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Question of the day part 8
Alexsgirl_ritz:
--- 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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I don't think so. I am still not a picky reader and very easy to please. I read everything that catch my attention. I even read slash stories before, but I did not enjoy them. Except for this one-shot slash that did not involve any sex or kissing. I did not like the idea of AJ and Brian being a couple, but I love the way it was written.
The most acceptable genre in my country is romance. 95% of published books are romance. So, when I was young and dreamed of becoming a writer myself, I only imagined myself writing romance. And if i want to be a published writer, I have to write romance. So, I am really thankful that I get to write other genre here in AC. I never thought I could write supernatural stuff. :)
mare:
Reading a response to a recent review I left, I actually came up with the idea for this question.
What about the boys inspires you to write? For instance, is it when they do interviews and you get to see their relationship play out on screen or on air? Is it when one of them announces they are getting married or having a baby? The promise of new music? Or nothing at all to do with their personal lives?
And a follow up, if any of the above do inspire you to write, does it come across in your writing? For instance, If you get all warm and fuzzy about them being together in interviews but yet don't include them all in your stories? Why? And if your answer is nothing about their personal lives, what is it about them that makes you interested enough to make them a lead character?
RokofAges75:
Those are good questions, Mare. I love the Boys as people, and that is what has made me a fan all these years and inspired me to write fanfic about them. Early on, something about them just struck a chord in me and made me want to find out more about them, and the more I found out about them, the more I liked them. I'm not the teenybopper I was when I got into fanfic, but I still love the guys and still enjoy writing about them as people, not just as a music group.
To be honest, I don't usually get super inspired by events in either their personal or professional lives. I include details from both in my stories, but I'm not one of those people who, when something happens in real life, immediately goes, "Ooh, I'm gonna write a story about that!" My inspiration comes and goes on its own and is usually correlated more with what's going on in my own life than in theirs.
RokofAges75:
--- 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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I realized I never answered this one. My reading tastes have more or less stayed the same since I started reading fanfic, although I have gotten a lot more picky about the quality of the writing. But I still prefer the same genres - drama and suspense with a hint of romance.
My writing tastes have changed, though. My favorite genre to write is still drama with a hint of romance, but I've gotten away from trying to write suspense and have tried out some other genres - horror, action, sci-fi, AU. I'm definitely more open to writing different things than I was ten years ago.
Alexsgirl_ritz:
Just like Julie, I don't get inspired by the events on the boys' lives. I write when I feel inspired, or thought of a very good plot/story. It just so happens that my characters are my favorite group. :)
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