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Questions to ponder part 12

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FrickingKaos:

--- Quote from: mare on August 05, 2014, 05:36:58 PM ---It doesn't sound dumb at all. We all write for ourselves but let's face it, if that were completely true, none of us would feel the need to post out stories on the net for all to read. Instead we'd be perfectly happy just leaving them on our computers to read at our own leisure. We all want that approval when it comes to our writing. Some kind of awknowledgemen t that at least someone likes what they're reading. So it makes sense to not want to bother if you think no one cares.

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I think that is a big part of me not being able to write right now and why I abandoned some of my stuff. I hate
That it happens but it has. There are many ideas I have but no motivation whatsoever to actually execute them. I have tried almost everything to get inspired and then realized recently that inspiration isn't my problem.

RokofAges75:
I'm gonna come back and answer the question about reviews, but I thought of another question that I wanna post before I forget.

Several of us said that when we first stumbled onto fanfic, we didn't know what it was and maybe didn't even necessarily realize we were reading a fictional story at first.  This may apply more to those of us who have posted stories off of AC before, but have you ever gotten feedback from someone who didn't realize they were reading fanfic?

To give you a couple of examples...

I wrote a one-shot way back in 2000 about Brian's experience in the hospital when he was 5, and I wrote it from the point of view of his mother.  I used to get emails - more than once this happened - from people asking me if I was Brian's mom LOL.  I guess I could have easily become a poser and messed with people, but I didn't take advantage of that opportunity.

The craziest one was this email I got from an old lady who had stumbled onto Curtain Call by googling her medical symptoms (which happens a lot, actually) and read whole thing, not realizing it was fanfic and not true.  This is what she sent me:

Subject: Your story

It took me days to read it and I thought it was true. I wasn't disappointed it was fiction, I was upset I didn't know it from the start. I found the story accidentally and thought he was writing about actually having it. But when I got to part where he chooses not to go thru treatment second time I suspected something. I can't believe he agreed to let someone write such a real story and he wasn't sick. Too sad when we make up stories about people when there are real people dying no one rights about.[/i]


I had to do some inferring to figure out she was talking about Curtain Call, so I emailed her back and explained that it was fan fiction.  Apparently I need to put a giant disclaimer at the top of every page of my site saying that the content is just fiction LOL.

mare:
That's a really good point you made about waiting until your stories are complete before you post them, Steph. I give you lots of credit for doing that. I don't think I would have the patience to sit on a story until it was done. I bet that would help with the overall feelings of doubt though.

Since I have pretty much limited myself to writing one fanfic a year, by the time I post it I Have at least five or more chapters done. Maybe as an experiment I'll try to wait until a story is complete before I post it. Try being the operative word there lol

mare:

--- Quote from: DelphinaCarter on August 05, 2014, 08:07:11 PM ---
I think that is a big part of me not being able to write right now and why I abandoned some of my stuff. I hate
That it happens but it has. There are many ideas I have but no motivation whatsoever to actually execute them. I have tried almost everything to get inspired and then realized recently that inspiration isn't my problem.

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That stinks. So, if at least one person is reviewing and seems to care does it make a difference? Or do you need more than that to
Feel motivated?

That could also be a general question for everybody.

mare:
Lmao that is equal parts hilarious & sad!

I have had more than one person ask me if I was Nick back in the day and while I was writing Why Id Do it All Again, I received quite a few emails from people asking me if I worked for the boys lol it was flattering that the story seemed that realistic to think I was just journaling a day in the life of lol

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