[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

It's always odd to see them wearing clothes that cover them. But very nice!

[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Oh, that stinks. I'd love to be able to publish it somewhere I can get genuine feedback. I'm honing my writing skills again in preparation to pick up an old novel I wrote years ago.

[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That's part of the reason I wrote mine with mostly original or remixed characters, so I could explore things Oda didn't while still playing in his world. There's a tremendous freedom and responsibility in fanfiction if you're trying to honor the original. If not for my kid acting as a sounding board, I would have quit long ago.

[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I just published to AO3. I put up about a dozen chapters because the format is better if you upload the story arcs together. No feedback yet, but my kid likes it, which is great

[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

It's much easier to write your own version of a copyrighted material than to creatively write on your own. My work is fanfiction based on someone else's ideas. Yours is all you and I envy that.

[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

That's the secret

[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago
[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I'm going to have my wife ask around. I don't do social media, but there's bound to be someone with a used laptop I can buy. Good idea!

[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

It's what if style recreation of the entire East Blue arc of the Anime/Manga centered around original and remixed characters. It's involved a lot of creative content that I workshop with my kid after practice. It's really helped us to bond. Now, without the means to write down our ideas, it's difficult to keep the momentum going.

[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

It's the OS license that's the main problem.

[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I know I'm summoning a horde, but even a new HDD needs an OS and I'm not a Linux person. Not sure I can find the license for Windows 10, because this old brick won't take 11.

[-] SidewaysSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I liked your writing very much.

Inspiration is a great thing to fuel your writing. It doesn't matter where it goes or if anyone ever sees it. Write for yourself and share what you want.

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So, I've been writing a 175k word One Piece fanfic for about 6 months. Most of my writing is done on a 10 year-old laptop I dug out of the closet while I wait for my kid to finish sports practice. Today, the hard-drive died. (Thankfully I have a cloud backup.)

Now, without a laptop, I have nothing to continue working on. I can't afford a new laptop. Just glad I didn't lose all my work.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34775239

Hey, everyone!

About 6 months ago, I began writing an original series set in the One Piece universe as a way to connect to my kid, who loves One Piece. Since then, it blossomed into a 170,000 word (and growing) story that encompasses the entire scope of the original East Blue story arc.

This new adventure follows a new crew of pirates in a familiar yet different world along the same trajectory as the original Straw Hat crew. It has a mix of original characters and reimagined/remixed characters from the Manga/Anime.

As it was intended for a young/teen audience, there is no graphic violence, sex, or nudity. I worked very hard to keep it in the spirit of Odo's work.

I have published the first 8 chapters of my work on AO3 so that my kid can share with her friends, who were excited by the idea. I was hoping to get some feedback from the community here as well since there's always room for improvement.

Here is the link to my work: "One Piece - Twist of Fate"

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Hey, everyone!

About 6 months ago, I began writing an original series set in the One Piece universe as a way to connect to my kid, who loves One Piece. Since then, it blossomed into a 170,000 word (and growing) story that encompasses the entire scope of the original East Blue story arc.

This new adventure follows a new crew of pirates in a familiar yet different world along the same trajectory as the original Straw Hat crew. It has a mix of original characters and reimagined/remixed characters from the Manga/Anime.

As it was intended for a young/teen audience, there is no graphic violence, sex, or nudity. I worked very hard to keep it in the spirit of Odo's work.

I have published the first 8 chapters of my work on AO3 so that my kid can share with her friends, who were excited by the idea. I was hoping to get some feedback from the community here as well since there's always room for improvement.

Here is the link to my work: "One Piece - Twist of Fate"

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