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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
RokofAges75:
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 done the deadline thing before with collaborations, and what I've found is that it just leads to frustration, awkward confrontations, and, in one case, the loss of a friendship. It's not worth it to me. I try and collaborate with people I know I can count on to write their parts when they can and be honest if they can't, instead of making excuses and stringing me along. I've learned the hard way over the years who those people are and aren't, and I've gotten picky about who I will write with, but I don't regret a single collaboration. They've all been fun!
Do you find that inconsistency a reason for falling behind on collabs or do you consider it a motivator?
For me, it's a motivator. I don't ever want to be that person who's letting her co-writer(s) (and readers) down by taking forever to write my part. When it's my turn to write, I make the time to write and try to get it done as soon as I can. I can't say I've never left anyone hanging because stuff happens, but I usually am pretty dependable. I hardly ever get writer's block on my collaborations, so that helps.
usako:
--- 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?
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This is a difficult question. lol In English, my current story is "Love Story" and I've updated it yesterday. It's not that hard working on this story because, in Italian, it's already finished so I've only to translate it. The little problem is that it's 75 chapters long. lol But I'm halway through it.
In Italian, I've got two or three stories that I'm working on. Sadly, all of them are long.
--- Quote ---How many stories do you currently have in progress or left unfinished?
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Too many. lol Not counting "love story", I'll probably say five or six. Then there are new ideas that I'm working on: an angst/drama Frick and Frack story in English and its translation in Italian, a bunch of one-shorts inspired by all the Frick&Frack's love from the Europen promotion (Nick trying to feed Brian. Just saying lol) and some ideas that are waiting on my computer for a long time.
Carter-Orange:
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 only done one collab and that's with Lore. We were taking it in turns to write the chapters and were on a roll with it too, and didn't set deadlines. I'm hoping we can get back into it one day soon.
mare:
What were/are some of your goals as a fanfic writer and have you been able to achieve them?
emilo:
My first goal was to finish the first story I posted here (Forever), since I started it, oh.... 15 years ago. Currently still working on that one :) My second was to write a story that was well-received by the readers on this site. While it may have not appealed to some of you on this forum, based on what I now know about the genres you like to read, I think I definitely accomplished that with Falling in Love Again. A secondary goal with that one in particular, just for my own self-confidence, was to be nominated for a Felix Award. Winning was something I never anticipated at all, and to get Best Romance Runner-Up for that story was awesome. My next goal is to write something that will pull me out of my comfort zone a little by delving into a genre other than romance. My newest story is a humor story, but I'm going to attempt suspense or action/adventure, maybe. I'm also working on a little something with Forever that I think may help accomplish that as well. I've decided to play around with that story a little bit, since I've already been working on it for so long anyway, and it's bound to get lengthy. Why not make it even longer? haha
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