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Question of the Day - Part 4
RokofAges75:
There was a whole long train of thought that brought this question into my head yesterday after our chatty conversation, but I thought I'd wait for a lull to post it. So here it is!
I was thinking yesterday about how we all like to write different things and the reasons I like to write what I do, and I came to the conclusion that there are three types of fanfic writers:
1. Writers who write about things they wish would happen, or their greatest fantasies.
2. Writers who write about things they hope never happen, or their worst nightmares.
3. Writers who write about things that really did happen, either in the Boys' lives or their own lives.
I'm sure most of us do all three, to some extent, but which category would you say you fall into most of the time?
Purpura Lipstick:
--- Quote from: Rose on July 26, 2012, 02:22:53 PM ---LOL now I feel bad :P.
Oddly enough, I actually wasn't thinking of you in my pet peeves. I didn't know you did self-inserts, the only one I know about was in 00Carter LOL. You do self-promote a lot though, and I'll be the first to say it's a turn off. I feel like a little goes a long way in that aspect.
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Yup... I have done self inserts. Most of the time anymore it's for shits and giggles like 00Carter. Some little small part just to put my stamp on it in a way. My earlier stories are more guilty of the self-inserts. More Than That is my first name, Messing with Magic is a name close to mine and maybe my description, can't remember. Like I said, I typically use it for fun now. In DOV I made my self-insert (the description) the big baddie and proceeded to kill myself off. (nothing I need to talk about in therapy... nope) Sure there's a prequel with her but at that point it wasn't a self isnert anymore.
I really don't self promote THAT much. I talk about my stories on twitter because that is one of the reasons I have twitter so I can talk about my fanfiction. I don't consider talking about writing my story or being stuck on my story self promotion either. Since I've finished CP I haven't really self promoted as much. I don't think my self promotion really had to push you away from reading my stuff though. Not hard to be pushed away when you weren't going to read it to begin with. I know my stuff isn't your cup of tea.
Purpura Lipstick:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 26, 2012, 03:05:50 PM ---There was a whole long train of thought that brought this question into my head yesterday after our chatty conversation, but I thought I'd wait for a lull to post it. So here it is!
I was thinking yesterday about how we all like to write different things and the reasons I like to write what I do, and I came to the conclusion that there are three types of fanfic writers:
1. Writers who write about things they wish would happen, or their greatest fantasies.
2. Writers who write about things they hope never happen, or their worst nightmares.
3. Writers who write about things that really did happen, either in the Boys' lives or their own lives.
I'm sure most of us do all three, to some extent, but which category would you say you fall into most of the time?
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I don't know which one I fit into just thinking about my most recent works. Sure I would love to get attention from the boys but I really don't want to be manipulated, thrown through time OR living in a society where I would already be dead since I'm past that age....
myconfession:
I don't think there's anything wrong with a little self-promotion, because if some of you are as "serious" about writing as you claim to be, if you ever do get something published, whether by a real publisher or self-published like I'm doing, you have to promote. Why wouldn't you if you're proud of something you wrote? Whether it's fan fiction or a real novel, I don't think there's anything wrong with talking about what you're writing.
As for what type of writer I am, I'm a mixture of writing about things that I wish would happen (fantasies) or things that really did happen. There's only a few things that I've written that I wish would never happen (ie: Nick killing himself).
Rose:
--- Quote from: Purpura Lipstick on July 26, 2012, 03:06:19 PM ---Yup... I have done self inserts. Most of the time anymore it's for shits and giggles like 00Carter. Some little small part just to put my stamp on it in a way. My earlier stories are more guilty of the self-inserts. More Than That is my first name, Messing with Magic is a name close to mine and maybe my description, can't remember. Like I said, I typically use it for fun now. In DOV I made my self-insert (the description) the big baddie and proceeded to kill myself off. (nothing I need to talk about in therapy... nope) Sure there's a prequel with her but at that point it wasn't a self isnert anymore.
I really don't self promote THAT much. I talk about my stories on twitter because that is one of the reasons I have twitter so I can talk about my fanfiction. I don't consider talking about writing my story or being stuck on my story self promotion either. Since I've finished CP I haven't really self promoted as much. I don't think my self promotion really had to push you away from reading my stuff though. Not hard to be pushed away when you weren't going to read it to begin with. I know my stuff isn't your cup of tea.
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I'm going to be straight with you. I love sci-fi, I'm a big nerd about it. It used to be ALL that I would write actually. I still love it. I was actually planning on checking out CP because the summary caught my eye till I saw your self-promo tweets. It made me not want to read it until the reading challenge. It's why I picked that story when I got paired up with you, because it was one I'd want to read anyway.
You don't self-promote much now, but with that story, you did. I don't mind fanfic talk, because like I said to Steph, we all do that. But I do feel there's a difference.
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