KassX Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 Happy weekend, everyone, it’s the annoying attention whore again! I’ve always had a one track mind as a writer but not everyone is like that! I’m dying to know: how many active stories do you have? Biggest number gets an AWESOME SUPER SPECIAL LIKE BronxWench, CloverReef and JayDee 3 Quote
CloverReef Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) I happen to be quite fond of annoying attention whores! I’d say we should be besties, but my annoying attention whore friends might not like that. I’m gonna lose this competition. I have a big whopping 0 going on right now. I always go through a bit of a drought when I finish a story. Keep starting things and nothing feels good enough compared to the story I just finished lol. When I am working on something, I have a one-track mind too. I can only really work on one at a time. Sometimes I lie to myself and say I can multitask stories just to justify starting a new one when I’ve got one going already, but that inevitably ends in one of them getting dropped lol. @Tcr should have something to say about this. His ability to juggle many stories at once blows my mind. Frequently. Edited February 24, 2018 by CloverReef JayDee, BronxWench and KassX 2 1 Quote
Desiderius Price Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 How do you define active? I’ll typically focus on one at a time (or with a second quick oneshot). Open/plan to finish… 3 on AFF, one on FF.net, and my minds mulling over a new one. KassX and JayDee 1 1 Quote
KassX Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Posted February 24, 2018 @CloverReef Then we’ll be besties on the DL Hey, you’ve actually finished something, you’ve got no room to talk! @Desiderius Price Just kind of open stuff with plans to finish, and you probably have to be updating it at least once a year, haha. There are SO MANY things I want to start and write! Curse this fragile mortal lifespan! JayDee, BronxWench and CloverReef 3 Quote
Desiderius Price Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 6:15 PM, KassX said: @CloverReef Then we’ll be besties on the DL Hey, you’ve actually finished something, you’ve got no room to talk! @Desiderius Price Just kind of open stuff with plans to finish, and you probably have to be updating it at least once a year, haha. There are SO MANY things I want to start and write! Curse this fragile mortal lifespan! Expand My potter fanfic, last updated six years ago… I’m still considering that active. (As I’m still STUCK at the same point as I was then….. how to portray both sides while maintaining suspense but doesn’t feel like a deus ex.) JayDee and KassX 1 1 Quote
CloverReef Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 6:23 PM, Desiderius Price said: My potter fanfic, last updated six years ago… I’m still considering that active. (As I’m still STUCK at the same point as I was then….. how to portray both sides while maintaining suspense but doesn’t feel like a deus ex.) Expand Now that’s dedication. Six years! I swear, I drop shit at the drop of a hat, (which is why I don’t post most of what I write) but I’m a big fat commitment phobe, so there’s that. JayDee and KassX 2 Quote
JayDee Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 I guess “You!” is on hiatus so… 1? If I ever finish it. The thing is, I worked out who you are. I worked out how your story ended. You… you objected. You want a different ending. Oh, and Kate wants a scratch behind the ears. It’s a mess. BronxWench, pippychick and KassX 2 1 Quote
KassX Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 6:23 PM, Desiderius Price said: My potter fanfic, last updated six years ago… I’m still considering that active. (As I’m still STUCK at the same point as I was then….. how to portray both sides while maintaining suspense but doesn’t feel like a deus ex.) Expand Lmao, your readers must have been pretty pissed about that one. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the number of active stories you have to update? On 2/24/2018 at 6:47 PM, JayDee said: I guess “You!” is on hiatus so… 1? If I ever finish it. The thing is, I worked out who you are. I worked out how your story ended. You… you objected. You want a different ending. Oh, and Kate wants a scratch behind the ears. It’s a mess. Expand The best-laid plans, even the best-laid plans... BronxWench and JayDee 2 Quote
Tcr Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 Let's see… I'll label them off, because yeah... lol... Blood and Honour, Come Hell or High Water, ST Adventurer, Hunted, Blood Prize, TBATB 1, 2, 3, TBATB Spinoff 1, 2, 3… CR can vouch for the TBATB ones… As for how I define active, that becomes a matter of what I am continuing and not dropping. The six TBATB are one's I don't have posted, but I plan to look into publishing. Even discounting them, that remains an active 5 stories posted here. Outside of AFF brings the total to 11. All juggled around. BronxWench, JayDee and KassX 2 1 Quote
KassX Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) On 2/24/2018 at 7:01 PM, Tcr said: As for how I define active, that becomes a matter of what I am continuing and not dropping. The six TBATB are one's I don't have posted, but I plan to look into publishing. Even discounting them, that remains an active 5 stories posted here. Outside of AFF brings the total to 11. All juggled around. Expand 1 Wtfffff! Show us your ways, sempai! How do you juggle so many projects when I panic if I have to update 2 of them? Pretty sure you won my SUPER SPECIAL LIKE but I gave all of you one because you’re all winners to meeee! <3 Edited February 24, 2018 by KassX CloverReef 1 Quote
CloverReef Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 7:12 PM, KassX said: Wtfffff! Show us your ways, sempai! How do you juggle so many projects when I panic if I have to update 2 of them? Pretty sure you won the my SUPER SPECIAL LIKE but I gave all of you one because you’re all winners to meeee! <3 Expand If anyone shows up and beats him, my head will explode into Skittlez. KassX and BronxWench 2 Quote
Tcr Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 7:12 PM, KassX said: Wtfffff! Show us your ways, sempai! How do you juggle so many projects when I panic if I have to update 2 of them? Pretty sure you won my SUPER SPECIAL LIKE but I gave all of you one because you’re all winners to meeee! <3 Expand I'm not sure how I do, I just manage to store them mentally. Lol. Admittedly, most times I keep detailed character designs written up, but I just travel from one to the other without a second thought. Strangely enough... On 2/24/2018 at 7:13 PM, CloverReef said: If anyone shows up and beats him, my head will explode into Skittlez. Expand Mmm. Skittles... KassX 1 Quote
KassX Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 7:13 PM, CloverReef said: If anyone shows up and beats him, my head will explode into Skittlez. Expand SAME On 2/24/2018 at 7:19 PM, Tcr said: I'm not sure how I do, I just manage to store them mentally. Lol. Admittedly, most times I keep detailed character designs written up, but I just travel from one to the other without a second thought. Strangely enough... Expand Oh great, so you’re basically magic lol. Seriously, that’s awesome I wish I was such a prolific writer! CloverReef and BronxWench 2 Quote
Desiderius Price Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 6:41 PM, CloverReef said: Now that’s dedication. Six years! I swear, I drop shit at the drop of a hat, (which is why I don’t post most of what I write) but I’m a big fat commitment phobe, so there’s that. Expand Actually, more like 10+ years since I got stuck, tried a revision/rewrite, and that’s six years ago when I finished the revision. On 2/24/2018 at 7:01 PM, KassX said: Lmao, your readers must have been pretty pissed about that one. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the number of active stories you have to update? Expand Given most potter stories, they likely figure it’s abandoned… not so, but I’ve kinda been keeping my mind on my original works instead. Quote
KassX Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 7:39 PM, Desiderius Price said: Given most potter stories, they likely figure it’s abandoned… not so, but I’ve kinda been keeping my mind on my original works instead. Expand Yesss, originals are my jam! I’ve been reading Jefferey, btw! I will leave a review when I’m done! Desiderius Price 1 Quote
Desiderius Price Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 7:42 PM, KassX said: Yesss, originals are my jam! I’ve been reading Jefferey, btw! I will leave a review when I’m done! Expand An example of plot bunnies grabbing my attention… it started because I needed a swimming instructor for a different story …. backstory can be dangerous KassX 1 Quote
KassX Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 8:13 PM, Desiderius Price said: An example of plot bunnies grabbing my attention… it started because I needed a swimming instructor for a different story …. backstory can be dangerous Expand HA! That never happens to m- OOH PLOT BUNNY Lol, I actually really want to do some backstory novellas on some of my major characters. I’m just worried I won’t have time for it all lol. Desiderius Price and Anesor 2 Quote
Tcr Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 8:22 PM, KassX said: HA! That never happens to m- OOH PLOT BUNNY Lol, I actually really want to do some backstory novellas on some of my major characters. I’m just worried I won’t have time for it all lol. Expand I know that feeling. Several of my main characters almost require a novella of backstory just for them alone (indeed, as it stands right now with STA, that's a very good likelihood for one character)... I've probably got a good hundred to five hundred oneshots and shorts just for the MCs, and occasionally other major and minor characters. KassX 1 Quote
Desiderius Price Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 8:22 PM, KassX said: HA! That never happens to m- OOH PLOT BUNNY Lol, I actually really want to do some backstory novellas on some of my major characters. I’m just worried I won’t have time for it all lol. Expand There was the original story, I pulled because I was trying to do too much and realized I had multiple stories! I split them to become Fiends/Dolbourne/Alaska. Overall, it’s better and fairer to each story. And then, backstory + holiday oneshots cause even more stories! KassX and Anesor 2 Quote
KassX Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 8:26 PM, Tcr said: hundred to five hundred Expand Dude. Spinoffs are so much fun but idk if readers are that interested? I almost want to do them like tv shows: like Frasier is to Cheers, self-contained but interconnected. Might even experiment in different genres that suit different characters. On 2/24/2018 at 8:31 PM, Desiderius Price said: There was the original story, I pulled because I was trying to do too much and realized I had multiple stories! I split them to become Fiends/Dolbourne/Alaska. Overall, it’s better and fairer to each story. And then, backstory + holiday oneshots cause even more stories! Expand If clear divisions start to appear in your stories, then splitting them is probably best! (and honestly, easier) I LOVE HOLIDAY SPECIALS I’m so glad, I thought I was the only one haha Anesor 1 Quote
Desiderius Price Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 8:44 PM, KassX said: Dude. Spinoffs are so much fun but idk if readers are that interested? I almost want to do them like tv shows: like Frasier is to Cheers, self-contained but interconnected. Might even experiment in different genres that suit different characters. If clear divisions start to appear in your stories, then splitting them is probably best! (and honestly, easier) I LOVE HOLIDAY SPECIALS I’m so glad, I thought I was the only one haha Expand All of my originals, including the halloween/holiday oneshots, are interconnected in some fashion. Of course, I try to make each one enjoyable w/o having to read the entire collected works KassX 1 Quote
KassX Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 8:55 PM, Desiderius Price said: All of my originals, including the halloween/holiday oneshots, are interconnected in some fashion. Of course, I try to make each one enjoyable w/o having to read the entire collected works Expand Yes, that’s what I want to do! Aaaah, I’m so excited, I’ve been doing outlines and concept boards for a few days. I should just stop stressing and start one and take it from there. Desiderius Price 1 Quote
Desiderius Price Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 9:04 PM, KassX said: Yes, that’s what I want to do! Aaaah, I’m so excited, I’ve been doing outlines and concept boards for a few days. I should just stop stressing and start one and take it from there. Expand And I’ve made a database of characters/key-events/groups, so that what helps me keep track of things. Not perfect, but it helps. Anesor 1 Quote
KassX Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 9:11 PM, Desiderius Price said: And I’ve made a database of characters/key-events/groups, so that what helps me keep track of things. Not perfect, but it helps. Expand Oh, like an excel sheet? That’s smart. I’ve been trying to organize better, myself. Quote
Desiderius Price Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 9:14 PM, KassX said: Oh, like an excel sheet? That’s smart. I’ve been trying to organize better, myself. Expand More extensive than that, I’ve got a bunch of XML files, one per character/group/event, and a bit of custom software that spits out browseable HTML with links and each character’s family tree. That, and I’ve got a random date generator to come up with birthdays Quote
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