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Question of the Day Part 5
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: DelphinaCarter on August 05, 2012, 08:36:27 PM ---I think it is safe to say I've written in almost every genre but slash, historical and fantasy. I am down to try just about everything as you guys have seen from me attempting 95% of the challenges. I'm down to try reading almost everything as well. I love challenging myself with each new story I start, I try to make each one different.
Look at my story list at AC, it is very diverse I think in terms of what I've written in the past 3 years.
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I think that's awesome! The nice part about being a diverse writer is that, even if everything you write isn't going to appeal to everyone, chances are everyone will enjoy at least one story you've written. Whereas writers who have that clear niche and stay inside it may have a large, loyal base of readers, but they're not going to be able to attract other readers who aren't into whatever they like to write.
FrickingKaos:
Yup, that's why I try to write in different genres a lot. I want to have stories everyone can enjoy, there will always be one or two someone will read.
I used to write just romance but I get bored easily. I have ADD when it comes to writing, so doing different genres helps this problem.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on August 05, 2012, 08:37:43 PM ---I do think it's important to branch out while still staying true to who you are. Like the people who compete on Project Runway or Top Chef. No matter what the challenges, as long as your style comes through, it'll be successful & yes, I'm catching up on Project Runway at the moment , hence the analogy.
For instance a romance written by me would be different than a romance written by a person who considers that their thing. Just like a cliff hanger for me would be different than a cliffhanger for them, but if challenged to write something suspensful and romantic, both writers if good at what they do, could pull it off. Yes?
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I love the Project Runway analogy! I agree.
Rose:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 05, 2012, 08:48:44 PM ---I think that's awesome! The nice part about being a diverse writer is that, even if everything you write isn't going to appeal to everyone, chances are everyone will enjoy at least one story you've written. Whereas writers who have that clear niche and stay inside it may have a large, loyal base of readers, but they're not going to be able to attract other readers who aren't into whatever they like to write.
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Yup, that's very true LOL.
I agree with what Mare said, I think your style comes through on whatever you write. A bromance I write is gonna be different from one Mare writes. Like right now actually LOL. A romance I write would be different from one Karah writes. And it's a good thing, because you want your style to be good and consistent no matter what the genre is.
mare:
I was laying in bed when I thought of this question so I got up and put my computer on before I fell asleep and forgot all about it lol That's dedication!
Anyway, since we've been talking about niches and what we think defines who we are as writers, my mind went to an idea for a challenge. To take a fairy tale like The Three Little Pigs for instance and anonymously write our own versions of it and then people would have to guess who wrote what just based on our styles and what we would do to the characters etc... like if I wrote it, I would focus mainly on their brotherly bond as they all fought the evil wolf. If Julie wrote it I'm pretty sure one of them would end up dying of swine flu? If Rose wrote it, one of the pigs would end up as bacon and be eaten by the others, Lore and Steph might have them accidentally transported to another universe, Saka Steph might have the black sheep angsting about the situation, Tracy might have a psycho pig move next door, Karah might have a female pig move in etc... but then after I came to the realization that everyone would say "YAY that sounds like fun!" but no one would actually do it! (besides Tracy and maybe Steph) I figured it would make a pretty great question instead, so here's the question after that big lead up! lmao
Pick a fairy tale that you think best matches up with yourself and your 'niche' and explain why.
I think in my case it would be The Three Little Pigs. You have the brotherly bond. The older one is stubborn and shakes his head at the younger two until he's needed by them at the end to rescue them from the wolf. It's tailor made for me lol
So, what about you guys? For fun you can also name some fairy tales you think other writers would pick as theirs.
And now I can go back to bed lmao I'm such a dorky loser!
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