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| Absolute Fan   Joined: Jan 2009
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| Vanessa Fanfiction #96: because happy Fanfic Authors birthday week!!  For all those new to the fanfiction scene, below is a list of stories that are considered to be of high quality and “must reads” to start you off on your journey through the wonderful land of fanfiction. Bandslam (Will/Sa5m): Oneshots: High School Musical (Troy Bolton/Gabriella Montez): Completed: Work In Progress/Incomplete:Last updated over 12 months ago: Oneshots: The Suite Life (Trevor/Corrie): Completed: Work In Progress/Incomplete:Last updated over 12 months ago:Usually updated within 3-6 months: Oneshots: Zac/Vanessa: Completed: Work In Progress/Incomplete:Last updated over 6 months ago: Oneshots: Please note that stories are not automatically added to the OP. However, stories that are considered to be of high quality by the readers, writers and posters of the thread, will be added accordingly. If you think that there is a story that isn't currently in the OP, should be, recommend it and it might be added. Also visit: A part of vanashbrenique.net  A LJ fanfiction community dedicated to HSM and the cast. Awards also given for fanfiction that deserve it. You must join to see all posts. Last Updated: Nov 1 - Post 229 of #95 __________________ | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Jul 2008
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|  Thanks Kirsten!Updates to fill this thread with lots of presents?  __________________ With every chapter closed, a new one opens - a blank page ready to be writtenr Kelly ~ runninequalslife | |||
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| Fan Forum's Finest  Joined: Mar 2006
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| Thanks for opening! And updates please! __________________ Brothers. Molly. | |||
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| Fan Forum's Finest   |  Love this title.As A Bitch:
Spoiler: Untouchable:
Spoiler: As It Seems:
Spoiler: 10 Little Things:
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| Obsessed Fan  Joined: Oct 2006
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| Thanks for the new thread, Kirsten. And happy birthday, I hope you've had a good day.  As It Seems
Spoiler: Does anyone remember a fic that was like You've Got Mail - in fact, it was almost exactly like you've got mail complete with Troy and Chad seeing her at the coffee shop, the guess why the username was what it was and the park scene? I've been looking for it and for the life of me I can't remember what it was called. __________________ "I was perched outside in the pouring rain, trying to make myself a sail, Then I'll float to you my darlin, with the evening on my tail, Although not the most honest means of travel, it gets me there none the less, I'm a heartless man at worst babe, And a helpless one at best." | |||
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| Fan Forum's Finest | Strangely... I don't think I've read that one Marianne.  Though I tend to have issues with fics that are based on movies, and are pretty much exactly the same as them, so I tend to avoid them. Double Trouble Chapter 2, a High School Musical fanfic - FanFiction.Net __________________ | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Jul 2008
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ETA: Wait, I think I'm thinking of something else  Sorry Marianne__________________ With every chapter closed, a new one opens - a blank page ready to be writtenr Kelly ~ runninequalslife | |||
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| Obsessed Fan Joined: Oct 2006
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| Thanks anyway guys. Yeah, it was almost exactly like You've Got Mail, only minus the boats and the shops (I think). It was ages ago I read it, so it might be gone. There is definitely a problem with fics based on films I think - so many of them are just changing characters names without any degree of adaptation, which is a shame because if you know the film you know exactly what is coming but I suppose it's a hazard if you do that sort of fic - very few people want to change it up or just take a premise, which is a shame. __________________ "I was perched outside in the pouring rain, trying to make myself a sail, Then I'll float to you my darlin, with the evening on my tail, Although not the most honest means of travel, it gets me there none the less, I'm a heartless man at worst babe, And a helpless one at best." | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Jul 2008
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|  I agree.I really like when stories are kinda based on a movie, but then go in a different direction.
Spoiler: __________________ With every chapter closed, a new one opens - a blank page ready to be writtenr Kelly ~ runninequalslife | |||
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| Obsessed Fan Joined: Oct 2006
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| Yeah - I love when they take an idea and make it different.
Spoiler: It was no secret that I wanted a Time Traveller's Wife TG fic, and I find two and basically the both of them are The Time Traveller's Wife with Troy and Gabriella instead of Claire & Henry, right down to the age difference. Don't even get me started on vampire HSM fics...as a supernatural/ghosty fangirl I would kill for some really good fics of that style but so many seem to be Twilight, almost word for word right down to the characterisations and locations. There was this really awesome one I read though that was like a reverse Mr Destiny - where instead of Troy wondering what would happen if he had success, it was like what would have happened if he wasn't as successful and had made different decisions. That was a really great spin on that sort of idea so it can be done brilliantly but it must be quite hard as a writer when you are taking an established plot and trying to adapt it and make it your own. __________________ "I was perched outside in the pouring rain, trying to make myself a sail, Then I'll float to you my darlin, with the evening on my tail, Although not the most honest means of travel, it gets me there none the less, I'm a heartless man at worst babe, And a helpless one at best." | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Jul 2008
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| Marianne always starts the best fic convos  I think a Time Traveler's wife fic would be really difficult to spin in an author's own fashion. The idea is so unique that it would be so hard to change without losing the magic of the original story. __________________ With every chapter closed, a new one opens - a blank page ready to be writtenr Kelly ~ runninequalslife | |||
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| Obsessed Fan Joined: Oct 2006
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| It's probably a sign I read too much fic I think. I agree, it's hard to spin it - but I think things like characters ages, their first meeting etc is things that can be changed while keeping the premise the same. I don't know, as a writer I've never adapted a film or book's plot so I don't actually know how difficult or easy it is tbh, but I imagine it must be very easy to fall into the trap of just copying which is why I would have thought you would be looking for markers within it that you could change to make it unique to you. Not even big things - little things that you can bridge the existing plot around. I think it's something I would like to try one day, more as an exercise than anything else because it must be hard as hell to do. People who do it well definitely deserve a lot of kudos because I just think it must be one of the hardest things to do in fanfic writing. __________________ "I was perched outside in the pouring rain, trying to make myself a sail, Then I'll float to you my darlin, with the evening on my tail, Although not the most honest means of travel, it gets me there none the less, I'm a heartless man at worst babe, And a helpless one at best." | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Jul 2008
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| You could never read too much fic It's hard. As someone who attempted it once, it was tough to stay original. For me, the first chapter was the hardest because it was pretty spot on, but eventually, when the plot developed, it got a bit easier You should definietly try it. I'd be interested to see WHAT you'd pick and how'd you spin it.__________________ With every chapter closed, a new one opens - a blank page ready to be writtenr Kelly ~ runninequalslife | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Jan 2009
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Thanks for the new thread! 
