if, for example, the character went back to England to visit ma and pa, would they be speaking as the Spanish characters do?). I was thinking I would have the foreign languages in their own language unless the manager has a decent grip of them, to indicate the unfamiliarity of the language, and then as they become fluent, make the speech in English. And if I had a foreign protagonist, I would have their own native tongue as English, and do it in a similar style. I wouldn't translate the bits I put in another language: I would leave it up to the reader to decide whether they want to do that for themselves or leave it a mystery (of course I wouldn't have extensive passages of foreign language). What do others think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 That's what I'd do, too. I've used French and Italian, both briefly, in There's no time like the present. I simply leave the translated phrase there, and I don't post what it is in English- partly because doing so may have led to be receiving an infraction! If you have two Spanish guys speaking together, obviously that should be in English if you're telling the story from their viewpoint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 We've had foreign language stories before on the forum. I can't remember the rule Raptor set tbh, but we did have one way back when I was still important here. There really isn't a single thing wrong with having parts of direct speech quoted in its original language if you feel it adds to the story and if anyone got an infraction for that it would be another nail in the coffin for this place. What you do have to take into account though is how many of the people reading your story would actually be able to understand what was written. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Certainly from my point of view there would never be a question of giving an infraction for that. As has been said, it's really up to you and how you judge your audience's tastes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I can't remember now cos I'm going senile, but did we not at one point even consider having a best foreign language story? I think it was mainly at the time when we had a lot of Dutch users and I'm nearly certain someone did post a story in Dutch or German or something like that. Speaking of which, does anyone know whatever happened to Bjorn? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm not sure if we had a Best Foreign Language story, but Bjorn I'm sure won something like 'Best Non-Native English Speaker'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
canvey!! Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 if anyone got an infraction for that it would be another nail in the coffin for this place. What you do have to take into account though is how many of the people reading your story would actually be able to understand what was written. simply leave the translated phrase there, and I don't post what it is in English- partly because doing so may have led to be receiving an infraction! I think what SCIAG meant was that the foreign sentence was a bit explicit: posting it in English would get an infraction. How many non-native English speakers are there for that to be a valid award? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 A few years back we had a lot of Dutchies, a Belgian or two and plenty of Americans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Damn dirty furriners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I think what SCIAG meant was that the foreign sentence was a bit explicit: posting it in English would get an infraction. Erm, yeah, that is what I meant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glamdring Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 We have lots of Scots...and it could be argued PM7's Kris Boyd story was in a "foreign" language Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 We have lots of Scots...and it could be argued PM7's Kris Boyd story was in a "foreign" language Yeah but it's been done before Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
canvey!! Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 How many stories have people been able to "juggle" at any one time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Well, Faramir's at seven at the moment .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
canvey!! Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Because this year I intend to have three stories, one or two sign-ups, and a challenge, as well as doing dafuge's challenge. It might be too much what with other commitments of mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wegason Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I barely am able to do one story! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nette000 Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 On the FIFAM forums, I had so far two. I have one here. I could do more, but, since I'm already slow in updating one, writing several stories simultaneously is for me not the best idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 In answer to the original question, Rat Pack takes up a fair amount of time but I am strongly considering a challenge story for this writing year. Haven't tried one yet but would like to give it a try. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhorse21 Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 How many stories have people been able to "juggle" at any one time? Does finishing them count or is it just starting them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glamdring Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I struggle to juggle one story at a time! My enthusiasm for returning to my Scunthorpe story last night was rather dimmed by the fact that the game ran so slowly it took me ~2 hours just to plough through one week I need a new laptop...! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SCIAG2 Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I'm juggling five, but I'm only posting one. The others will be posted in due course (ie when I have a new computer and There's no time is nearing completion). canvey, I'd recommend you get one going, then another going, then another. Keep going as long as the stories don't suffer. Be at least five updates ahead (a rule I've started to break recently with all the stories on the go) so that you can continue to update. If the stories are going to be of a similar length to mine, 10-3's, or even copper's (how he gets them that length...), then I'd recommend sticking to one. Faramir successfully keeps so many on the go because he doesn't post great long updates. If I had seven stories with 1000 word updates on the go, I'd update about once every two weeks if I was lucky. If you have the additional commitments (updating the sign ups, for one) then it will be very hard to have three on the go, and you'll need to run FM, which isn't a worry for my stories as I've already ran ahead. When I was trying to run a sign up, both suffered due to the lack of time. Like I said, increase the work load gradually and stop before you are feeling strained. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
canvey!! Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Yeah, a sort of staggered technique was going to be the way I would do it. I generally like to play a season before posting the opening post, so with one post per story per day I should always stay a good deal ahead of where I am posting. My posts, from what I've written so far, tend to be between 400 and 800 words. Thanks for the advice. I thought SCIAG2 had retired gracefully after you rediscovered the original? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeeman27bob Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 From my limited story writing experience, i'd say just do one at a time. But thats probably me. I find it quite hard to get to write during school time, so when I start writing again, I'm going to limit myself to one story at a time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Yeah, a sort of staggered technique was going to be the way I would do it.I generally like to play a season before posting the opening post, so with one post per story per day I should always stay a good deal ahead of where I am posting. My posts, from what I've written so far, tend to be between 400 and 800 words. Thanks for the advice. I thought SCIAG2 had retired gracefully after you rediscovered the original? Had a keylogger, didn't want to risk this account being hacked (though I can't see why someone would want to hack it tbh). All fixed now though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytton Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 A question of policy. Is it considered acceptable to go back and edit earlier posts in a story? It looks as if I have the ability to do it, and Id like to go back and add a few lines to the first post in my story. I would guess that fixing typos or formatting errors would be ok, but this is more of a rewrite. I think it would improve the post, obviously, but on the other hand we don't want constant rewrites going on , leaving readers confused about what version of a story they are reading. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Is there an FMS policy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Mytton, I have done it to fix typos. No policy that I am aware of but I've always felt it's up to the writer to make sure the story is as it's supposed to be before posting. On the positive side, I'm really happy to hear you care enough about your work to consider such a step. That's a good thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Does it change the entire make-up of the story? Or just of one post? If you think you need the re-write, then put it in. However, try to keep confusion to a minimum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terk Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 If it is a complete re-write of the story, I would think it would be better to re-post the story as I think doing it via editing the current posts will likely lead to reader confusion. In the end it's your call though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytton Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 It's not something that changes the subsequent story. Just a neat way of starting it that I wish I'd though of sooner. It's frustrating, but as tenthreeleader rightly says, it was up to me to get it right before posting. In that spirit I'll leave it as is. In truth, this case is probably somewhere in the grey undefined area between a simple fix of an error like a typo (acceptable) and a rewrite that changes the flow of the story in a way thats unfair to the readers (unacceptable). I'm grateful for the responses, which helped me get this clear in my mind. In fact, even while writing this I've had an idea of how I might be able incorporate the bit I wanted to add, in a later place in the story instead. I guess others here will find themselves with similar situations, so it was probably worth bringing the subject up for discussion anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I'm grateful for the responses, which helped me get this clear in my mind. In fact, even while writing this I've had an idea of how I might be able incorporate the bit I wanted to add, in a later place in the story instead. Good man. That's what the good writers do anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Would anybody be offended if I posted a story which involved a lot of death? Do we have any rules against that sort of thing? Yes, it will be related to football, in fact it revolves around football, but in the update I've done so far there's been four deaths already (though tbf I don't think that rate will be maintained). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperk1 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Well, sherm's killed three people already in his Celtic/Arsenal story, so I don't see why not. But I'm not quite entirely sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Fortune's fool, I post that and get news of the death of an old acquaintance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Would anybody be offended if I posted a story which involved a lot of death? Do we have any rules against that sort of thing?Yes, it will be related to football, in fact it revolves around football, but in the update I've done so far there's been four deaths already (though tbf I don't think that rate will be maintained). You can kill as many people as you want, I'm pretty sure I still hold the record for the most deaths in stories, but Raptor holds the record for the most gruesome death when Mark Frosts son was crucified. (Although John Stevens cooking a baby is probably pretty close ). In other words, there is nothing that hasn't been done before Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Ah, that's just... horrible. Raptor has a sick, twisted mind. Has there ever been an atomic bomb set off? (Not that I'm planning one) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker7 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Yeah I nuked Wrexham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Death count up to five and I haven't even finished the OP... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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