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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #120 on: July 03, 2012, 11:32:19 PM »

Aw thanks for all the Borrowed Time lovin'...  :-*

I don't know the title of it, but I read one once a long time ago - I think it was on AC but I'm not sure - kind of surrounding Nick's ADDish personality back then and the fact that he was really growing up with the BSB. I remember a specific scene where Nick had a pervy dream and didn't understand why he felt so horny afterwards and Kevin got woken up at 3am to explain sex to him all awkwardly LOL. It was a really long story but that particular scene stuck out so much, I've always kind of accepted it like it was true. LOL
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #121 on: July 04, 2012, 12:09:34 AM »

Thanks for the GR mention, Steph!
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #122 on: July 04, 2012, 12:30:45 AM »

Just finished reading Come Together, it is a cute story. Not a favorite of mine but she did a great job with their personalities. Thanks for recommending it everyone!
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #123 on: July 04, 2012, 05:54:53 AM »

Aw thanks for all the Borrowed Time lovin'...  :-*

I don't know the title of it, but I read one once a long time ago - I think it was on AC but I'm not sure - kind of surrounding Nick's ADDish personality back then and the fact that he was really growing up with the BSB. I remember a specific scene where Nick had a pervy dream and didn't understand why he felt so horny afterwards and Kevin got woken up at 3am to explain sex to him all awkwardly LOL. It was a really long story but that particular scene stuck out so much, I've always kind of accepted it like it was true. LOL

That sounds like one of those Marly stories possibly lol
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #124 on: July 04, 2012, 01:30:24 PM »

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After reading the diverse answers some of you had, here is the question. How do you tend to characterize the guys when you write them? Give us a few descriptions for each guy and if you write a lot of female leads what characteristic s do you tend to give them?

Kevin
Howie
Brian
AJ
Nick

Kevin - Older brother, fatherly figure

Howie - Most of the time, he's just kind of there. I don't know why, but I can't write Howie that wel.

Brian - Conservative bible thumping church boy

AJ - total freak, funny, out going, dirty and perverted

Nick - funny, but serious.

Females - I always try to put a little of myself in each female lead... whether it's the fact that she's chubby, or her career, or the fact that she hates her father.
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #125 on: July 04, 2012, 01:32:10 PM »

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Tonight's question:

Do you tend to include a lot of flashbacks or changes in points of view in your writing and if so, how do you go about letting the readers know it's happening?

In the latest stories I'm writing with Lisa (BiLittrell) we change POV's a good bit. We usually do it like this...

[Karsyn]

Story here

[/Karsyn]

Then a rule break.

For flashbacks, we usually blockquote them.
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #126 on: July 04, 2012, 04:59:05 PM »

Tonight's question:

How do you come up with names for your original characters without them coming off sounding horribly Mary Sue like?
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #127 on: July 04, 2012, 05:27:56 PM »

Names....I usually go in a name book and pick one based on its meaning or just the first name that comes to mind. Like Brandy in Forces Of Nature came to me from the song "Brandy (you're a fine girl)" and having someone singing it to her just seemed to fit. Names are always hard for me to choose.
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #128 on: July 04, 2012, 05:47:56 PM »

I steal last names from my real life friends, lol.

For first names, I usually just pick names I like. Actually, thinking back to all my female characters, they all have first names of people I've known too. I tend to just go with girls names that were popular when I was younger, I guess. That way they're not cliche. I think if anyone went through my Facebook friends list, you'd find all the first and last names I've used, haha.

Chris in Running Up That Hill is actually based off of someone I know in real life, who acts (and looks) very Nick-like. It just worked out that Nick IRL also has a friend named Chris.
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #129 on: July 04, 2012, 05:51:36 PM »

I'm jumping back in lol.

I pick names usually from baby name sites, or just names I like. Depending on the character, I'll go out of my way to find something that fits. Like in Undead, Riley got her name cause honestly I wanted something somewhat tomboyish, yet sounded journalistic lol. Her middle name came cause it sounds southern haha. But seriously, I could easily hear in my head "This is Riley Blake with the evening news..." lol.

Or in Divine Intervention, I just thought an Angel named Grace was a great fit. Plus for the time period she was in when she was alive, it's old fashioned enough to work. But usually it's just names I like.

My biggest pet peeve are names that are spelled just weird, like if you want to use a name, use the normal spelling! Don't use Safyre instead of Sapphire. Hell, don't use a gem name period LOL. I mean of course the irony of this is that I have what would be a Mary Sue name in a fanfic, but most people don't have names like that. Or when people use part of their names in every story. Like someone named "Katie" writes a story about a "Katrina", and then a "Kelly", and then a "Kristy", etc. It's like if you're doing a self-insert, be less obvious lol. One similar name can be a coincidence, several is just announcing it.
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #130 on: July 04, 2012, 06:14:47 PM »

I don't like using my name in stories either. I only did it for Not The Other Guy, but Tracy in the story was kind of a villain. But for my stories I've noticed I do choose "A" names. Like Amber, or Amanda...I've also taken names from people on twitter. Renee. Alexis is my best friend's name and she is in Weird World.
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #131 on: July 04, 2012, 06:25:13 PM »

I use names I like, but more importantly, names I'll actually remember lol I tend to go with very safe, boring names like Terry, Sarah, Sydney,Matt etc...  Not a fan of weird names or over the top thought out names where you can tell the person writing the story spent too much time trying to come up with a name. lol And I hate when girls are named after guys and guys are named after girls. yes, I'm looking at you Baylee & Ava Jaymes lol
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #132 on: July 04, 2012, 06:26:54 PM »

I like the Ava part of it lol.
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #133 on: July 04, 2012, 06:31:09 PM »

I do too lol
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Re: Question of the day thread number 2!
« Reply #134 on: July 04, 2012, 06:34:19 PM »

It's kinda weird that you guys mention the weird spelling thing, because I got told once that I used the mary-sue spelling of Ashley for Ashleigh in In Pieces. But actually, when I was going to school I knew more Ashleighs and Ashleys LOL so I thought that was the more common spelling.

Also, I liked the idea that 3/5 BSB wives would have some sort of "Leigh" in their name, haha.
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