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mamadeb ([personal profile] mamadeb) wrote2006-01-22 12:09 pm

Ten signs you're reading a Mamafic

Everyone else is doing it.


10. Tight third, past tense. I love my tight third, although occasionally I will do a first person. Mostly though, tight third.
9. Single pov. You never see from another character's eyes.
8. No speech attributions. Nothing is said, asked, replied, or shouted, moaned or sighed.
7. People shrug and look and grin and so on *a lot*. They also fidget. This is a direct result of #8.
6. Adjectives and adverbs are *evil*.
5. There's way too much dialogue despite #8.
4. It has the major OTP (or one of the major OTPs) of the fandom, unless it's written for someone's birthday
3. It's written for someone else's birthday. On the birthday.
2. It's angsty, and possibly someone dies.
1. It's slash.

[identity profile] kressel.livejournal.com 2006-01-22 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)

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Aint no such thing as too much dialogue.

[identity profile] kressel.livejournal.com 2006-01-23 05:12 am (UTC)(link)

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Here's (http://geocities.com/adastraperaspera1/amaneuveringbusiness.htm) something you might like: a cross between JA and Stargate.

Motcha says, "Now that boggles the mind."
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[identity profile] mamadeb.livejournal.com 2006-01-23 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Trust me on this one. I've written entire novels in dialogue.

[identity profile] kressel.livejournal.com 2006-01-23 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)

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Oooh! A screenplay! There's big money in that.

[identity profile] ginamariewade.livejournal.com 2006-01-22 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It's really hot, and it's more about the emotion and the relationship rather than the bumping uglies.
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[identity profile] mamadeb.livejournal.com 2006-01-23 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
*Grin*