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The romantic debate
Rose:
--- Quote from: Mellz Bellz on July 07, 2011, 10:58:40 PM ---Ha well I love Lifetime movies, so I guess that makes me a big sap? lol
It's kind of sad to see all the hating on romance, but I guess you agree to disagree sometimes. To asnswer Mare's question about why not just write OF, I'm not sure. I don't know if sticking to a BSB member is like a security blanket, but let's be real here. If I wrote OF would anyone on AC read it? No offense but the OF that does get posted here definitely gets overlooked. I don't consider that just because I predominantly write about Nick that I don't write "fan fiction," because he's not the MAIN character. I do enjoy writing about the guys even if they are just supporting cast. I mean really at the end of the day this is a hobby. I'm not looking to publish anything I'm writing on here. Are they really strict guidelines to determine what is fan fiction? I think at the end of the day, you like what you like, and if you don't like it don't read it. I think it's really hard for romance writers to be taken seriously in this particular community which can be discouraging at times, but as Karah stated the numbers don't lie. People definitely do read it and that is their perogative.
I also still see no harm in putting your own experiences in your writing. Yes, I see Julie's point in it being more challenging to write as someone completely different from you and some people do REALLY well with that. I just feel for me personally it would not be genuine. This is my creative outlet and as I mentioned before writing is a form of therapy for me. I just prefer it that way. *shrugs*
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I just don't see the point of writing about BSB if at least one of them isn't the main character. I mean it's called BSB fanfiction for a reason. If he's not the main, it's a OF featuring a cameo from a real life celebrity. My whole point is that it's like a movie. If Nick's in a movie for five minutes, is it really fair to label a Nick Carter movie? Not so much.
And you're right, if you don't like it, don't read it. But at the same time, when people answer surveys and say that romance is overrated in some aspects, it is what it is. It's not hating on it. I don't think anyone has said "I hate romance". In fact I myself specifically said it's something of a misconception when it comes to me. I'm just very critical of it for the reasons I put in here.
I also don't feel anyone said there's strict specifications on fanfiction. I mean we've all speculated on it, but this is the debate board LOL. Romance writers get a lot of feedback, a lot of the times just because of the fact they're romances. I've seen romances with a bunch of errors get crapload more reviews than a well written story of another genre.
Romance gets called overrated but it also gets the most attention.
Rose:
--- Quote from: Karah on July 07, 2011, 11:02:44 PM ---For me, it had nothing to do with her name rhyming with mine. It was about her character, her parents. She was named after the house on "Gone With the Wind." It fit her personality. She was a southern belle but quirky at the same time. I honestly didn't even think about the similarity in our names until later in the story. Like, if you read "IWBB," you would see the only thing the character and I have in common is our lust for Nick Carter. She comes from a family of doctors, going to medical school, etc. She's the youngest in her group of friends... I'm always the oldest.
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Thanks for the answer. I was just curious, cause if I wrote romance on a regular basis, name similarities would be the first thing I thought about.
myconfession:
--- Quote from: Mellz Bellz on July 07, 2011, 10:58:40 PM ---Ha well I love Lifetime movies, so I guess that makes me a big sap? lol
It's kind of sad to see all the hating on romance, but I guess you agree to disagree sometimes. To asnswer Mare's question about why not just write OF, I'm not sure. I don't know if sticking to a BSB member is like a security blanket, but let's be real here. If I wrote OF would anyone on AC read it? No offense but the OF that does get posted here definitely gets overlooked. I don't consider that just because I predominantly write about Nick that I don't write "fan fiction," because he's not the MAIN character. I do enjoy writing about the guys even if they are just supporting cast. I mean really at the end of the day this is a hobby. I'm not looking to publish anything I'm writing on here. Are they really strict guidelines to determine what is fan fiction? I think at the end of the day, you like what you like, and if you don't like it don't read it. I think it's really hard for romance writers to be taken seriously in this particular community which can be discouraging at times, but as Karah stated the numbers don't lie. People definitely do read it and that is their perogative.
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Totally. Freakin'. Agree.
I've written both fan fiction and original fiction and honestly, I find writing fan fiction more challenging than writing original fiction because I like to try and make the Nick in my stories a close as the real Nick as possible, even though it's fiction (unless it's an AU).
myconfession:
--- Quote from: Rose on July 07, 2011, 11:11:44 PM ---Thanks for the answer. I was just curious, cause if I wrote romance on a regular basis, name similarities would be the first thing I thought about.
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Yeah, I wrote that one back in 2001.
I've written one since where a girl was named Karie and I'm not gonna lie, the girl was based on me a little at the time. It was the first story I wrote after taking a long writing break while going back to college. I needed to get back in the swing of things and a semi-Mary Sue helped with that LOL
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Rose on July 07, 2011, 11:09:54 PM ---My whole point is that it's like a movie. If Nick's in a movie for five minutes, is it really fair to label a Nick Carter movie? Not so much.
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I dunno, I watched that stupid "Love Takes Wing" movie on the Hallmark channel for Kevin, who was in it all of about five minutes, and whenever I see it come on TV, I think, "Oh, that's Kevin's movie." Not that I would ever watch it again LOL.
--- Quote from: Rose on July 07, 2011, 11:09:54 PM ---I've seen romances with a bunch of errors get crapload more reviews than a well written story of another genre.
Romance gets called overrated but it also gets the most attention.
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I think that's exactly why almost everyone put romance as the answer to that question. We've discussed this plenty of times, too, but if two new stories go up, one a well-written Nick sci-fi story and the other an average-written Nick romance, guess which one's going to get more reviews? Regardless of writing quality, the Nick romance will always win in the reviews. That's just how it is; it's a matter of taste and popularity. Like Mel said, you like what you like, and we can't judge anyone for preferring romance - I'm not a sci-fi fan either - but it is unfortunate that there are very talented writers who go largely unnoticed just because they write in the underrated genres.
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