this happens more on the 'net than on the bookshelves (but not always), but what kind of stories have you seen so many times and in so many ways that it can hardly be expounded on?
i mentioned in another thread that for me it's the 'princess escapes/is thrown out/is usurped and has to live on her own. she learns about life, makes friends, and eventually returns to take back her crown.' usually, there are some friends thrown into the mix, characters you can see the author basing on friends and people in her high school class, maybe a teacher. another is indiana jones fanfics involving crystal skulls.
good gravy, people, can ya not think of anything better to write about?
another entire milieu of stories i can't bear anymore is vampires. oh, i know plenty of people still love this stuff, but, man, a person can only take so much, ya know? lol. post-apocalyptic stories where mankind is wiped-out from disease are usually pretty lame, too. some of them are like, 'have you even *thought* about what would happen if you woke up tomorrow and everyone was dead or dying?' 'let's go car shopping!' is about as bad a first-response as you can get.
i can't hardly say i'm sick of these stories because about three were enough to last a lifetime, these 'stories' without plot, characterization, any sense whatsoever. you know the kind i'm talking about, where flying submarines on their way to get tofu chili dogs and psi-cola and piloted by the author as the main character, betty boop, and some obscure cyberpunk thing, are shot down by roses fired from a long-haired hippie turtle's butt. please, these things are stupid, boring, and pointless, and the fact that you wrote one doesn't mean you should expect people to read it, so why shop it around to every third website with a writing forum as were you looking for a movie deal?
whew. rant over. thanks for listening.
i mentioned in another thread that for me it's the 'princess escapes/is thrown out/is usurped and has to live on her own. she learns about life, makes friends, and eventually returns to take back her crown.' usually, there are some friends thrown into the mix, characters you can see the author basing on friends and people in her high school class, maybe a teacher. another is indiana jones fanfics involving crystal skulls.
good gravy, people, can ya not think of anything better to write about?
another entire milieu of stories i can't bear anymore is vampires. oh, i know plenty of people still love this stuff, but, man, a person can only take so much, ya know? lol. post-apocalyptic stories where mankind is wiped-out from disease are usually pretty lame, too. some of them are like, 'have you even *thought* about what would happen if you woke up tomorrow and everyone was dead or dying?' 'let's go car shopping!' is about as bad a first-response as you can get.
i can't hardly say i'm sick of these stories because about three were enough to last a lifetime, these 'stories' without plot, characterization, any sense whatsoever. you know the kind i'm talking about, where flying submarines on their way to get tofu chili dogs and psi-cola and piloted by the author as the main character, betty boop, and some obscure cyberpunk thing, are shot down by roses fired from a long-haired hippie turtle's butt. please, these things are stupid, boring, and pointless, and the fact that you wrote one doesn't mean you should expect people to read it, so why shop it around to every third website with a writing forum as were you looking for a movie deal?
whew. rant over. thanks for listening.