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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
mare:
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?
I just checked to see if I did leave anything completely unfinished and I have to say that no, I haven't. I am pleased to say that all of my novels have been completed. I have two open ended collections of short stories Scattered Pictures (the boys time together in London) and A Symphony of Friendship (shorts about Nick and Kevin) but other than that, nothing really has been left undone.
I am really not working on anything fanfic related. I have had a new idea brewing in my head for an original fic and have three original fic stories in progress.
mare:
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?
I have only collaborated on two stories. One was Phantasm which had a lot of people attached to it and the other was 5 BSB in Search of a plot which was three of us. I made sure I set deadlines on both! lol
Do you find that inconsistency a reason for falling behind on collabs or do you consider it a motivator?
I really wouldn't let that happen so it wasn't a real issue although it did get frustrating at times. I don't think I could collaborate without setting deadlines. You all know me and how I work, waiting for someone to post their part of something I was working on, just when they felt like it would pretty much drive me completely insane! This is why I would make a HORRIBLE collab partner unless I were to team up with someone as completely anal as I am!
If you aren't a collaborator, would you ever consider doing one?
I don't see myself ever really doing it again unless it was one of those everyone take a turn to write types of things that I had control of.
emilo:
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.
I can't say that I've ever done that.
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?
Well, out of the four stories I have posted on AC, one of them is finished. That's not good is it? I'm currently working on trying to finish Forever, though I've actually got an idea for it that may prolong it. I've said before that it's mostly something I'm working on for myself, culminating several sequential fanfics that I wrote as a young teenager, so it will probably get pretty long. I'm working on a subplot that I'm hoping to really stretch my writing skills in, so we'll see how that goes. Mr. Brightside is a little companion piece to that that I'm not really sure if I ever finish, but if I do, it may end up being the more "fanfic-friendly" version, as it's told from the point of view of one of the guys instead of a female lead.
I'm also working on a humor story, Sisterhood of the Ugly Red Sweatpants, which, if you've ever seen them, you know what it's about.
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?
I've never collaborated.
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 actually think it would be fun, but I'd probably be pretty picky about who I might collaborate with. Plus, I'd have to be really passionate about the story. I'd like to try it sometime, though.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 02, 2013, 06:10:29 PM ---Congrats on the updating on Guilty Roads, Julie! :) Hope you keep it up!
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Thanks! :) I am trying to stay four chapters ahead of what's posted so that even if I get writer's block again, I at least have a month's worth of updates (one chapter a week) to post while I try to sort that out. But so far so good.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Sakabelle on July 02, 2013, 08:05:48 PM ---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!
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I've read Stephen King's "On Writing" too - I thought it was good! And thanks!
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