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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Sakabelle on June 18, 2013, 09:07:31 PM ---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.
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I think if I had more real life friends with equally nerdy hobbies, I might be more open about it, but I don't - or if I do, they're equally secretive about them LOL. I don't even like to let on how big of a BSB fangirl I am. I don't mind acknowledging that I still like the Backstreet Boys, but besides my family, no one even knows I went on a BSB cruise. As far as anyone else knows, it was just a cruise LOL.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on June 18, 2013, 09:10:01 PM ---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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Good questions. I think the only kind of story I would want to "remake" would be one with a great idea that was poorly written, the kind that would make me think not only, "I wish I'd come up with this!" but "I could write this better." No specific story comes to mind because, unfortunately, those are the stories I usually don't finish reading and eventually forget. The stories I enjoy enough to remember are, in my mind, just perfect the way they are, even if they're not perfectly-written, and I would never want to spoil that by attempting to rewrite them myself. Even if I could correct the mistakes, I couldn't recreate the magic that made me love the story as it was originally written.
I don't think I could ever give my blessing for someone to remake one of my stories. Even if I knew they could write my storyline better than I did, I would never be able to let go enough to stop thinking, "That's my story." It'd be like giving your baby up for adoption! LOL Just thinking about it makes me sympathize with filmmakers whose movies have been remade. Luckily for them, most remakes aren't as highly-regarded as the original, even if they do have bigger budgets and better special effects. It just goes back to what I said about not being able to recreate the magic.
julilly:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 18, 2013, 09:04:48 PM ---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?
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I'm actually doing that right now. I had an old story that used to be on AC back when I first joined that I deleted years ago because it wasn't at all how I wanted it. The last dozen months or so (lol) I've been completely rewriting it as though the first one never happened. It's hard to not fall back on the one that's already written when I get stuck, that's for sure!
FrickingKaos:
I have posted on FB about my writing...my parents know and co workers. I've told my family, my dad was happy when I won a Felix for Figured You Out. He actually asked if I was gonna print out my award to hang it up LOL. Everyone for the most part has been super supportive of my writing.
As for the remake question....no I'd never let someone rewrite my work. However I did rewrite my Clone Series into one story, Weird World. It was worth it because it actually turned out so much better the second time around, and it made much more sense.
I usually don't believe in changing a story too much....but sometimes the urge is just there to put a new spin on something.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: julilly on June 19, 2013, 05:19:08 AM ---I'm actually doing that right now. I had an old story that used to be on AC back when I first joined that I deleted years ago because it wasn't at all how I wanted it. The last dozen months or so (lol) I've been completely rewriting it as though the first one never happened. It's hard to not fall back on the one that's already written when I get stuck, that's for sure!
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LOL That's exactly what happened to me the one time I legitimately tried to rewrite a story. It was Code Blue, and we completely rewrote the first couple of parts and then got bored and just revised the rest to fit the changes we'd made. Never again! But good for you for having the patience to do it. I'm sure it'll be worth it when it's finished!
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