In which I learn that I do /not/ suck.

[jazzfish]

However crapulent my story for class may be, it isn't Dragonlance.

See, we have to read two stories a day, and workshop them the next day.
I am currently reading someone's Dragonlance story. It started out with a dwarf. My initial reaction was "Oh, it's generic fantasy." It then mentioned Qualinesti. "Oh, it's generic fantasy that's stealing names from Dragonlance."
Then a kender showed up.

I am going to have to come up with something nice to say about this story.

Um. The actual plot portion isn't horrible. He could probably chop out most of the first forty percent, excise Dragonlance, rewrite what's left so that the prose is at least entertaining, and have a decent, vaguely creepy fantasy story. He'll get lots of good feedback.

Comments

[wyrdone.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with making yet another storyline in the DragonLance world?

Who knows maybe this person just wants to be the next Weis, Hickman, or Novak.

Don't mark him down just because he is using an already made universe to write in. Granted coming up with your own universe is harder and takes a lot of work, but so does working with someone elses predefinetd rules and regulations of thier universe. If you have read a good portion of the Dragonlance books, try to give him comments on how well they mesh with the existing framework.

[zerblinitzky.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with it, if I am understanding correctly, is that it's essentially a fanfic submitted as a story for a college fiction course. The author has not shown that he can make characters or settings or any of the other elements of a story, which was the assignment.
Unless I am totally wrong, and the assignment was "Write something. Preferably words, in English".