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Carter-Orange:

--- Quote from: julilly on June 08, 2012, 04:45:08 PM ---I actually just recently went back and read a few of my stories. The whole time I was thinking "I wrote this? Really?" It just didn't feel like it was something that had come from my mind.

I did enjoy them though, it was refreshing to go back and relive those story lines.

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I never usually read back anything I've written, but I did recently and couldn't believe I'd written it, lol. 

Carter-Orange:

--- Quote from: mare on June 09, 2012, 01:31:14 PM ---Along the lines of what we have been talking about in here, if you could pick two stories you have written as a before and after to show us how much you have grown as a writer, which two would you pick?

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I'm so glad my first attempts at fanfic have vanished off the face of the earth!  The first one I posted on AC was a story called Forces Of Nature, which is a bit cringeworthy as it's about a girl called Steph (LOL) who jumps into bed with AJ at the first opportunity.  I've never read it back since posting it.

Erm, I suppose one which would show I've grown as a writer would be Rewind.

mare:
Todays question:

How do you come up with your story titles? Does the title come first or later on as you're writing it?

Carter-Orange:
Mine are usually song titles (but not always).  Like with Save A Prayer, it's a Duran Duran song and the video shows them in a jungle, which is why I chose it.  Rewind is a Paolo Nutini song I like which kind of inspired the story a little.

I usually think of the title as I'm writing the first chapter.

RokofAges75:
I can't start a story until I have a title, so that's one of the first things I brainstorm after coming up with a new idea.  I get a lot of my titles from songs, too, mainly BSB songs.  These days I prefer using something from the lyrics to actual song titles if I can help it, but I still use a mix of both.  The titles I come up with on my own are usually short and simple.

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