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RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on June 13, 2021, 01:17:36 PM ---Glad you're making some progress on it and at least you don't need to worry anymore about if it feels long enough to be a chapter yet. Is it going well today too? It's interesting that you were worried about it not having enough to match the Kevin chapter and now they're both equally lengthy. Apparently, Nick had some things to say too! lol
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Nick is home from tour now, so he has more to say and do that I actually want to write! LOL
I was proud of myself last night (technically this morning) because even though I had already written earlier in the day, I got back on the computer after finishing my movie at 1 a.m. and went back to writing. I officially made it to sunrise for the first time this summer. Went to bed at 5 something and slept till noon. I haven't written a word of fanfic yet since I woke up because I popped over here first, but I left off in the middle of a scene, so I should have no problem adding more to it later.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on June 13, 2021, 01:17:36 PM ---It is... not going as well as I wanted? I was really tired on Friday since I ended up having to sub in one our classrooms, so I didn't get much written like I was hoping and ended up deleting what I wrote when I started writing yesterday. We haven't left for our little staycation yet, but my plan was to stare at my computer yesterday until my eyes bled and write as much as I could before then. But, one of my friends is about to move for grad school and is finishing closing on his condo, so he wanted to have a little pub crawl for one of his last weekends in town (he's probably not moving for another month or so, but he'll be living with family and getting into town will be slightly less convenient/involve more driving). We've been friends for almost a decade, so obviously I couldn't deny him his pub crawl for writing, lol. One of our other friends was busy when he wanted to start, so he pushed it back a couple hours, so I thought "okay, while I try to do some laundry at our other friend's house, I can get some solid writing done." (Can't wait until our washer and dryer are installed later this week!) But of course, I finally got into the groove when the last load was done and just had to abandon writing to go. I did get almost 1,000 words written, but had to keep going back and getting back into it every time I stopped for laundry. I think I would have been super productive if I had been able to keep to my original plan of staring at the computer all day, lol. So, we'll see how this morning goes! But I wanted to make sure I checked in/didn't get too far behind on our writing discussions. :)
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Aww, I hear your frustration. As much as we love our friends, it's annoying when social obligations pull you away from your writing, especially when you were just getting in the groove! I hope you're left alone today and can get more writing done before your staycation starts!
My bestie is teaching summer school this month, so she has been busier than usual, which is fine with me. I have plans with her and a few other friends Wednesday night, but have had the past week mostly to myself, other than a few ball games and lunch with my mom and grandma.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on June 13, 2021, 01:51:54 PM ---Or that he gets cancer and loses a limb. Or that there is an entire round robin dedicated to featuring tales of his death. He's really better off with only his vague interpretation, lol.
You're right! He would have had to stumble on multiples to say confidently "We hook up" instead of "I once found one story where we hook up." OMG, the tags alone! We're definitely better off in our "summaries and genre tags" camp if that were the case.
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LOL Yeah, jeez... reading all that would probably make him some paranoid hypochondriac! He already said in his book that he is a little bit of a hypochondriac (aren't we all?), so yeah... stay far, far away from the fanfics, Nick!
LMAO That's a good point; Kevin would have had to have come across multiple stories where he and Nick hook up to say that. I think after Frick/Frack, Kevin/Nick is probably the second most popular pairing. Speaking of Frick/Frack, I would pay the most money to watch Brian's face as he reads those tags... hahaha!!!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on June 13, 2021, 02:05:16 PM ---Yes, I also admire the creativity of writers who have many succinct ideas! I feel like all of mine are always too big! Although, I guess writing a short story is like writing one tiny piece of a long story without knowing what the rest of the long story is. However, I feel like I always get that idea for a tiny piece and my brain automatically goes to "what's the bigger story surrounding this tiny piece?" instead of "I should write this tiny piece."
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Same! I always feel the need to tell the whole story instead of just showing a slice of it. I read a one-shot the other day that was just Nick sitting by Brian's hospital bed, reflecting on their relationship as he waited for him to wake up. It was a nice piece of angst, but of course I would like to read the moments leading up to that one and know what happens next. But I guess that works well when you have an idea for one vivid scene and want to write it without messing around with the build-up or follow-up.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on June 13, 2021, 02:05:16 PM ---(I looked it up.) I'm a little disappointed it wasn't about actual penguins, but it does sound good and right up your alley. :) I notice that we've been slowly cultivating a list of "movies we discuss and should watch," lol.
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I also thought it was going to be about a penguin, but it's about a magpie named Penguin! It's still very cute, and they used real magpies in the movie! They had a whole list of their names in the credits. It was definitely right up my alley, but sometimes I am disappointed by movies like that because they turn out to be cheesy. I watched one last week that was also right up my alley, 2 Hearts, and it was cheesy. This one was touching, but well done and not too cheesy. I loved it!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on June 13, 2021, 02:05:16 PM ---I don't mind the random things, those are the same as the "include this line" prompts in my mind. It's just often the combination of "include these things" that makes it hard for me. August seems tough for you to have to abruptly switch from 2am fanfic mode to 10pm back-to-school mode. If you don't have major burnout this year, maybe it will be easier to keep writing despite having to adjust. :) Is it typically easier if you already have a project going? That is a good challenge! Perhaps I will tackle that if my WADD goes for a while or that could be a fun July project to write several one shots based on old challenges. Although I'm not sure how to calculate word count for that.
Same, I try not to let an idea derail me unless I know exactly what will happen from start to finish. That's why snail has taken a while, the middle is kind of wibbly wobbly.
I was inspired by your epithets, lol.
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Yeah, it's definitely easier to stay in the writing groove to some extent if I already have a project going. The last two years haven't been as bad because I was very into A Heart That Isn't Mine in 2019 and Bethlehem last year. I expect to still be writing MBK when I go back to school, so that will help. Otherwise it's easy to just focus on school and stop writing from August until Christmas break, and then I spend half my break trying to get back into writing. I'll probably take a break from setting Nano goals after July though, so I don't have that added pressure in August.
That's a good idea for a July goal. I wish you could leave it open-ended and just see how many words or short stories you can write, but I guess you have to give it an arbitrary number to make it a goal. Some of the challenges have a word count limit, so maybe you could pick out a few you want to try and base it on that.
Hm, what if you wrote a short story using only epithets and no character names? See if readers can figure out who's who LOL.
FrickingKaos:
Yeah I haven't really talked about Take Me Home a whole lot, it's been on pause for about a year or so. I'd like to finish it eventually cause it's a really good story, at least I think so anyway. It's an AU and Science fiction. I don't want to give a whole lot away but the premise is Nick wakes up one day with no memories and is told he's been through something, and as the story goes on he gets bits and pieces. He and Brian are the main characters. This one does have aliens in it sort of, but it's not like that idea I mentioned before on the other thread. I'm glad my ideas are intriguing because I find them interesting too.
I usually don't look for writing prompts, but I found myself go ogling it the other night to see if anything jumped out at me. I have been watching a bunch of stuff to see if I am inspired as well. The final chapter of History is taking my main focus right now, and it's going pretty well. I might have an update done by Wednesday, at least that's what I am shooting for.
RokofAges75:
Glad to hear the last chapter of History is going well!
I had a good afternoon writing session. I wrote for about three and a half hours and got 1,747 words written. My Nick chapter is over 6,500 words now LOL. I still have one more (short?) scene planned for it, but we'll see.
My average daily word count on Nano is now 666... LOL. I hope this isn't a bad omen of me not making my goal. ;)
mare:
Jumping in about comments:
I used to read comments on other stories to try to figure out if I wanted to read it or not. Sometimes if I saw the same people who tended to read and comment on my stuff, it would tell me maybe the story was the same kind I wrote. On the other hand, if it was reviewed by all the romance people I avoided it.
I think the reading challenge was the best thing we ever did on this forum.
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