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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
mare:
--- Quote from: julilly on July 02, 2013, 06:04:25 PM ---LOL
I don't think you honestly want me to answer this. It would be so long.
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This is why I posed the question in the first place, to show some of you how much you have still waiting for you in hopes you'll say "Oh, yeah...I should get moving on that then!" lol
julilly:
--- Quote from: mare on July 02, 2013, 03:48:30 PM ---Do have a story you are currently working on? If so, when was the last time you updated it? How many stories do you currently have in progress or left unfinished?
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Fine! I'll answer your question then! lol
I don't actually have that much going for me. I don't really have that many stories at all to be honest. Surprisingly few.
That being said, I do have a few outstanding stories outstanding. (see what I did there?)
I have an older AU romance thing I was writing that I still need to finish. Last updated on 08/24/10. More importantly, the story that Mare is reading is also sitting unfinished. History Repeating was last updated on 04/16/11.
I have since decided that I won't post any fics until they're fully completed. I did that with 30 Days and it worked quite well for me. I could go back and change details if I decided to change the direction of something, and really edit it to where I wanted it. I want to continue doing that with all of my fics. So, if you look at my Google Docs you'll see FIVE unfinished stories that are strangely all around the chapter 10 mark. That's my unlucky chapter where things fall apart apparently lol My fics are generally about 20 chapters long so they're all half done :P
Since I have some free time on my hands I'd like to get going on some of these, History Repeating being at the top of the list. It's just hard to get back into things when you've essentially lost the plot. I have found lots of random notes I made to remind myself of what I wanted to do though. Hopefully it'll happen and I can get it finished before 04/16/14.
mare:
I get what you're doing, you're just going to wait SO long on History Repeating that history actually WILL just start repeating before it's done! LOL
julilly:
Exactly, I just want history to write it for me lol If it makes you feel any better I have two chapters half written.
Sakabelle:
I missed a lot of questions!
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)
The only thing I am reading right now is Stephen King's 'On Writing' which is his autobiography/ tips about writing book. It's pretty good!
I don't think I'm actually reading any fanfics right now. I have seen that Julie's been updating Guilty Roads though, so I might have to check that one out!
Do you ever read books or watch movies/shows specifically because they relate to what you're writing about? It could be for the purpose or researching or just to inspire you.
Nope. In fact, I try to stay away from stuff like that because otherwise I'm afraid it'll influence me too much. What usually happens is that I get inspired by something I've read/watched and then go and write something from there.
Do have a story you are currently working on? If so, when was the last time you updated it? How many stories do you currently have in progress or left unfinished?
Only about a million!
Okay, that's not really true. The only one that I have posted that's unfinished is Running Up That Hill. The last time I updated it was in December, apparently! Huh, I thought it was longer than that. Now I don't feel so guilty LOL. I actually started thinking about that one again today.
I have a couple other BSB stories in progress. There's the Nick sci-fi one I mentioned a little while ago, I think that's 3 or 4 chapters in. I haven't looked at it since November of last year (it was supposed to be my NaNo project)
The other ones I am working on as my main projects are two 1D stories.
There are also a bunch of other stories I have that are just sitting in my folder waiting to be written on. They have anywhere from 1-8 chapters. I actually just looked through my folder and there were some titles I didn't even recognize, I had to click into them to refresh my memory, ha!
So I guess the total would be, one posted story waiting for an update, two other stories currently in progress that I intend to post once they're done and a bunch of other ones that I may or may not work on again.
Okay for all those collaborators out there, do you give yourself deadlines etc... for coming up with next chapters or does your writing on it just fall into the hands of whether the other person will ever post?
Do you find that inconsistency a reason for falling behind on collabs or do you consider it a motivator?
If you aren't a collaborator, would you ever consider doing one?
I don't usually collaborate, honestly. My inspiration isn't consistent enough and I too often get overly excited about an idea only to have it fizzle away after writing a couple of chapters. I did collaborate once here on AC on a AJ story with a few girls in the AJ thread a few years ago, but that one seems to have died out. My friend Katie and I had also outlined a 1D fic, I wrote the first chapter and then nothing else ever happened with it.
I'd still like to try on a collaboration one day, but the right combination of idea and collab partner just hasn't come along yet.
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