Fic Talk > I Challenge You....
Reading your own stories...challenge
Sakabelle:
Name of story: I'll Always Be Right There
Year you wrote it: 1999
1) Did you feel your characters were strong? The characters of myself and my friends were strong, even though we were exaggerated versions of ourselves. The BSB characters? Um, no.
2) Was your plot consistent? The plot was actually fairly consistent. That doesn't mean it wasn't pages and pages of will they/won't they for Steph and Nick though.
3) Did you have many filler chapters or sub plots? The entire story was a filler chapter LOL. Nothing happened!
4) What is something you are proud of concerning this story? That I finished it. It was the first fanfic I ever wrote and the fact that I followed through and finished it is something I'll always be proud of, even if it the content of it is terrible.
5) Did you find any major problems or inconsistencie s? Well, it's a little weird that Nick and the rest of the BSB have decided to move from Florida to Winnipeg and that Brian is dating Sophie, who is 16 years old and he's like... 24. Oh, that that everyone is perfectly okay with Brian, Nick, Steph and Sophie living in the same house.
And actually that house is a real house in my parent's neighborhood. Whenever I walk by it, I smile, haha.
6) Something interesting that you took away from this one? The trend of putting my own life into stories began with this one, and this story begins with my real-life breakup with my boyfriend lmao. I really just wanted Nick to come fix everything wrong with my 13 year old life, haha.
7) On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate this one? 2, and it only gets the extra point because the spelling/grammar isn't bad.
8) Did your opnion change from you wrote it originally? Uh yeah when I wrote it I was super proud of it and thought it was the greatest fanfic ever.
9) Would you recommend this one to anyone? Nope, and no one will ever find it because the only copy is printed out in a binder in my bin of BSB shame.
Final thoughts and comments about it: (If you think everyoe else should give it a chance or not etc...) I was embarrassed about it even in 2001 when I had my own teeny website because it didn't even make it onto that lol.
mare:
Name of story: All I Wanted was Some Cough Medicine
Year you wrote it: 2003 One of my oldies!! lol
1) Did you feel your characters were strong?
You know, I actually do feel like they were pretty strong. Especially my villians.
2) Was your plot consistent?
Yup
3) Did you have many filler chapters or sub plots?
I didn't have any filler chapters or real subplots going on
4) What is something you are proud of concerning this story?
I have to say i'm pretty proud of the action filled chapters. I think this might have been my very first real action based story and I think I did a pretty good job keeping the suspense going throughout.
5) Did you find any major problems or inconsistencie s?
There were some grammar no nos! Ugh, I was annoying myself by not always separating the dialogue by speaker. But as far as the actual story, there were no glaring errors. Just some very sterotypical things like having Howie being referred to as "The Latino" and "The young blonde" luckily no orbs in sight! Go me! lmao
6) Something interesting that you took away from this one?
I think my love for Kevin and his eyes were very evident in this story. Usually i'm not one to ooh and ah over the boys looks, in fact most times people aren't fully sure who my favorite boy is but in this one, you can pretty much tell lmao Also I found it interesting that I named my villians after my ex best friend and her ex boyfriend who is now my brother in law. I guess all the drama concerning them was happening during this period in my life!
7) On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate this one?
I would give it about a 7
8) Did your opnion change from you wrote it originally?
I'm not sure what I thought about it originally, but most likely, no.
9) Would you recommend this one to anyone?
I actually would. I didn't think so when I first started it but after getting into it, I really do believe it's a pretty good action fic. There are some elements that I rolled my eyes at lol like the believeabilty of the police letting Brian and Howie ride along for a car chase in the middle of the woods? lmao but if you can get past that and the dialogue thing, I think you'd enjoy it!
Final thoughts and comments about it: (If you think everyoe else should give it a chance or not etc...)
This story pretty much sums up Julie's question in the other thread about guilty pleasures. It had pretty much everything I look for when reading a story so much so I can tell that's why I wrote it! lol To me that was interesting!
I had fun doing this! I don't know what to read next though lmao any suggestions?
Rose:
LOL go read The Apartment Mare. Or Total Kaos 24/7 (I think that's the title) if you wanna read one of your oldies.
See, I told you "All I Wanted Was Some Cough Medicine" still held up!
mare:
I was thinking of The Apartment maybe lol and yes, you did. I'm just glad it didn't suck! At least to me, i'm sure it sucked to a fair amount of people who read it though. LOL
mare:
Name of story: The Apartment
Year you wrote it: 2004
Summary: (You can use the one off of the site or write a new one) When the Carters decide to go on a family vacation, they drop Nick off to spend three weeks with Howie, Kevin and Brian who are all sharing a one bedroom apartment in Florida. At the beginning of their careers they are all trying to become accustomed to each other and the last thing Kevin wants to do is baby sit who he considers to be the most annoying child on the planet!
Main Character: Kevin, Nick, group
1) Did you feel your characters were strong?
Yup
2) Was your plot consistent?
Yup again lol
3) Did you have many filler chapters or sub plots?
No fillers or sub plots happening
4) What is something you are proud of concerning this story?
I liked the exploring of Nick and Kevin's relationship when they first started out. That's when this story takes place, in the very early days before they were famous or even signed and all of the guys are still trying to figure each other out, but it mainly focuses on Kevin and Nick's relationship and especially Kevin's thoughts.
5) Did you find any major problems or inconsistencie s ?
Just some editing issues! I could tell I was in a rush to post this without thoroughly checking it like I do now. This was my let me write about four or five stories at once and see how it goes, period lol Also again with the not breaking up the dialogue but I didn't do it as much in this one, maybe a few places.
6) Something interesting that you took away from this one?
I am pretty cheesy! I could tell how influenced by Swenglish I was for this one. It's funny because at the end I do thank her so there ya go! LOL
7) On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate this one?
I would give it about a 7 for the idea but about a 6 for the execution.
8) Did your opinion change from you wrote it originally?
I am pretty sure when I wrote it, I thought it was awesome! Now, not so much lol
9) Would you recommend this one to anyone?
Yikes, I'm not sure. On the one hand I think it's a great idea and there are parts in here that I am really proud of, but It also kind of embarrassed me a little more than I thought it would. So, I would say if you are in the mood to read something really cute, over the top cheesy and sweet this would be a fun one but otherwise, not my best stuff lol
Final thoughts and comments about it: (If you think everyone else should give it a chance or not etc...)
You could tell in this one, I was still getting to know these guys better myself. I wrote them so stereotypical that I actually laughed out loud a few times. I have Howie winking left and right in this one! I use lil man about every other sentence and I make Nick a bit over to top immature at times. Looking back I doubt he would have done some of the stuff I had him do but maybe? I guess that's what I'm on the fence about lol because I know several 12 and 13 year olds that do act the way I portrayed him but quite a few, not really. I did like the way I portrayed Brian. He was my comic relief in this one and I found myself enjoying him a lot! And my obvious hate of Jane was there big time!
I also thought it was pretty funny where towards the end Nick sprains his ankle (Swenglish influenced lol) and they talk about him going to the emergency room before it gets infected and they have to chop his leg off and they make a joke about not being able to have a one legged Nick in the group! lmao I found myself wondering if I was inspired to write that before Broken or if I took that as a nod TO Broken LOL If it was before Broken's time that's pretty funny! It was about February or so of 2004 when I wrote that chapter.
Anyway, I think I'm going to tackle To Protect and Serve next because it looks like I was writing that at the same time as this which is insane to me since they are so night and day!
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