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Questions to ponder part 11
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 18, 2014, 08:41:16 AM ---and on another note, Tracy just made me realize that Julie and I both have the word secret in our titles. I never realized that! LOL
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LOL I didn't realize that either. This is my second story with Secrets in the title, which is kind of confusing, but I guess it make sense, cause that seems to be a common theme across many of my stories, keeping secrets.
KeepThisSecret:
--- Quote from: mare on July 18, 2014, 08:44:59 AM ---Killing any of them has always been a no no for me which goes to show how well written your story is, because I wouldn't have even bothered staying past chapter one if you didn't do such a great job sucking me in.
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Awwww *blushes* - I'm glad that I was able to keep you interested.
Any reference to slash used to be a huge no-no for me. However, Julie has kind of proved me wrong about that one because I'm loving Sick as My Secrets!! Although, the slash is more alluded to as opposed to outright described (which makes it more approachable for me).
I think if you get any of the guys characters wrong then I will stop reading. (That may sound harsh, but for me it's a huge no-no).
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 18, 2014, 08:44:39 AM ---LOL Dead Nick sucked me right in! I love the drama, and reading about the guys' reactions to that was what I was looking forward to. That's interesting that you say that, though. What are some other things you guys see as immediate turn-offs or big no-nos if you want to keep an audience? (Besides writing a Brian/Howie or Kevin/Howie story, apparently LOL.)
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Oh I have such a long list of no-nos lol
~ One or more of the boys dying will detract me from a story even if I'm in the middle of it.
~ I know this is going to sound hilarious, but the boys being physically tortured. I know...I know...I like to write it but I am not a fan of reading it.
~When the guys are written too out of character
~The presence of the Carter family for an extended amount of time.
~A nice Leighanne
~ A female centered story
~ vampires
~ zombies
~ NKOTB or NSync as central characters unless they die a horrible death within the first chapter! lol
~ If I see a story has ten sequels already lol
~ huge banners! with movie stars as the female 'lead'
~ song based fics
~ I freaking hate those Charmin bears too! So keep them the hell out of these stories!
~ orbs!
lol I'm sure there are more!
RokofAges75:
Slash is an automatic turn-off for me, although I think I'm becoming more open-minded about that. It's never been a gay thing for me; it's more of a believability thing for this fandom. I've never bought into the idea of any of them as couples, and that's why I have a hard time with slash.
Another one for me is Mary Sue names in the summary. The mention of a female character in the summary isn't an automatic turn off, but if she has a Mary Sue name - a weird name or a normal name that's spelled weird - I usually keep scrolling. My favorite fanfic of all time is probably Cover Me With Dreams, and it took me two tries to get into it, partially because I couldn't get past the female lead being named Ciara, especially spelled like that. Being a teacher now, I have learned to be more accepting of unconventional names, cause god knows the world is full of them today, but I would still prefer reading about a normal-seeming girl with a normal-sounding name that has a normal spelling LOL.
KeepThisSecret:
--- Quote from: mare on July 18, 2014, 08:57:28 AM ---Oh I have such a long list of no-nos lol
~ One or more of the boys dying will detract me from a story even if I'm in the middle of it.
~ I know this is going to sound hilarious, but the boys being physically tortured. I know...I know...I like to write it but I am not a fan of reading it.
~When the guys are written too out of character
~The presence of the Carter family for an extended amount of time.
~A nice Leighanne
~ A female centered story
~ vampires
~ zombies
~ NKOTB or NSync as central characters unless they die a horrible death within the first chapter! lol
~ If I see a story has ten sequels already lol
~ huge banners! with movie stars as the female 'lead'
~ song based fics
~ I freaking hate those Charmin bears too! So keep them the hell out of these stories!
~ orbs!
lol I'm sure there are more!
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"A nice Leighanne" - I'm cracking up over here!
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