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Question of the day part 10
Rose:
--- Quote from: Purpura Lipstick on July 25, 2013, 09:52:53 PM ---The biggest obstacle was probably being heard in the collaboration 00Carter. I know I left the story briefly but then realized I missed it so much I wanted back but that was after working years with the girls and after I'd become heard. Back in the early years I almost left before it really took off because there were so many of us and I was busy with Jackson that I didn't feel part of the group. The only way I really overcame it was just sticking around and continuing on. Now that it's a smaller group it feels more like everyone's opinions and ideas are heard and we all can decide together instead of just the loudest voice. :)
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That's the thing about big collabs, you have to go with the majority. Otherwise nothing's ever decided on lol.
usako:
--- Quote ---We may have had a question like this before, but just to give us all a boost...
What's the best plot you've come up with, one that's so good you can't even believe you came up with it yourself? We've all got them - time to get past the insecurities and brag a little about what we do best!
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Mh... I think "Forces Of Nature". It's a suspence/thriller and I spent days just plotting carefully every little twist and leaving hints in the chapters for the ending (although I don't know if I will ever be able to finish it. LOL). And everytime one of the reader would review and say "wow, I didn't expect this" I was glowing like a kid on Christmas day.
usako:
--- Quote ---What was the biggest obstacle you've ever encountered while writing a fanfic and how did you overcome it?
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Keep writing? :D :D
Seriously, I think my biggest obstacles will always be trying not to stop writing just because of my insecurities.
Sakabelle:
We may have had a question like this before, but just to give us all a boost...
What's the best plot you've come up with, one that's so good you can't even believe you came up with it yourself? We've all got them - time to get past the insecurities and brag a little about what we do best!
Probably Where You Are. People seemed to think the plot of that (though mainly slash/ romance) was really unique and it helped that it was very tightly written with very few filler chapters, I think.
What was the biggest obstacle you've ever encountered while writing a fanfic and how did you overcome it?
Uh... writing more Backstreet stuff? LOL. I am a serious fail in that department lately!! I have tried by starting new stories, writing one-shots... but I just don't get ideas for that involve them anymore. I am really hoping that I'll be inspired by their new album and either be able to finish something I've already started, or at least write something new that I can follow through on.
RokofAges75:
What was the biggest obstacle you've ever encountered while writing a fanfic and how did you overcome it?
I think I'm stuck on my biggest obstacle right now, and that would be a story called Guilty Roads! This story is the bane of my fanfic writer existence. I don't enjoy writing it, but others seem to enjoy reading it (or did back in the day, when I was updating it regularly) and have been hinting and begging for updates for the past three years that I've been blocked on it, so I feel pressured to keep going. I don't like to give up on projects, and I do still like the story, and those are the only reasons I keep trying. I just hate writing it. I hardly ever feel that sense of excitement and inspiration that I feel for other stories with Guilty Roads, so writing it usually feels like homework. I either have to force myself to do it, or it doesn't get done. I was hoping if I just forced myself to do it for awhile and got back into it, I would be fine, but that has not been the case. And since I still have no actual outline for it, there is no end in sight, so I can't even use that as motivation. It affects my other projects, too, because I don't feel free to work on anything that's not posted without feeling guilty, and god forbid I post another story before finishing one of my posted works in progress first. Ugh, Guilty Roads!!!
The good news is that the biggest obstacle I've actually overcome would probably be Secrets of the Heart, which I was in the same boat with last summer, and I DID finish that one, and I think it's a pretty good story! So there is still hope for Guilty Roads.
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