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The romantic debate
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 10, 2011, 11:08:15 AM ---I LOVE horses!!! lol
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DOUGIE!!!! ;D
Mellz Bellz:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 10, 2011, 10:19:10 AM ---That just goes to show that every fanfic site is different and has its own "culture." I realized that when we were frequenting a site called Refresh, where Tanja was stealing our stories and reposting them as Busted or McFly fanfics. That forum was full of teenies, and they all cast each other in their fanfics. Like, they would almost do casting calls - "I need this many people for these roles in my fanfic; who wants in?" - and other teenies would give their names and physical description, and they would end up being the writer's main characters. We thought that was kind of weird too, but that's because we're cynical and judgmental on this forum. :P
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Actually funny you should say that but as someone who has followed fan fic loosely for about 11 years I definitely can remember a time when BSB fic was EXACTLY like that with the casting calls. I think the fan base as a whole at that point was a LOT younger too. I would say on average of 13-19 (?) So I guess masybe it depends on the age group of the writers?
Purpura Lipstick:
I was asked and yes I've put people I know into stories, but usually just their names. There is only one person I've actually put her in the story but she's a good friend. I use her when I'm stuck ... so how would you respond if one of the boys said this to you? or how would you act in this situation. I think it just helps me to get past some writer's block. I still reserve the right to do whatever I want with the person I put in the story though it is, after all, still my story.
Mellz Bellz:
Catching up so just a few points I wanted to make:
-About girls who put pics of themselves in banners? Drives me nuts! Makes the story so much less credible in my mind and screams teeny. I think the biggest insult was someone actually asked me if the girl in my UMS banner was actually me. Not only clearly is it a professional picture of a model, but would you think I'd do that? Ha maybe I should've taken it as a compliment!
-I actually have never killed Nick in a story or really done anything remotely torturous to him outside of maybe making him hold out on sex LOL jk. Haha... Maybe I should start? I had his girlfriend murdered once, but was probably about it.
-I have a question for romance writers. One of the things that I struggle most with is introducing a couple and getting them together. I hate when writers have like Nick meet this girl, they take one look at each other and poof they are in love! It's completely unbelievable because it takes time to develop a relationship. Unfortunately, sometimes taking that time can cause a story to drag which is why I much rather prefer to write a story about an already established couple. Then I feel like you miss out on those critical beginnings of a couple. What are your feelings on this?
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Mellz Bellz on July 10, 2011, 02:18:57 PM ---Actually funny you should say that but as someone who has followed fan fic loosely for about 11 years I definitely can remember a time when BSB fic was EXACTLY like that with the casting calls. I think the fan base as a whole at that point was a LOT younger too. I would say on average of 13-19 (?) So I guess masybe it depends on the age group of the writers?
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I think age is definitely a factor. The Mary Sue self-inserts used to be even more common than they are now in our fandom, too. I did self-inserts and cheesy banners too (though never with my own picture) when I was a teeny.
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