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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
RokofAges75:
I'm generally pretty happy with the stories I've written in the last few years, so it would have to be something older. I'd have to go with "Beside the Ocean" because it's still one of my favorite storylines. While recovering from a suicide attempt, Nick befriends (and eventually falls for) his neighbor, who, unbeknownst to him, is dying from a brain tumor. Death and romance is always a winning combo in my book, but what I like most about this plot is the juxtaposition between someone who wants to end a perfectly good life and someone who is dying but desperately wants to live. I think I could do a much better job at exploring that concept with emotional depth than I was able to when I wrote it at sixteen.
julilly:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 18, 2013, 04:44:45 PM ---Ditto. Twitter is for BSB/fanfic stuff, and Facebook is for real life friends and family.
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I actually have two twitter accounts. One is my professional account where work colleagues, people who know me as a journalist, the general population, etc can follow me. The other is the one you guys follow which is my personal account where I keep my name off of it and only my friends know it. I'm super careful about that ever since a social media incident at work when I was young and livejournal was the place to be.
I use Twitter way more than FB, as do my RL friends so I let them follow me and figure they'd notice if I blocked them now LOL
RokofAges75:
Who here has actually rewritten an old story? I'm not just talking revision here, but totally redoing it, like Mare asked about in her last question. Was it worth the effort?
I've never had much luck rewriting stories. The only success I've had is with "Years of Grace," which was a rewrite of my very first attempt at a fanfic, which was never finished and eventually lost to a computer crash. I did finish the second version of that story, and while it's not great, it's probably better than the original would have been. But I've never gotten very far on trying to rewrite something that was already online in its original form. It's just too tedious.
What I have done is written stories that are similar to older stories of mine, only better. The first story that came to mind for Mare's last question about redoing a story was my very first fanfic, "Heartache." I still like the storyline, which is about Brian undergoing a heart transplant and eventually falling in love with the twin sister of his recipient. But then I realized there's no way I would want to redo that story after writing "Secrets of the Heart," which is kind of a dark and twisted version of the same sort of plot, minus the romance. I have also kind of done the same thing with my cancer stories - I've written three novels in which a Backstreet Boy has cancer, and each one is different, but also light years better than the one before it. After Curtain Call, I feel like I've hit my cancer story nirvana and will probably never write another one.
So my other question is, whether intentionally or inadvertently, has anyone else found themselves recycling old storylines to improve upon them?
Sakabelle:
I used to keep my fanficing a secret but I don't really anymore. Obviously I don't come out and say it to anyone who asks and I don't post about it on Facebook with is mostly filled with old high school friends, but a lot of people know about it. My work friends found out about it one day at a drinking night and they didn't find it weird (or maybe they did and were just being nice... that is probably the case.) but working at an IT company everyone has some kind of nerdy hobby. I probably should keep it much more secretive than I do... but eh.
mare:
Oh another question. In the wake of all these remakes of movies, for instance, I heard they are remaking Highlander, is there a fanfic you would be interested in remaking if the author gave you permission?
Just adding on here: Or is there a fanfic you have written that you would like to see someone remake?
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