FF.net Ratings, etc.

[Ebony Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 962

I agree with Denise... please keep PoU, ASA, and all other stories 
intended for an adult audience rated R.  Most of the content over 
there is G and PG-13, though I find that many authors do not know how 
to rate their work appropriately.  This is how I found PoU in the 
first place, IIRC.

I've mentioned here before that the NC-17 HP fic that I've read is 
for the most part VERY badly written.  I usually skip over it these 
days.  Rate ASA however you want to, Penny, but the R rating nowadays 
leaves a *lot* of leeway without the stigma.  To me, NC-17 is the PC 
way of rating something X.  <g>

As for the general quality of HP fic:  I haven't had nearly as much 
time lately to dig over there, but for some reason the quality seems 
to be sinking as more novice writers find the FFnet site and upload 
like crazy.  But quality *is* there.  "Seek and ye shall find, knock 
and the door shall be opened, ask and it shall be given to you."

I do hope Rita and some of the others here who are toying with the 
idea begin to write fic in earnest, and would like to read more from 
Jim AKA Dadgrid.  Peg, writing short fic will be a good way of 
keeping your skills sharp between MSs... that is, if you can find the 
time.  :) 

My adventures over there during the past six months have convinced me 
of one thing:  the only way to improve the quality of HP fic is to 
write it.  A million thanks to all those fanfic authors here who 
contribute to that.  :)

Ebony AKA AngieJ (who will NOT write fanfic herself, but is one of 
the best beta readers-boosters-pop reviewers a writer could ever ask 
for)