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Question of the day part 7
mare:
--- Quote from: DelphinaCarter on October 11, 2012, 06:31:54 PM ---I actually thought of a pretty good question.
When you go to start a new story, how do you choose which boys are lead characters or backup characters? Do you experiment or do you already have someone in mind when you form the idea?
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For me it's really simple, I ask myself if I was going to read this story, which guy would I like this to be about? And nine times out of ten the answer is Nick. That's why he's usually the main focus in my stories even though I do try to make everything involve all five of them.
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on October 11, 2012, 09:01:19 PM ---
Has anyone ever written a story about one boy and then later thought, "I wish I had written this same story about [different boy]?"
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I don't think i've ever felt that way for anything I've written.
mare:
As far as rewriting or deleting stories, I don't understand why people delete their stories unless site wise they need to in order to post more. I do think people who discontinue stories should have the deceny to let their readers know they never plan on updating it, but then I think they should also leave it up to the reader to decide if they want to go back and read it again or not. As long as you have that disclaimer at the beginning, "By the way, this story isn't finished and never will be so no bitching when you get to my last chapter and aren't happy with it!" Then I say leave it up! lmao
I think rewriting something that's already written is a waste of time, honestly, unless you are changing it completely by making it an OF or something. I would never reread something that's been reworked or rewritten just because the author wasn't happy with it the first time around. All it says is the author posts their work too soon and it makes me kind of avoid their other stories.
I feel the ame way about people who care more about the banners and 'character lists' of their stories than the actual plot.
RokofAges75:
I tried to rewrite a story once - Code Blue - and it was such a huge hassle that I will never it again!! Even rewriting a story as an original fic is a lot harder than I thought it would be. But as a reader, I'm one of those people who likes to reread stories in their original form and doesn't want to see them changed, so as a writer, I wouldn't want to mess things up for my readers, even if I thought I was making the story better. It's the George Lucas rule, George Lucas being the example of what NOT to do.
mare:
Which books if any would you think might be fun if they had been turned into a fanfic and which boy would you like to have been which character?
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