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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
Rose:
What's your process for planning a story? Do you know what will happen in the beginning, middle, and end of the story before you start writing it? How about in each chapter? Do you do any kind of outlining or just fly by the seat of your pants? If you do outline, what does that look like for you? Do you ever write scenes in advance or visualize them in your mind? Do you change your mind often, or do you usually stick to your plans? Does the way you plan vary from story to story? Lots of questions, but they all go together - just describe your process!
LOL my mind is a scary place! Um, but it depends on the story. Like I didn't have an outline for each chapter in RMTW. I had a timeline with a general idea of when things would happen and I let the characters basically tell me how long it would take to get to each event LOL. But I knew the beginning, middle and end overall. Especially the end, I knew that since day one. But with WOOMD I outlined every single chapter. I don't write scenes in advance (except with collabs) because it'll screw up where I'm at in my head. But it varies from the story to story, how complicated it is, that sort of thing.
Craziest storyline?
"Grape Expectations" http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10891
The dumbest plot?
"Rehab" http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=8691
The most unique?
00Carter - I just haven't seen anything like it in our fandom. http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=9085
Weirdest name for a character?
"Calypso Rayne" aka "Cally". Which I did on purpose because I wanted to see if I could basically use romance cliches and make a decent story. http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=8180
Biggest inaccuracy?
Pregnancy in "Rehab" lol. I did no research. http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=8691
Stupidest Title?
"Rebirth" - short lived collab idea that I always hated the title. http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=3418
Something you wish you could take back?
"Glitz and Glamour" - bad idea lol. I should've just left things alone. http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=8487
Story you cringe when you find out someone has read it?
"Lost Souls" http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=43
Story you'd wish everyone would read already!
"Here We Stand", I feel like I've done a great job on the Boys in that one. It's not that a lot of people don't read it but yeah, I like my writing a lot in there. http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10965
Most impulsive story?
"Divine Intervention" - I jumped into it immediately after RMTW because I wanted to have another novel going. Maybe I should've held back a little cause it's had some serious delays lol. http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10649
mare:
The grape one! I also wanted to mention that one when talking about funny stories LOL
Rose:
Thanks! LOL sometimes when I try to be funny I wonder if it's funny for real or just to me.
usako:
--- Quote from: mare on July 19, 2013, 05:58:09 PM ---Here is another question for you!
What is one thing/event in the boys actual lives that you would love to see someone write a story about?
--- End quote ---
I think that everyone, walls included, know that I would love, die, give my first born, light up candles and do weird dancing, to see (and read) someone writing a story about Brian's heart surgery period. Not only the surgery itself but how the guys dealt with it in the months before and after. Especially the after. Well, if it has Frick and Frack being the focus. lol Yes, I'm that desperate. lol
RokofAges75:
I'm gonna go with Cinzia on this one. I can't think of any other real events I'd want to read a story about that haven't been written well already. In most cases, I prefer completely fictional stories to stories that are based on true events.
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