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Personal experience nonfiction anyone? lol.
RokofAges75:
^ Ditto. My life is also too boring to base entire stories solely on personal experience (which is probably a good thing, considering the kind of stories I like to write LOL), but I sometimes fictionalize experiences that have happened to me or people I know. Most of what I write is 100% fiction though.
A-RokzStalker:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on March 02, 2008, 01:20:26 AM ---Aw, I feel mostly fine.... I just can't talk. lol Which is unfortunate as heck, but you know... lol
Yeah, a story is a good way to remember. :) I have a journal for that. lol
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LOL See, like I said, Julie's forum IS my journal. Most people over there don't even reply to my posts in my thread anymore. Probably because they've gotten tired of me posting EVERY LITTLE DETAIL, lol. But I post every detail because it's my journal. Doesn't really matter if people post there or not to me, lol.
A-RokzStalker:
--- Quote from: MonkeyAbu on March 02, 2008, 09:27:36 AM ---I've never actually written a story based on any of my real life experiences as a whole, but like others on here have said, I've used bits and pieces of real experiences and incorporated them into stories, more specifically in "If Tomorrow Never Comes" and more specifically then that, the feelings that Brian is experiencing. I've channeled alot of his emotions from the emotions I experienced over the two years I watched my grandma die from cancer. I think it kinda acts as a coping tool, if that makes any sense. For me personally, I have a really hard time opening up about what I am feeling inside. My favorite thing to say when someone asks me what is wrong is, "Nothing." Yeah, I know, that's a common thing to say when asked that, but I say it even when I'm completely desperate to really express what's going on inside my mind. And still, I hate change and I've yet to fully accept the fact of what happened with my grandma and it's been almost two years. Guess I have acceptance issues :-\? So incorporating a crap load of my own emotions into ITNC has worked as a bit of a coping tool for me. Sometimes it can be easy to write all of that out, especially when you are writing your own real life experiences, yet at the same time it can be extremely difficult. Overall, it can be both a positive and a negative.
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Aww, well at least you can express your feelings through writing! For many people, writing is definitely a vent for them. And it sounds like it's helped you quite a bit. :)
A-RokzStalker:
--- Quote from: MellzBellz on March 02, 2008, 12:07:37 PM ---Ehh I really don't find it too hard because I like writing a lot of angsty dramas with a lil dash of romance in there and quite frankly I live a pretty boring life, so if I were to write a story strictly based on experience it would bore you to tears. I like incoporating some of my personal experiences with fictional situations to spice them up a little bit. It's definitely not AS hard as you think. Just requires a good imagination I guess.
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--- Quote from: honey on March 02, 2008, 02:29:02 PM ---^ I guess that's how I do it too.
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--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on March 02, 2008, 03:19:34 PM ---^ Ditto. My life is also too boring to base entire stories solely on personal experience (which is probably a good thing, considering the kind of stories I like to write LOL), but I sometimes fictionalize experiences that have happened to me or people I know. Most of what I write is 100% fiction though.
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LOL All you people claim to have boring lives (or something of the sort), but I'll bet you that your lives aren't as boring as you put them out to be!
For instance, Julie! (you're the one I really know, so I'll use you as an example ;)) You teach at an elementary school!! There MUST be something you could write with that! I mean, even if it's completely different from what you normally write! Actually... what about the kid that moved away that had the twitching problems? There's medical stuff in that, lol.
*shrugs* Everybody has SOMETHING in their life worth writing about.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: A-RokzStalker on March 02, 2008, 07:52:08 PM ---LOL All you people claim to have boring lives (or something of the sort), but I'll bet you that your lives aren't as boring as you put them out to be!
For instance, Julie! (you're the one I really know, so I'll use you as an example ;)) You teach at an elementary school!! There MUST be something you could write with that! I mean, even if it's completely different from what you normally write! Actually... what about the kid that moved away that had the twitching problems? There's medical stuff in that, lol.
*shrugs* Everybody has SOMETHING in their life worth writing about.
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Well yeah, but to me, that's not even interesting enough for a whole story. Maybe something to include in a story with a bigger plot, sure, but I wouldn't be interested in writing a whole story about it.
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