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julilly:

--- Quote from: Purpura Lipstick on March 08, 2013, 04:24:05 PM ---*sings* HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE...

heehee sorry all this talk of "danger zone" has that song in my head.

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I also had a Top Gun moment lol

Carter-Orange:
Thanks for putting that song in my head, I loved Top Gun!

RokofAges75:
1.  What do you consider to be the biggest challenges in writing your favorite genre?
My favorite genre is drama, specifically medical drama.  I think one of the biggest challenges is doing enough research to write it realistically, yet writing it in a way that still sounds like a story, not a medical textbook.  Another challenge is getting the emotions right.  You want the characters' feelings and emotional reactions to seem genuine and believable, not over-the-top and melodramatic.  It's easy to get cheesy in this genre. (Hey, that rhymed LOL.) 

2.  Are there any genres you enjoy reading, but have a hard time writing?  What are they, and why?
I love reading suspenseful mysteries and thrillers, but I have a hard time writing in that genre.  My villains are too cliched and cheesy, and my plots are either too predictable or twist their way right into plot holes I have a hard time digging myself out of.  I admire people who can write stories that are genuinely suspenseful and keep you guessing, while still maintaining a certain plausibility.

3.  What is your danger zone when it comes to writing?
As I mentioned in the first question, it's easy to get cheesy in the genres I like to write, so I think that would be my danger zone.  I love writing tearjerkers, but I have to stop and think, "Is this line or scene I'm about to write going to make people cry or just roll their eyes?"  I'm always walking a fine line between writing something poignant and heartbreaking and writing something sappy and cheesy.

mare:
Have your tastes in fanfic changed over the years? Do you find yourself more open to reading new things or more picky? Do you find yourself reading/writing something you wouldn't have five years ago?

Carter-Orange:

--- Quote from: mare on March 10, 2013, 02:44:36 PM ---Have your tastes in fanfic changed over the years? Do you find yourself more open to reading new things or more picky? Do you find yourself reading/writing something you wouldn't have five years ago?

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When I first started reading it on another site, the only stories written were romance, so that's all I read until I discovered this place.  I couldn't believe there were so many different genres!  So I read all sorts of stories, I wasn't that picky because I was searching for writers I enjoyed, and once I found them, I stuck with them.

These days I suppose I am more picky, and as I can't read in work anymore (stupid boss lol), I don't read half as much as I used to :(

I still read the same kind of stories as I would've five years ago, but I think I'm more open to writing different kinds of stories these days.  Five years ago I only wrote romance because I thought that's what fanfics were (how stupid was I!)

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