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said_scarlett) wrote2005-06-02 01:23 pm
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Question....
This is for folks who write fan fiction for both anime and books/live action series.
Do you find it more difficult to write anime fan fiction than to write book/live action? If so, what are the exact problems you encounter? How do you find the two genres vary? Do you notice differences in writing dialogue or in description?
And I'm not asking about just animated genre fan fiction, but specifically anime. As we've seen, I am slowly toeing the shallow end of the anime fan fiction pool, so that's what's raised the questions. Any input is greatly appreciated!
Do you find it more difficult to write anime fan fiction than to write book/live action? If so, what are the exact problems you encounter? How do you find the two genres vary? Do you notice differences in writing dialogue or in description?
And I'm not asking about just animated genre fan fiction, but specifically anime. As we've seen, I am slowly toeing the shallow end of the anime fan fiction pool, so that's what's raised the questions. Any input is greatly appreciated!
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Other authors, however, do the exact opposite and try to write in a way that preserves the visual images of how a character acts and moves, even down to these specific kind of actions such as a face fault to show disbelief or the BLINK to show confusion, etc. I've tried this myself in writing anime humor with limited success.
This is probably why I've only written heavily in one anime fandom to date, lol. There was similar problems with some video game fandoms but to lesser extent, especially since I write Final Fantasy stuff for the most part, namely VIII and X which are realistic enough stylistically that they've already detached much from the anime-ish repetoire of action that was used by the sprites in earlier games, like FF7.
I started with video games and moved into live action, which I've found to be hard in its own way because I have a harder time imagining what I'm writing -- not necessarily a problem I have with anime. Of course, writing for books like HP is the easiest of all because everything already exists in my head and I'm not trying to put into words purely visual ideas, the movies notwithstanding.
Um...I'll stop now. ^_~
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I try to stay as true to the original medium as possible when I write fan fiction. And the original medium is one that doesn't generally translate well. It has to be changed in some manner, to write it well.
Thank you, so much, for your input!
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I suppose one problem might be that anime has its roots in another culture, one that you might not be as familiar with. Some people might find it more difficult to write when they don't know where the characters are coming from, culturally. Not to say that Japan is a fantasy world/populated by people who turn into animals/a post-apocalyptic utopia, but when you write, you have your own grounding in your culture and the writing reflects that, I think.
In live-action fic, it seems like the people you (general 'you') might be writing about are a little easier to predict, a little easier to relate to, if that makes sense?
...I'm totally talking out my ass here, but there you are. I might have more to contribute later, as I think about it.
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But animes that are based in fantasy or European cultures (Lodoss War, Star Ocean, FMA) it's not so much the culture as (and the poster before you hit it on the head) the translation of the media. Anime relies so heavily on visual cues that it's difficult to transition that to writing. My powers of description leave something to be desired as is, let alone trying to write anime descriptions.
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