Hello dear campers!
As you may - or may not - know, i'm french.
Thus, I'm quite familiar with the French part of fanfiction. I started reading that a looong time ago, but quicky focused on english fanfiction because the writing was so much better, as was the plot lines.
But I recently started writing again for french fanfiction, and I reconnected with the fandom.
Tonight - two hours ago - some reader rec'ed me a fiction written by an author I didn't like : her fictions were basic - expected plot, extremely cliché, and irrealistic fantazied situations. And the writing was not that good - Not bad, but there were lots of errors, and the expression in itself didn't break a duck leg (french expression translated: this may no make much sense for you. Sorry!).
But she rec'ed it, saying it was amazing and mysterious and blablabla. So I tried it out.
Epic. Fail.
Firstly, the plot. Bella is in a cabin, and meet dark and mysterious Edward while it's raining. He has nowhere to go, she's adamant on letting him stay with her. But the sum up says he's full of secrets she has no idea about (...). Okay. We've read about it a thousand times, but okay.
I hit the first chapter. God. The first words? Edward POV. They are at Bella's cabin, talking like old friends who just reconnected, and he's internally amazed by how well-furnished Bella's kitchen is. Seriously.
And then, Bella has to restrain herself not to jump him because she's almost in love with him. Like, seriously.
That's where I draw the line.
So, I would like to raise some questions.
Firstly, If english isn't your first language, do you think the english section of Twilight FF is far more diversified and filled with real talented writers than the section of your own language?
And why is that? Why french fictions are so bad, when english are so good?
The other thing I'd like to raise is the "Caracter POV" mention.
I hate that. When a fic starts like that, to me, it's a sign of a poor writing. There are exceptions, of course, i'm talking about the most part.
So, why does an author feels the need to mention whose POV it is? A reader should be able to guess who's talking, if the writting is good. Or is it really necessary?
But when an author mentions whose POV it is, it's often because the author alternate POVs. In different chapters, I don't really mind (if Edward POV doesn't tell us the exact same thing (unfortunately, that's what happened most of the time) that Bella's did). But in the same chapter? Ugh. Why not use a third person, then? That way, the author can tell us anything he wants - toughts from anyone, actions, reactions, whatever. And then, there are the authors who announce some big news, and then alternate different point of views to show everyone's reactions - in one line.
So, how do you see it? What do you thing about the POV mention?
And even if it's FFA, I need to rec Dusty again, because this week update was phenomenal. Is there anyone who doesn't read it? Well, you need to read it!