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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on June 25, 2013, 07:40:59 PM ---aww that makes me warm and fuzzy feeling!
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:)
RokofAges75:
My Fanfic Faux Pas list:
I have...
* named characters after myself
* used celebrity pictures in banners
* labeled points of view with "POV"
* used song lyrics in stories
* posted soundtracks for stories
* written a girl band story
* written lyrics for the girl band to sing and posted them on my site
* written a story about an abused girl who wins a contest, meets a Backstreet Boy, and learns to love again
* written 'NSYNC crossovers (note the plural - more than one!)
* written 'NSYNC crossovers in which 'NSYNC are the villains
* written a story in script format
* written cheesy epilogues that take place in stereotypical versions of Heaven
* written an epic near-death/"go to the light!" scene interspersed with Nickelback lyrics
* written stories with multiple sequels
* had the Backstreet Boys sing someone out of a coma
* written stories about topics I knew nothing about without researching
* ended a story with the "It was all a dream" twist
* written a story purely because a reader asked me to
* collaborated on a story purely because another writer asked me to
* written scenes or whole storylines based off a joke
* had characters act in ways that were out of character to better suit the plot
* borrowed storylines from movies, books, or other stories
* posted beginnings of stories and then stopped updating them
* discontinued stories that were already posted online
Whew! That's all I've got right now, but I'm sure I'll think of more as other people post theirs LOL.
FrickingKaos:
Wow, lots of questions to answer lol. Well to start off, I think my greatest success as a fanfic writer would have to be Figured You Out. That was the first time I'd gotten any kind of recognition as a writer in the BSB community, my first Felix Award, my first Featured Month as well. My failure would have to be Forces Of Nature because I completely abandoned that story after eight chatpers. I might rework it and try again eventually, but for now I'm focusing on finishing two stories that I've been working on for over a year.
Fanfic fau pax? hmmm. I've done so many though....
Self insertion..... I got killed in the next story in the series though, so I suppose that helps? lmao
Girl goes on tour with boy
Girl is kinda one dimensional, not a mary sue but not much is known about her, I didn't even give her a last name.
cheesy coma scene where patient is woken by singing
Unnecessary sequels (fixed this by compacting all into one story eventually)
I will add some more when I think of them.
mare:
I'm going to have to think on this one but it should be fun. We need a master list to go off. It would make things so much easier. LOL
RokofAges75:
Yeah, like a checklist. Feel free to take any off my list!
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