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nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 07:01:05 PM ---LOL I know! I tried to follow the pace and structure of an episode of ER, so there's a little bit of character introduction, but then the action rises quickly, builds to a climax, and then falls to a resolution. I always planned it as a ten-chapter novella, with each chapter centering on a different character (half BSB, half ER characters).
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Ooh, I like that it follows typical episode structure. I always feel like it would be harder to write a tv show than a novel or a movie. I know in theory they're about that same, but I feel like a tv show is like a bunch of interconnected novellas... It just seems like a lot.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 07:01:05 PM ---OMG, I must have watched the first seven episodes of Season 2 (when the story takes place) at least five times while working on that story. Usually I would end up finishing Season 2 and going on to Season 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... I think the last marathon I had, I made it most of the way through Season 10 before I stopped.
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Poor season one gets no love. How often do you marathon ER now that you're no longer writing it?
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 07:01:05 PM ---Yeah, I was talking about the actual show writers. I have never actually read an ER fanfic, so I don't know. I'm assuming that most people dedicated enough to write fanfic for ER at this point in time are older and familiar enough with ER jargon to be able to write a semi-believable medical scene, but that may be overly optimistic of me LOL. That reminds me of this funny post I came across when I was researching: "I'm Worried My Doctor May Have Watched Episodes of ER Instead of Going to Medical School"
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I feel like I've read that article before (or a similar one), but the link isn't working. :( I always think about that scene in Catch Me If You Can. "Do you concur?" "I should have concurred!" haha
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 06:37:55 PM ---Found an interesting, but old article, that touches on why Nicks might be so picky: "How Do Some Authors 'Lose Control' of Their Characters?"
I read it and thought, well I suppose this all makes sense... but it's also more fun to pretend Nick is screaming at me when he's displeased. :D
Anybody else have thoughts?
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That was an interesting article! I don't really hear my characters arguing with me in my head, but I can imagine what they would or wouldn't do or say. The Boys are obviously easier to imagine because we already know their voices, patterns of speech, mannerisms, and other idiosyncrasies . But I have also created fictional characters that I get to know well enough to have a good sense of what they're like. So I get that automatization the article talked about.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 07:11:19 PM ---I feel like I've read that article before (or a similar one), but the link isn't working. :( I always think about that scene in Catch Me If You Can. "Do you concur?" "I should have concurred!" haha
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Try it now: "I'm Worried My Doctor May Have Watched Episodes of ER Instead of Going to Medical School" I think I had a quotation mark or something in there.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 06:58:25 PM ---What does everyone consider a short story? Is it word count or amount of chapters that make it short?
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I think of a short story as being under 10 chapters or 20,000 words. More than that, and it's at least a novella.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 06:58:25 PM ---Guilty as charged. A bus crash is the catalyst in Gobosei. Who wants to be my one phone call? ;)
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Bus crashes make great catalysts! Plane crashes too.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 06:58:25 PM ---Ooh, what kinds of things do you track in there?
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LOL Right now it's just a list of titles and publication dates. I made it mostly to keep track of how many stories I've posted online, since they're not all posted in one place. I had an older version on my site back when I still hosted stories that had other info, like genres and main characters.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 06:58:25 PM ---I'm just going to keep challenging you to make something mundane interesting. A cold? Herpes? A stubbed toe? Whatever. ;D
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Hm, the stubbed toe could become infected and turn gangrenous - oh noes!! A cold almost always leads to a cancer diagnosis or something equally serious in a fanfic LOL. See "Definitely Just a Cold." Of course, it would be funny if I wrote a story where it really was just a cold. Maybe that's what I'll do for April Fool's Day LOL. That or herpes.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 06:58:25 PM ---Oh I know, it sounds so silly saying "And then it took me 16 days! What a long time!" when I know that it's taken me far, far, far longer to write a scene, let alone a chapter. But I think it was that consistency getting derailed that threw me. And now I'm right back to almost finishing the next chapter over a few days, so if this only happens once every twenty chapters or so for the rest of this epic, then I'll call it a win.
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Glad you're back on track!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 07:11:19 PM ---Ooh, I like that it follows typical episode structure. I always feel like it would be harder to write a tv show than a novel or a movie. I know in theory they're about that same, but I feel like a tv show is like a bunch of interconnected novellas... It just seems like a lot.
Poor season one gets no love. How often do you marathon ER now that you're no longer writing it?
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I think it would be hard too. Especially when you have a ton of characters and different storylines, some that arc across multiple episodes and others that are resolved in one episode. That's a lot to keep track of! I guess that's why most TV shows are written by teams of writers, not just one.
I did end up going back to watch Season 1 before Season 2 during one of my last ER marathons just because I had skipped it all the other times. Season 1 is great too!
I think I got to the beginning of Season 6 last time I marathoned ER, which was last spring/summer when I was writing the bulk of the story, and I haven't watched any since. But at least I've gotten my money's worth out of owning all 15 seasons on DVD LOL.
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