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The Writing Thread: Orlando Passaggio (aka The Writing Thread 3)
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: mare on May 14, 2021, 01:30:09 PM ---I think Dee asked if I am or was a frick and frack girl and the answer is no lol maybe because I wasn’t a teenager when I started loving them. If I was, I probably would’ve been totally team frick and frack. Unfortunately though, even though the two of them together did produce a number of warm fuzzy moments. I used to find Nick at his most annoying when he was with Brian. Truthfully, I’ve always been a Kevin and Nick girl, which should be no big shock to anyone who has read my stuff. I also do enjoy Nick and Howie too.
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I assumed you weren't, I know you're team Kevin and Nick. I guess I can see why you would have found him annoying then, despite warm and fuzzy moments. I'm sure my Frick & Frack love is heavily tinted by nostalgia and being so young at the time. I found "annoying" Nick endearing, maybe I'm the only one! lol
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 15, 2021, 06:29:13 PM ---You know, I actually agree with you about Nick being his most annoying when he was with Brian back in the day LOL. That is one reason I wasn't a big fan of Nick back in the day. He always sounded so dumb in interviews, and he tried too hard to be as funny as Brian and AJ. Obviously my opinion of him changed as he got older and found himself. I still love the friendship they had, but I enjoy Nowie and whatever we call Nick and Kevin too.
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I am the only one, lol. Alas, I was so young and naive. Team Nick & Everyone!
--- Quote from: mare on May 14, 2021, 01:30:09 PM ---I also saw an It Stays question somewhere? I think it was about scenes that you were excited to write. By far my favorite chapter to write was the one where Brian remembers carving MINE into Nick’s arm. I couldn’t wait for people’s reactions to that. It wasn’t my all time favorite anticipation scene though. That one was when the code is cracked in To Protect and Serve. I was really looking forward to people’s reactions to that too.
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So MINE was one of your The Scenes. I hope you've enjoyed all the reaction to it in the past and that it's extremely memorable still. Do you find that your "The Scenes" are about imagining reader reaction more than your own enjoyment of the big moment?
I guess, does everyone else feel that way too? That the big moments feel big because they feel like they'll get a big audience reaction or is it more personal?
--- Quote from: mare on May 14, 2021, 01:30:09 PM ---I’m getting my second Pfizer shot on Sunday.
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nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 15, 2021, 06:21:16 PM ---I reread Signal to Noise in its entirety a few years ago, and it still held up! Great suspense story. Yeah, the discussion of specific scenes in stories a lot of us have read definitely make them more memorable. Otherwise I tend to remember stories I've only read once more generally in terms of the overall plot and how I felt reading the story, rather than specific scenes that stuck with me.
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Good to know! Do you often read old favorites? How well do they tend to hold up over the years? Have we already talked about this, lol. Same, general is usually what I remember too. I don't know if that's compounded by the fact that I didn't really think about fanfic at all for a decade or what.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 15, 2021, 06:21:16 PM ---Yes! The Collector's Edition has three different commentary tracks - I think Kate is on one, James Cameron does one, and I can't remember the third... maybe James Horner, the composer? I have watched them all once, but it's been a long time. I would thoroughly enjoy a Kate and Leo commentary.
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James Horner would make sense, since the music was such a big part of the story and getting the modern tracks to match the feel of the historical music would be an undertaking.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 15, 2021, 06:21:16 PM ---LOL I had to go to his IMDB page and look at the list before I answered because he has so many great movies! More good ones than bad ones. I liked Wolf of Wall Street too. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was great as well. It's always nice to see Leo in roles that aren't so serious. I enjoyed The Revenant too, but damn, that movie is depressing and hard to watch - and I say that as someone who generally enjoys depressing dramas LOL.
Yeah, he made a movie with Jennifer Lawrence for Netflix called "Don't Look Up." They play astronomers who have to warn people about a comet that's coming to destroy the world. Sounds like my kind of movie! It's supposed to be released sometime this year, but they haven't announced a specific date yet.
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For shame. Kidding! I should have; my memory is clearly unreliable at best. I still haven't seen Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; we meant to watch it and then never did, but I keep meaning to. I enjoy him in less serious roles, it highlights his range. And yes! The Revenant was so depressing, but I'm glad it finally got him the Oscar he's deserved.
Ooh, Leo and Jennifer Lawrence in a melodramatic disaster movie?! Cool! I'm in.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: mare on May 14, 2021, 01:30:09 PM ---Hope everyone is doing well and your writing is thriving.
Happy weekend!
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Happy weekend! Overall, well. I had a sneak peak of my new job at work on Friday to fill in for one of the other Admins who was out and I was so exhausted by the end of the day (it probably didn't help that I was up at 4:30am panicking about getting to work on time to open the school, haha). I ended up in bed by 9pm and asleep maybe half an hour later after trying to fall asleep on my keyboard. But, I woke up fairly early this morning ready to write, so...
Writing has been going well! I finally came up with a funny Nick scene to finish out that chapter (it's Nick and a frog in case anyone was wondering), so that felt like it lightened my "stuck feeling" sitting in the back of my mind. And then I finished the other chapter I'd been working on today. So now I officially have four chapters written! Ten to go! I started the next chapter today and I did take the afternoon off to meal prep, then wrote for an hour, then ate dinner, then checked in here, but the chapter's been on my mind since I finished the first one, so it feels like I might chunk it out today or at least get a good portion of it on paper. Wish me luck!
Oh, I guess on a less exciting note, our washer made a leak in our ceiling, so that's been fun. We've still been using the old one that tried to catch fire since they wouldn't install the new one without installing the dryer too (which is backordered for two more weeks). :( Time for a laundry mat.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 15, 2021, 06:29:13 PM ---My writing has not been thriving for the last couple weeks, but otherwise I'm doing well.
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You've got the end of the school year! That probably feels like a lot of more pressing things on your plate. But you've been writing consistently, even though it's just a little each day, so I believe in you! I bet school will end, you'll take a couple days to nap and prep for summer vacation and then write a million words. :biggrin:
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on May 15, 2021, 09:06:49 PM ---Ten to go! I started the next chapter today and I did take the afternoon off to meal prep, then wrote for an hour, then ate dinner, then checked in here, but the chapter's been on my mind since I finished the first one, so it feels like I might chunk it out today or at least get a good portion of it on paper. Wish me luck!
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I was a little overzealous in thinking I would be super productive this evening and finish a whole chapter. But I did write 1,136 words of it today, which is about a third of the way finished, so that's a pretty decent chunk; plus over half of it was after my dinner break, so I'm pretty proud of that. Hopefully I get another wave of "feels like a good writing day" tomorrow too. :) I won't have to research rice paddy farming as much tomorrow (hopefully, having done it tonight), so it should go much quicker.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on May 15, 2021, 08:44:21 PM ---I am the only one, lol. Alas, I was so young and naive. Team Nick & Everyone!
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Aww, no, Mare and I are definitely in the minority. Almost every other fan I know has always adored Nick. I was just a late bloomer LOL.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on May 15, 2021, 08:44:21 PM ---I guess, does everyone else feel that way too? That the big moments feel big because they feel like they'll get a big audience reaction or is it more personal?
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Absolutely! Those scenes are usually big moments for the character(s) too, which make them exciting to look forward to and write, but a lot of that anticipation does come from imagining and hoping for the reader reaction, especially when they're meant to be shocking moments.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on May 15, 2021, 08:51:33 PM ---Good to know! Do you often read old favorites? How well do they tend to hold up over the years? Have we already talked about this, lol. Same, general is usually what I remember too. I don't know if that's compounded by the fact that I didn't really think about fanfic at all for a decade or what.
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Less often than I used to. I've always been someone who rereads and rewatches books, movies, and shows I enjoy, and so I used to reread favorite fanfics often. Now I only do if I'm feeling nostalgic or bored or looking for inspiration. I started reading several of my old favorite suspense stories when I was working on AHTIM, but Signal to Noise is the only one I actually read all the way through. I guess that means it held up the best, but that's not to say the others didn't. I just don't have the attention span I used to for reading fanfic.
That said, there are definitely old fanfics that I loved back in the day, but look at now and go, "Wow, this is hot mess of grammar mistakes" or "This is so cheesy and unrealistic." I still love them in the same way I love "Saved by the Bell" - I know they're not good, but they're still fun and entertaining. But if I came across them for the first time now, I would probably not get sucked in the same way I did as a teenybopper.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on May 15, 2021, 08:51:33 PM ---For shame. Kidding! I should have; my memory is clearly unreliable at best. I still haven't seen Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; we meant to watch it and then never did, but I keep meaning to. I enjoy him in less serious roles, it highlights his range. And yes! The Revenant was so depressing, but I'm glad it finally got him the Oscar he's deserved.
Ooh, Leo and Jennifer Lawrence in a melodramatic disaster movie?! Cool! I'm in.
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Definitely watch Once Upon a Time in Hollywood when you get a chance! And yes... he had to get attacked by a bear, but he finally got his Oscar! Well-deserved!
Yeah, it sounds awesome! I love Jennifer Lawrence too.
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