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MellzBellz:

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And I know personally, my story Broken is a perfect example of what you said last, about the beginning being crappy, but the story improving as it goes on cause the writer got better. ;)   Not saying that the ending is amazing, but it's certainly better than the beginning, I think LOL.




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How ironic because Broken was exactly the example I was thinking of when I mentioned a story who at the beginning had me kind of scratching my head and going Hmm... I think it was the whole Leah being a stripper and her cheating on Nick w/ Justin that made me think Oh god... How teeny! Then when Nick was diagnosed w/cancer I expected it to be a lot less researched than it was and one of those "cancer plots just to add some more cheap thrills to the story." I actually stopped reading it after maybe the first 20 chapters I guess and then one day I picked it up again and I think I read it straight through I was so enthralled with it. Towards the middle of the story I couldn't even remember the beginning anyway. So, yea your fic is a great example of that. I know I'm embarassed at the beginning of UMS, but I'm too lazy to rewrite the beginning now. I prefer not to go back and change too many things in my stories. I'd rather just write better and better with each chapter.

Mare's comment about girl centered fan fics reminded me. I forget that a lot of people argue that in fan fiction they wanna read from the celebrities POV, not from the original character. I've always prefered to write girl centered fics though. To me writing is a great way to release a lot of the feelings I'm going through, so I tend to vent through my heroines I guess. I've gotten a lot better with trying to get the guys perspective too, but I've always had a hard time writing about just the guys being themselves although I love reading about it.

Purpura Lipstick:
Uhhh what is reading???  LOL no I try really I try to read stories but I usually read stories by names I'm familiar with anymore. So if you've reviewed me I'm more likely to read your story cause I remember your name! :-D

OOOH Mare, you know some people stick romance in their description just because there will be some love line in it but don't let that phase you about my stories... I'm the queen of the non-gushy ending (More Than That excluded). Or at least I try to end my stories like no one expects but *snaps fingers* someone always seems to guess it before.

Rose:

--- Quote from: MellzBellz on March 26, 2007, 10:00:34 PM ---Mare's comment about girl centered fan fics reminded me. I forget that a lot of people argue that in fan fiction they wanna read from the celebrities POV, not from the original character. I've always prefered to write girl centered fics though. To me writing is a great way to release a lot of the feelings I'm going through, so I tend to vent through my heroines I guess. I've gotten a lot better with trying to get the guys perspective too, but I've always had a hard time writing about just the guys being themselves although I love reading about it.


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I know in the one fic I do do first person with, its kind of nice having that female perspective to write from. The main character isn't me, but I can relate to her and the story for me flows when I write. I get a kick bouncing from her POV to Nick's lol, cause lets face it, Nick is a guy, that its fun to get in his head.

RokofAges75:

--- Quote from: MellzBellz on March 26, 2007, 10:00:34 PM ---How ironic because Broken was exactly the example I was thinking of when I mentioned a story who at the beginning had me kind of scratching my head and going Hmm... I think it was the whole Leah being a stripper and her cheating on Nick w/ Justin that made me think Oh god... How teeny! Then when Nick was diagnosed w/cancer I expected it to be a lot less researched than it was and one of those "cancer plots just to add some more cheap thrills to the story." I actually stopped reading it after maybe the first 20 chapters I guess and then one day I picked it up again and I think I read it straight through I was so enthralled with it. Towards the middle of the story I couldn't even remember the beginning anyway. So, yea your fic is a great example of that. I know I'm embarassed at the beginning of UMS, but I'm too lazy to rewrite the beginning now. I prefer not to go back and change too many things in my stories. I'd rather just write better and better with each chapter.

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Hehe... yeah, the begining of Broken is awful; like you with UMS, I would love to go back and rewrite it, but 1) I'm too lazy, and 2) I also like to keep stories as they are so that I can look back on them later and see how much I've improved.  It's funny though, because I started out Broken trying to disguise what kind of story it was really going to be, and that probably attracted less readers than if I'd just made it obvious from the get go LOL.  Anyway, thanks for giving it a second try, and I'm flattered that you like it. ;D

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