Please do!

The ESSAY! by Sedri on 2008-10-12 09:41:00 UTC Reply

*nurses bruised arms* As I have been so pointedly reminded - ;p - I promised you all a copy of my university project, the informative essay on fanfiction. So... here it is.

Let me say, though, that I sincerely hope you won't be disappointed - this was not, after all, written for those of us who already know the fanfic world, but rather as an introduction for those who don't. So there won't be anything here that you lot don't already know.

I was going to do this on LJ or googledocs, but my nice formatting with the pictures would have been lost, so instead I've turned it into a PDF file - two of them, actually. A long version, which includes the appendix, citations and bibliography, and a short version, which does not, and should be nicer to slow connections.

In case you wonder about the thin black box under the subtitle - that was my name, but as I'd like to keep my internet and real life identites separate, I blacked it out. Not that I don't trust you, of course - :) - but I do want to publish a longer version of this as a proper book someday - soon - and so I'm a little protective. Hence, also, why I made it a PDF. Please don't share it around too much; show people, sure (particularly parents and teachers - who complain about us "wasting our time" on the net - hint, hint, Ciri), but don't give other people copies of the file, or link them to the download. Please.

If any of you don't have the reader program for PDF files, email me and I'll send you a Word copy. fanwriter_sedri@hotmail.com

Feel free to tell me if you find anything you disagree with, that is factually wrong, or that you think I misinterpreted. Spelling/punctuation errors too, if you want, but as it's already been handed in, there's not much point there.

And... yeah. Hope you like it - particularly those of you I interviewed. *crosses fingers*

- Sedri

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Simply amazing. by Makari on 2008-10-16 08:22:00 UTC Reply

Really, I'm beginning to think that simple words won't do it justice. Let's put it this way: I am highly considering showing my parents this essay.

My parents, who have always been at least slightly dubious about fanfiction and the various other shenanigans I get up to on the internet. :P

Well done, I say. Well done. Also, bonus points for pointing me at goodfic. =D

Please do! by Sedri on 2008-10-16 22:14:00 UTC Reply

Show your parents, I mean. That's what it exists for, after all.

*hugs* Thank you!

Hurrah! by Neshomeh on 2008-10-14 02:46:00 UTC Reply

I wish I'd had this to show around when I was in high school. I had to prove fanfic and role-play weren't ruining my life through sheer persistence, which often wasn't pretty. ^^;

Anyway, it's a very well-written essay. The way you keep coming back to The Wizard of Oz and Wicked really helps tie it together.

And, a little self-indulgent moment: Yay, I got quoted! ^^ I'm glad I said something useful to you.

~Neshomeh

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You were particularly quote-able by Sedri on 2008-10-14 22:28:00 UTC Reply

You're in there twice, I think. Once in separately and once in the middle of a paragraph.

*hugs* Thanks! I was having trouble trying to use examples that everyone would know, sticking with things like Harry Potter, LotR and so on, but my teacher gave me the idea of describing one story early on to frame it, so I took that idea and ran with it. I'm very pleased with how it turned (not to mention the fact that I'm completely in love with Wicked just now.

Ah, I ramble. Sorry - that's me being self-indulgent. *hugs* Thanks again!

Gah. I got a bit lost on the boards earlier this morning. by Mystia on 2008-10-13 17:04:00 UTC Reply

Ehem. Sedri you are awesome. I think you are brilliant and I loved the essay. Major love goes out to you and those you interviewed and all that goodfic you collected in one place. Wunderbar!

Hugs and kudos from Mystia.

--Mystia, awed

*hugs* Thanks! (nm) by Sedri on 2008-10-14 00:42:00 UTC Reply

In case anyone's having trouble downloading it... by Sedri on 2008-10-13 03:26:00 UTC Reply

Megaupload does a lot of advertising - sorry 'bout that - and makes things rather complex.

The links I gave you will go to a very busy page with no direct download link - you need to find an orange "download" button next to a box and a three-letter picture code. Enter the code, hit the button, and it will take you to another busy page with a table showing how their premium downloads are so much better. Ignore that and look at the little button saying "please wait _ seconds" - it has a countdown from thirty, then turns into a "free download" button. Click that.

Sorry again.

In better news, I just made an account at FictionPress to host the whole thing there, permanenetly, but they have a two-day waiting period for new members, so I can't put it up just yet. My account is
here.

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Yes! Something to shove in the face of... by Lily Winterwood on 2008-10-13 01:01:00 UTC Reply

...all my teachers and friends who don't believe in fanfic! Next time they say something about my obsession with fanfic, I can go, "Oh, but even college students are obsessed! See? This one fanwriter wrote this awesome essay for an university project! See? See?"

Can't wait to read it!
Wow. by Tomato on 2008-10-12 23:27:00 UTC Reply

Really good, Sedri. Clear, concise, and very informative. Let us know what you get for a grade.

Will do. Should be a few weeks, though. Thanks! (nm) by Sedri on 2008-10-13 03:13:00 UTC Reply

Beautiful. by Sara on 2008-10-12 21:11:00 UTC Reply

Very, very, very well done. I giggled through most of it.

Thank you so much for posting. I love it, and next time I get complained at, shall be shoving it in a few faces. XD

*hug*

Hope you get the fantabulous mark you deserve!

Shove away! by Sedri on 2008-10-12 22:56:00 UTC Reply

That's what it's for, after all. *hugs* Glad you like it!

Can I ask, though, what exactly made you giggle? Not that I wasn't trying to make it amusing, but I'm all curious now.

Well... by Sara on 2008-10-13 03:31:00 UTC Reply

...some of the quotes...not to mention the fact that I giggle whenever someone writes about fanfic for school. Maybe giggles of triumph? *snicker*

Ah. Fair enough. Giggles Of Triumph it is! (nm) by Sedri on 2008-10-13 05:14:00 UTC Reply

Woohoo! by lynxihez on 2008-10-12 16:51:00 UTC Reply

I've just downloaded the long version, so I'll read it and then leave something slightly more constructive. >
Seriously though, well done!

Long version doesn't actually have much extra... by Sedri on 2008-10-12 22:55:00 UTC Reply

Just the citations for the in-text quotes and a list of stories, which is aimed more at my professor than those of us who can find good 'fics for ourselves.

Constructive is always welcome!

Ah! Something to prove to my parental units that I ain't... by Fynn on 2008-10-12 14:34:00 UTC Reply

...wastin' my time online *grins*

but seriously, mate - bloody brilliant!

I hope it convinces them by Sedri on 2008-10-12 22:53:00 UTC Reply

Thank you!

It's a good one. by WikiMaster on 2008-10-12 13:34:00 UTC Reply

Now, can you show me how to delete it? I forgot that my mom forbade me from downloading anything from the internet while we still haven't updated our AntiVirus program.

er... the file? Hit "delete"? by Sedri on 2008-10-12 22:46:00 UTC Reply

And then go to your recycle bin and delete it from there, too. I promise it's not contaminated, though.

I can't find the file! (nm) by WikiMaster on 2008-10-13 11:30:00 UTC Reply

Re: I can't find the file! by Ansela on 2008-10-13 14:50:00 UTC Reply

Did you choose 'Open With...' or 'Save To..' when you downloaded it? If you chose the first one then it'll have gone into a temporary folder. If you choose the latter then you'll have to find where you saved it to delete it.
*laughs and laughs* (nm) by Oozaru Angel on 2008-10-13 13:14:00 UTC Reply