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RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on March 06, 2021, 10:24:31 PM ---Deepest connection to/strongest feelings about for sure! The juggernaut that is PBox just also happens to be that and my best work simultaneously, especially as time goes on and I won't leave it alone, lol. Me projecting my opinion on everyone else before hearing otherwise is probably why I figured you would pick Broken, haha. I will work harder to stop doing this.
That being said, that's probably also the reason I keep saying I think I'll try to go back and finish Gobosei, because of the connection and feelings. In my mind, writing is about love, not work. Once it feels like work, it's time to take a break. As long as it always feels like love, then keep on keepin' on.
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For me it's a bit of both. I love Broken and BMS and will always look back at them with a sense of pride, but I also see the flaws and the mistakes I've learned from along the way. I've finished like 7 novels since that are all better written, but Curtain Call is the only one that is comparable in terms of my emotional attachment to it. I loved writing that story the same way I loved writing Broken/BMS, and it's a more enjoyable read because there aren't as many cringey moments as in Broken.
The connection and feelings you have for a story are really important though. I think that is what's missing for me with Guilty Roads and why I can't seem to get back to writing it, even though I know exactly what to write next. It's not writer's block so much as just a lack of passion. I like what exists of the story; I just don't really care enough to keep writing it. But I care just enough to not say I quit either; I keep hoping that someday I get back the passion I must have had for it in the beginning, before the idea for Curtain Call came along and ruined it LOL. I hope you're able to do the same with Gobosei. If you still feel passionate about it, it's worth going back to and at least trying to finish.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on March 06, 2021, 10:24:31 PM ---I feel like everyone who posts here puts forth the effort to agonize and agonize over lots of things before we post: summaries, titles, whatever.
What's worse, self awareness/laziness or just not noticing? As I'm typing this, I realize that it's probably the people who just start posting the first chapter in the summary box.
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LOL Yes, I agree. I'm pretty sure I spent well over an hour answering those questions about my favorite story.
I think laziness is worse than lack of self-awareness. If you know you suck at something, why not try to get better at it? You'll never improve if you don't at least try. A bad summary is better than "Sorry, I suck at summaries!" I would also rather see a blank box or just an appropriately-sized banner than "Sorry, I suck at summaries!" If the title and/or banner or captivating enough, I might still click on the story.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on March 06, 2021, 10:24:31 PM ---We should have listened to Mare all those years. She was so wise. Being able to go back and fix things before it's out is the best thing that's ever happened to me. That and being less worried that you'll all catch up to me when I know that six month writer's blocks have been a legitimate reality for me in the past.
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Yes, we should have! But hanging on to chapters for so long takes a level of self-control I don't think I had back in the day LOL. Maybe it comes with maturity. Or maybe it's easier now that the fanfic corner of the BSB fandom has shrunk. I don't usually have readers begging me for updates anymore, and there's not much competition from other sites updating more often, so I feel like it's okay to go weeks or months without updating while I hoard chapters. The loyal readers I do have left know I'll keep them in the loop and come back eventually with a new story, which I will then be able to update consistently.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on March 06, 2021, 10:24:31 PM ---It was the computer I had in 2000! Ancient! I didn't do much internet things on it, since we never really had internet at my house, so I feel like it would probably still work if I could get it to turn on, at least to get files off of. The graphics were definitely going purple/green when I switched over to my laptop, though.
I think most of my laptops have made it about four years? Google drive was the best thing that could have happened to me. I like having the desk space to use without a computer if needed. When we eventually move, if I'm able to have my own office space, I think I might get more desk space to have a desktop computer, or at least have a computer up and space to use the desk without a computer.
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Oh wow, that is ancient!! Yeah, I dunno if USB was even a thing in 2000 LOL. I definitely don't still have any computers that old. I actually just got rid of some old CD-roms from the 90s that I had saved all these years for some reason, even though they probably wouldn't even work on a modern computer. SimAnt... Nickelodeon Director's Lab... Encarta '95 LOL. Stuff I'd had since I was like 10. I am a low-key hoarder! I do still have a box of floppy disks that have old BSB photos, fanfics, and files from my old Microsoft Word site on them. It's all stuff I have backed up elsewhere, but I just can't bring myself to throw them away, even though I haven't had a floppy drive to put them in for years.
My new computer is an all-in-one, so it just looks like a monitor - no tower needed, which freed up a lot of desk space for me. Everything is wireless except for the power cord, so it could technically even be portable if I wanted to carry it to another room to write (but that's what my Chromebook is for). Coming from a bulky ten-year-old desktop, I was like, "Wow... technology has come a long way!"
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on March 06, 2021, 11:43:33 PM ---It’s actually funny you say i predicted that, and I have mentioned this one before I think? But I had written a short story that was a parody of the Wizard Of Oz once called Jizzle Of Oz. In the story Nick was the Dorothy character complete with ruby red converse sneakers. Leighanne was Glinda the witch from the North. On one of the cruises they did Wizard of Oz costumes, and to my delight Nick was Dorothy with ruby red sneakers. I was so happy. I had to explain to my roommate why I was so excited. Leighanne ended up being Glinda too which I found hilarious.
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You're a wizard, Tracy! ;D
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on March 06, 2021, 11:43:33 PM ---I challenged myself while writing If I Knew Then, it was my first slash novel. I’m currently challenging myself in writing History by making Kevin the main character, because I’ve never done that before. I’d say my next challenge would be to make a story about Howie or AJ, but I really just cannot connect with Howie long enough to write a decent amount about him. Sorry Howie. :D
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I hear that someone asked in the thread earlier about when there would be a Howie trend... Perhaps you can be the trendsetter. ;)
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on March 06, 2021, 11:43:33 PM ---I don’t remember why I went with the Disney theme but Nicks character was studying to be an animator and that kind of went with it. I just love Disney myself and thought it would be fun to play off all of those things. When I wrote the story I had never set foot in a Disney theme park. I ended up going in 2018 and it was just as amazing as I had described in the story.
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Disney is a lot of fun! Was it World or Land? Favorite ride?
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on March 06, 2021, 11:43:33 PM ---I do enjoy anime lol I have a super soft spot for Sailor Moon. However none of my readers caught the Pokémon references during the story and I must admit that I was slightly disappointed lol
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I see and acknowledge your "writing fanfic by moonlight." ;) I also have a soft spot for the senshi (again, as you know, having read PBox). You can probably guess exactly what manga I was really into in 2005 based on both the basis of the setting and the generalization of the main characters of PBox, haha.
It's always disappointing when you put in a reference in a story and no one catches it, isn't it?
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on March 06, 2021, 11:48:11 PM ---Funny that Dee said that Howie is always evil..in Finding Carter he is a real jerk lmao I made him so mean. My readers were like whyyyyyy
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Yo, someone has to be the jerk and Howie is the one you would least expect! It's a twist!
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on March 06, 2021, 07:54:45 PM ---How productive is everyone with a few cocktails?
Depends? I've had many less cocktails while writing on weekends in 2021 than I did in 2020. A White Claw or two wasn't too bad when the mood struck; more than two was dicey.
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This chatty forum coupled with two moscow mules destroyed my motivation to write this evening, in case anyone was wondering!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on March 06, 2021, 11:01:33 PM ---The chapter where Nick and Brian dressed in drag as Spice Girls after failing to complete the task during the fraternity rush. It's funny because I made Nick Baby and Brian Sporty and then years later on the 2018 cruise they dressed exactly the same Spice Girls I chose lol
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It's fun when life imitates art this way! But of course Nick would be Baby and Brian would be Sporty. I can't imagine them dressing up as different Spice Girls. It's so funny that they even did that on the cruise!
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on March 06, 2021, 11:01:33 PM ---All of the Disney quotes are actual quotes from Disney movies
Each quote has to do with what happens in each chapter in some way. There's so many Disney references.
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It's fun to make references like that to other fandoms or pieces of pop culture. I did the same kind of thing in Secrets of the Heart with Beatles references. I'm not a Beatles fan, but my sister is, and I based the character Jori on her. I named most of the minor characters after Beatles lyrics. Has anyone else had a theme like this for one of their stories?
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on March 06, 2021, 11:01:33 PM ---Nick wanting canned cranberry sauce is something I always throw in because it was a thing we had a discussion on here on the AC forum one time. So whenever I mention Christmas or Thanksgiving I make a joke about it.
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I remember the canned cranberry sauce discussion! LOL I love inside jokes like this in stories too.
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