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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
RokofAges75:
Has there ever been a scene you've written that has brought you to tears while writing it? What about laughter?
For as much sad stuff as I write, I don't usually make myself cry. I do know I cried when I killed off the little boy Casey in By My Side, but I also had that damn Dumbo song (Baby Mine) on repeat to make myself emotional, and that song always makes me cry anyway. I may have shed a tear or two over the very last chapter of BMS too. I don't think Curtain Call ever quite got me when I was writing it because I did the opposite and kind of shut myself down emotionally to get through the end of it, but it did make me cry when I reread it last year while Mare was reading it for the reading challenge.
At the risk of sounding arrogant, I make myself laugh all the time when I'm writing, whether the scene is supposed to be funny or not. I would say all of the parts I've contributed to the "1000 Ways..." round robins have made me laugh, as well as a lot of my 00Carter parts, especially the ones that spoof something.
If you had to pick only one scene that you've written that feels best represents you as a writer, what would it be?
I'd go with Chapter 196 of By My Side: http://dreamers-sanctuary.com/fanfic/stories/novels/bms/bms196/ (I'm linking to the version on my site because the version on AC still has Nickelback lyrics LOL.)
This is the aftermath of a car accident and has to be the most intense scene I've ever written. It has all the things I'm best known for - third person narration, drama, romance, drama, some action and suspense, drama, a hospital setting, medical drama, a near-death experience, drama, choppage, cheesiness, drama, emotional tearjerker stuff, and more drama! It's pretty representative of the stuff I like to write LOL.
usako:
Has there ever been a scene you've written that has brought you to tears while writing it? What about laughter?
Yes, there has been and not only one. Especially if it's a scene that hits very close to home. There is one scene/story actually that I've wrote and end up in tears. The story was about Brian as a half angel and half human and in that particular scene he was talking about how he never felt like he belong to something, since other angel had always made him feel and suffered the fact that he was different and not like them. And this reflected how I felt during high school when other people would isolate him only because I was fat.
As for laughter, gosh, I have this little story when I made Brian as Roklord, a superhero that saves Nick from his pyschos fans. :D :D :D
If you had to pick only one scene that you've written that feels best represents you as a writer, what would it be?
Sadly, I think that my best works are all in the Italian fandom. Being new in the writing in English, I still don't know what best represents me.
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 10, 2013, 10:05:11 PM ---Aww, thanks! :)
I occasionally favorite stories that I haven't actually read - sometimes, like Julilly said, there are stories that sound interesting that I want to remember to check out sometime, and back when I was still hosting stories on my site, I would favorite the ones that were on AC so I'd know when they were updated and could post the new chapters on my site, but I wasn't necessarily reading all of them. So that might be part of the reason there are people who have your stories favorited that you've never heard from. But there are also just people who will favorite your stories, actually read them, enjoy them, and still never bother to let you know. I've been surprised plenty of times to hear someone mention one of my stories, when I had no idea they had even read it.
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According to my stats I have around 86 or so people who have Favorited my stuff and I think I have gotten reviews from maybe 10 of them lol
mare:
I don't really have an answer for the second question I asked just yet lol but I thought I'd go ahead and answer the first one
Has there ever been a scene you've written that has brought you to tears while writing it? What about laughter?
I generally don't get very emotional when I write something because I kind of get into a zone, but maybe sometimes on one of the re-reads during the editing process, I might get a little choked up. I think the only thing that ever made me flat out cry was Nick's birthday chapter in Seasons of Change which I have talked about before.
I do the same thing as you, Julie. When it comes to cracking myself up, I laugh a lot when I'm writing things even if they aren't supposed to be funny. I admit I think I'm like, the funniest person on earth and probably think my 'funny' scenes are way funnier than they actually are! lmao
julilly:
--- Quote from: mare on July 10, 2013, 03:37:40 PM ---Has there ever been a scene you've written that has brought you to tears while writing it? What about laughter?
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I am stone-faced and heartless while writing, so no.
Lol seriously though, I don't think I've written anything that has brought me to tears. I don't really write sad stuff. Laughter on the other hand ... probably but I don't remember a particular time.
--- Quote ---If you had to pick only one scene that you've written that feels best represents you as a writer, what would it be?
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Oh god. I have no clue how to answer that as I don't really know who I am as a writer. I don't think I could ever settle on one scene.
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