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RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 20, 2021, 06:44:22 PM ---How many chapters would you like stocked before you feel like you can post it? If it's ten, you're halfway there!
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I've aimed for around ten with the last three stories I've posted, and that worked out so that I was able to update at least weekly the whole way through without running out of chapters, so I guess that's what I'm aiming for again this time. We'll see how I'm feeling about it when I actually hit Chapter 10, but yeah, that doesn't seem that far away. If I stay inspired, I may be able to start posting it sometime this spring.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 20, 2021, 06:44:22 PM ---I figured I should write it like I'd write a violence scene if I was bothering to show the violence, so I guess it's decently graphic, but it could be way worse and it could be way less. I don't know! I just kind of decided ahead of time what body part synonyms I planned on using and then struggled with stupider synonyms, like "Is there a better way to say 'ripped his shirt off'? Because there's gotta be something else to say."
Semi-related, I think the only graphically violent thing I opted to avoid was some kid killing. I thought, "You know, I think this is where I draw the line. It's just a little too sad." So I summarized instead, which I hate but, it needed to be said, even if I wasn't going to show it...
I totally believe that due to your preference for horror. Team Dark strikes again!
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It sounds like you have a happy medium! Sit on it and come back to reread it later. You may like it more than you thought. (Or you may still hate it, in which case, scrap it.)
I agree about the kid-killing. I only kill fictional kids, not real Backstreet kids, and even then, I'm usually not as graphic. Song for the Undead was more on the graphic side, but again, that was for the sake of horror. Team Dark all the way!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 20, 2021, 06:44:22 PM ---Haha, post 2020, we all need a little more Nick deaths in our lives, apparently...
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LOL Killing fic Nick is a good way to relieve stress.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 20, 2021, 06:48:14 PM ---Painkiller addiction seems on the nose. I am intrigued by tour sabotage, but don't write the others if they seem too depressing.
Giant comet on collision course with earth could be an 1,000 Ways story.
Tag me in for the angels one on your behalf. I mean, realistically, what else would I write about after finishing an epic about demons? ;)
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LOL Painkiller addiction is a topic I know I could write way better than I did the first time, which was beyond terrible, but not a topic I find particularly interesting. That was an idea I wrote because a friend suggested it, not because I came up with it myself, and it shows.
Haha, I just remembered I had a giant asteroid on a collision course with Earth in my first pandaskunk story, so never mind - I did recycle that one (and parodied Armageddon). But death by comet definitely needs to happen at some point in 1000 Ways.
You can have angels! It's your destiny!
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 20, 2021, 07:04:17 PM ---I've aimed for around ten with the last three stories I've posted, and that worked out so that I was able to update at least weekly the whole way through without running out of chapters, so I guess that's what I'm aiming for again this time. We'll see how I'm feeling about it when I actually hit Chapter 10, but yeah, that doesn't seem that far away. If I stay inspired, I may be able to start posting it sometime this spring.
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Have most of your recent stories ended up being about 20 chapters? That seems a lot more brief than Broken/BMS. Maybe you found your gift for brevity over the years after all! Always sending inspiration your way.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 20, 2021, 07:04:17 PM ---It sounds like you have a happy medium! Sit on it and come back to reread it later. You may like it more than you thought. (Or you may still hate it, in which case, scrap it.)
I agree about the kid-killing. I only kill fictional kids, not real Backstreet kids, and even then, I'm usually not as graphic. Song for the Undead was more on the graphic side, but again, that was for the sake of horror. Team Dark all the way!
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I'll probably finish up this little section, the before I didn't quite finish before deciding today was the day to write it and any little tweaks I have for the after that I've had finished for a while, and then sit on it. I have until the beginning of June to decide for sure!
I think that was the problem. They weren't Backstreet kids, but they were [spoiler]essentially Nick's siblings circa Nick age eight[/spoiler], and it just seemed ishy what with the ages and all. Plus that whole cursory celebrities thing.
I feel like horror is generally more graphic, so I wouldn't go into a horror expecting otherwise.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 20, 2021, 07:04:17 PM ---LOL Killing fic Nick is a good way to relieve stress.
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I haven't had any major stress to vent with a Nick killing yet! Just an interesting snail death story. Am I doing this wrong? lmao
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 20, 2021, 07:07:03 PM ---LOL Painkiller addiction is a topic I know I could write way better than I did the first time, which was beyond terrible, but not a topic I find particularly interesting. That was an idea I wrote because a friend suggested it, not because I came up with it myself, and it shows.
Haha, I just remembered I had a giant asteroid on a collision course with Earth in my first pandaskunk story, so never mind - I did recycle that one (and parodied Armageddon). But death by comet definitely needs to happen at some point in 1000 Ways.
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Is it because there's not many weird side effects or life or death hospital scenarios? Aw, yeah, if you didn't come up with it from the beginning, it wouldn't be very interesting to you.
Oh pandaskunk, the best way to do fun parodies and use space danger! I should read those. Maybe that's how you recycle some of these: into pandaskunk.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 20, 2021, 07:07:03 PM ---You can have angels! It's your destiny!
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Oh noes! I didn't realize that when I came up with PBox in 2005 that I was accepting the quest to become a main character! Is it too late to refuse the call? haha I would be a really boring main character; clearly whoever thought me up has had writer's block for the past 10 years after I said "let's not write fantasy anything for a while."
lmao. In all seriousness, I've got demons, angels, elementals... What am I missing?
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 20, 2021, 07:20:46 PM ---Have most of your recent stories ended up being about 20 chapters? That seems a lot more brief than Broken/BMS. Maybe you found your gift for brevity over the years after all! Always sending inspiration your way.
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LOL Maybe! If I plotted the length of my stories over time, I think it would resemble a bell curve. I got more and more long-winded leading up to BMS, which was 200 chapters (plus an epilogue and post-epilogue), then have progressively been working my way back to more reasonably-lengthed novels. Undead was 120 chapters, Curtain Call was 90, Sick as My Secrets was 80, A Heart That Isn't Mine was 50, and Bethlehem was only 22. I also had Secrets of the Heart in there between Curtain Call and SAMS, which was only 25 chapters. I think My Brother's Keeper will be longer, like maybe 50, but not 100.
Thanks! Same to you!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 20, 2021, 07:20:46 PM ---I haven't had any major stress to vent with a Nick killing yet! Just an interesting snail death story. Am I doing this wrong? lmao
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LOL No, killing Nick can happen for any and all reasons, including pure entertainment purposes!
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