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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
julilly:
--- Quote from: mare on June 26, 2013, 10:09:52 AM ---Oh I have called Nick 'The blonde one." More times than I'd care to admit
I think that's one of the reasons I prefer first person. I was running out of clever ways to refer to the boys! lmao
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I refer to Nick as "the blonde" or "the younger man" all the time but I think physical appearance is not a bad way to refer to a character! If every other word was Nick I'd be annoyed :P
julilly:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 25, 2013, 07:12:34 PM ---Maybe. As I was telling Tracy the other day, I've never been a huge fan of AUs because when I read fanfic, I like for the the guys to be "The Backstreet Boys." I have read really good AUs in which the characters were SO well-written that it didn't matter that they weren't a boyband, but I've also skipped over plenty of AUs because I just couldn't suspend my belief and get past the whole BSB thing.
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That makes me feel kinda good since one of the stories you like that I've written is AU lol
Looking back at Mare's little list... plagiarizing myself - HOLY. I wrote a scene with an argument once and it just came so naturally, flowed so well... because I had already written a nearly identical scene in a previous story and ripped off my own dialogue LOL
I guess another faux pas that I am guilty of is suddenly (randomly) spewing really technical jargon based on research I was doing for the story. Took me a while back in the day to figure out how to rewrite things in my own words, especially when I don't really understand it.
emilo:
I feel like I inadvertently do that ALL THE TIME (and I've only got 3 stories!). It's mainly conversations, phrases, and little jokes that I see myself using in real-life that spill over into fanfic.
julilly:
--- Quote from: emilo on June 27, 2013, 09:45:19 AM ---I feel like I inadvertently do that ALL THE TIME (and I've only got 3 stories!). It's mainly conversations, phrases, and little jokes that I see myself using in real-life that spill over into fanfic.
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It's definitely a good way to find out phrases or words you overuse lol I will look back at my dialogue and be like "wow, I use that phrase way too much" which means I probably use it a lot in real life also!
Some people also write in whatever regional accent they have, also, which I always find amusing.
Sakabelle:
--- Quote from: julilly on June 27, 2013, 10:15:31 AM ---Some people also write in whatever regional accent they have, also, which I always find amusing.
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This is so difficult!! I used to use the word "washroom" for bathroom literally all the time until Kelly said something to me about it being a Canadian word. I actually had no idea and I had Nick & co saying it all over the place. I am sure there is other Canadian slang that I'm unaware of, but I do make a conscious effort to not use "eh" :P
Also Brit speak. This is the bane of my existence. I always have a British slang tab open. It helps that I do watch a lot of British TV and obviously watch a million interviews. I think I can fake it okay, but I still feel like my characters don't sound authentic and sound like a North American person trying to force in British slang.
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