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Question of the day part 6
Rose:
Yep, pretty much. Sometimes TDS but that's more to make sure the forum's not going to hell lol.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on August 16, 2012, 07:07:31 AM ---Here's a question, do you tend to give your stories nicknames? And if so what are they?
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I do tend to use nicknames. With longer titles, I usually use the main word from the title... "Secrets" for Secrets of the Heart and "Undead" for Song for the Undead. With shorter titles, I go with initials... BMS = By My Side, CC = Curtain Call, and GR = Guilty Roads. I like one-word titles like Broken and 00Carter - they're easy!
Here's a random follow-up question: When you see initials, do you read them as separate letters (i.e. "B. M. S.") or turn them into words ("Bums")? Or a combination... i.e. "Woo, M.D." instead of "W. O. O. M. D."
Believe it or not, I actually had a conversation with a friend about this once! I tend to find words in abbreviations. .. although I do call By My Side "B. M. S." in my head and not "Bums" LOL.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on August 16, 2012, 05:49:38 PM ---How long do you actually spend writing before your mind starts to wander & you start browsing the net etc... And no, just having Word opened all day doesn't count lol
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Two minutes?
LMAO Seriously, my attention span when it comes to writing is super short lately. I basically focus as long as it takes me to get a thought out, and then I get online and check Twitter. Sometimes I stop mid-sentence if I'm not sure how to finish the sentence. It's bad!!
The maximum I can focus is usually about fifteen minutes, UNLESS I am really inspired and emotionally into the scene I'm writing, OR it's 3 a.m. and no one is online, so I knew it's pointless to check Twitter and the forums LOL. Then I can write for half an hour, maybe even an hour or more without getting too distracted.
--- Quote from: mare on August 16, 2012, 07:24:14 PM ---I was just going to ask, what is your biggest distraction? For me it's this board & twitter lol
And thanks, Steph! :)
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Ditto on everything Mare said! This board and Twitter, and thanks, Steph! You just made my night with what you said about CC!! :)
FrickingKaos:
I have so much focus fail lately. I will go to write and stare at my phone for a while, then I will go check AC, then Facebook, then twitter. Sometimes I start watching youtube and fail even more.
I usually get more writing done while I'm at work, middle of the night or early morning when nobody is online. I'm up all night and bored easily so I will start something and write here and there.
Rose:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 16, 2012, 08:05:33 PM ---Two minutes?
LMAO Seriously, my attention span when it comes to writing is super short lately. I basically focus as long as it takes me to get a thought out, and then I get online and check Twitter. Sometimes I stop mid-sentence if I'm not sure how to finish the sentence. It's bad!!
The maximum I can focus is usually about fifteen minutes, UNLESS I am really inspired and emotionally into the scene I'm writing, OR it's 3 a.m. and no one is online, so I knew it's pointless to check Twitter and the forums LOL. Then I can write for half an hour, maybe even an hour or more without getting too distracted.
Ditto on everything Mare said! This board and Twitter, and thanks, Steph! You just made my night with what you said about CC!! :)
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*coughs*Or mid-word...;D LOL.
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