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nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 07:12:57 PM ---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.
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Although, if it is just automatization, than I'm impressed it's still chugging along a decade later. I mentioned something like that in my little author's note from yesterday's update where I mentioned my other thought to take the story, but didn't and commented "Nick would hate [the other version] so much." I like getting to the point where I know all their little idiosyncrasies . I think it makes it easier to write.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 07:16:11 PM ---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.
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:D I have read that before! Still funny. I think I'd be more worried that in that scenario, the doctor and the nurse watched ER instead of med school. As long as your nurse calls your doctor out, I don't know that it matters if the doctor watched more ER than legitimate med school.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 07:30:24 PM ---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.
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I would call ten chapters a novella. Twenty a novel. Fifty an epic. More than fifty... a labor of love. :)
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 07:30:24 PM ---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.
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You don't have all your stories on your website? Or you keep track of where they're all posted even if it's more than one place?
Genre and main Boy would probably be easy enough to add, then add an "if, then" clause so you could further sort main Boy by genre, then further sort the medical dramas by malady/injury. Then you would know for sure that you couldn't have Nick stung by anymore jellyfish (or whatever).
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 07:30:24 PM ---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.
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A gangrenous stubbed toe! Oh noes!
Oh, I know, it's never just a cold... A perfect April Fool's Day joke. Or herpes. Get it out of the way now. Realistically, Nick's the woobie, he can have both at the same time. ;)
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 07:30:24 PM ---Glad you're back on track!
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Thanks! ;D
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 07:55:57 PM ---You don't have all your stories on your website? Or you keep track of where they're all posted even if it's more than one place?
Genre and main Boy would probably be easy enough to add, then add an "if, then" clause so you could further sort main Boy by genre, then further sort the medical dramas by malady/injury. Then you would know for sure that you couldn't have Nick stung by anymore jellyfish (or whatever).
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Yes and no. They're all on my site, but not all on the main site. Everything written before 2003 (pre-Broken) is posted on my archive site, which has all the old content I didn't want to move when I redid the site on Wordpress. Most of those aren't on AC either.
LOL I did compile a list of every horrible thing I've done to each boy for my April Fool's joke a couple years ago. There are obviously spoilers if you read the whole list closely, but here it is: http://dreamers-sanctuary.com/2019-04-01/ The video is my favorite part LOL.
Also, thanks for the jellyfish idea - that is one I've never done!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 18, 2021, 07:55:57 PM ---Oh, I know, it's never just a cold... A perfect April Fool's Day joke. Or herpes. Get it out of the way now. Realistically, Nick's the woobie, he can have both at the same time. ;)
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Realistically, he's probably been living with herpes since 2004 from having sex with Paris Hilton, so he could definitely have both at the same time.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 08:16:39 PM ---Yes and no. They're all on my site, but not all on the main site. Everything written before 2003 (pre-Broken) is posted on my archive site, which has all the old content I didn't want to move when I redid the site on Wordpress. Most of those aren't on AC either.
LOL I did compile a list of every horrible thing I've done to each boy for my April Fool's joke a couple years ago. There are obviously spoilers if you read the whole list closely, but here it is: http://dreamers-sanctuary.com/2019-04-01/ The video is my favorite part LOL.
Also, thanks for the jellyfish idea - that is one I've never done!
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I figured it was something like that. Glad that 2003 is the cutoff because you couldn't not move Broken over.
LMAO, Angstaholics Anonymous. I'm guessing you relapsed and never made it to step nine. I think "Crashing your car for a fifth time" and "giving you a sixth TBI for..." were my favorite parts so far. I do not have headphones, but I will watch the video soon. It looks promising.
But a jellyfish sting... So simple. I'll just keep suggesting simple and mundane things to you and find a bunch you haven't done yet, apparently.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 08:16:39 PM ---Realistically, he's probably been living with herpes since 2004 from having sex with Paris Hilton, so he could definitely have both at the same time.
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Definitely then, if not earlier. Doesn't something like 80% of the population have it? Am I over-inflating this statistic?
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 18, 2021, 07:37:12 PM ---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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And I'm sure it's easier if you're all getting paid to only think about those character and plot arcs. I think this goes back to our "getting paid to write fanfic would be the dream" conversation.
I'm glad you watched it. I was getting worried about it.
Right? That's several marathons! Makes me want to rewatch Gilmore Girls or How I Met Your Mother. My DVDs need more love in the streaming world we live in.
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