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Fanfic/writing/fandom etc... Question(s) of the day
Sakabelle:
It's a bit weird, there are some scenes I remember being really proud of at the time of writing them and now when I look back I see they weren't as great as I remember them. But I guess that's proof I've grown as a writer!
That being said, the scene that springs to my mind that I'm proud of isn't even posted on the site. Fail. But I'll say the first chapter of Running Up That Hill, particularly Kevin's POV where he tells off AJ and crashes into Nick in the hallway afterwards is still something I'm proud of.
Also the weird thing about slash is that I was all about it when I was 15/16! Not in BSB fandom, but in Gundan Wing fandom slash was where it's at. No one would read your stuff if it wasn't slash lol
Also Tracy, I remember that scene in FYO. It really was one of the best! (But of course the whole story was fantastic :))
Purpura Lipstick:
Now that I think about it I do take a shower when I'm trying to work things out too. Husband has caught me talking to myself in the shower quite a few times when I'm discussing a story with the showerhead. LOL.
One scene I am very proud of is in Wulf's Bane (the fanfic). It's a scene where Nick and Albert are bringing a very wounded Rose into a small town to be healed. Describing the clinic/hospital they end up at is my favorite. I wrote it years ago but I still remember it. It might have stuck out because my friend, Amanda who is very descriptive writer, told me that she loved how I wrote the scene. So add her admiration on top of my own like for the scene it has been a fave of mine forever.
I know you are all expecting me to have a scene from Chronos Project and I do, what do you know! LOL My scenes in that story are the sexual tension scenes between Julie and Kevin. The one that sticks out the most in my mind was when he was strapping something to her thigh... mmmmm.... *thoughts wander off* I also liked a majority of the jumps in that story, all the historical stuff I wrote for it. Loved writing them.
Then I have scenes that I loved when I wrote them at the time, like SakaSteph, and when I look back on them now I cringe a bit.
Rose:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 07, 2012, 11:04:11 PM ---It's funny how different things bother us. I have no problem killing wives or even the Boys themselves, but for some reason, I could never bring myself to kill off one of their kids. As much as I hate fictional kids, Rose and I made up some for Undead just so we could kill them off without killing Baylee.
I don't think I've ever written a rape scene; I don't know if I'd consider that taboo, but it's not something I've ever had the urge to write, either.
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Right, I could never kill off real kids, but I have no problems killing off the Boys or their wives. I create fictional kids if I wanna kill off kids LOL. I don't know how I feel about rape scenes. I don't think I could ever write one, just cause someone close to me went through that, and so it's even more touchy than it would be otherwise. I've never had the urge to write one either though.
Rose:
--- Quote from: mare on June 08, 2012, 07:09:51 AM ---I have another question and I wanted to write it now before I forgot it lol
Do you have an all time favorite scene or chapter you have written in any fanfic that makes you say, wow...that was pretty great if I do say so myself? And don't lie and say "Oh, i've never thought that!" You know you have, so just fess up now! lol
And yes, at the risk of sounding like an ego maniac, you can name more than one if you'd like! lmao
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I have to say in RMTW. The scene where Nick and AJ are at that carnival and he tells AJ on the roller coaster. The idea of that was inspired by a chat with Julie, but the scene came out perfectly. Like I re-read it and was just like... wow that sounds just as good as it did in my head! LOL. Which, is something I almost never think.
RokofAges75:
It's funny that you asked that today, Mare, because I was going to ask if anyone had ever found themselves actually enjoying reading one of their own stories, not for writing/proofreading's sake, but just as a reader?
At the risk of sounding like an ego maniac, I started reading Curtain Call the other night to catch up to where you had left off in your reading/reviewing for the challenge, Mare. I have it on my Kindle from when I made all those fanfic ebooks over Christmas break, but aside from flipping through it to make sure it looked right, I'd never tried to actually read one of my own stories that way. I was surprised to find myself actually enjoying it - not cringing at cheesy parts, not noticing typos or wishing I'd worded something differently, but actually just enjoying it! I've never had that experience with one of my own stories before; I didn't think it was possible LOL. I usually like what I'm writing as I'm writing it, but after it's done, if I ever go back and try to read old stories, most of them just make me cringe.
Like Steph said, there are stories or scenes in stories that I remember thinking were really good at the time, and then I go back and look at them and shudder at how embarrassingly bad they are. Sometimes it's better to just take pride in the accomplishment of actually finishing a story and never really look at it again LOL.
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