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Fic Talk => General Discussion => Topic started by: nicksgal on February 16, 2008, 03:49:45 PM
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For some reason I feel anti-finishing feelings toward PBox. lol I get an itty-bit inspired and say that I'm going to write... Then I atare at a blank document in word for like twelve minutes. Why? :(
Has this happened to anyone else before? lol
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Finally someone started a topic that I couldn't decide on how to start.
I've been feeling this way often, though I refuse to just give up and not finish. I figure since I have gotten this far then I can make it towards the end. It make take a few struggles, but I will eventually get there if I stick to it.
One of my biggest problems lately is uncooperative characters. They are being stubborn and frankly they just will not do what I tell them to. For example, I planned out a scene for Chapter 20 of ITNC, but when I started writing it, it would not go the way I wanted it to and now I find myself not knowing exactly what direction the scene is going and supposed to go. And worse yet? The characters are refusing to tell me.
Heh, so yeah, on a more mentally sane note, I understand completely what you are talking about. I think we all do?
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Well.... I'm sure most of my characters hate me by now as well. lmao
I have all of three chapters left to write--that's why it's annoying. lmao I know exactly what said three chapters are each supposed to be about too.... It just hates me. lmao
Oh, Nick did that to me a long time ago. I'm happy that he did, since the story ended up better for it. :) I'd say just go with it; youe characters probably have a good feeling of their world. :)
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I feel the same way about my final two stories. It's so bad I can't even get myself to open up word. I know I don't want to leave everyone hanging by not finishing but I honestly have no desire to finish either story at all. I am going to try my hardest to get Thirteenth Step done though because i'm so close to being finished. Because I haven't written in a while I feel like I have lost that connection I have had with my characters and that's sad.
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I think it may be almost worse for you, Mare, than me. I think I'm only sad because this has been my baby for almost two and a half years. And it seems almost unreal to let go of one story that will be the first I've finished in a long time... If I get my motivation back up.... There's at least two others focusing on these characters for me, so... it's not so bad...
But final is a big word.... It makes it seem that much more sad... Even I feel sad for that end. And it has very little to do with me...
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Letting go is never easy...
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That's a fact. lol
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Nobody likes change either. Especially the characters.
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aww yes, final is a big word. Maybe that's it, maybe my characters don't like change and know this is it so they are holding me hostage lol
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Tell them the word "final" isn't so scary, it's ok to go towards the big bright light at the end of the tunnel, and maybe they will release you?
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yes, I shall try that lol
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ROFL! Aw, poor Mare's characters. :(
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Ummmm... I know The Day I Fall hates me. lol, actually, pretty much all of my Nick stories have or do hate me. Ok, maybe it's just Nick that hates me and not the stories.
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It seems like Nick is a bit difficult for everyone. lmao
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I found that Nick was pretty easy to work with when I wrote him 1st POV in "Could Be Worse". Actually, he was a big hoot!
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Nick was nice to me only after we reached a "compromise" on his impending death. lmao
Also known as, Nick does not die. lol
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Maybe that's why Brian is being such a poop to me in "If Tomorrow Never Comes"? He doesn't want to die?
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eh, I say kill 'em anyway. Kill em all! I finally did that and chopped 'em all up in Nightmare On Backstreet haha. It felt strangely liberating. LMAO I'm sick. Thanks a lot Mare! :P
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Ok Kelly...I think I'm going to slowly back away from you now...LoL
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Ok Kelly...I think I'm going to slowly back away from you now...LoL
I blame Mare.
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Maybe that's why Brian is being such a poop to me in "If Tomorrow Never Comes"? He doesn't want to die?
Most likely. lol
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Yeah, I figured as much Dee...
And poor Mare. She ain't even on right now and she's getting blamed for things. Heh...
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Yeah, I figured as much Dee...
And poor Mare. She ain't even on right now and she's getting blamed for things. Heh...
no, not poor Mare. She takes pride in trying to cure me of my fluffy ways...
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Well then I gots to say shame on her. Why would you want to be cured of your fluffy ways? Why would she THINK you would? :P
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It's true. lol Mare is the Devil's Advocate. lol
Meanwhile, Kelly's trying to convert me... lmao
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Trying to convert you to her fluffy ways? LoL, this should be a good effort to watch...I think you would make a good fluff facilitator Dee!
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So everyone says... ::)
Did you not read my post about this? lol
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lol I don't think it's about me not writing any more fluff, (cause we all know that's pretty much impossible) but she's definitely pulled me out of the fluffy box a little and I have to admit, I kind of love her for it, because I've had a blast trying to step outside my self imposed boundaries. LOL Bogeyman was just too fun to write. mmmmm.... love me some Winchesters. And, it was her who dared me to write a romance from the guy's perspective, hence "If We Were A Movie" was born. So, corrupting as she may be, I heart Mare. Maybe not quite as much as Anita... but I'm defnintely in the fan club. :D
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So everyone says... ::)
Did you not read my post about this? lol
Probably not. I'm a bit of a late bloomer when it comes to this board compared to some of you. Guess you could say I'm slow...
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Probably not. I'm a bit of a late bloomer when it comes to this board compared to some of you. Guess you could say I'm slow...
The post about it (http://absolutechaos.net/fictalk/index.php?topic=834.0)
And the start of the first chapter (http://absolutechaos.net/fictalk/index.php?topic=877.0)
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It's true. lol Mare is the Devil's Advocate. lol
Meanwhile, Kelly's trying to convert me... lmao
oh yes... must convert Dee *cough* and they lived happily ever after... *cough*
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lol I don't think it's about me not writing any more fluff, (cause we all know that's pretty much impossible) but she's definitely pulled me out of the fluffy box a little and I have to admit, I kind of love her for it, because I've had a blast trying to step outside my self imposed boundaries. LOL Bogeyman was just too fun to write. mmmmm.... love me some Winchesters. And, it was her who dared me to write a romance from the guy's perspective, hence "If We Were A Movie" was born. So, corrupting as she may be, I heart Mare. Maybe not quite as much as Anita... but I'm defnintely in the fan club. :D
It's true, Mare is good for that sort of thing. :)
I like Mare because she's so random. lol
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You stole the words from my mouth. So Dee is a word of mouth stealer and Kelly is a line stealer... Y'all are a bunch of criminals! LMAO
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ooh, yes, definitely another good quality of Mare's. Randomness is a great thing.
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oh yes... must convert Dee *cough* and they lived happily ever after... *cough*
lmao I like my end better: And they all die. lol ;)
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You stole the words from my mouth. So Dee is a word of mouth stealer and Kelly is a line stealer... Y'all are a bunch of criminals! LMAO
I am no such stealer, I just type faster. lol
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lmao I like my end better: And they all die. lol ;)
and we are now back to the kill 'em all topic. what was the original topic for this thread anyway?
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ooh, yes, definitely another good quality of Mare's. Randomness is a great thing.
"I like horses!"~Mare
lol
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Another point goes to Dee and Ashley bites the dust on that one... ::)
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I think the groundhog thing in the February challenge was pretty random...
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and we are now back to the kill 'em all topic. what was the original topic for this thread anyway?
This is me, the sadist, we're talking about. lol
It was that stories actively keep you from ending them out of spite. lol
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I think the groundhog thing in the February challenge was pretty random...
lol not so random if you've read Mare's groundhog romance...
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Another point goes to Dee and Ashley bites the dust on that one... ::)
Checkmate. lol
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I think the groundhog thing in the February challenge was pretty random...
lol not so random if you've read Mare's groundhog romance...
^Yup. With Mare, groundhogs are pretty expected. Kind of like how people tend to wear shoes daily. lol
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Checkmate. lol
Damnit! Of course you must pick a game I dunno how to play! Couldn't you have at least said "king me" in reference to checkers?! Haha
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Or no no no! Wait! Give me Guitar Hero! I will so kick your butt in Guitar Hero!
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Damnit! Of course you must pick a game I dunno how to play! Couldn't you have at least said "king me" in reference to checkers?! Haha
No. :P
Or no no no! Wait! Give me Guitar Hero! I will so kick your butt in Guitar Hero!
I hate video games, so meh.
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I hate video games, so meh.
I'm speechless...
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lol me too. married to Mr. Halo king, but I never play.
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I'm speechless...
I suck at them all. lol
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I'm so pathetic that I'm not usually allowed to play.
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I'm so pathetic that I'm not usually allowed to play.
Story of my life. lol
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So then it's completely out of the ordinary that Brian pretty much sucks at Guitar Hero and I really shouldn't allow him to play because when I play in front of him it makes him look pathetic?
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something like that...
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Didn't make sense did I...?
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it was close... I think I got what you mean to say... not sure you said it though. haha.
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What I was trying to say is generally the guy is better at playing video games then the girl. But it is opposite when it comes to Brian and I playing Guitar Hero. Make better sense?
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thats what I figured.
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wow, no wonder my ears were ringing like crazy last night.
This is what happens when you write one little romance about groundhogs. You are forever labeled the groundhog girl :( lol
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wow, no wonder my ears were ringing like crazy last night.
This is what happens when you write one little romance about groundhogs. You are forever labeled the groundhog girl :( lol
It's okay Mare... One picture of me licking a Nick lollipop and I'm forever labeled "the girl who likes to lick Nick" LOL Don't feel so bad... Just move on embrace it hehe
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wow, no wonder my ears were ringing like crazy last night.
This is what happens when you write one little romance about groundhogs. You are forever labeled the groundhog girl :( lol
And then Kelly blames your for things when you aren't here.
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wow, no wonder my ears were ringing like crazy last night.
This is what happens when you write one little romance about groundhogs. You are forever labeled the groundhog girl :( lol
^*points out the groundhog dressed as Elvis in "Shadow Woods"*
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And then Kelly blames your for things when you aren't here.
Yes, I know :( poor poor Mare.
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^*points out the groundhog dressed as Elvis in "Shadow Woods"*
oh right, that too. So you write two little things about groundhogs and get labeled the groundhog girl. lol
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It's okay Mare... One picture of me licking a Nick lollipop and I'm forever labeled "the girl who likes to lick Nick" LOL Don't feel so bad... Just move on embrace it hehe
At least it wasn't a groundhog lollipop because that would have been soo not a good label. The girl who licks groundhogs...e ww!
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^ROFLMFAO!!!!!! If she licked groundhogs, she'd probably be known as the girl who had the bubonic plague.....
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oh right, that too. So you write two little things about groundhogs and get labeled the groundhog girl. lol
And you put it as a specification in this month's challenge..... *smiles innocently*
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oh alright! I'm the crazy groundhog girl, are you happy now? lol
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oh alright! I'm the crazy groundhog girl, are you happy now? lol
But you're the Queen of Fanfiction. :(
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yes i'm like batman, I have 2 identities. Crazy groundhog girl by day and queen of fanfiction by night. lol
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Which one is the superhero? lol
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Why the groundhog girl of course lol
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Do you protect people from groundhogs or protect groundhogs from people?
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my groundhog sidekick and I protect everyone from stink bugs.
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I like the sound of that. lol
What's the sign I flash into the sky for your help? lol
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It's one of those things you have to see instead of describe lol
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But if I don't know it, how can I flash it into the sky? lol
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that's just one of the few kinks Gustavo and I are trying to work out.
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Is Gustavo your groundog sidekick? lol
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Aphrodite's Laughter is going to be my problem child. At least the beginning of it has been. I've been wanting to write this story for a long time, even refusing to let other ideas take seed in my brain (Hilltop Girls is the only other one to get an inkling of a start), but it REFUSES to let me get the prologue written, I've even skipped it to work on the first chapter and well that one is being a pain too.
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Don't you hate when that happens? lol I'd never get it written, because I can't sip chapters in a story, otherwise I'll never go back and write the ones I skipped. lol
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Is Gustavo your groundog sidekick? lol
Yuppers lol
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Yuppers lol
Is he from Spain? lol
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Nope, but his parents are.
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Going back to the topic at-hand, I know how you feel, Dee. I felt like that with BMS too, although not as bad. And now that it's over, I kinda enjoy being able to veg out and do nothing with my free time without the guilty feeling that I should at least be trying to write... but at the same time, I miss having BMS to write. It's boring without BMS, and while I have other projects I could be working on, I'm not really inspired for any of them yet.
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Yes, topic at hand! I felt the same way. I started writing In Pieces with a clear idea of where I wanted to it go, and then my characters kind of... changed that. I went a little while without updates on it because I didn't know what to do. Now that I've figured it out, I've got my inspiration back. But... Nick and Ashleigh really pissed me off for a while!
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I've had that issue, too, so I totally know how you feel. I have a a story I have been trying to finish forever it seems. I haven't gone back to it in I don't know how long. The darn characters are going to make me crazy! I'm hoping that my current project (editing old stuff to post here) will help get me out of the rut and get the characters to cooperate.
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That's exactly how I got here, re-writing and editing old stuff... and now I'm ignoring my old story (Not Like We Predicted) for my new ideas. Gah! lol
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Nope, but his parents are.
Interesting... Is he fluent in Spanish. lol
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Going back to the topic at-hand, I know how you feel, Dee. I felt like that with BMS too, although not as bad. And now that it's over, I kinda enjoy being able to veg out and do nothing with my free time without the guilty feeling that I should at least be trying to write... but at the same time, I miss having BMS to write. It's boring without BMS, and while I have other projects I could be working on, I'm not really inspired for any of them yet.
Aw, I'm not allowed to hijack a thread I started? :( lol
It's actually just fine now that there's just the last two chapters, ironically enough. lol I don't have physical time to write them at this moment, but I'm secretly glad, because I wasn't going to post them until March 25th anyway. lol And I'd hate for them to sit around on my computer while I antsly waited for the day I wanted. lol Maybe we can talk about that when I'm done and waiting to post them... since you did that with BMS too. ;)
You know what you could do with your free time? lol Read. That sounds like a plan. ;) And eh, after you worked on something for as long as you worked on those two stories, I feel like you deserve the well-earned veg time. ;D
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Yes, topic at hand! I felt the same way. I started writing In Pieces with a clear idea of where I wanted to it go, and then my characters kind of... changed that. I went a little while without updates on it because I didn't know what to do. Now that I've figured it out, I've got my inspiration back. But... Nick and Ashleigh really pissed me off for a while!
That happened to me... and Nick got his way. lol Life would have been soooo much easier if he'd just died like he was suppossed to. ;)
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Yeah, Nick NEVER gets his way with me... *mauahahahahaha* and I know that can be taken two ways and sure I mean BOTH ways ;)
Now Kevin on the other hand he changed the ending of DOV all by his sexy tall self.