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your own creative ventures?

Jun 01, 2010 09:27

After the most recent endless chat, a comment or two got me curious. How many fish have stories they're trying to craft of their own? If so, care to share? This way encouragement can come on those long, cold nights of staring blankly at a computer screen and/or a piece of paper. Plus, I just think people making stories are nifty. So please, ( Read more... )

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lap_otter June 2 2010, 08:32:36 UTC

I actually have a novel I'm working on whose working title was Zombie Boyfriend for a long time. The idea didn't actually have anything to do with Sarah; it originally came from a dream. I just co-opted the phrase as the working title, and kind of went on from there.

Honestly, I kind of hate it. I see it as practice more than anything; its quality is kind of on a level with Twilight, if you're one of the people who think Twilight sucks.

tommyrotter June 2 2010, 11:27:16 UTC

Why do you feel that Zombie Boyfriend is on a level that Twilight is on? Besides, revision is where you can knock that bad-boy into shape! Share with us detailssss.

lap_otter June 2 2010, 17:23:28 UTC

What makes Twilight suck? The characters--the writing skill--the basic premise. I'll betcha a nickel its working title was "Vampire Boyfriend." My story has (or rather, lacks) all of these.

But you're right about revision, which is most of why I'm determined to finish ZB (also sometimes known as NecRomance, which is a way better title but too funny for my story). Also because when I was about twelve, I could sit down and pound out six or ten thousand words (not all at once) of beginning, middle, and most importantly, end. I knew something when I was twelve, I had something, and I'm trying to figure out what it was so I can start finishing drafts again.

spiderstars June 2 2010, 18:10:29 UTC

I just have to say that the title "NecRomance" fills me with an amazing amount of squee. It is awesome!

kayefierch June 3 2010, 16:40:10 UTC

I have to warn you right now that if you don't use the title NecRomance, I'm going to steal it for my zombie apocalypse romcom. Or possibly use it as a band name.

Also, I am totally feeling you. Writing used to be so easy, and then somewhere along the way (probably when I got old and/or self-conscious enough to realize my writing wasn't all that great, which was also right when I decided that I liked writing enough to really want to be great at it) the words just stopped coming. If you figure out what that something was, let me know.

lap_otter June 3 2010, 21:13:32 UTC

Hahahah, it fits a romcom way better than it fits mine! Mine involves romance, yes, but I'm doing my best to keep it more of a subplot than a plot, and it's definitely not a comedy. NecRomance is the sort of title that needs a punny story. My boy who came up with it says you can have it :)

kayefierch June 5 2010, 06:07:39 UTC

Oh wow, seriously? I was totally kidding (well, half-kidding, because it is an awesome title and I'm jealous I didn't think of it first), but if you and your boy don't mind, I'd love to use it. Thank you so much!

I'm already working on the theme song: I WANT YOUR LOVING AND I WANT TO EAT BRAINS, YOU AND ME COULD WRITE A NECROMANCE.

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