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tj_teejay

Heeelp! Fanfic Dilemma

Feb 10, 2013 17:58

I suppose this is a entry mostly addressed to my fic-writing friends. I'm in a bit of a dilemma, and maybe you guys have some helpful feedback for me. So I'm writing this story right now. I kinda doubt (m)any of you will know the fandom. Yet another obscure Canadian TV show from a few years ago with pretty much zero fandom. It's called Whistler ( ( Read more... )

random randomness, i watch too much tv, so. yeah. i write fan fiction.

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zou2 February 10 2013, 17:21:32 UTC

Not sure exactly what "vibe" you are going for with the scene but here are a few ideas that have popped into my head. Some are rather amusing but I'm just trying to remember some instances of personal experience I've had personally ( ... )

tj_teejay February 10 2013, 17:58:02 UTC

LOL! Okay, most of those are a little more on the humorous side. I mean, more humorous than I think I want my scenario to be. I might just go with not much of a conversation at all and just have character x drift off after a few small-talk like questions. But those are definitely great, and I will keep them in mind for future reference! Thank you!!

zou2 February 10 2013, 18:09:36 UTC

Sorry they weren't what you were looking for at this time but in my experience confusion and everything that can come from that is the most realistic thing that you get from a newly conscious person. I know my step father confused family members and even asked my mother where her accent was from despite the fact they had been married 10 years and he knew she was from France. He also asked if some folks were coming to visit who had been dead for years, like his parents and a younger brother. We were afraid to tell him they were dead so just said they would come later and eventually he remembered they were gone.

Best of luck and maybe I'll see some of these in a WC fic in the future.

tj_teejay February 10 2013, 18:45:52 UTC

Personal experience is great, and I'm really glad you posted this. I might still rework my story to fit some of your advice in. You're giving me great ideas to have other people than character y visiting the patient, and some of this will definitely come in handy. I quite like the mixing up of people idea, or the change of personality ( ... )

winterstar95 February 10 2013, 18:06:40 UTC

I have to admit that is one of the reasons I am finding it hard to write my usual h/c for White Collar. I mean how many times can you write the hospital scene?

My only advice is to make it like glimpses really....like the person is waking then sleeping and dream and nightmare is mixed with reality????

tj_teejay February 10 2013, 18:37:08 UTC

The thing is that I'm writing this more from the POV of the person visiting, so I don't know how the dreaming would fit in. But it's definitely good feedback, something I will consider for the future, cause I'm sure it's not the last hospital fic I'm gonna be writing. :-)

lomer February 10 2013, 19:22:18 UTC

After I had surgery I mainly had no social filter. So when my nurse Candy told her her name, I told her "your parents must have hated you!" I thought I was being hilarious, but yeah... that was mean.

When I was sedated for wisdom tooth extraction, I had a panic attack and they had to wake me up and stop the extraction. When they said they couldn't continue, I just started crying and promising I'd be good and I could do better. Basically I reverted to a teary 3 year old. (And I still have two of my four wisdom teeth because they wouldn't finish.)

Basically everything gets fuzzy when you wake up, and it doesn't feel real (sort of like the seconds before falling asleep or waking up). There's just no filter so whatever pops into your head gets said out loud, and whatever emotion you feel is heightened.

tj_teejay February 11 2013, 18:08:37 UTC

Hee, that sounds like great opportunities for humorous fic. I will definitely keep that in mind. The fuzzy bit helps a lot, so I shall use that for the stuff I have yet to write. Thank you!!

rabidchild February 10 2013, 19:52:45 UTC

Yes, I'm with you and dmk - how many times can you write that one damn scene ( ... )

tj_teejay February 11 2013, 18:10:31 UTC

Yeah, man, how many times?! But, well, at least now it's with different characters, so at least that's new.

My problem is that most of what you lovely, awesome, wonderful guys have offered is from the injured person's perspective, and I'm writing the visitor's POV. But it's still really helpful, and will definitely keep all of this in mind. Thank you!

iamhere23 February 10 2013, 20:30:05 UTC

Hi! I don't know if I have any scenes in mind for you, but I can tell you about my personal experience. I've had brain surgery three times and I can say that I always wake up confused and in pain. The weird thing for me is that two of those times I didn't want to see anyone at all, not even my family. Anything everyone said just annoyed me and I just wanted to feel comfortable, but even with the pain killers I was still uncomfortable. I dozed in and out a lot, and when people came by I pretended to sleep if I wasn't sleeping. I puked a lot because of a reaction to the anesthetics. Everyone kept telling me I was okay and that the surgery was alright and I really didn't care, I just wanted to be anywhere but there ( ... )

tj_teejay February 11 2013, 18:13:23 UTC

Personal experience is great. Well, no, that came out wrong -- so I hope everything turned out okay for you, cause brain surgery sounds really scary. But I still appreciate to hear about what that's like, because it's incredibly helpful for hopefully writing something that's rooted in reality.

Not sure I wanna go there with the puking thing, but I can definitely work in the wanting to be alone, or at least mention that at some point. Thank you!