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Questions to ponder part 11
Rose:
Modern Classics - I can't remember when it was written but I'd definitely say It Stays With You, and Why I'd Do It All Again. "MINE" is a moment never forgotten and Why is just hilarious LOL.
I'd also say Curtain Call, it's just an amazing story I hope is always associated to Julie cause even though I adore Broken, I do think CC is the better story. Finding Brotherhood is another. I wish Mersey had that posted here! But at least it's still on the internet so I'm okay with that.
Mare, I fully agree about YBS. It's one of those rare stories where yes she can update in 10 years and I'd still go reread and read the update! LOL
mare:
I was going to say Finding Brotherhood, but I thought that might have been too old to be considered a modern classic. LOL
Thanks, Rose! :)
Rose:
I can't remember when it was written so I decided to hell with it LOL.
mare:
In the oldies thread, Pammy posted a great question so I'm re-posting it here!
--- Quote from: balance on July 05, 2014, 02:27:37 PM ---All this talk about old stories and writers has made me nostalgic and has made me go on a scavenger hunt for some of the old stories. It has also made me reflect on my "fan fiction life." I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here's my question for all of you: What was it like for you, both as a reader and/or writer, to send/receive that first feedback?
As I've mentioned before, my first feedback was sent to Chaos for "Ground Zero." I had the feeling that I wanted to say something, but I didn't know what to say. I just didn't want to sound stupid! So in an e-mail, I said I'm loving your story and thanks for sharing. I know, totally fangirl, right! But I really didn't know what to say. But, to my surprise, I got a reply from Chaos saying thanks, I would did I really like about the story. If not for that reply, I think most of my feedback/reviews would be like that first one. But I was given permission to discuss my thoughts with the creator of the story.....it was pretty heady for me!
So, what was your first time like?
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RokofAges75:
Good question! I remember the first piece of fanfic I recieved for the first story I posted anywhere, Heartache. It came about a month after my story was online, which was super exciting for me because I wasn't expecting feedback at all. I don't remember exactly what it said, but it was an email from a girl named Heidi, who went on to become my first online friend after I replied to her and we started exchanging emails. It turned out she was a Brian fan too and liked the same kind of stories I did. She wrote, too, and had a website, so she started hosting me, and eventually I started my site and started hosting her, and then we starting writing together. I guess the fact that we became friends through a piece of feedback shows how much it meant to me.
I don't remember the first piece of feedback I sent, but it may not have been until after I started writing (in fact, it may have been to Heidi, for all I know). I don't think I realized how little feedback most fanfic writers actually get and how much it means to them until I started writing myself. Plus, I was probably a little shy about sending emails to total strangers. It seems silly now, but I was only 14 and paranoid about giving out any kind of personal info over the internet (which I wish today's 14 years olds still were!).
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