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Question of the day thread number 2!
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: mare on June 25, 2012, 03:39:07 PM ---Tonight's question:
Do you enjoy reading stories where the guys are way out of character?
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If I'm enjoying the story then I wouldn't mind too much, it wouldn't stop me reading. I like them to be in character as much as possible though.
mare:
--- Quote from: mare on June 25, 2012, 03:39:07 PM ---Tonight's question:
Do you enjoy reading stories where the guys are way out of character?
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No, I do not lol
I'm kind of the opinion that if all you have in common with the BSB is the name, then it's not a BSB fanfic. I would probably classify it more as an OF and read it that way but it would probably annoy me the whole time lol
Little changes are okay. But when they are truly unrecognizable, no way.
Pengi:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 25, 2012, 04:06:40 PM ---Brian/Howie = ...??
They're both sweet, nice guys, who are close to their families, and they can sing high. That's all I got LOL.
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Hahaha omg that list rules. That's so true. They're kind of the no man's land of the Backstreet fandom. Poor Howie/Brian. LOL I'm glad I wasn't the only one who saw that.
mare:
Tonight's question:
Do you tend to include a lot of flashbacks or changes in points of view in your writing and if so, how do you go about letting the readers know it's happening?
Pengi:
--- Quote from: mare on June 26, 2012, 01:25:00 PM ---Tonight's question:
Do you tend to include a lot of flashbacks or changes in points of view in your writing and if so, how do you go about letting the readers know it's happening?
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I've written stories with POV changes before. When I do, the POV change happens at the start of the chapter and it's denoted by a dek at the top with the narrator's name. Similarly, Jen and I use a dek to separate the halves of our collab chapters so people reading know when it's Nick (her writing) or Brian (my writing).
I do like doing flashbacks in my stories only because when I'm writing a first person narrative, I try my hardest to let the writing flow the way conscious thought would. I want the thought process to sound natural. So flashbacks are either indicated by italicized text or the way I book end the thought process leads to an obvious break between the narrator's train of thought and the flashback. For example, I'll have someone interrupt the person mid-thought, breaking the flashback or I'll have them "shake their heads" to clear the thoughts away, something like that.
The natural thought process is a lot of what gives my characters depth, I think, and is something I get comments on a lot (well its more people commenting on what the person was thinking than being like 'whoa awesome natural thought process', you know what I mean though right? lol).
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