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Sakabelle:
Aww I miss having people I can bounce ideas off of! If I am ever feeling unsure about a chapter or have a new story idea I just talk to my boyfriend about it. And I'm pretty sure he just says it's fine because he doesn't want to talk about BSB fanfic lol.
I had the same problem with OF too. I even have 2/3 of a rough draft done from Nano but I've never completed it because I don't know what I'd do with it when it's done. I think I'd be more scared to recieve feedback on that since it's all my own original characters and completely original situations.
mare:
On a side note to this. I think a lot of wanting that instant feedback has to do with if you have someone reading your stuff or not.
I have noticed ever since I have gone personless (Lurks was my first story without Mersey and Maria reading it before I posted it) feedback from the site was much more important to me. At first I couldn't figure out why until it dawned on me that before, I was spoiled. By sharing your stuff with someone prior to posting you've already gotten some feedback so confidence is already built. Once I figured that out, I calmed down a bit with the disappointment I had initially felt. lol
That's why writing something OF and not posting it is so hard. Everyone wants words of encouragement and it's hard when you go into something blind. I think that's why I write a lot slower when it's not fanfic. lol
luna610:
Hannah, Reb popped in on TDS not too long ago and we reminded her of Last Christmas. She said she hasn't forgotten about writting and that she has a lot of catching up to do...reading as well! I'm gonna try to get her back :)
Mariah:
What I find challenging is a collaboration. Finding someone who wants to write with you.
RokofAges75:
^ Most of my collaborations have been with friends... which, honestly, isn't always the best way to go because I've lost friendships as a result of trying to collaborate with them. But if both people are on the same page, tend to think alike/agree most of the time, and are equally committed to the project and dependable, it can work out great. You just have to know your friends as writers before you decide whether or not you would mesh with them on a collaboration.
I've also gotten co-writers by asking, but the only time that I did that was for a story that was already in-progress, Code Blue. Basically, my original co-writer bailed on me, and I knew I wasn't going to be able to continue the story all by myself, so I asked for interested co-writers and ended up recruiting like six other people to help me, and that became my first big collab project like that. Some of them I knew as readers or fellow writers, but I didn't know most of them very well, so it was a risk, but it paid off for awhile; it was fun while everyone was into it. That's actually how I first got to know Rose.
Rose recruited writers for 00Carter by asking here, but I think the reason we got so many was because there was already an idea, so people kind of knew what they were getting into when they signed up. I think it helps if you have an idea to propose, and then people can decide if they're interested in being part of it or not.
There are writers who post threads here from time to time asking for co-writers, but I don't know that they get much of a response... It's kind of a gamble. I'll be honest; I would never agree to collaborate with someone unless I knew them well as a friend or writer, or I knew they had an idea that I was interested in writing.
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