Fic Talk > General Discussion

Getting to know you through your words!

<< < (5/8) > >>

FrickingKaos:
It was really hard to choose a favorite beginning, because Finding Carter's beginning prologue was great at setting.up the main character ans the premise of the story as well.

Figured You Out I chose because it just gave enough.detail that made people curious to read more, while setting up the plot.

mare:
I think those questions are fine in here but they would also probably be great ones to ask in the other thread for people who may not even bother looking in this thread. Heck, it might even make them come in here and fill this survey out!

RokofAges75:
I will reword them slightly and post them in the other thread.

mare:
How did you decide on your favorite chapter?  Did you know what your favorite was ahead of time, or did you have to really think about it or narrow it down?

It was really hard to actually pick one. I have over 70 stories on the AC site so trying to fill this survey out was kind of tough. I'm sure it's just as hard for people who don't have many stories to pick from either. I really have a lot of favorite chapters and I kind of wish that maybe I went with a different one to maybe show more depth or range, but the reason I picked the sandwich one was because even though I have the WORST memory on the planet, I vividly remember this chapter! "The eyes rolls have it," which is another one from Why I'd Do it all Again came in a close second! I could probably list about ten others from various stories. Does that make me sound like a total pompous ass? LOL

What makes your best beginning a great start to a story?
I picked two different stories for this one. The 5 BSB one because it really sets up the tone of the entire thing. It starts out sounding really angsty and serious before the narrator starts talking and then you get to see what it's really all about. I also wanted to pick something more serious and I feel like the prologue to The Thirteenth Step is mysterious enough that you want to click the next chapter to see who is talking.

We should also ask about the ending chapter! LOL

RokofAges75:

--- Quote from: mare on July 15, 2013, 09:10:32 AM ---[I could probably list about ten others from various stories. Does that make me sound like a total pompous ass? LOL

--- End quote ---

Eh, I was the same way LOL.  I found the favorite chapter to be the hardest category; I saved it for last and ended up just going with the BMS chapter I used for the question about which one represents my writing best.  It is one of my favorite chapters, but I don't know that it's really the favorite favorite.  I'd already used some of my other contenders in other categories and wanted to put something unique for each one, though.  I also thought I should do a serious chapter, to represent my writing better, but in all honesty, my favorite things I have written are the funny parts, mainly for 00Carter and the two death round robins.  Those are the ones I find myself going back to read, more than the serious stuff.  But that BMS chapter definitely stood out in my mind as one of the more memorable ones.  Other serious options were the death scene in Curtain Call and the first zombie chapter in Song for the Undead, but I used those two parts in other categories.

As far as my best beginning, that one was a lot easier.  I picked the beginning of Secrets of the Heart because I have always loved that first chapter.  It sets the status quo, but unlike a lot of my stories, it gets to the good stuff right away!  There's no build up to any drama; you find out right away that Brian is dying, so the stakes are set high from the get-go.  Since the story's an AU, I knew I had to suck people in right away if I wanted them to give it a chance.

The ending question was also pretty easy.  I went with By My Side because it just meant the most to me.  Finishing that story was a HUGE deal because it was so long and had taken me so many years to write, and I wanted to end it in a big way... you know, by killing off both my main characters LOL.  It's a little cheesy, but I loved the idea then, and I still love it now.  It's very fitting of that story and wraps things up with a nice big bow on top of a tombstone (or a bench... where their bodies could rest, side by side, or something like that LOL).  A perfect bittersweet ending for a bittersweet story.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page