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I may be a dork, but I'm kinda excited! (sorry, it's a long post)
AJsKellyMouse:
So I finally broke out of my shell and started posting some of my stuff. Well, okay, one chapter of one story so far, but it's a long and tedious process re-writing the worlds most cheesy and poorly written story. Yes, I'm talking about one of my own... I THINK it was my first fanfic that I wrote (but I couldn't be sure on that).
I was going back through my old stuff and when I first wrote the story I changed character names halfway through writing the story. I went back and changed some of them, but missed a few, too. It was sad. I was completely embarassed when I looked at the story! One character in particular started off as Andrew/Andy, and was later switched to Kaiden (I had reasons behind changing his name), so half the time the kid was called Kaiden, and the other half it was Andy. I'm sure had anyone ever read it, they would've been completely confused. I'm fixing that (as well as other stuff) now, btw.
Anyways, on to the excitement part...which, coincidentally, terrifies me at the same time. I had my stories posted on my own website (which is currently undergoing major renovations, if I ever decide to bring it back), so I could never really tell when anyone read them. I posted the first chapter here this afternoon, and I already have feedback! And if I'm understanding this whole thing, at least 20 people have looked at or read the story. I was completely surprised by it all, and oh so totally excited!
Okay, I'm done with my dorkiness, I was just excited, and had to share with someone!
BTW-to the editing nazi's, I have attempted to use the tips and tricks on these boards to help with my writing, so I hope I do you proud! LOL (I even went back through this way too long post to separate paragraphs and such to make my ramblings a little easier to read!)
nicksgal:
Yay for seperating paragraphs! lol
It's always fun to go back through your old stuff, isn't it? :) As to the feedback, congratulation s. And don't worry about the story seeming hard now, if you like it, everything will be for the best in the end. :)
AJsKellyMouse:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 17, 2008, 11:42:36 PM ---Yay for seperating paragraphs! lol
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lol I'm getting much much better at this. I'm usually only bad at the seperating paragraphs when I'm rambling.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 17, 2008, 11:42:36 PM ---It's always fun to go back through your old stuff, isn't it? :) As to the feedback, congratulation s. And don't worry about the story seeming hard now, if you like it, everything will be for the best in the end. :)
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As for this, it's actually not too bad. It was more the knowing that people are reading my story (as opposed to believing that no one ever saw my stories before, whether or not that was true) that was the difficult part. Having the story all written-the story line is there, it's almost like an outline that I hate doing!-helps a lot. I'm older and wiser now (at least I tell myself I am), so it's not as hard to uncheese the story. I just hope others agree.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: AJsKellyMouse on February 18, 2008, 12:04:10 AM ---As for this, it's actually not too bad. It was more the knowing that people are reading my story (as opposed to believing that no one ever saw my stories before, whether or not that was true) that was the difficult part. Having the story all written-the story line is there, it's almost like an outline that I hate doing!-helps a lot. I'm older and wiser now (at least I tell myself I am), so it's not as hard to uncheese the story. I just hope others agree.
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Really? I think the fact that people read it makes it easier to get motivated to do it. :) So I think you'll be just fine and it will turn out great. :)
AJsKellyMouse:
I dunno, I guess I'm weird. I am one of those people who cares way too much what other people think (I'm really really working on this, and I'm better than I used to be), so it was scary for me to know that someone else was reading something I wrote. In high school I used to try to put my papers in the middle of the stack so no one else could even see just the first page (I know, I'm a freak!). But after the feedback I got though, it totally motivated me to keep re-writing. I guess I just had to get over that caring about what other people think thing. I'm told I don't give myself enough credit.
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