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Question of the day part 6
mare:
--- Quote from: julilly on August 25, 2012, 12:30:54 PM ---I get IN my way, does that count?
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^ this leads me to a question!
When you are writing and you become conflicted about a direction you want your story to go in, do you tend to go with your gut? Do you refuse to change your mind and stick with what you had originally planned or do you let your readers influence your decisions? Any or all of the above?
julilly:
I've definitely gotten away from my outline because of sudden inspiration or because it just didn't feel right when I got to that point. It usually does me in though and then I get stuck lol
Rose:
I don't let my readers influence my decisions at all lol. It pisses them off at times I'm sure, but if I did, I'd be making some bad choices. I've done that before and learned never to do that again. I usually go with my gut and what direction the characters direct me in. I have changed my mind with what I originally planned before, usually because those damn characters have lives of their own LOL.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: kevmylove on August 24, 2012, 04:15:05 PM ---Wow is the question threads over? Well in case it's not here is a question.
Since I saw all the talk about collabs I thought about a question. Has there ever been someone you wanted to collab with, but you never had the nerve to tell them? Has someone asked you to collab, but you declined because you thought your writing styles were different?
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Thanks for reviving the thread! I was so busy this past week, being that it was the first week of school, I'm just now catching up on the last few pages.
I don't think I've ever wanted to collab with someone and not asked them. Then again, I don't remember seeking out most of the collaborations I have done. They sort of just... happened, either because a friend and I were chatting and were just like "Why don't we write a story together?" or because one of us had an idea and the other one jumped on it. My collabs have almost all come about spontaneously.
I have been asked to collaborate and said no, sometimes because I didn't think our writing styles would mesh, but more often because I had too many other projects, both collaborations and individual stuff, in the works at the time.
Rose:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 25, 2012, 01:57:52 PM ---Thanks for reviving the thread! I was so busy this past week, being that it was the first week of school, I'm just now catching up on the last few pages.
I don't think I've ever wanted to collab with someone and not asked them. Then again, I don't remember seeking out most of the collaborations I have done. They sort of just... happened, either because a friend and I were chatting and were just like "Why don't we write a story together?" or because one of us had an idea and the other one jumped on it. My collabs have almost all come about spontaneously.
I have been asked to collaborate and said no, sometimes because I didn't think our writing styles would mesh, but more often because I had too many other projects, both collaborations and individual stuff, in the works at the time.
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I think the closest you came to asking someone is when you put up a notice asking for help on Code Blue, and then you were asking anyone willing to help lol. I'm the one who drags you into new stories :P LOL.
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