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Writing test, does your story suck?
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Here's the ones that mine matches:
#4, ehh, sort of
#28
That's it.
#4, ehh, sort of
#28
That's it.
Chime85
Mystagogue
I'm guilty of a couple of them. Luckily for my own self esteem, not many.
However, my favorites on the list had to be:
33:Is your name Robert Jordan and you lied like a dog to get this far?
and
63: Is your hero able to withstand multiple blows from the fantasy equivalent of a ten pound sledge but is still threatened by a small woman with a dagger?
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However, my favorites on the list had to be:
33:Is your name Robert Jordan and you lied like a dog to get this far?
and
63: Is your hero able to withstand multiple blows from the fantasy equivalent of a ten pound sledge but is still threatened by a small woman with a dagger?
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danr62
Mystagogue
I think this was something of a tongue in cheek type thing.
Some good things to look out for, but if you tried following it to the letter you'd never have anything that could classify as fantasy. Or at least not epic fantasy, perhaps.
Besides, cliches can be useful at times.
Some good things to look out for, but if you tried following it to the letter you'd never have anything that could classify as fantasy. Or at least not epic fantasy, perhaps.
Besides, cliches can be useful at times.
Fluffypoodel
Mystagogue
that test was a laugh fest! I can also honestly say that I said no to every question, which may make me a little worried...
J.P. Reedman
Journeyman
I pass I guess. I only have 2, and since my novel is a retelling of the King Arthur legend with a huge twist, I have to have 'the youth who doesn't realise he is king.' The other was barbarians on the tundra drinking mead; the people in my book archaeologically WERE drinking mead or other fermented drinks, and may have even had a male drinking cult!
Jess A
Shadow Lord
A bit of fun, though it is a silly quiz not to be taken seriously.
I got:
28. Is this the first book in a planned trilogy? Yes.
48. Do your characters spend an inordinate amount of time journeying from place to place? Not sure yet. But I like a journey if it is necessary to the story, so I won't be shying away from it.
(At this point, I noticed a link to a site about swords and got thoroughly distracted for a while)
Nothing more after that.
I got:
28. Is this the first book in a planned trilogy? Yes.
48. Do your characters spend an inordinate amount of time journeying from place to place? Not sure yet. But I like a journey if it is necessary to the story, so I won't be shying away from it.
(At this point, I noticed a link to a site about swords and got thoroughly distracted for a while)
Nothing more after that.
Alex
Lore Master
I had like...one. Also a possible maybe lol.
Lawfire
Mystagogue
Funny stuff!
Zophos
Master
If you said "No" to all of those, I'd say you aren't writing fantasy. Not fantasy that is readily identifiable as fantasy, anyway.
I'm also amused that some of us are insulted by a funny list of aphorisms about the genre. It's a funny list. The only real test is actually being offended by it. In the spirit of syllogistic reasoning, if you're offended by it, you are therefore in violation of the list simply because you're regarding your fantasy far too realistically and likely stuck in a world of cliche or monism.
I'm also amused that some of us are insulted by a funny list of aphorisms about the genre. It's a funny list. The only real test is actually being offended by it. In the spirit of syllogistic reasoning, if you're offended by it, you are therefore in violation of the list simply because you're regarding your fantasy far too realistically and likely stuck in a world of cliche or monism.
mijo
Journeyman
The Original Fiction Mary Sue Litmus Test
This is a better one if you really want to tell if the story is good.
P.S this is only for the character.
This is a better one if you really want to tell if the story is good.
P.S this is only for the character.
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Jess A
Shadow Lord
-chuckle- Oh dear, Mary Sue characters. I've seen this test. Not all of those traits are bad - but too many and the character becomes tedious! Depending on how they are written.
PrincessaMiranda
Lore Master
I answered 'yes' to about three, but thats the point of my story. To tell something like that in a different light. I dont have any orcs, elves, or shades. But I do have half mermaids. Does that count.