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Five questions at a time....
nicksgal:
26) What influences you to continue writing? Is it reader support, number of reviews, your own determination, or something else? Why does it influence you?
27) Was there ever a time you felt that you could no longer write fan fiction and took a "hiatus"? What did you do during that time?
28) If for some reason, due to circumstances beyond your control, you were forced to give up your fan fiction career, who would you want to finish your incompleted works?
29) If you could no longer write fan fiction, what is the one thing you would like to be remembered for?
30) What is your main goal in your writing? Do other people influence this goal, or is it more of a singular thing?
mare:
LMAO wow that's a lot of questions. Maybe I should have made it two or three huh?
1) Do you go by a pen name when you write? If so why did you choose it?
I just decidedto shorten my name for my fanfic pen name lol so I went from Marianne to Mare.
2) Name a story you wish you had written and why (meaning a fanfic that already exists)
Besides Ground Zero because we all know I love that one lol i'd have to say Broken because I wish I could write a medical drama as well as Julie did with that one.
3) What is the most creative idea you have ever had for a story?
Probably Shadow Woods, even though at the time I had no idea where it was going myself.
4) What is the most cliched story you have written?
5 Backstreet Boys in Search of a plot because that was the idea behind that one. The most innocently cliched story I have ever written is Mizpah though.
5) What is the most overused plot line out there in fanfic today?
Nick falls madly in love with *inserts authors name here* lol
6 ) What started you on writing fan fiction?
Just finding great ones to read like Ground Zero, Can You Keep A Secret and Swollen Issues. They inspired me to write me own.
7 ) Is fan fiction more of a hobby or is it a stepping stone to something you want to persue realistically?
I'm not sure, a stepping stone but yet it's a fun hobby.
8 ) If your fan fiction career ended tomorrow, what would you regret?
Leaving my fics incomplete.
9 ) Is there anything that turns you off about fan fiction readers as a whole?
I think my readers are awesome. They are what helps motivate me to write and get better at what I do.
10 ) What are your thoughts on including Kevin in a piece of fan fiction these days, assuming the piece is not an AU?
I can't see myself ever NOT writing about Kevin since to me he's such an important part of BSB, even if he's not in the group anymore he helps bring that brother dynamic to the table so he's there as far as i'm concerned. lol Even if I have to just resort to writing fics of them in the past.
11) What's one genre you'd never write about & why?
I really can't see myself ever writing a visual. It's just not me lol
12) Did you ever write a story not because you wanted too, but because you felt you HAD too [like, you were forced to write it]?
I have written sequels just because I thought it was what people wanted and those ended up not being fun for me to finish in the end.
13) What's one story you've written that most people would be shocked to find?
Hrmm i'm pretty predictable and don't have anything hidden away so I don't think anyone would be shocked by anything i've written. Maybe my nonfanfic stuff, but even then not so much.
14) Do you have a story you've written & posted online, but will never post on absolutechaos because you're afraid of what people night think?
Nope lol
15) Do you have a favourite absolutechaos author? If so, who is it & why?
I don't really read all that much anymore but I admit I squee when I see that Chaos, Mersey, Just Marina, Jenna/Swenglish and Julie, Refuse 2 Lose have updated something new.
16) What story pulled you out of your writing comfort zone and why?
Probably Lion's Den because it was the first fic I wrote featuring Howie. That was hard for me.
17) Name a relatively unknown writer who you feel needs to be recognized, one of her/his fics and why.
I'm not up on who's popular or not either lol but i'm going to say Refuse 2 Lose. Her stuff is awesome!
18.) Has a music video inspired one of your stories? How?
Nope lol
19.) What skill do you feel you need to work on as a writer?
More descriptions, less dialogue, even though I heart dialogue
20.) What do you feel is your best skill as a writer? Dialogue lol
21) If someone started professionally publishing Backstreet novels (multi-genre; anything from suspense to action to romance), would you be likely buy them? Who are the authors?
That would be awesome! Can you imagine being paid to do this for a living? I would most certainly buy them as long as they were the kinds of stories I would read in the first place. So basically any of my favorite authors from up above as well as my friends. If they weren't horribly expensive i'd buy them all just to support everyone and keep it going lol
22) On which TV show would you most want to see the BSB guest star--either as themselves or as characters on the show?
Well one of the stories I have in the back of my head is to have Kevin and Nick go on the Amazing Race lmao but besides that. I would love to see Nick in Numb3rs as the youngest Epps. I can see Kevin on something cool like CSI or something like that. AJ and Howie would make a great demons on Supernatural. Brian would fit in nicely on a medical drama like Grey's or ER.
23) If you tired of writing BSB, do you think you would continue to write fanfiction for another fandom, or would it likely be the end of your fanfic “career”?
I honestly can't see myself putting my heart and soul into another fandom like I have done for BSB. Maybe i'd dabble at SN or Numb3rs but at the moment i'd have to say no to that one.
24) What Alternate Universe would you most want to see a story about? (examples: BSB as doctors, as firefighters, as police officers, as squirrels (hmm actually I challenge anyone to write that one!)
SQUIRRELS!!!!! And Chaos you know I will do it!
25) Going back to question# 11. What would it take for you to reconsider writing a fic of that dreaded genre? (i.e. Would you if challenged? Would you for money? For a best friend’s birthday? Under absolutely no circumstances?)
Hrmm lol I honestly don't think anyone would want to read a visual by me.
26) What influences you to continue writing? Is it reader support, number of reviews, your own determination, or something else? Why does it influence you?
I continue to write because I LOVE writing. I can't imagine not writing, although at times I say this is my last BSB fanfic it has nothing to do with reviews or support. Just because at that particular moment, I have run out of ideas. I have always said once I find I am dreading writing like I used to dread homework, i'll stop but happily that hasn't happened yet.
27) Was there ever a time you felt that you could no longer write fan fiction and took a "hiatus"? What did you do during that time?
I have never really taken a 'hiatus' but right now i'm at a point in my life that it's been kind of hard keeping up with my writing. I used to be able to update once a week but now it's turned into once every two or three weeks. It's just the way it has to be for now lol
28) If for some reason, due to circumstances beyond your control, you were forced to give up your fan fiction career, who would you want to finish your incompleted works?
I would give Why i'd do it all Again to Mersey because she knows me so well, she'd be able to write it for me without skipping a beat
Maria (just Marina) would inherit Scars because I think she'd be able to jump in there and make it her own.
Chaos could have 13th Step. I can see him taking that one and flying with it.
29) If you could no longer write fan fiction, what is the one thing you would like to be remembered for?
Wow these are depressing lol :( I would like to be remmebered as being creative, suspensful and well rounded.
30) What is your main goal in your writing? Do other people influence this goal, or is it more of a singular thing?
My main goal is to make people laugh and cry while reading. I want to be able to touch my readers with my words. Wow was that cheesy enough for you? lmao
nicksgal:
Sorry I depressed you. :( I wanted to write deep questions. :) And where's my schmoika? *bats eyelashes*
mare:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 05, 2007, 03:08:35 PM ---Sorry I depressed you. :( I wanted to write deep questions. :) And where's my schmoika? *bats eyelashes*
--- End quote ---
LOL it's okay I recovered quickly and i'm working on it.
And also thank you Lenni, Rose and Chaos. *squishy hugs you all* ;D
honey:
1) Do you go by a pen name when you write? If so why did you choose it?
Yes. “Honey” Its just been a nickname of mine since high school. (there’s a long story behind it.)
2) Name a story you wish you had written and why (meaning a fanfic that already exists)
I guess “Seven Days” by Refuse because I’m not the biggest fan of that genre but that story kept me reading till the end and kind of made me want to try something like that myself.
3) What is the most creative idea you have ever had for a story?
One I haven’t tried to write yet…(I’m working on it) It’s a series of mysteries actually told from Baylee’s perspective that would give us comical glimpses into the life of the Backstreet Boys.
4) What is the most cliched story you have written?
Take your pick! –lol I guess “The Story” because it was my first and I was like 14 and so in love with the Backstreet boys
5) What is the most overused plot line out there in fanfic today?
Two best friends meet their favorite BSB’s and consequently said boys fall madly in love with girls… (also the plot line for the above mentioned fic. Haha)
6 ) What started you on writing fan fiction?
A homework assignment actually. My freshman year of high school I had to write a story based on “what if…” I joked at first with my BF saying what if… we met the Backstreet boys… I didn’t turn it in, but I was too curious to not write it and the rest is history.
7 ) Is fan fiction more of a hobby or is it a stepping stone to something you want to persue realistically?
It started as just a hobby but the more I do it the more I discover how much I love doing it and the more I want to learn and try to get to that next step.
8 ) If your fan fiction career ended tomorrow, what would you regret?
Probably my unfinished works and all the unique friendships I have gained alone the way
9 ) Is there anything that turns you off about fan fiction readers as a whole?
Not that I can thing of?
10 ) What are your thoughts on including Kevin in a piece of fan fiction these days, assuming the piece is not an AU?
I think it’s great. Kevin is still important to most of us. I myself have now written stories both with and without him.
11) What's one genre you'd never write about & why?
Straight Horror. Just too gruesome for me. Maybe an element of it here or there but a whole slasher piece? I don’t think I’m capable of that.
12) Did you ever write a story not because you wanted too, but because you felt you HAD too [like, you were forced to write it]?
Well I started a Kevin one when he left and part of me wanted to but part of me just felt like I should and to this day it is my biggest headache. I think it’s important to write for YOU!
13) What's one story you've written that most people would be shocked to find?
Probably “Not Your Average Cinderella Story” simple because its such a far cry from all the sweet PG stuff I usually write. I know that if people I know in person saw it they might be a little shocked.
14) Do you have a story you've written & posted online, but will never post on absolutechaos because you're afraid of what people night think?
Nope. In fact it was the kindness and encouragement of the people on Absolute Chaos that eventually convinced me to post anything anywhere.
15) Do you have a favourite absolutechaos author? If so, who is it & why?
Sarah!!! (Starbeamz2) I love her stuff! I think because we seem to think along similar lines and have similar tastes. We also share a love for Brian and I love reading a good Brian story!
16) What story pulled you out of your writing comfort zone and why?
There hasn’t been one yet. I haven’t been brave enough, but I am working out the details for my mystery series and that will definitely pull me from my comfort zone. Mysteries intimidate the hell out of me!
17) Name a relatively unknown writer who you feel needs to be recognized, one of her/his fics and why.
I’d say Dee. (Nicksgal) She’s probably pretty well known around here cause she posts so much. But her stuff is fantasy and AU and demons and vampires and stuff so I’d be willing to bet that not many have read her stuff. But so far it’s WONDERFUL! If she can pull me into that world, she could probably pull everyone into it!
18.) Has a music video inspired one of your stories? How?
I started “The Day I Fall” after watching the “I Still” video. Don’t know why but the look and feel of that video just got my brain going and inspired the idea behind the story.
19.) What skill do you feel you need to work on as a writer?
Probably my vocabulary. I think I am good at telling stories but they never sound poetic at all.
20.) What do you feel is your best skill as a writer?
Keeping my readers interested. Making them understand the characters and relate to them.
21) If someone started professionally publishing Backstreet novels (multi-genre; anything from suspense to action to romance), would you be likely buy them? Who are the authors?
I’d love to say no, but you know I would. -lol
22) On which TV show would you most want to see the BSB guest star--either as themselves or as characters on the show?
Smallville! Any and all of them. Then they would have super powers and that would be cool.
23) If you tired of writing BSB, do you think you would continue to write fanfiction for another fandom, or would it likely be the end of your fanfic “career”?
I think I would try writing a Smallville fanfic. I’ve actually thought about doing that anyway just haven’t gotten around to it.
24) What Alternate Universe would you most want to see a story about? (examples: BSB as doctors, as firefighters, as police officers, as squirrels (hmm actually I challenge anyone to write that one!)
Secret Agents!!!! –lol ))Carter people, it’s gonna be HUGE! I’m not shamelessly promoting here! ;)
25) Going back to question# 11. What would it take for you to reconsider writing a fic of that dreaded genre? (i.e. Would you if challenged? Would you for money? For a best friend’s birthday? Under absolutely no circumstances?)
I honestly don’t know that I ever would…
26) What influences you to continue writing? Is it reader support, number of reviews, your own determination, or something else? Why does it influence you?
Writing for me is like a drug. If I don’t get a little time everyday to do it, I get really cranky. I’m a stay home mom of a 2 and 3 year old and writing is a way for me to use my brain on a more intellectual level. It challenges me and I need that.
27) Was there ever a time you felt that you could no longer write fan fiction and took a "hiatus"? What did you do during that time?
I wrote my first fan fic when I was about 14 then I didn’t write another one until I was about 24. I didn’t realize I loved it so much. In the mean time I wrote mostly poetry and songs.
28) If for some reason, due to circumstances beyond your control, you were forced to give up your fan fiction career, who would you want to finish your incompleted works?
Definitely. I get so involved in each one that it would drive me crazy (it already does) to not have them complete.
29) If you could no longer write fan fiction, what is the one thing you would like to be remembered for?
I don’t know that I would care about being remembered, I just hope that somewhere along the way someone else gained something from my experience. It would be really cool to be the reason someone started writing their own fan fics. … Like being the “Chaos” to somebody’s “Mare”.
30) What is your main goal in your writing? Do other people influence this goal, or is it more of a singular thing?
My main goal is just to enjoy myself and hopefully improve a little with every story.
WOW, that was a project. and seriously, I don't know if I can come up with another five questions... how about we cut it down to one now? -lol cause that's all I can think of...
31) Do you share your fan fiction with the people you know uotside of the internet? Or is it a secret part of you that only us special people get to see?
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