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Sakabelle:
Now that I know where all of this Roy chat on twitter came from... LOL


--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 12, 2012, 02:35:39 PM ---When you read, do you ever fact-check other people's info, or do you just go with it?

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I usually just go with it, I don't fact check unless it's something I know a lot about or I'm beta-ing. And I'm sure people hate my beta-ing for that.


--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 12, 2012, 02:35:39 PM ---If a glaring inaccuracy stands out to you, do you say anything to the author or let it go?

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Same answer as above.


--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 12, 2012, 02:35:39 PM ---And as a writer, have you ever been called out by a reader for writing something that was inaccurate?  If you have, how did you handle it?

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YES.

I got a review on Running Up That Hill back when it first started saying that they didn't go to a LL game but it was a Boston Red Sox game. I didn't go back in and fix it though because there really was no point and it had already been posted. Plus it was such a minor detail that wasn't really relevant to the story that I didn't bother. The point wasn't which baseball game they missed - it was that it was missed because AJ was going to rehab. Or whatever happened in the first chapter of that story because I can't remember LOL.

Back when I was getting my Avatar fiction beta-ed hardcore, my friend would point out tons of things that were wrong from the show and I'd go fix them. Well, in one instance he was wrong, and I got a review letting me know how wrong I (but really he) was. Then I wondered if I would do better at writing Avatar fiction without his help... so I setup a whole fake account on FF.net and wouldn't you know it, fake me is better at Avatar fic than the real me. It's what began my career in fan fic experiments ha!

Oh and you know what's an inaccuracy that no one has ever pointed out to me, but annoys me to no end? The plot of In Pieces revolves around these girls following BSB around on the Black and Blue tour. All summer long. With no interruption. I feel like I'm writing Running Up That Hill to make up for that lol


--- Quote from: kevmylove on July 12, 2012, 04:29:12 PM ---I have a question...Whi ch one of your own stories is your favorite? Why? [/color]

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Hmmm... Nothing Good Happens After 2 AM. I had a lot of fun writing that one and I think I did a good job with it. I'm pretty proud of it too because it got me a runner up felix award :)

mare:
I am the source of all the Roy talk huh? I feel so special! lol

RokofAges75:
As a whole, I guess Curtain Call would now be my favorite of my own stories because it's the best-written of all the finished ones.  But I think my favorite collection of scenes would be the ones I've written for 00Carter because they are the most creative.

Rose:

--- Quote from: Purpura Lipstick on July 12, 2012, 02:24:52 PM ---I don't think anyone was calling you a bad writer.  Mare admitted she doesn't research but her stories are well written and the guys have a good bond which is what she focuses on.  I think people can write well if they research a lot, some people like to research, but I also think that people who have very little of their real life or don't have any of their actual life write well.  I love Kevmylove's stories and her stories are all AU, I really don't know how much she researches.  I don't dissect her stories to find out, just like I don't dissect RMTW by Rose that I am reading to find out what is real.  They are all still fiction so I don't take anything for fact whether I know it was researched or not, it is still fiction.   I don't read fiction to learn anything new, I read to be entertained.  If a story brings an interesting fact to light then I will research to see if it is true or not. 

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Well said Lore. No one said anyone was a bad writer so I'm not sure why anyone would think so. When I talk about research, I mean myself. Because I'm my own worst critic. Really good writers usually write well enough that's believable with or without research. The way Mare writes, for example, isn't centered around events. But, you're so enraptured with the fic you're not thinking about them anyway.


--- Quote from: Pengi on July 12, 2012, 03:49:36 PM ---I just saw a quote on Quotes for Writers that seemed applicible to this... LOL

"A good writer will research to find the answer, but a great writer knows how to bullshit their way out of having the question asked."

LMAO I found that hilarious. I don't know how much stock we should put in it as writers but I thought it was funny anyways.

I think all my school essays were pretty solidly rooted in that quote's philosophy.

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It's amazing how I BS more for papers than for my own fiction LMAO.

myconfession:
Gah, I could have sworn I answered the questions I think Julie asked but I got so busy at work the board timed out or something.

I don't think I would ever call out a fan fiction or even fiction writer for something that's not accurate in a story (say Nick writing a song with Steve Perry for 'Now or Never'), because it's fiction. If it was an autobiography, then I might yell or speak up or even a news story.

Damn, I'm so tired I forgot what the other questions were LOL That's the one that stuck out.

I really don't think researching and using real life stuff is bad. I guess fiction is just an escape from reality for me, so I try not to use too much of it myself.

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