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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
Carter-Orange:
How much thought do you put into your summaries before you actually post them and how much does a summary play into whether or not you will click on it? I do like to put some thought into my summaries and make them interesting enough to click on, but without giving away everything that will happen.
I don't like paragraphs of summary, or "summary coming soon because I suck" type of things. Just a few lines which make me want to see what it's all about.
What is your editing process like before you actually post your chapters? Do you have someone else read it before you post or do you self edit? I read it through once I've finished typing, make any changes I need to and then post. I've never had anyone read my stuff before posting (apart from Lore in our collab).
How much research do you tend to do before posting a story? Depends on the story really. For my current one which is unfinished, I've had to do some because obviously I wasn't around during World War 2, so I want to make it as believable as I can.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 01, 2013, 08:01:38 AM ---Nice job on the video, Julie! Incredibly disturbing but I can tell you put a lot of work into it. I could never do anything like that. I can still barely get a handle on the Instagram 15 second video making! LOL You do not sound like you are from Illinois at all! Although I know I'm probably thinking more Chicago dialect then just mid western.
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LOL Thanks! I actually thought I sounded super midwestern in that, but not Chicagoland midwestern - that's a whole different accent. Illinois is a weird state; there's like three different accents, depending on where you live. Up north, they talk like the Chicago dialect you're thinking of. Down south, you get more of the Kentucky southern accents. And in central IL, where I live, most people talk like me, although you've got some random southern accents from people whose families are from down south and random "Fargo" accents from people whose families are from up north.
mare:
That's how it is in Pennsylvania too. Philly has it's own accent as does Pittesburgh and up here they have more of a weird, Amish meets jersey thing going on. They say certain words really strangely here that just irk me. The word "mine" they pronounce it as if you're saying "mayan." I HATE that!! lol
mare:
Besides challenge stories, what are you currently reading and what made you start reading it? (If it's not a fanfic but a book, that's okay too lol)
emilo:
Well, the question-asker already knows this, but I am a little less than halfway through Mare's "To Protect and Serve." I got intrigued by reading Steph's reader's survey and Mare's responses on the challenge board. It is very different from what I usually like to read, but it is such a well-developed story, and I am loving it! It's very CSI meets Hannibal, except without the cannibalism... well, so far, anyway.
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