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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on June 27, 2013, 05:52:00 PM ---Since there's also been a lot of discussion about AUs
Have you ever written an AU? Would you ever consider it? If you did, what kind of story would you create?
Do you tend to enjoy reading AUs?
If you don't, why do you skip them?
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I have written several AUs. Most of them are collaborations . Code Blue is about the Boys working in the medical field. 00Carter has them playing secret agents and supervillains. Song for the Undead has them fighting the zombie apocalypse. And Secrets of the Heart has them just living normal, separate lives. From a writing standpoint, I enjoy the freedom writing AU gives you - it makes it easier to fit the Boys into a storyline that wouldn't work for them as a music group.
AU is not my favorite genre to read, although I have read some really great AUs. I prefer to read about the guys as a boyband, but if they're well-written and still seem like themselves, I can handle reading them in an alternate universe. If not, I usually stop reading unless the storyline has me hooked.
Sakabelle:
--- Quote from: mare on June 27, 2013, 05:52:00 PM ---Since there's also been a lot of discussion about AUs
Have you ever written an AU? Would you ever consider it? If you did, what kind of story would you create?
Do you tend to enjoy reading AUs?
If you don't, why do you skip them?
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I used to not be into AU at all. I started writing one a couple years ago that I quickly ditched because the boys weren't themselves at all and it just worked better as original fiction. AU isn't my favourite genre, but I have read some. For the most part my thoughts mirror Julie's in that I enjoy them if they're well written and the guys personalities are intact still. I never had any desire to write one at all after my failed attempt, but then Julia said something that blew my mind. She said that AU's were basically just about the guys having a different job. It's simple and an accurate explanation, but I'd never really thought about it at that angle before.
I am attempting an AU right now as my current story, and honestly I'm finding it really difficult. It's not the keeping the characters as themselves that's hard, it's the world building aspect. With canon, obviously, all the backstory is built in. Presumably anyone who's reading a BSB fic knows enough to know how they came together and what the important parts of their history are. With this I have to find ways to incorporate the created backstory without shoving it all at the beginning. This is a good thing I guess, since if I ever wrote a real novel I'd have to do all that and more with completely original characters a reader would have no familiarity with.
FrickingKaos:
I hate my voice, I'm trying to get more comfortable but I am so camera shy. I am from Jersey but I don't have the accent...altho ugh my friends in England who play animal crossing heard me talk during wifi session, they kept telling me to talk cause they loved my voice. I had no idea the mic was on when we were playing lol
usako:
--- Quote from: mare on June 27, 2013, 05:47:56 PM ---This is for Saka and some others who have tried it or want to.
Have you ever written fanfic for another fandom? Did you find the change difficult? Have you ever taken one story from one fandom and changed it for another? If you haven't tried to write in another fandom yet, would you and which would it be?
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I've only written in two other fandoms. Actually,my writing adventure started with Sailor Moon fanfiction, though I've only posted one stories but I still have the others unfinished in my computer. Then I wrote a short one for Glee.
I find very difficult to change and write in another fandom because it's hard to me picturing someone else different from Brian and Nick. lol
usako:
--- Quote from: mare on June 27, 2013, 05:52:00 PM ---Since there's also been a lot of discussion about AUs
Have you ever written an AU? Would you ever consider it? If you did, what kind of story would you create?
Do you tend to enjoy reading AUs?
If you don't, why do you skip them?
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Yes, I did. More than once.
My first one was "Love Story" in which I took Brian and Nick and placed them in New York as college students. Then there is another one that I've started which is a sort of fantasy AU since Brian and Kevin are angels.
I love writing AU. It's the closer thing to writing an original fiction, it gives you the freedom to create your own world and play more freely with the characters.
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