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Question of the day part 10
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Sakabelle on July 23, 2013, 06:40:34 PM --- but I like the instant feeling of accomplishment that a one shot brings lol
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I so agree with that! LOL It's nice to be able to check that "complete" box on something and have a finished story, all in one chapter!
usako:
--- Quote ---Do you know something is going to be a one shot before you start to write it? Do you ever intend for your one shot to be a novel but then realize it works better as a shorter story? Or maybe it's the other way around. Have you ever written something you thought was only going to be one chapter and then decide to make a full blown novel out of it?
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Yes, I definetely know before writing if it's gonna be a shot or a novel. And it has happened both way: the story I'm writing now it started as an one - shot but then I realized that it would end up being 30 pages long so I decided to divide it in three chapters. The fact is that I'm still not able to stop myself into writing: if it was for me, I would tell everything about a particular story.
--- Quote ---What are some of your inspirations when writing a one shot as opposed to a long novel?
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It depends. Usually it's something related to what happens to the boys, like a particular interview, or a video, or a scene from the concert. It might be a song or part of it, like right now I'm dying to write something related to "Breathe". Once I wrote this little shot after watching Nick's video chat and hm saying that he missed Brian a lot. :D
--- Quote ---Which of the two do you prefer to write?
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I love both. The one shot because I can complete them quickly. lol But novel are so much better because you have all the time and space to create characters and the plotline, see them move around the situations and the various dramas (lol).
--- Quote ---Do you ever set chapter limits on yourself when writing? What about reading? Do you tend to enjoy reading shorter stories or novels?
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I used to set chapter limits but then I stopped because I never respect them. lol
As for reading, it depends. While my top favorite are really long novels, I admit that I have a soft spot for the one shot, especially if they are little scenes here and then.
mare:
Do you know something is going to be a one shot before you start to write it? Do you ever intend for your one shot to be a novel but then realize it works better as a shorter story? Or maybe it's the other way around. Have you ever written something you thought was only going to be one chapter and then decide to make a full blown novel out of it?
I always know when I am going to write a short story versus a longer one. Now whether it will be a novelette I usually don't figure out until I'm in the middle of the writing process, but at the most those usually turn into no more than 3 chapters. I'll do that if I feel like my word count is getting way up there.
I've never decided to make a one shot into a longer novel but I have decided to build a collection out of some of them like I did with the London based ones last summer (Scattered Pictures) and the outcome of a crazy fan's rampage. (Beautiful Girl) Or Nick and Kevin's relationship (A Symphony of Friendship)
What are some of your inspirations when writing a one shot as opposed to a long novel?
Most of the time it has to do with some kind of special event, like most of you have said. For me, I tend to write one every year for Nick's birthday and usually one for April Fools. Most of the the ones I have written have been challenge stories or specific moments in time. I'm never inspired by songs though. Song fics don't do anything for me.
Which of the two do you prefer to write?
I think I enjoy both but lately it's gotta be the short stories. Less stress. You say what you want to say and that's that! LOL
Do you ever set chapter limits on yourself when writing? What about reading? Do you tend to enjoy reading shorter stories or novels?
I don't ever consciously do it, but looking back on my novels, it seems like I tend to end things at around 40 - 45 chapters or less. Very rarely do I tend to go over that.
I don't enjoy reading things with a ton of chapters. I think I find it overwhelming. If I'm reading as it's being updated that's different but if I click on it and it has more than 50 chapters, I actually do take the time to decide if I want to make that kind of commitment. LOL
mare:
Looking back on your novels, go check and see how many chapters each one is.
What is your longest one?
What is your shortest one?
Obviously do not include your one shots in this answer! LOL
Going along with that, is your longest one the one with the most reviews? And your shortest the one with the least?
What about read counts? (even though I HATE those! LOL)
RokofAges75:
Looking back on your novels, go check and see how many chapters each one is.
I'm only including finished novels that are on AC for this.
What is your longest one? By My Side (202 chapters)
What is your shortest one? Secrets of the Heart (25 chapters)
Going along with that, is your longest one the one with the most reviews? And your shortest the one with the least?
Nope! I think if I had posted BMS on AC as I was writing it, it probably would be my most-reviewed story, but that honor goes to Curtain Call. BMS only has 299 reviews.
Secrets has 135 reviews. My least-reviewed novel (and also one of my shortest) is Identical with 5 reviews for 27 chapters, which I posted all at one time several years after finishing the story on my site.
What about read counts?
My longest story is not my most read. BMS has 41,260 hits, while Broken (my most read) has over twice that.
On the other hand, Secrets actually is my least read novel with 2,894 hits. That is interesting because Identical, which is also a Brian story of about the same length and only has 5 reviews, has 5,535 hits, and I know it's not from me clicking on it because I can't remember the last time I even looked at that story LOL. So there's a case of a lot of people reading (or at least clicking) and not bothering to review, maybe because the story was already finished. I posted Secrets as I was writing it, so I had a small but loyal following who left reviews for every chapter.
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