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Spaztique — It's not a bad story: It's a feature!
Published: 2013-02-11 01:47:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 2702; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 9
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Once again, a true story about the horrors of skipping the story editing process. Remember: if I ever tutor you and bring something up, I mainly bring up stuff the audience is going to jump on like fleas on a dog covered in steak sauce.Note: This isn't pointed at anyone directly. It's just mismatched names, deus ex machina endings, ending fatigue, and bad Japanese names are my most common problems I deal with.
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You know you did something wrong when the characters that are SUPPOSED to be a stu/sue are seeing the error in your draft.
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Well, some Japanese-American people have American names and a Japanese surname
But I remember doing stuff like this, making up random Japanese-sounding names when I was 11 XD
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It's funny that someone's doing everything wrong who isn't Jack Diehard...
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No, it's funny that Jack Diehard even calls him out for that. Nadia Su aswell.
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Hm... since I've read quite a lot of stories and looked at peoples' reactions, I kinda knew this since last year. But I've still got a while to go for the whole story-writing thing.
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Even Gappies have standards...and i'm pretty amazing that they have one.
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Oh, you're a tutor? I wouldn't mind to take your class! (And learn some english too!) ^^
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And when nobody tells nothing, what i have to do to get some criticism? My stories could have some erros here and there, and no one will ever tell it to me...
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Make comments on other people's videos, make a name in the community by showing interest in the works of others, and once they know you're interested in them, they get interested in you. Then, they often spread your name via word of mouth.
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Spaztique, do you ever get frustrated doing your job on some days?
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Sometimes, but frustration wanes to adaptation: teachers adapt to students, and then hopefully the student adapts to the teacher and the craft.
Sadly, cases where people don't learn are where I give up, and it's up to them to learn to learn.
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Hopefully those latter cases were rare, I imagine?
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And this is why, you think a bit then see if it is bad or not. whenever you write something ya gotta look at it in every direction.
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Is that OC supposed to be 'Murikan? Them 'Murikans have ethnic Japanese with the surnames but 'Murikan given names. But that is besides the point, not to mention the other glaring flaws. But yeah, gappy writers that react that way might as well be gappys themselves.
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Actually, he's a full-blooded Japanese guy who was born with the name Joshua, but then he moved to Essex, England (the writer is English).
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Just making sure, because 'Muricans are crazy.
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I'll will admit that the Japanese Name it hard to get. Taken a look to some of my OCs surname.
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Yes, both in real life and the net, though more on the net these days simply because it's fun. By the end of the year, I should go the next step and make a career out of it (English teacher).
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How do those usually go? Does the tutee explain the overall plot of the story or do they go into the specifics?
You would make a great English teacher 
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Why does this sound like Harry Potter? Apart from the name thing of course.
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Heh heh. So true. Listening to critics is the first step to a better writer. Plus, in the real world, if you're an aspiring first-time writer, editors have all the power and you have jack shit. Who are you to tell them you're wrong when they're the thing that will ultimately be the gateway to your success?
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That said, my first OC's name is still crap 
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When even Gappies hate your story, you have a problem
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What about fsteak sauce?
Also, this is very true: I'm pretty sure a ton of people thought (and some might still think) they could/can skip it.
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Also, if you search up Himakado, just don't do it. It leads you to a hentai website.
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So bad, even Jack and Nadia called him out on it...
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That's when you know you really failed.
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Oh, Jack and Nadia love calling OTHER people out on their shit. They're just incapable of accepting their OWN mistakes.
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