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Questions to ponder part 12
KeepThisSecret:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 31, 2014, 01:33:44 PM ---LOL I think everyone is like that. Or at least, I would assume so.
Do you write the kind of stories you prefer to read?
Is there a type of story you like to read, but don't write?
Have you ever written a story that you would probably never read?
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I think that I'm pretty selfish in the sense that I only want to write stories that I want to read. If I have to write it, edit it, fix it, proof it, etc. then it better be something that I enjoy reading back over and over again. Let's face it, as a writer, I don't want to bore myself. LOL Besides, if I find a story boring and/or "unreadable" then I would tend to think that nobody else would want to read it either.
I really like to read medical dramas, but I would never write one. The thought of doing all that research in order to make sure that everything is accurate makes me want to run and hide!
Carter:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 31, 2014, 01:33:44 PM ---LOL I think everyone is like that. Or at least, I would assume so.
Do you write the kind of stories you prefer to read?
Is there a type of story you like to read, but don't write?
Have you ever written a story that you would probably never read?
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Eh not really. I will read just about anything as far as fanfiction goes. If the summary sounds interesting i will give it a shot most of the time. I am really into romance stories...so i tend to write a lot of them. I cant seem to escape from it lol.
And as far as writing a story that I would probably never read i dont think i have one or can think of one off the top of my head.
Like i have a plot right now but I just changed it cause I had it all figured out in my head but then i realized it probably wasn't a smart idea to promote teenage pregnancy so i quickly changed the ages and will have to rework the first chapter before i post it lol. I couldnt believe I even thought about writing such a story lol. They will be young but not the age of 16 lol.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Carter on July 31, 2014, 01:23:17 PM ---another question popped into my head lol. Have you ever thought of a plot that you thought was going to be fantastic and then thought it just wasn't a good idea in the end?
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The Amish story I mentioned, Guilty Roads. The story itself is good enough so far, I guess, but the idea itself is so flawed that I've had a really hard time continuing it.
That's the only one I've written "recently" that has made it far enough to actually get posted before I started second-guessing it, but of course I have started stories or at least written down ideas that I haven't done anything with. And there are several stories I wrote back in the day that I look at now and go, "Now why did I think that was a good idea??"
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 31, 2014, 01:33:44 PM ---LOL I think everyone is like that. Or at least, I would assume so.
Do you write the kind of stories you prefer to read?
Is there a type of story you like to read, but don't write?
Have you ever written a story that you would probably never read?
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I do write the stories I would prefer to read because I have to read it a thousand times in order to edit it! I don't know about you guys and this would probably be a good question as well, but before I post a chapter it has been read at least ten times to make sure I don't want to make any last minute changes and fix mistakes I might have missed the other nine times! So, in order to write the best I can, I make sure I want to read the final product. If I don't want to read it, I shouldn't expect anybody else to.
No to the second question. I pretty much write what I like to read and skip what I don't. lol
And yes! I don't know if I would have read "It Stays With You" because it was too disturbing for me, the reader! And was Brian centered. LOL I probably would have skipped my romance too because it was a romance but at least it didn't have a banner. There's probably a whole boatload of short stories I would have skipped as well. Especially the ones I wrote for challenge purposes.
mare:
Okay so the editing question - how do you go about editing your chapters before you post them?
Do you have someone else beta read them? Or do you do it yourself or do you not bother at all and just wing it?
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