Subject: Um.
Author:
Posted on: 2011-11-30 04:41:00 UTC
You have to be an active member for at least a month before requesting permission.
Subject: Um.
Author:
Posted on: 2011-11-30 04:41:00 UTC
You have to be an active member for at least a month before requesting permission.
I know i have only just joined the Board but i thought that i might as well get this out of the way now. That way if anything needs improving i can fix it quicker :D So here we go!
Agents
Name: Percy
Age: 17
Species: Humanish
Home Continuum: scrapped original story
Partner: Agent Vorce
Objects of Lust: Master Chief, Tali
Department: Department of Floaters(for now)
Weapons: A M6G Magnum handgun from the Halo universe(Previously handled by Master Chief)
Name: Vorce
Age: 17
Species: Humanish
Home Continuum: scrapped original story
Partner: Agent Percy
Objects of Lust: Currently unknown
Department: Department of Floaters
Weapons: A basic sword he picked up while fending off Sues
After fading into obscurity when their creator lost interest in them they wandered a void looking for anything to do. The discovery of a strange portal led them to fall through various fanfics and badfics before stumbling across an agent about to leave the fic. After much begging and pleading they were recruited into the PPC.
Writing Sample: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7577855/1/DemonFacedLies
Agent image: http://amplitudethewolf.deviantart.com/#/d4hpz1z (Percy right Vorce left)
Also if anyone wants to let me use their agent as their recruiter that'd be extremely appreciated XD
Well, as pointed out below, it's recommended that you hang around for a while before you apply for permission. That said, there are a few other issues with your application.
Here at the PPC, our entire mission is to promote goodfic-- one of the most important things that separates goodfic from badfic is the spelling and grammar-- syntax in general, really. So, to put it bluntly, it would really help your chances if you proofread your posts on the Board for spelling and grammar before posting them. I is generally capitalized (unless you have an e. e. cummings style explanation, in which case I really, really look forward to your eventual spinoff, quite seriously) and so on.
Concerning your agents, it's hard to say anything about them, because the profiles, honestly, don't say much about their personality, which is the important bit. (Also, bit of a nitpick-- 'humanish' is generally referred to as 'humanoid,' unless you've an actual species called humanish, in which case I stand corrected.) The thing that makes your spin-off worth reading isn't the age of your agents, or their guns-- it's their character. Their personality-- what makes them tick? How do they view the world, each other, the PPC? Do they regret leaving their home continuum, or look back on it with disdain? All of that-- how they tell their stories, how they live their lives... that's what we're reading for. Think about your agents-- imagine them in scenarios, meeting each other for the first time, reacting to their first Sues, and so on-- that's the important part.
Your writing sample... um. To put it bluntly, you really need a *beta. You've got to work on your dialogue-- for example,
"Yoyo have you even looked at this tag?" Beat questioned "This isn't some try-hard trying to pump himself up. This is quality work and besides only a rudie could reach half the places he's tagged"
should be punctuated:
"Yoyo, have you even looked at this tag?" Beat asked. "This isn't some try-hard trying to pump himself up. This is quality work, and besides, only a rudie could reach half the places he's tagged."
Never end a quote with just a quotation mark-- you want either the full stop or question mark at the end of a sentence, in which case the next words after the quotation mark should be a new sentence. (For example: "They all disappeared." She looked away. rather than "They all disappeared" she looked away.) You can also use a comma, but in that case you need to be careful that you are not starting a new sentence. (For example: "They all disappeared," she said, looking away. instead of "They all disappeared," She said and looked away.)
You've got quite a few comma errors, and you should have some sort of segue between scenes. You've got the first scene, with the two main characters(?) viewing a tag, and the teenager watching-- then you've got the group talking, and then the girl and the villain(?). There's no break between them, so it's a bit confusing to sort out on first read-through.
My recommendation is to go through and read the Original Series, and as many of the spin-offs as you can-- try and get a feel for the style you want, so you know what you're applying for. And be sure to proofread your stuff before it goes up-- a lot of times, you can fix those comma errors just by reading a sentence out loud and feeling where the pauses should be.
This is by no means a permanent deny; you've got plenty of time, and it's absolutely recommended that you hang around and try again when you've got to know the community a little better, and have a feel for what you want to do, more. Hope to see you around!
--VM
*I can't really offer to beta it right now, my life has just taken a turn for the crazy, but if you catch my on the IRC, I'll pm you and discuss things more in-depth-- grammar issues, anyway. I don't know that canon too well.
Thanks, This has definitely opened my eyes to what needs fixing and I appreciate you took the time to go over it and comment, It's hard nowadays to get more than a "that was good" on any writing I do.
Thank you, for taking it well and all that. ("that was good" comments are the worst, aren't they? But I'm always afraid to leave comments like the one above-- people don't always want to hear it.) Like I said, if you're ever on the IRC (or you can catch me on GTalk-- my name there is just my name here, but with an @gmail after it), I'm more than happy to go over details.
Not so much a reply to VM as an addendum. Or something. It's late and my vocabulary is favoring using fancy words incorrectly.
Anyway, my point here is that I am familiar with the Jet Set/Jet Grind games, and can also be found in the IRC. I also beta. So yeah.
Thank you, one of the reason I came here was to find people to help edit my work and just generally point out mistakes. So your help is greatly appreciated. :)
We usually wait a month to get to know new PPCers before Permission is given. As such, you'll be asked to wait for that long until you're able to repost a Permission request. On that subject, I've found a few problems with the request that probably should be rectified.
1) Inconsistent capitalization, especially when using the word 'I'. It may be that you were just typing rapidly, but hitting either of the 'shift' keys isn't all that hard, even when typing quickly.
2) There's not that much information about your agents here. What roles did they play in their original story? How did Percy get that handgun? What are their personalities like? Why did they have to beg the agent to recruit them? Usually, if an agent comes across willing and able recruits, they shove them through a portal to the Daisy's office ASAP. Also, how did they know the agent was an ally? Just because the agent was in a badfic doesn't mean that they can be trusted.
3) Your writing sample is good, but it seems rushed. Also, there are several instances where you've omitted punctuation marks when closing speech tags.
I hope this helps some!
-Pretzel
This definitely helped, now I have an idea of what to write in a months time. Thanks :)
This writing sample wasn't about my Agents, it was just an example of my writing. If needed i could however write up that story.
However, I would prefer more background on them, as it'll give us a better feel for both you as a writer and them as living, breathing characters.
As a general rule, you should wait at least one month so we can get to know you better. Quote the Wiki:
Q. When should I ask for permission?
A. Whenever you feel comfortable and confident asking. The sole caveat is that the Permission Givers are not likely to grant permission to someone they just met or don't recognize, so it helps if you've been around long enough to have a visible presence in the community, but there's no magical time period.
You have to be an active member for at least a month before requesting permission.
Couldn't find any set date so i thought i might as well ask first to find out. Thanks :D