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Ugh... Great minds thinking alike in the fan fic world
MellzBellz:
--- Quote from: honey on February 02, 2008, 12:46:52 AM --- That totally makes sense, Julie. And actually I'm just waiting for my readers to turn on me in my current story because I can see the overall picture and know it will all come together in the end to make a good story, but for my readers right now some of them don't see that and they're already starting to fidget.
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Which story is that? If We Were a Movie?
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 02, 2008, 12:41:30 AM ---Aw, I got that. :) And yes, it did make sense.
It's the same idea as "go with the ending that serves the story." I think being an author is a lot harder than beign a reader. Everyone wants things to go a certain way or fit into a subset of a certain mold. And not everyone does that; it's what I like and hate about fanfic all at once.
I mean, at one side, if everyone had the same tastes and worldviews because then we would all be able to enjoy each other's work and have awesome discussions about it. But because we're all different, I feel like we can appreciate what everyone else does more. Being writers ourselves, I mean.
It's like finding your friends. No one wants a friend just like them, you want friends that have qualities you want, because then hopefully you can grow because of that. :)
And that was a ramble. lmao
There was a book I felt that way about too in tenth grade.... The character's name was Phinneas and he broke his legs and then died or something... I don't remember what it was called... But I wanted to shoot myself... Oh, and "Of Mice and Men." I cannot stand that book. lmao
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Yep, I agree.
LOL I didn't mind "Of Mice and Men" because at least it was short. But the ending sucked!! I like angst and all, but that was seriously effed up LOL.
In my Brit Lit class my junior year of h.s., we got to choose between reading "Pride and Prejudice" and "Frankenstein." Naturally, I chose Frankenstein, 1) because P&P sounded like a total bore, and 2) because I love horror and love the movie versions of Frankenstein, so I was actually really excited about reading it. I read Frankenstein and really disliked it... it's one of the rare cases where I thought the 1930s movie version, which is very different, was a lot better. I actually found Frankenstein's monster/creature to be a more sympathetic character in the movie than in the book, even though I think it was supposed to be the other way around LOL. But I just hated him by the end of the book.
We also had to read two Arthur Miller plays, "Death of a Salesmen" and "The Crucible," and I didn't like either of those either. I was disappointed by "The Crucible" because I thought that one would be interesting, being about the Salem Witch Trials and all, but I didn't really like it.
"Great Expectations" was another one that I found to be a pointless yawner of a story. Its only redeeming quality was Miss Havisham because she was at least an interesting character. Well, that and the fact that South Park did a parody of it, and I got the humor because I had read it.
I will never be the type of person to sit around reading those classics for fun, but there were some that I at least kind of got into. I liked "Romeo & Juliet" and "Macbeth"... "The Odyssey"... "Wuthering Heights"...
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: MellzBellz on February 02, 2008, 12:44:51 AM ---A Seperate Peace... OMFG I HATED that book too. All I remember is Phinneas and he fell out of a tree and broke his legs. Otherwise there was NO point whatsoever to it lol
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OMG yes! That's the book. lmao!
The only thing I really remember about it besides him falling out of a tree and dying later on (sorry to anyone who wanted to read it but hasn't yet :(), was that we had a quiz on it about half way through or something. And for one of the questions, I answered "He hated that they were playing badmittion for summer athletics." And my English teacher was like "No, the answer is that he hated the Athletic Program." And I remember being pissed off because he totally only hated the badmitton. lol
honey:
--- Quote from: MellzBellz on February 02, 2008, 12:48:19 AM ---Which story is that? If We Were a Movie?
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yeah. have you been reading that one? lol are you getting fidgety?
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 02, 2008, 12:48:52 AM ---In my Brit Lit class my junior year of h.s., we got to choose between reading "Pride and Prejudice" and "Frankenstein." Naturally, I chose Frankenstein, 1) because P&P sounded like a total bore, and 2) because I love horror and love the movie versions of Frankenstein, so I was actually really excited about reading it. I read Frankenstein and really disliked it... it's one of the rare cases where I thought the 1930s movie version, which is very different, was a lot better. I actually found Frankenstein's monster/creature to be a more sympathetic character in the movie than in the book, even though I think it was supposed to be the other way around LOL. But I just hated him by the end of the book.
We also had to read two Arthur Miller plays, "Death of a Salesmen" and "The Crucible," and I didn't like either of those either. I was disappointed by "The Crucible" because I thought that one would be interesting, being about the Salem Witch Trials and all, but I didn't really like it.
"Great Expectations" was another one that I found to be a pointless yawner of a story. Its only redeeming quality was Miss Havisham because she was at least an interesting character. Well, that and the fact that South Park did a parody of it, and I got the humor because I had read it.
I will never be the type of person to sit around reading those classics for fun, but there were some that I at least kind of got into. I liked "Romeo & Juliet" and "Macbeth"... "The Odyssey"... "Wuthering Heights"...
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Pride and Prejudice is my favorite book of all time! It was so amazing! lol I pulled a Lenni and was screaming at book characters. lol
I felt the same way about Arthur Miller, go figure. lol The Crucible was only enjoyable for me because we got to make parodies of it in class and my group did Peter Pan as the Salem Witch trials. lmao. I don't have the script anymore, but it was hilarious. lol
I love all Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is my all time fave though... Maybe it's because of Leo? lol *wants to watch that movie now*
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