#48300 - 09/02/11 10:23 AM
Re: A Happy Author
[Re: Girlie1980]
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Hunterguy
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Hunterguy, I think the danger with sequels is that they have to achieve the same greatness as the original to avoid being disappointing.
I can't argue with that. However, I find it a challenge that helps push my creativity.
I like the original 2 chapters you wrote of Bill and Lisa best when they were on their own. The other chapters you wrote, both prequels and sequels, were 10s, but those 2 chapters were real masterpieces.
Your to kind.
I do understand that the plot can drag on and/or get monotonous, or maybe better said, stray from the original. This is why I encourage feedback, and when adequately received, along with a little interaction on my part, often becomes "plot development 101". As in, my audience indicates where I lost them, and when requested, offers some direction. I then go back and conduct further editing, etc. This is not to say that my sequels achieve the same level of, well if I may borrow your term, greatness… But it may help me to realize when a story should end, despite the audience’s request for more.
For this new story, I'd love to see the main characters go home and continue things. They've got a lot of catching up to do. Just the two of them, focused on each other. Then perhaps they get to know their friends a bit better. Learn more about each other's sexual quirks.
Reading this last comment provokes a lot of creative thought. The story you are referring to was not at all the main theme of what I had begun to write. The original story, which is yet to be published, needed some additional plot development to make sense of the story's climax. So I had to write something that would allow the audience to accept the events that would later unfold. But in reading your comments, I now realize that the original, which was meant to be chapter 2, is still to much of a leap. It may just end up as another of the main character's adventures, or something entirely separate.
Thank you both for your words of wisdom.
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#48316 - 09/12/11 11:54 AM
Re: A Happy Author
[Re: CharmBrights]
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Hunterguy
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... The other chapters you wrote, both prequels and sequels, were 10s, but those 2 chapters were real masterpieces. ... AN ASIDE That's what is wrong with voting on every amateur writing site I know. If everything is a 10 how do you, personally, reward "real masterpieces"?
Charmbrights,
My response to that is; "Cast your vote according to your conscience."
I am of the opinion that a great number of members of the Audience want to encourage authors to keep writing and consequently cast a vote that is more favourable than perhaps deserved. And while I myself appreciate the votes no matter how skewed they are, I do appreciate the votes that reflect one's honest opinion as well, especially when accompanied with a short critique, or at the least, a brief reasoning for a lower than average vote.
So to address your concen... If a story, whihc is above average but not a masterpiece, has accrued a lofty average; simply vote according to your opinion. If this brings the average down, so be it. That way when you cast a higher vote, for a story that you may classify a masterpiece, then at least you and that author will know the results are worthy.
In the end that probably means that real masterpieces are only separated by a .10 or .20 from those that are above average, but that is the reality of an amateur site. Really, we just need more people to vote, and eventually the voting system will correct itself.
My thoughts and opinions for what they are worth.
HG
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