Real Life vs. Fiction

[archchic]

In volume 12 of Fullmetal Alchemist, Hiromu Arakawa says “Fiction brings salvation to characters in stories that would otherwise have no salvation at all.”  Real life is nothing like stories, and I can tell you, I’ve had quite a storybook relationship.  I met my now husband when I was 15 years old in high school, we started dating at 16, and have

Comments

[leilia]

I think that every author likes to know that someone is reading their stories and cares enough to say something, even the ones that bitch and moan about it. It's normal, human behaviour. I know that I tend to write for myself, but when someone takes the time to write a well thought out review, I get all giggly inside. The "rite mor!!!!" reviews are heartening, but there really isn't much you can say to them.

I also find that setting a chapter schedule is good, but that you shouldn't force yourself to release work if it isn't ready. I admit that I update at a glacial pace, mostly because I let myself get distracted by other things (Stories, Modding, Pets, you name it.)

However your story is good. It is engaging. I truthfully enjoy the author's notes. So I think that you will keep your readers as you update and probably attract new ones.

[archchic]

You're so right about the "rite mor!!!" reviews. I try to avoid leaving those kind of one-liner reviews whenever possible, but sometimes I'll get lazy and leave a shorty. :D

Regarding updates, I'm actually running into that exact issue at the moment. Because of work last week I'm behind already, and now I'm on my third restart of this chapter, so I don't even have anything to force myself to release. It's getting there though, I'm co-opting the laptop to write on my lunchbreak at work! ♥♥♥ It's a great break for your mind, sit around at lunch, writing... There's no wireless either, so I can't distract myself with the internet (like... now...)

I'm soooooo happy to hear you enjoy the author's notes. After one commenter mentioned that my author's notes were pretty long one chapter I thought "You know, they're right, it could get ridiculous if I don't do something." I'll still keep the author's notes, but I'm trying to keep them restricted to what's directly applicable to the chapter. Leaving all my rambling for here! haha!

[leilia]

*Laughs* That's the reason why I don't tend to comment on individual chapters. I often don't have enough for a cohesive review. I also tend to be critical in my reviews - if something bothered me you will know. And lot of authors don't like that - something I don't have a lot of patience with

[kodukadvakch]

Ah, not possession, love. Rather, the results of having an annoyingly strong opinion with no one to vent it too, and staying up late into the night. The opinion is for ideas and bringing the story down to a realistic level. Staying up late... well, night is the only time of day I'm not too busy to dedicate a couple hours of writing to my story.

I completely agree with your opinions on love, and how people either don't grasp what it really is, or overplay one aspect more than another. Though, by what I write, it might be hard to tell that I actually have a realistic view on the matter. Ah, well, it's all Greek to me... (As in Eros, Phileo, Agapé, and Stergé: words for "love" in Greek.)

~Kodu

[archchic]

You, talented girl, are surely one of a few teenage writers that I respect and admire. I'd actually have been gushing a lot more before, in my email to you a while back and all... but I didn't want to scare you away with my fangirlness :D (Really, I do have a professional side! I'm an architect! I have to! ...it's so much more fun to squee though :D

[kodukadvakch]

Hah, it seems we have the exact same sleeping schedule! I'm usually up 'till at least midnight, and on a 'bad' night (So my parents say...), I can't fall asleep until around 3-4AM. Though, since I'm not much into coffee, I settle for being horribly grouchy in the morning. I can run on 4 to 5 hours of sleep on the weekday, but come Saturday morning, I don't wake up until the afternoon, and end up taking several naps throughout the day... 0_o

Deepness

[anonymous]

Very deep musings! True! Some sad! Some happy! All deep!

Feel accomplished for answering questions by yourself that some people never even have enough sense to ask. You are really quite a smart person, in terms of story-writing AND life itself. Congratulations! I like you!

<3
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