<.< >.> I will not admit to reading this series in anyway but will take a gander at your writings .
A precedent was set? O_o Ooo, when and by whom? I can't say that I have much interest in reading at the moment sadly. 
When I write I get like this where I have trouble reading, and when I read I have trouble writing. My biggest problem is I 'leech' off the writing style of whatever I read and start to Ghost Write without meaning too. 
I should post some time the story I wrote after reading a Tale of Two Cities. 
I'll give it a quick read and see if I can find any glaring errors, but I'm probably not the most qualified critique giver about.
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By precedent being set, I meant that this forum seemed appropriate for people that chose to discuss all kinds of art, and writing is an art as well. I was hoping people followed that logic.
I have the same problem you do. Leeching writing styles. I think thats why I went with Snicket fiction after reading the books. The writing style is so distinctive, yah?
Sorry about Readers block. I hope you get over it soon.
Ah, Written Art, yes indeed. That is a sticky wicket and a personal opinion thing. Some people consider writing an art like drawing, painting, or dancing. Some people don't though. *Shrug*
And yeah, Readers block sucks. I generally have to wait 4-5 days after reading something before I can write like myself again. Longer if I really got 'pulled' into the story.
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I am a decent writer, but by no means would I rank that as one of my better talents. I would prefer to read something as opposed to write something.
But since I have read all thirteen unfortunate books in the series, I will have to go read your fan fiction, Marcian. I really enjoyed them, tears and all. And the word tears here mean that at parts of the books I cried with sorrow and other I cried with laughter (ok that was a bad attempt). But you will have to give me some time because at the moment I am busy trying to finish a digital painting (a Self Portrait) for my Digital Painting class at school. And between work, school and homework time is short.
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nice. very nice.
**runs off to find a curious kitten to blame the tears on**
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Fixed that for you 
Well, I read the first part of your story Marcian, and to my distress, a very real biting distress it is to be certain, I have found it to be most enjoyable a read and it seems to have upset my thought patterns (Much as I suspected reading it would.) Fortune smiles on me however, and by that I mean to say that I have been so favoured or received good tidings, that I'm in more of a Bronte mode then Lemony Snicket (I do hope I spelled his name correctly). Neither however would do so well for my own writing. By the morrow I suspect the effect shall have past.
But never you mind, I shall cut to the chase. On the whole it was very excellent writing, though I did skip over some of the middle portions as I was terribly ancious to head to my chambers for the eve. There were a few, a minor few, instances of using the wrong word. I suspect that much like what happens from time to time to myself, you have been the victim of the Spell Checker. No fault of your own here.
I can not say wither the beginning of your piece is faithful to the original (I shall assume that it is in fact true to the source) But I found it on the whole to be off putting. Several times I was told that I should not read further, and at each instance I wondered if I should indeed cease my endeavours. Push on I did, excepting my minor habit of jumping sentences and whole paragraphs at times. A habit I have I fear as I prefer things with a far greater pace than most authors seem to write. For Ghost Writing I must say it appears to be top notch and marvelous. Yet, I must wonder at if Ghost Writing will truly help with your own styles development. Some lessons can be learned perhaps in the effort, but for myself at least, I find it better, better by half, to just write what I feel is the correct way. Close the eyes and feel the words translate to the page.
I dearly hope this has been of some help, yet I feel that I have said a great deal of nothing on this matter. Even worse, I am getting stuck in this appalling method of thought. I have not been so bad since last I took to the works of O'Brian. Much esteem do I have for his wordplay, but it is of a sort completely at odds with my own.
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Err...I think you should move this thread to the RolePlaying Forum. There are some great writers there that might give you more detail comments than my one-liners.
Is this going to be slash fiction?
kidding.
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Im not sure if this is the forum for it, but Ive seen a precedent set, and Im using it. If Im mistaken in the appropriateness of this, please tell me and Ill personally petition to have this thread deleted.
What I am about to link is, effectively, book the 14th of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Without ruining ASOUE for newcomers, this story is what I imagine would be inevitable next part of the journey into the Baudelaire history after the events of Book the 13th, The End.
Its incomplete fan fiction, to be sure. Im using this writing, however, as practice for my real novels, much in the way one grinds away in missions about which they do not care to prepare for the Rikti War Zone.
Be warned: This book assumes from Chapter 1 that youve read and understood the twists, turns, and misery of the extremely complicated history of the Baudelaire orphans.
Please be harsh and cruel in my writing style. Did I do a good impersonation of Lemony Snicket? Is the story coherent and quality? What about the characters? Are they good? May I have some sugar with my coffee?
Don't click here unless you have a fresh box of tissues.