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Sep. 26th, 2008 @ 07:14 pm (no subject)
Again, I must plead for a beta....
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Jul. 13th, 2008 @ 03:19 pm looking for a beta!
 Hello everyone!
I'm new to this comm, and I was wondering if anybody would be up for the job of being my semi-beta person. I haven't had one before, and I'm rather wary about the whole thing. I did check out the beta post, but I thought it would be much easier on my behalf to ask anybody who was willing, and easier on their behalf for them to volunteer, not reply to one of my emails about wanting to be a beta.

Or maybe that's my own personal opinion. Either way, here I am.

I'm not fussy on anything particular skills wise, just somebody that has a decent grasp of characterization and decent grammar (but that's a given, sort of), and doesn't mind fluff, slightly odd plot lines and Brennan/Booth.

Thankyou!

-Laura
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Jul. 12th, 2008 @ 09:59 pm (no subject)
Hello all.

I need a beta. I need someone who is able to deal with seriously mature subject material, has no problem with AUs or non-canon pairings, who is good with characterization. They'll be viewing pieces of the story at a time.

Any takers? Please?
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Jun. 29th, 2008 @ 06:52 pm I have a question... a 'Bones' related question... can anyone help me?
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Hey... I'm new here. *waves* Mods - Please delete this if it's not appropriate.

I have a question... A 'Bones' related question. 

In the Pilot, when Tempe is putting Cleo Eller's skull back together, where she falls asleep at the table, can anyone tell me the name of the song that is playing? I really love it, and I can't find it anywhere. I'm sure SOMEONE knows... 

*sobs*

Can anyone help me out??

Thanks!

~ Belle XO
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Jun. 27th, 2008 @ 07:31 pm (no subject)
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I've had an idea for a fanfiction floating around in my head since I saw the finale, but before I jump into it, I'd like to get other fans' opinions on a few things.

1. I'm assuming that no psychiatric institution would take Zack based on the word of the FBI. Especially for cases involving a crime, people have to be evaluated by a board of psychologists and diagnosed. So my question is, what disorder(s) do you think Zack would be admitted with?

2. How do you think Zack and Sweets would interact?

3. What is going to happen to Zack's hands?

Any input would be greatly appreciated! :)
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Apr. 23rd, 2008 @ 12:18 am Bones Fiction
Hey!!

We are a new website that's been launched exclusively for Bones fanfiction.We would be delighted if you would come and join or community - Read, write and have fun!. We currently have almost 800 members and are growing daily!

Looking forward to seeing you around at http://www.bonesfiction.com

Raiden
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Jan. 4th, 2007 @ 01:17 am Okay...
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So here's the thing. I need some help with fic writing. Long term basis, probably heavy on discussing characterisation. I'm looking for someone to act as a sounding board, more or less. Hash out plot (AHAHA), bounce ideas back and forth, that sort of thing.

( Details within )

I'm not especially looking for a beta as such, which is why I didn't try out the ones listed in the beta post. :)

I'm not prolific, I hardly ever finish anything (which is why I need help with this sort of thing), and I'm busy irl so while I'm looking for an ongoing thing, the time involved won't be considerable. You're not going to get 30 pages of fic hefted at you every week or anything. I only write sporadically, and I don't think I've written anything over 6 pages in my life.

So, um, yeah. Any takers? I'm open to more than one 'someone'. The more opinions, the better off I'll be.
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Dec. 28th, 2006 @ 10:25 pm an essay...
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Finishing a WIP - [info]junediamanti
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Dec. 27th, 2006 @ 02:52 pm Post-Christmas reading rant
Oh yes, this is the best time of year to have some reading marathons (instead of watching tv) :p Too bad I can't say I had some quality reading time.

There have been couple of things bothering me when reading a story. This goes both to writers and readers.

Let's start with readers. Comments like - "write more NOW!" or "You should totally do this/that" won't make me want to write more or faster - that's if I would write in the first place. Or better yet "OMGZ LIEK TEH BESTEZ STORY EVA" - Um... I think it's about time to clean your keyboard, your capslock seems to be STUCK! Not to mention - I'm not quite sure what language you were writing in! Leave those freaking acronyms for chat or sms-ing when you really need to save letter space.

Writers. For most of the time I prefer to call them authors. It's hard to call you a writer when:
1. your story consists of plain dialog
2. you don't type out full words but use acronyms (same goes for numbers)
3. you are too lazy to use spellcheck (it's not that hard, really)
4. you can't be bothered to do some basic research on the topic you chose for your story (you can't feel a baby kick in the first month of pregnancy and you don't start having all pregnancy symptoms next morning after sexual intercourse)
5. you can't be bothered to check how to write main character names properly (it's Seeley not Seely and Tempe not Temp)
6. you let readers decide what will happen next in the story (better yet - you initiate reader wars to decide which pairing should win)
7. you make readers leave a certain amount of comments or you won't write more (do me a favor - just DON'T write at all)

Constructive criticism. Dear reader - "Your story sucks" is not a criticism, it's a flame. Dear writer - bitching because I pointed out (nicely) some basic stuff you should or shouldn't do, deleting my comment and going bitching some more that I'm a bad guy - makes me wonder just how old you are. Can't take criticism? Well maybe you should disable commenting then.

P.s. I apologize for the rant. But I really, really wanted to get this off my chest!

*hops off the soap box*
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Dec. 18th, 2006 @ 04:54 pm showing vs. telling
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This is a kind of tired subject as far as writing goes, but I've noticed a LOT of it in fanfic and thought it might be worth a mention. Does anyone else find it irritating when a fic does a whole lot of 'telling' instead of 'showing'? Not that there's anything at all wrong with the occasional 'she was tired', but when I read entire fics made up of sentences like 'Booth thought Brennan was irritating, she was so uptight and annoying ' I start to lose interest. Maybe it's a personal preference thing, but it just feels... stylistically lacking, I guess.  Don't say he finds her irritating, show us - have him snap or roll his eyes or something. And again, don't say she's uptight and annoying, show us through her actions, speech, etc. (which I don't think she is, btw, before people start throwing things :P). 

I also did some googling and found a page here with a (very) short article on showing vs. telling, and below it is a discussion that has arguments for both sides, which I thought was interesting. 

Opinions?

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Dec. 5th, 2006 @ 12:55 pm poking the muse?
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Okay, first off, I have to apologize for my long absence - RL and computer issues have been conspiring to keep me offline. Bah.

And on to the point of this post...

Do you guys find that there are specific techniques/methods that help you form ideas for fics? Are there specific things that work well for you as sources of inspiration? What kind of process develops that first spark of an idea into a finished fic?

I can't say I have much system for generating ideas myself (although good song lyrics are always handy) and 'organizing' my ideas into fic form usually means jotting things down at randomly spaced intervals along the page, so I'm just interested to know how the inspiration/pre-fic stages work for other people. ;)
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Dec. 4th, 2006 @ 06:18 pm Two Things...
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One: I just want some input from you writers/readers out there.

I know that Bones fic involving pregnant!Brennan is becoming more and more popular/common. I'm not really a fan of that, but whatever. I'm wondering: What do you guys think she would do if she actually did get pregnant?

Many people seem to jump to the idea of abortion, but do we really know her views on that? And what if it was Booth's kid? We can probably safely assume that he probably wouldn't be too keen on that idea, and would probably be angry if he found out she did so after the fact. Would she tell him?

Ideas? Thoughts?

Two: This has nothing to do with the above, but it's just a pet peeve of mine. In all the Christmas fic popping up all over the place, there's a lot of Booth with no Parker, and people always seem to have people curious as to why he's not with his son on Christmas Eve. But in 1x09 it was stated quite clearly that he sees his son part of Christmas Day, thus it's most likely normal for him to be spending the evening without his son. :P Just a little factoid.

-Krystal
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Nov. 9th, 2006 @ 11:18 am Bones Fanfiction Archive
Hi there.

I've recently joined this community and first of all it seams a great place. What I was wondering and I hope it is ok to post is the following:

I am creating a Bones fanfiction archive called "Through the Eyes of a Sniper" and as the name indicates it is intended to be a Booth centric archive either as solo or paired with anyone except Brennan. I don't hate her but first I would like to gather good fics concentrating on the "unusual" pairing. Perhaps further down the line I will add a category including Booth/Brennan.

My concentration is to have quality fics in the archive. My question is if you people know (point me in the right direction) where I can find bones fanfiction, if you know any author that would like to be part of the archive.

The archive will be run with efiction which means that each author would have their own account but before I "put it on air" as one say I would like to have a substantial size to the archive. If the author is interested to have their fics archived prior to the publishing of the archive I would create their account and later transfer the full control of said account to the author.

So far there are 26 fics from two authors all in the Booth/Hodgins section.
If the author doesn’t want their fics added to the archive I have created a recs page where one could link the story.

If you people can aid me in this it would be extremely appreciated. You can either leave a comment here or email me at silvihenna@gmail.com

//Silvi Henna
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Nov. 7th, 2006 @ 11:08 am (no subject)
I need to get something off my chest.

( Character-related rantage within. )
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Nov. 3rd, 2006 @ 10:56 pm Writing Exercise #1
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What do you all think of writing exercises becoming a sort-of-regular feature of this comm?
*pauses* *assumes that at least one of you said 'sure!'*. What I was thinking for this first one:

Take a single line of dialogue from any Bones episode, and write a fic in which you use it in a completely different conversation and context. It can be any line of dialogue you'd like (although choosing something indistinct like 'yes' or 'that is interesting' is kind of cheating :P) and the fic can be as long or as short as you'd like. Any takers?

(NB: Post links to any responses to this comm (the point is to see what we can come up with, after all!) and yes, I'm aware that I have a 'no completed fic' rule, but it's different when it's a response to an exercise here. Really. :P)
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Oct. 30th, 2006 @ 01:40 am Group dynamics...
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Anyone up for tackling the group (squints + Booth) as a whole in the same way we did Booth/Brennan?


[ feeling: recumbent ]

[ listening to: sweet tangerine - the hush sound ]
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Oct. 29th, 2006 @ 03:57 am Beta List
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If you're willing to offer your services as a beta reader, comment here. :)
I'll link to this post in our user info.

Template to use:

Your username:
Areas of specialty (e.g plot, grammar, characterization, etc.):
Experience (if applicable):
Anything you won't beta? (e.g NC-17, a particular ship, etc.):
Other comments (optional):
Email address:


And for those looking to take someone up on an offer, try to contact them via their email address as opposed to replying to their comment. :)


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Oct. 27th, 2006 @ 03:22 pm Pet Peeves, Resources, Your General Awesomeness ;)
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Okay, first off - you guys rock. Seriously. With this still being a baby community, I didn't think I was going to get much of a response to that last post, but you all certainly proved me wrong. ;)
I promise to have something more than the general 'yeah, i agree' nature of my own comments to contribute once I've seen more than two episodes (which, according to the 'estimated time' on my torrent, will be in 4 days... but those things are always lying to me :p). For now though, I'm having a great time just reading what all of you have to say. :)

Also, I've added a couple of links to our memories that I've had in my own for a while and found useful:

On Writing Angst - penknife

Dialogue Formatting  Tutorial - rynne

And, as suggested by [info]starbuckx, I think we should start a list of fanfic 'pet peeves', because it's good for our own fic to identify them, and because it's cathartic to bitch get it off our collective chest. ;)  So, comment on this post with the things that get under your skin about Bones fic, or even just fanfic in general. But absolutely no naming names, remember. 

One of mine off the top of my head - the repeated use of titles such as 'the forensic anthropologist' or 'the  brunette'  in the place of names.  Once  and I barely notice it,  but twice in the same paragraph (and it's surprising how much I see that happen) and I'm wincing.

Alright. *pokes*. Your turn.



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Oct. 25th, 2006 @ 08:32 am First Post; Booth/Brennan analysis.
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I suppose I should get the ball rolling and actually post something, eh?

Well, first off, I want to encourage everyone to feel free to post in this community - don't be shy! ;)

And just to give this post a bit more substance - how about a discussion?

Let's start with something obvious - Booth/Brennan interaction. If you were to analyze their relationship, what would you say? How do think the dynamics between them have shifted over time, and what do you think caused the changes? How does this translate into fic? Do you know of any examples of Booth/Brennan interaction executed well in fic? What do you feel are the areas fanfic authors fall down in when writing Booth/Brennan interaction?

(Obviously, these questions are just meant to prompt discussion, you're not limited to them nor do you have to answer every one.)


[ feeling: happy ]

[ listening to: you can never tell - chuck berry ]



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