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Writing & Thread (aka The Writing Thread 4)
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on September 07, 2021, 05:22:06 PM ---LOL Yes, some lyrics would work better than others. Stick with phrases people would actually say, rather than "Quit playing games with my heart!" or "If you want it to be good, girl, get yourself a bad boy."
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People don't tell the girls to get it like it could be, would be, or should be? Am I hanging out with the right people or the wrong people?
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on September 07, 2021, 05:22:06 PM ---I think I am! That is exciting. I probably won't finish it this year, but I bet it'll be done by next summer if I keep going at the rate I'm going. I do know how it will end, more or less. I don't have an ending line or even an ending scene planned out for sure, but I know the major events that will happen near the end.
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A little over a year! That's pretty exciting! I'll keep sending you good writing vibes!
Maybe this one is more about the journey than the end. Which I think it good.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on September 07, 2021, 05:22:06 PM ---Most of my outlines are like this - they grow and evolve as I write the story. The only stories I've planned out chapter by chapter from the beginning were Heroic Measures and Secrets of the Heart because they had more of a unique or complex storytelling structure with multiple perspectives and storylines. I had to put it all down on paper to keep it straight. The reason I even have a chapter by chapter outline for MBK is that I'm alternating between Kevin and Nick's POVs each chapter, which takes some planning. Otherwise it would just be my usual timeline or list of events. Maybe that makes me more of a plantser than a planner?
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Yes! Team plantser is way more fun! I think you're probably on the planning side of plantsing (I'm firmly in the pantser side of plantsing). When you plan the outline, do you know for sure which events will be in Nick's POV or Kevin's POV? Or do you just choose when the time comes?
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on September 07, 2021, 05:22:06 PM ---Damn sleep getting in the way of our fanfic productivity!
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Sleep and work. So rude.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on September 07, 2021, 11:31:59 AM ---Sorry I've been quiet. Been trying to work on the new story. It's called Breathe. I have 2 chapters written and part of a 3rd but I'm still on the fence about it because it's in 1st person. Brian's always been a little tricky for me to write in 1st person. Not to mention I keep getting stuck on what I want the plot to be. The story takes place in London during the 3 weeks of recording they do there for IAWLT and it's kind of a sequel to History. So there was a little set up of something going on between Nick and Brian there. I hope an idea comes to me.
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That's awesome! I'm fully in support of it being quiet if everyone is productive.
And Julie is right. We do always need more Frick & Frack.
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on September 07, 2021, 06:46:01 PM ---You can blame Nick lol I'm great at writing him but I dunno. I think I want to start over but part of me doesn't want to. I think I decided to write this one in this time period cause it's right after History ended. But I kinda am just messing around right now.
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I think there's something to be said for some sandbox time. Some of the best things happen from playing around. Sending you good writing vibes as well!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on September 08, 2021, 10:52:07 PM ---People don't tell the girls to get it like it could be, would be, or should be? Am I hanging out with the right people or the wrong people?
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I mean, if you're not hanging out with actual Backstreet Boys or one of us, it's all wrong. But when you de-Backstreetize a fanfic, I guess you have to cater to the wrong crowd.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on September 08, 2021, 10:52:07 PM ---A little over a year! That's pretty exciting! I'll keep sending you good writing vibes!
Maybe this one is more about the journey than the end. Which I think it good.
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Thanks! I was just thinking yesterday about how productive the last three years have been for me in terms of writing and how the last time I was in a major slump was in 2018 when I was struggling with WADD, trying to get either A Heart That Isn't Mine or My Brother's Keeper off the ground. And now AHTIM is done, MBK is on track to be done within the next year, and hey, 00Carter is making a comeback, too! That's a good feeling. Maybe one of these days I'll be able to add Guilty Roads to that list, too.
This one is definitely more about the journey than the end (especially since I'm still thinking about a sequel). The most dramatic event happened in the first chapter, and I don't have anything crazy planned for the ending. Sorry to disappoint anyone who's reading, but there probably won't be any bears or shootings in this one. But hey, there's always the sequel!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on September 08, 2021, 10:52:07 PM ---Yes! Team plantser is way more fun! I think you're probably on the planning side of plantsing (I'm firmly in the pantser side of plantsing). When you plan the outline, do you know for sure which events will be in Nick's POV or Kevin's POV? Or do you just choose when the time comes?
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Yes, I would agree with that. I'm a planner-plantser. I like to have a plan, but I also like to let the plan grow and change as the story goes on. As far as POV goes, it depends - with some scenes, I know from the beginning which POV they should be in, and with others I wait until I'm closer to that point in the story and then decide which would make the most sense and fit best with where I am in the story.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on September 08, 2021, 10:52:07 PM ---Sleep and work. So rude.
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I know. This is exactly why we should just get paid a living wage to write fanfic so we can make our own schedules and sleep when it's convenient. If only...
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on September 08, 2021, 10:54:43 PM ---And Julie is right. We do always need more Frick & Frack.
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Especially Frick & Frack and not just Frick/Frack with the slash. I miss good old-fashioned bromance stories that just focus on their friendship, nothing more!
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on September 09, 2021, 05:13:25 PM ---I mean, if you're not hanging out with actual Backstreet Boys or one of us, it's all wrong. But when you de-Backstreetize a fanfic, I guess you have to cater to the wrong crowd.
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Hey, don't say it's the wrong thing. 'Cause it don't feel like the wrong thing.
;) These jokes are just everywhere, lol.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on September 09, 2021, 05:13:25 PM ---Thanks! I was just thinking yesterday about how productive the last three years have been for me in terms of writing and how the last time I was in a major slump was in 2018 when I was struggling with WADD, trying to get either A Heart That Isn't Mine or My Brother's Keeper off the ground. And now AHTIM is done, MBK is on track to be done within the next year, and hey, 00Carter is making a comeback, too! That's a good feeling. Maybe one of these days I'll be able to add Guilty Roads to that list, too.
This one is definitely more about the journey than the end (especially since I'm still thinking about a sequel). The most dramatic event happened in the first chapter, and I don't have anything crazy planned for the ending. Sorry to disappoint anyone who's reading, but there probably won't be any bears or shootings in this one. But hey, there's always the sequel!
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It's great that you feel like you've come back from your major slump and been productive with everything you were trying to work on! Reviving and finishing lots of things is a good feeling. And it's nice to see other hopeful stories of slump return.
Aww. Now my bingo card with "bears" and "gun shots" on it is useless. :(
(Maybe that's how we revive binog. We all read a story and try to get Backstreet Trope Binog!)
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on September 09, 2021, 05:13:25 PM ---Yes, I would agree with that. I'm a planner-plantser. I like to have a plan, but I also like to let the plan grow and change as the story goes on. As far as POV goes, it depends - with some scenes, I know from the beginning which POV they should be in, and with others I wait until I'm closer to that point in the story and then decide which would make the most sense and fit best with where I am in the story.
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I think trying to stick rigidly to a plan has its own headaches. I always feel like if the characters are telling you the story should change, then the story should change.
Did you feel like more of your set POV events were in the beginning, in the middle, or in the end?
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on September 09, 2021, 05:13:25 PM ---I know. This is exactly why we should just get paid a living wage to write fanfic so we can make our own schedules and sleep when it's convenient. If only...
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Some day.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on September 09, 2021, 05:16:48 PM ---Especially Frick & Frack and not just Frick/Frack with the slash. I miss good old-fashioned bromance stories that just focus on their friendship, nothing more!
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Same!
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