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Writing & Thread (aka The Writing Thread 4)
RokofAges75:
Yay!! That sounds great! I'm all for more Nick and Brian stories, and IAWLT is one of my favorite BSB eras. I'm glad you've got a new idea and are feeling inspired again already!
LOL I wondered how long it would take for someone to mention how quiet it's been around here. Dee, Rose, and I have been busy resurrecting 00Carter and have been chatting about that off the forum so as not to not annoy you all. I've been on a roll writing for that this week; I think it's the break from My Brother's Keeper that I needed. My writing streak for MBK ended at 148 days, but my overall writing streak is at 151 days if I count the past few days of writing for 00Carter. Perfect way to end my summer break!
RokofAges75:
Has anything you've researched for a story ever come in handy in your real life?
I have a student with a spinal cord injury in my class this year. I've had students with physical disabilities in the past - muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, cerebral palsy - but this is my first SCI. For those who don't know (spoiler alert), this is a topic I've been researching heavily for my current novel. As I was reading my student's care plan the other day, I realized all of the medical information in it was stuff I already knew because of this story, which was reassuring. Prior to 2017, I had never even heard terms like "autonomic dysreflexia" and probably would have been a little freaked out reading this care plan for the first time and realizing I was responsible for this child during the majority of the school day. But at least now I know I have some knowledge and understanding to draw on, even though I don't have any actual firsthand experience. I'm not sure if a higher power helped ensure this child was placed in my class because they knew that about me, even though no one I work with does, or if I was drawn back to this story earlier this year because she was destined to be in my class, but I believe things happen for a reason.
RokofAges75:
Saw this thread on Reddit about readers commenting on stories that are on hiatus, asking the author for an outline of how the story was going to go: https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/comments/pdhhvq/if_the_first_time_you_ever_comment_on_a_fic_is/
If you got this request as a writer, would you give an outline for a story that was just on hiatus that you wanted to continue someday? What about a story that you officially discontinued?
As a reader, would you want to read an outline for an unfinished story, or would you rather not know what was supposed to happen?
mare:
As a writer, I don’t think I’d be able to give that info because most likely I wouldn’t know myself where I was going. That’s the main reason I stopped my one in progress story. I had no clue what was coming next.
As far as reading, depends. I usually just concoct my own ending.
RokofAges75:
I definitely wouldn't give an outline for a story that I had any hope of continuing someday because I hate spoilers! I might be more willing to reveal my plans for a story that I knew I was never going to finish if I thought anyone really cared to know what was going to happen (assuming I did know LOL). Most of my officially discontinued stories didn't even have an outline, though, which may have been part of the problem. I couldn't tell you how any of them were supposed to end. That is not the case for the two that are just "on hiatus," but I still have some hope of going back to one day - and the fact that I do have solid outlines for them makes that seem more possible because at least I have a plan on paper that I can use to refresh my memory when/if the time comes.
As a reader, I don't think I would want to know what was supposed to happen unless it left off on a cliffhanger or had a lot of unanswered questions, like in a mystery. Then it might be nice to know what was going to happen or whodunit. Otherwise, I think it would be unsatisfying to read a summary version of events instead of the real thing.
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