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New questions to ponder
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Sakabelle on May 14, 2017, 01:09:45 PM ---I read BMS a long time ago but I do recall that even if this was out of character, as you said, it was justified well. I think Claire's reasoning for leaving and having it done in that way was sound. But I can definitely relate to the being inspired by something random and decided to work it into your current WIP even if it doesn't necessarily fit.
This made me think of another question. Does anyone else divide their "fanfic-career" like this? I guess the logical one for me is BSB fic and 1D fic.
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Thanks! It's been a long time since I've read any of that too, but I think her reasoning was okay; it was just the way she did it that, in hindsight, I think was out of character for her. Sometimes I get carried away with the drama. I'm still learning to reign that in LOL.
BSB and 1D does seem like a logical way to divide your fanfic career! I know writers who have taken a major hiatus tend to use that as a dividing point. I use Broken as mine because I feel like that story shows a huge transformation in the quality and maturity of my writing from beginning to end. I wonder when the next "era" will start for me, though, because it's been 13 years since I finished that story. Kinda like how BSB released "Chapter 1: The Hits" after Black & Blue, but we don't know where "Chapter 2" of their career ended and "Chapter 3" began (or are they still in Chapter 2?). Curious to hear how others divide up their "careers," if they do.
As a follow-up question, how would you divide BSB's career, chapter-wise?
Sakabelle:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 14, 2017, 09:46:44 PM ---As a follow-up question, how would you divide BSB's career, chapter-wise?
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Oooh good question! I think they're probably past "Chapter 2" at this point. I'd go with:
Chapter 1: Crazy days of BSB ending right before the "hiatus"
Chapter 1.5: Solo Nick and as I like to all it, "Cocaine Solo Tour" (Sorry Nick, lol)
Chapter 2: Up Close & Personal and Never Gone
Chapter 3: Unbreakable and This is Us, plus the NKOTBSB tour.
Chapter 4: Kevin's return, IAWLT and everything that's happening now.
RokofAges75:
^ That's pretty much what I was thinking too (LOL at Cocaine Solo Tour). You have to divide up everything after "Chapter 1" into separate eras based on whether or not Kevin was with them.
Next questions:
What is your favorite BSB era?
What is your favorite version of each Boy (according to era... for example, Ghetto-Fab Nick from the "Cocaine Solo Tour"/The Hollow/Punk'd era, ca. 2003)?
RokofAges75:
My favorite BSB era is a toss-up between Chapter 1/Millennium era and the current era. I liked the old-school days when BSB were at their peak of popularity because they did so many appearances and interviews and whatnot, there was no shortage of BSB material to watch, listen to, and read.
What's awesome about the current era is that it's so much easier to score good seats at shows and interact with the guys, whether through social media or events like VIP and cruises. I think the fact that they're not as popular as they used to be has made the fan experience much more pleasant. That said, it's nice to see them being embraced as part of the '90s nostalgia trend lately. I also like this era because all the guys seem to be in a good place in their lives, which you can't say about other eras.
As for favorite versions of each of the boys...
Brian - Millennium era
AJ - Millennium era
Nick - current
Howie - current
Kevin - current
I think Nick, Howie, and Kevin have all gotten better with age. I was never a Nick fan back in the day, and although I loved him through his hot mess phase in the 2000s, I love Nick who has his shit together the best. I never fully appreciated Kevin until he left and came back, so I have to go with current Kevin. Same with Howie - I don't think I really appreciated him until I met him and saw more of his personality on cruises and whatnot.
I still love Brian and AJ, but I loved them more back in the day. I think Brian was better before Leighanne and Twitter, and AJ just seemed less weird (or was weird in his cool, "bad boy" way) and way hotter back then.
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 06, 2017, 10:39:12 PM ---What kind of endings do you prefer (happy, sad, bittersweet, wraps up nicely, leaves you hanging, etc.)? You can answer as a reader and/or as a writer - it'll be interesting to see if you like to write the same kind of endings you like to read.
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I definitely love open endings for both. When I read, I want there to be a possibility of more, except when the story feels like it should be over. If you are writing a trilogy, then I admit I'm disappointed if things don't wrap up. I guess for me, there's a difference between a well written cliff hanger and just not wanting to commit to finishing a story by never letting it end.
Like Rose mentioned, The Dark Tower. Epic ending! I loved it! Only someone like Stephen King can pull something like that off!
As a writer, I love to leave people hanging and wondering what really happened or what comes next. The best comments to me are when I'm asked about sequels even though I pretty much never intended to write sequels to most of the stuff I wrote.
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