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Questions to ponder part 12
mare:
No I never saw that video. There was quite a while where I didn't even bother watching concert footage or soundcheck vids because they just depressed me. lol
rebellious_one:
--- Quote from: mare on July 31, 2014, 03:13:40 PM ---No I never saw that video. There was quite a while where I didn't even bother watching concert footage or soundcheck vids because they just depressed me. lol
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Aww, why did it depress you? :(
Sakabelle:
--- Quote from: rebellious_one on July 31, 2014, 02:56:47 PM ---Here's a question, how do you guys come up with your summaries? Is there a process? Like, do you normally take an excerpt from your story and have it be the summary or whatever? Summaries are quite tricky because it's like you want to be vague as to not give away your plot, but at the same time peak the interest of potential readers and grab their attention.
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I have missed a lot of questions LOL but I'll answer this one! I write out my summary like six times in that "notes" document I previously mentioned for every story. First I write out what the story is actually about and then I change it and change it and stylize it to add a bit of ambiguity or whatever until I'm satisfied with it.
Though lately when I post, I post my vague summary and then underneath I do a "AKA the one where Nick falls into a lake and Brian has to save him." so it's clear what the story is actually about.
As for the beta reader question earlier, I send all of my chapters to my friend who reads them over. She doesn't traditionally beta them though, she tells me what she likes and maybe a comment about what I should add but doesn't fix typos or anything. I recently had something of mine fully beta read and it was AWESOME. She went through every sentence (which was a feat because it was 25,000 words) and fixed things, added things, gave little suggestion notes on what she thought I could expand on. The story is so much stronger for it and I find myself remembering her suggestions and incorporating them into the stuff I'm writing now. I wish I could send her everything I write LOL.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: KeepThisSecret on July 31, 2014, 02:15:42 PM ---I think that my answer is the same for when it comes to taking things out: as long as it doesn't change the plot then I don't see any harm in doing it. If taking something out actually improves the story then it was a good call in my mind.
FYI, the idea of Ricky Martin song lyrics showing up in the middle of a story made me laugh. If it had been any other artist other than Ricky Martin I probably wouldn't have even chuckled, but I honestly cannot even look at that man without cracking up! (Although, I have no idea why I find the idea of him so hilarious.)
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I know, right? That's why I used him as an example. I still love me some Livin' La Vida Loca, but as far as putting his lyrics in a story, why???
rebellious_one:
Here's the soundcheck video of what they'd be if they weren't Backstreet Boys, lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWfUzFnn054
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