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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 10, 2013, 03:51:30 PM ---LMAO at the killing kids challenge!
I have actually killed quite a few kids in my stories, mostly babies. I love me some dead babies! :drools:
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I'm glad I'm not the only complete psycho! LOL YAY!!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: emilo on July 10, 2013, 07:17:34 AM ---Here's a morbid question for my fellow medical drama lovers. Which do you prefer, injury or disease?
I'm going to go injury on this one, though Julie has an interesting point that injury does well as a subplot. Here's my reasoning- an injury has to have a backstory, a situation you put your character in to end up with said injury. A disease, almost 100% of the time, just happens. Then, the story basically has to be about the disease itself. Now, Julie has mastered the art of telling a "disease story" and making it excellent. I immensely enjoyed the Broken series and Curtain Call, but for my own reading/writing purposes, I think I actually prefer disease/injury as a subplot instead of having the whole story be about it.
Is there anything that is 'off limits' to you as a writer? Something you would NEVER do in one of your stories?
I agree with not killing the real-life Backstreet kids. That just seems so personal, and what it they actually DO read fanfic? I can't imagine, say, being Howie and stumbling across a story where little John dies. Eek. I also agree with keeping real-life drama out while it's still fresh. For example, let's take Nick in Falling in Love Again and it's (eventual) sequel. Leslie's death happened around the time frame I'm basing the story on. I have no intention of touching it. In my happy little fanfic world, that never happened. Now, Nick's real life family drama in that he had a pretty crappy upbringing, that's part of what makes Nick, Nick. So I'm not opposed to mentioning that. One thing I can never see myself doing is slash. That's just personal preference more than anything
As far as the self-indulgent writing goes, I think that in a way, all fanfic is a bit self-indulgent, because we're inserting our idols into stories we write. Otherwise, we'd all just be writing original fiction and leaving the Backstreet Boys or any other fandom out of it. That being said, there are definitely pieces that are more self-indulgent than others. Julie, I too wrote a big girl band meets boy band story many moons ago,and for anyone who's been reading the forum and the challenge thread, you know that the rewrite of that is Forever. Totally self-indulgent! For any other info on that story, you can see that I've alluded to it when answering other questions and in the challenge thread. No use beating a dead horse, there. lol
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Thanks, Emily! That's a good point about an injury having a back story, a build-up, whereas a disease just happens.
I also agree with what you said about Nick's crappy upbringing not being a taboo to write about because it's a part of him. I feel the same way about a lot of the issues the guys have faced in the past, like Brian's heart problems and AJ's alcoholism. Like I said, I wouldn't have wanted to write about those things right as they were happening, but now that years and years have gone by, those things are just a part of their history and helped shape them into the men they are today. Nowadays I hardly ever write stories, even AUs, WITHOUT at least mentioning a lot of those things. It's good back story. But that's what I meant about there being a grace period, for me anyway - it has to be history, not something that's happening in the present, for me to feel comfortable writing about it.
Gotta love those girlband stories! LOL
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 10, 2013, 04:01:40 PM ---I'm glad I'm not the only complete psycho! LOL YAY!!
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Like I said... freaks unite! :cheers: We're all a little mad here.
julilly:
--- Quote from: emilo on July 09, 2013, 05:57:11 PM ---That's because you don't leave reviews for your favorite stories, Julily ;). Mine's 112, but growing. When I was simply reading and not writing much, I didn't leave many reviews at all. I did a lot of reading before I even registered with the site. Now that I've been writing a lot and doing the reading challenge, I understand the value of good feedback, so I'm trying to do better!
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It's actually mostly because I don't keep up with stories. If I actually made it past the prologue/1st chapter I might be more likely to review but I suck at reading LOL
I was saying to Hannah the other day that I want to be sure I'm going to actually read something before I start reviewing because I don't want the author to think I stopped because it wasn't good when I actually stop because I don't particularly like to read and I have the attention span of a gnat LOL I always have the best of intentions though and will follow stories I think I might like to read so I can come back to them and won't forget!
julilly:
--- Quote from: mare on July 09, 2013, 09:49:26 PM ---Yup, responding to all reviews is important! Even the "YAY" or "Update!" It lets people know you read what they said and appreciated it.
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You are the reason I respond to every review now (or at least try my best to!) I've always had issues reading my reviews so I intentionally don't get notifications about them but now I don't find them as scary so I at least open them long enough to say thank you! :)
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