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Question of the Day - Part 4
Sakabelle:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 22, 2012, 10:18:48 PM ---So, next logical question for everyone: What are some of those pivotal parts you've written that you're most proud of?
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Nick and Ashleigh meeting up for dinner again in In Pieces after having not seen each other for eight years: http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=8805&chapter=11
Nick's proposal to her in the sequel: http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=8870&chapter=25
Brian's intervention in Nick's Dirty Kicks: http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10893&chapter=2
*sings* One of these things is not like the other...
Rose:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 22, 2012, 11:01:19 PM ---On average, how long does it take you guys to finish a story? (A novel, not a one-shot.)
Part of my problem is that I write these epically long stories that take YEARS to finish, and I think that's why I've accumulated so many projects. It's hard to work on one thing exclusively for that long. And then I finish one of those big stories and have all these ideas I've collected in the meantime and can't decide which one to start next, and that's when the WADD flares up.
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Depends on how focused I am on it. Like "Here We Stand" is a novella, but I'm focused on it so it shouldn't take long, maybe a month, max. "Walked Out Of My Dreams" is also a novella (just 20 chapters instead of ten lol) but I haven't focused on it so it's taken me longer. RMTW I was definitely focused in on and even with blocks it only took me a year, JAD took me six months. So yeah, it's very dependent on my focus.
--- Quote ---So, next logical question for everyone: What are some of those pivotal parts you've written that you're most proud of?
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RMTW I'm rather proud of. I really am happy with how I wrote his lapses and his progression. I feel like my best writing shines in that story thus far. I think it comes off realistically, and I also am proud of writing his relationship with each of the Boys. I kept it different enough but made sure no one was forgotten or overshadowed.
I'm also proud of Undead, but not for the gore believe it or not LOL. It's the first time in awhile that I've written romance as a subplot, which I feel is the best use for romance. But that's another tangent. I've developed the story of Nick and Riley and their relationship in the face of an apocalyptic world, and I think their scenes are pretty good. It's also the first sex scene I've written in years. It tested me in ways I wasn't thinking of when I first signed on to do a zombie fic with my ZDR lol.
Rose:
LOL I'm so too lazy to go pull specific scenes with links. :P
RokofAges75:
I think Curtain Call is the only novel under 100 chapters that I've finished in nine years, and that was still 90 chapters LOL. Secrets of the Heart is only going to be 25 chapters max, and I kind of can't believe it because it's been so long since I've written such a normal-lengthed story! LOL I'm glad to know it's still possible!
My goal is to pare my list back to just one main project of my own before I post any new stories. The collabs and round robins and stuff make good side projects because they don't usually take up a lot of my time, but I'm not good at balancing more than one story on my own. I don't see anything wrong with playing around with other ideas when inspiration strikes, but I just need to have more self control when it comes to keeping them to myself. Steph, I like your rule of only posting one in-progress story at a time.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Sakabelle on July 22, 2012, 11:20:28 PM ---Nick and Ashleigh meeting up for dinner again in In Pieces after having not seen each other for eight years: http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=8805&chapter=11
Nick's proposal to her in the sequel: http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=8870&chapter=25
Brian's intervention in Nick's Dirty Kicks: http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10893&chapter=2
*sings* One of these things is not like the other...
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LMAO That Nick's Dirty Kicks story was so amazingly epic!
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