Anesor
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Oh, very much. Once the source material has ended, there is a much more solid foundation to write. Even though most fanfic ends up AU, it feels more satisfying to keep it as close to canon for me. If the canon keeps changing, then my clever insights are for nothing… That means I like writing in that sweet spot where the characters/story I like are finished in canon, but before other fans have lost interest. It looks like Potter and Star Wars will be active for a long time. Bur Buffy and STOS are slowing. I like exploring where canon doesn’t have the time or interest, especially after the ending where there is the freedom to do whatever I want and all the canon is available as both problems and history. Since I’m now on my third writing fandom, I find it interesting to start getting an idea of the bell curve, the activity level in writing activity across different fandoms. Some books/movies/game releases can choke a living fandom. That is another risk a sa writer, do you incorporate a later release? I know the ending before I start, but my muse has starved when the canon was a desert. (OR writing a fanfic for a MMO end up feeling just as pointless) Keep writing, as long as you are enjoying it. Keep posting as long as people seem interested. Measuring that interest is the tricky part for me.
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Sometimes trends and demographics make a difference. You can write the most wonderful Quantum Leap story, but if fans have moved on, one good review is excellent. I don’t write that fast, so by the time I finish my draft or my conclusion the attention wave has passed. What people react to can surprise you, too. I once cross posted over multiple sites to try to see where the fans who liked my style hung out, but that was a huge time sink without being very helpful. I may write sometimes for my own amusement, but I post for comments and selfpublish for money.
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Filing the elements off of another’s work is hard, I think. As much as I regret the disappearance of authors and stories I’ve liked, I don’t think I could do it myself. I hope it goes well for you.
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Just plain knowledge: know the cutting edge of inventions and social-political trends. Invest/protect Rothchilds. help templars escape… for a big fee. invest in Jamestown. just plain sponsor the better doctors. just pick anything 20 yrs in future or more if the idea is the problem not the technology. Cowpox anyone?
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Good luck with that. I don’t have access to Word. I will note that repagination when you have autosaves in LibreOffice tends to slow or gum things up when your file gets bigger than 50k words. Inserted art hurts too. I turn off autospellcheck while I’m working on my draft and slow saves to 10 minutes and it stopped crashing. Repagination and spelling take too many resources I think. I turn spelling back on for editing.
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Writing An Antagonist: Thoughts, Ideas, Processes...
Anesor replied to Tcr's topic in Writers' Corner
Most of my plot bunnies are friendly, they rarely get rabid. They just keep spawning. Right now I’m satisfied with the villains in my active stories. I usually create the villain for my plot and then develop as I go. (and feel inadequate). When I look back I have motive and a tracery of backstory, they just don’t feel like enough. (I really don’t want to shift to antagonist 1st person POV, as I want the readers to know as much or little as the villains) I did try profile/outline and my muse ran away. If I go to that level detail I can’t revisit enough to actually write. That muse has a short attention span. -
Writing An Antagonist: Thoughts, Ideas, Processes...
Anesor replied to Tcr's topic in Writers' Corner
My villains are not that well set up, and many are existing canon ones repurposed for my fanfics. I hope to develop more, but my writing is so slow right now, I work more on plot than detail. I like redemptive arcs, so are those characters anti-villains or anti-heroes? I usually stick to motives and a simple timeline/plan. -
I use LibreOffice from draft to formatting final layouts for self-pub. (Open Office pretty much lost it devs after it was required and hasn’t added anythig in over 10 years) I use iDrive for backups which has been as low as 10$ for a year.
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Hey, add it here, sometimes a slightly different wording to trigger a new approach.
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frustration = when someone who's consantly borrowing money for bills and doesn't repay, buys the lender a large TV. Then seems surprised they're dismayed.lender
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Jeez. Can you return the TV at least, and try to recoup some cash that way?
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No, it wasn't to me and I have no say. What is this cultural contamination that someone who can't addord to pay their bills, buys expensive gifts. A budget Xmas doesn't mean you don't care for them. Why does someone who has no real interest in tech HAVE to have a new laptop AND tablet AND smartphone. This is someone who doesn't use them for anything more than videos (no email, no high games, no making video/art/writing) its a keeping up with the Jones... arrgh.
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I DO NOT need to deal with jury duty stuff during NaNo!
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Oh, tell me about it. I have a trade show, an insurance audit for the business, and I'm trying to sign up for classes for the spring semester. Oh, and Thanksgiving dinner needs to be cooked, too.
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In my experience, jury duty consists largely of sitting around, so maybe it will provide you with forced writing time instead of taking time away.
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Heh, I can't write with too many people around. But my handicap doesn't allow that kind of frequent outings. I did tell them I would be happy to do virtual jury-ing.
Someone is giving us a Turkey on Monday, so we're not sure what to plan for.
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pipe froze! If these things balance out, we should win the lotto this week!
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Oh, yikes! Much damage?
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don't know in some ways about structural, will need to dry. only brother knew about the cut off... we COULD have turned if off years ago. I'd been told we did NOT have one and I was about to push to install one... unknown how much item damage: books craft supplies etc.
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Ouch on the breaking pipes. Take care and hope it all dries out without any problems.
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Snow? We need more snow here all the driveways got clear so fast! Congrats!
