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Hi AC/FICTALKers. If you see this (11/12/2024) please see new post in General Discussions about Open Doors OTW Organization for Transformative Works) offering to help preserve the AC archive and let me know your thoughts:

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Author Topic: March challenge - What's the Score?  (Read 18975 times)

julilly

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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2012, 11:42:50 AM »
Yay and you did it right too! One of my biggest fanfic pet peeves (I don't think I ever put this in that thread actually lol) is "song fics" that are 90% lyrics of a song that you may or may not know thus making them totally irrelevant with a paragraph of narrative between each verse. HAAAAATE.

Did I mention I hate it?
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2012, 02:05:28 PM »
Quote from: julilly on March 02, 2012, 11:42:50 AM
Yay and you did it right too! One of my biggest fanfic pet peeves (I don't think I ever put this in that thread actually lol) is "song fics" that are 90% lyrics of a song that you may or may not know thus making them totally irrelevant with a paragraph of narrative between each verse. HAAAAATE.

Did I mention I hate it?

Tell us how you REALLY feel about it Julia...lmao!!! 

That story is still the best thing I ever wrote, in my own humble opinion.  I just thought it would give an example of what a true song fic was.  :)
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2012, 02:45:50 PM »
I remember reading that when you first posted it, Jen! I love it.

I think I am going to have to upload my song choice to YouTube myself as I can't find it on there. Clearly I need more mainstream music tatses lol
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2012, 12:28:24 PM »
Quote from: julilly on March 01, 2012, 01:12:10 PM
Think of it like a soundtrack from a movie. While the movie plays out, a song can really compliment the scene. A lot of people think song fics are just typing out a bunch of lyrics and putting some writing in between them but I don't think that's the real intention. Write something that follows the storyline or theme of a song so that if you read that story while listening to the song they would compliment each other.

Ask yourself, what's the song about?

Is it literal? The Call would be an example of a literal story. The song is actually about a phone call gone wrong and the fallout from it.

Is it figurative? In I'm Taking Off Nick isn't actually singing about spaceships and getting in a rocket. The song is about a break-up and getting away from someone even when their "gravity" keeps pulling you in.

Find the story within the song you choose and write a fic to compliment it. You can either follow the story of the song literally or figuratively, so long as the song compliments the story and vice versa. You can even use a song that doesn't necessarily have lyrics, but just seems to suit the story. If the music is dramatic, so should the words on the page be. The music could be romantic, or funny, etc, etc.

Does that help?

Absolutely, Julilly! Thank you! This is how I understand song fic but I got lost when you said something about instrumental.. .. Thanks for explaining it. You best explained it in your example about American Psycho movie... :)
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2012, 09:12:14 PM »
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2012, 11:39:37 AM »
Really enjoyed it Rose, the song fitted perfectly :)
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2012, 07:57:04 PM »
My submission is finally up after fighting with this freakin computer all evening...

http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10861
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2012, 08:54:06 PM »
Cute one, Jen! :) I loooove Nick singing faithfully, and he's gorgeous in that video.
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2012, 09:59:59 PM »
I know Steph..and I'm sooooooooooo jealous you got to SEE that in person! I did 6 shows and 4 VIPS and the ONLY VIPs I didn't do were the ones he sang Faithfully at!! I'm sooooooooo mad!!!!!!! lol  But thanks.  I wish I would have taken a little more time with it tho.  My whole idea was to make readers think it was Lauren waiting for Nick to come home.  Thanks for the review too!  :)
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2012, 12:04:05 AM »
I have a song to use for this challenge, I just need to write it. Hoping to start on it tonight or tomorrow possibly :)
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #25 on: March 06, 2012, 08:48:21 AM »
Really enjoyed it Jenn, and yes, you had me fooled into thinking it was Lauren waiting for Nick.  Loved that performance too, would love to see a solo Nick show, but don't think it'll happen here!
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #26 on: March 06, 2012, 12:46:13 PM »
Quote from: Carter-Orange on March 05, 2012, 11:39:37 AM
Really enjoyed it Rose, the song fitted perfectly :)

Thanks! :)
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #27 on: March 06, 2012, 10:18:06 PM »
Yay... mine's done!

http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10862

I had to upload the song to YouTube myself so ignore the dumb NKOTBSB picture I added, it really has nothing to do with anything and was the first picture I grabbed off my computer lol
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2012, 09:30:04 AM »
Really enjoyed it Steph :)
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Re: March challenge - What's the Score?
« Reply #29 on: March 07, 2012, 11:39:14 AM »
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