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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
RokofAges75:
Thanks for sharing your confessions, Mare; that gives me a better idea of what you mean, although I still can't think of any for myself right now!
--- Quote from: mare on July 13, 2013, 02:53:26 PM ---~ No matter who you use on your banners, I picture your characters the way I see them and it's never as the actor or actresses you pick lol
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LOL Same here, even for my own stories - I never picture the characters exactly as the people I choose to "play" them if I make a banner with their faces on it. I usually don't for other people's stories either. Even when I read Harry Potter, I don't see Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson in my head... I see my own version of those characters. Sometimes, though, having a picture on a banner or book cover helps give me a clearer idea of what the author intended the character to look like.
Like with the story of Emily's I read this week, Falling in Love Again, she used Rachel McAdams in the banner. To be honest, I hardly glanced at the banner when I first clicked on the story, but when I went back to read more the next day, I did take a closer look at it and thought, "Oh, Rachel McAdams... okay, so that's the look she was going for with Annie." I knew Annie had curly auburn hair and had been described as "cute," but that was about it. Seeing Rachel McAdams and knowing the way she acts in her movies gave me a better idea of what kind of cute Annie was supposed to be.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: usako on July 13, 2013, 03:25:32 PM ---You know, I've thought it about, translate some stories in Italian but I know it's a hard work. It's one thing translating your own story because I know what I wanted to say and I don't have problem adding a little scenes more. But if I had to translate someone's else work, I have to stick with their work and that would be really hard.
I've to thank my love for reading if I know English this well. Thus I love English so it has never been a problem reading something that wasn't in Italian.
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The only reason I know of that site is because one of the girls on it emailed me to ask if she could translate Curtain Call and post it there - with credit to me for writing the original, of course. I was really flattered and thought it was cool idea. I have it bookmarked, so I just went back to look after I posted that - she only got through Chapter 4 LOL. So, not really far enough to get into the story at all. But that's okay because she linked to the complete version that's on my site, so I guess if people want more, they can go there and read it in English. I would have been super impressed if she'd managed to translate all 90 chapters by now! I can't imagine how tedious and difficult that would be.
usako:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 13, 2013, 03:35:02 PM ---The only reason I know of that site is because one of the girls on it emailed me to ask if she could translate Curtain Call and post it there - with credit to me for writing the original, of course. I was really flattered and thought it was cool idea. I have it bookmarked, so I just went back to look after I posted that - she only got through Chapter 4 LOL. So, not really far enough to get into the story at all. But that's okay because she linked to the complete version that's on my site, so I guess if people want more, they can go there and read it in English. I would have been super impressed if she'd managed to translate all 90 chapters by now! I can't imagine how tedious and difficult that would be.
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Wow. Congrats to them, really.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 13, 2013, 05:44:30 AM ---What are some of your secrets when it comes to reading/writing fanfic? Or about the boys or any other fandom in general?
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Okay, I thought of one!
I used to read the first couple chapters of stories and then click to the end and skim the last few to see if anything interesting happened before I decided whether or not to commit to reading them. I did this mostly with romance. If I saw anything about a hospital or a funeral or any hints of death, despair, and drama, I would go back to the beginning and keep reading. If not, I would move on to a different story.
I would never do that now if I thought I actually might want to read the story because I hate spoilers, but I'll admit, knowing that something tragic happens to the characters later in the story is still one way to get me to read something I otherwise wouldn't. But then I'm a hypocrite with my own stories because, since I hate spoilers, I usually don't even hint at that kind of thing in my own summaries. I guess I just count on my readers to expect that something bad will happen at some point, because that's just how I roll.
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 13, 2013, 04:01:28 PM ---Okay, I thought of one!
I used to read the first couple chapters of stories and then click to the end and skim the last few to see if anything interesting happened before I decided whether or not to commit to reading them. I did this mostly with romance. If I saw anything about a hospital or a funeral or any hints of death, despair, and drama, I would go back to the beginning and keep reading. If not, I would move on to a different story.
I would never do that now if I thought I actually might want to read the story because I hate spoilers, but I'll admit, knowing that something tragic happens to the characters later in the story is still one way to get me to read something I otherwise wouldn't. But then I'm a hypocrite with my own stories because, since I hate spoilers, I usually don't even hint at that kind of thing in my own summaries. I guess I just count on my readers to expect that something bad will happen at some point, because that's just how I roll.
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I do that too! LOL Not as much anymore but sometimes I'll go the last chapter to see if we're talking about anyone in past tense. I do that with books too!
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