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oqidaun Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 8/22/05 11:11pm Subject: OC Writers Anonymous: Step on a Jawa and break Shmi's Back - Date Edited: 1/29/08 8:03pm (146 edits total) Edited By: oqidaun
	Pull up a folding chair, grab a stale doughnut and make yourself at home. Hi, my name is oqidaun and I write fic with a lot of OCs--a lot. For a reader, discovering a good OC can be akin to a surprise visit from a chatty Papa George who wants to explain the mysteries of GFFA, including how some of the Empire's best troops could be defeated by tribal teddy bears, why stormtrooper armor didn't work as effectively as clonetrooper armor or why Jedi Padawans wore mullets (business up front/party in the back). Sadly, a bad OC experience is comparable to being trapped in an elevator with Jar-Jar Binks and no available weapons of mass destruction. Undoubtedly, we've all had our share of bad OC experiences. Every one of us has stumbled across or has written (time to fess up kiddos) one of those OCs who makes you want to stab your eyes out and renounce your literacy. However, we also have read or have written the ones who put a lump in your throat, make you snarf carbonated beverages, see the humanity in the bad guys or think about the GFFA in a totally new light. OC writers are a tough and often under-appreciated lot, yet we keep trudging back for more--we either like the abuse or have something important to say. This thread is an attempt to provide a forum for OC writers (I know there have been others in the distant past, but MODS this will be unique, I promise) to pull together, like our very own leper colony, and talk about what makes us tick as writers and why we tell the stories we do. I was inspired to start this thread after seeing how the "Throw in the Towel" crowd was composed primarily of OC writers (maybe we just dominated the discussion), the lack of support at the Dueling Circle (we need to support each other) and the really great response to the OC Survey/Meme thingie. ANNOUNCEMENT! SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL OCs!!! For those of you who like to "walk the walk" and not just "talk the talk" and really want to throwdown with your exceptionally awesome OCs allow me to subtly encourage you to take your badself and OC buddies over to the following challenges. Yeah, I'm calling you out! If you're really intrepid and mildly insane there's Fluff-Slayer's Ridiculously Specific Challenges. These are are the kind of challenges that make all others (even the "torturous dares") look as soft as a seven week old guunga fruit. Once you start down Fluff-Slayer's challenge path--forever will it dominate your destiny. If you're too to play, at least drop by and read what authors are doing with these challenges. It's most impressive. If guunga fruit and fire isn't your thing, there's SabyneAmberle's The OC Dueling Circle. Every week there's a new challenge dictated by the winner of the previous week's challenge. It's a deadline based challenge (for those of you who have to have your deadlines) and the winner is determined by popular vote. This is a really excellent group of writers, super friendly, and a great place to take your OC's out for some exercise. If you've a god-complex and a penchant for World Building (I know I do!) drop by avowed OC Revolutionary JMT's thread Our Star Wars Universe. It's a fabulous database of OC Worlds. Get over there and promote your playground! Immortalize your OC Story and Characters! For significantly less effort and money than it would take to print out and give to twenty friends all of your OC-centric epics, vignettes, song-fics and haiku--Wookiee Luvin' Correllian_Ale has an offer you can't refuse. Drop by the NEW and IMPROVED The New and Improved OC Story Database!! Correllian_Ale has produced the greatest OC Database ever. EVER! -----signature----- . . . . I'm so bad, I banned myself.
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MiaTieska Title: Provo, UT FanForce CR Registered: Jan '03	Date Posted: 8/23/05 3:26am Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	I do have to admit I feel bad about not really participating in many of the OC threads so far. Because I have a confession to make. See, I used to hate Star Wars. (No, that's not the confession.) But the thing to convert me over to liking and loving Star Wars was... OC fan fiction. Yup. It was SW fanfic driven primarily by OC's. So, much of my early SW fanfic is highly OC-driven. I belong(ed?) to a group where we would write about our own Old Republic Jedi characters we'd created. Most stories were set around the time of the Jedi Apprentice series or just before. We of course used canon characters in most of the stories, depending on who you needed or wanted to have show up. Anyway, I have...tons, and I mean tons of story outlines and notes and ideas for the lives of my OC's. Yes, they took over. It got so bad, that I had to create an outline/database/monster thing in Excel to keep track of each story and event and when it took place in each character's life. And then someone wanted me to read their Beyond fic here on the boards, and that converted me to the post-RotJ SW verse (which I had also previously hated), headdesk and I keep meaning to get back to my OC's, but I have sooo many fics to write. Some of my OC fics do feature a few canon characters more prominently, but in my head, my OC's are so alive (and loud!) that they're just as "canon" to me as Obi-Wan or Qui-Gon is. While watching AotC and RotS for the first and second times, there was a part of my brain figuring out what each of my OC's would have been doing and fitting them into the frame of the movie. So... why don't I do the OC challenges? Wow. I would love to do challenges, but I simply can't crank out a story fast enough for those deadlines. Especially with the length some of my ideas are, and I'd rather try to use existing ideas than create even more, but I suppose that's inevitable. Someday, I'll do those challenges, even for my own writing exercise, but I just can't crank out stories in a week unless it's very very very short. And I'm trying to get myself to write longer ones... Kriff. Did I just talk myself into participating in the OC challenges?? Okay, I'm gonna stop rambling and go onto the questions. The Good: Which of your OCs do you consider the prize horse in the stable? Why? sigh See, this is where other characters that literally spawned themselves from the lives of my original group of OC's (I know that sounds odd) start talking and won't shut up! They create themselves, pop out of nowhere and then demand a voice. The Bad: What's the worst thing you've ever done to an OC? 'Killed' him and brought him back to life. Actually, no, the worst thing I've done was to the Padawan whose Master I killed, after he'd been through some nasty brainwashing and drug control... The Dinner Date: Which of your OCs would you like to spend some quality one-on-one time with over a cheap merlot and some spaghetti? (My question, so I get to plan your menu--ha!) What would you discuss? ...Heck, I already discuss everything with them in my head anyway. Some people get dinners with their OC's?? goes off grumbling -Mia -----signature----- "The Bank of Jedi Skills is... empty. We're overdrawn." It's Just Pretend, K/J: http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=22720801 Provo FanForce: http://boards.theforce.net/board.asp?brd=10138
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Fluff-Slayer Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 8/23/05 5:05am Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	Oqi the All-Talented. I'll have a knock at it! The Good: It's either T'mye or Tilley--though no one else will know who T'mye is, as her chapter is still being written. I think she's a brilliant character, though. The Bad Well...in "Eyes so Cold", Knight Hirosi Kir is the first to forsee any danger, and no one believes her. She is unable to block out these awful prophecies and is eventually institutionalized because of it. (Don't tell my readers...tee-hee.) The Ugly Um... Alloi, perhaps, from "A Case of Doomed Diplomacy". He makes only a few appearances, but I stand by my answer. The Dinner Date Actually, you'll have to forgive me if my bishiest OC is not a SW universe character. -----signature----- "Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove." --Terry Pratchett
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lazykbys_left Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 8/23/05 7:01am Subject: RE:OC Writers Anonymous [why I write OCs / the good, bad, ugly, & the dinner date]
	Hello, my name is lazykbys (but call me lazy, please) and I write OC fics. I also have this habit of creating OCs for just one story and never using them again. I think it's because of the way I write. I usually come up with the story first and create the characters to fit it. If they don't fit, it's simpler to change the characters than the story - and it's easier to do that when you're using OCs. Also, there's a seductive voice at the back of my head that keeps saying, "You know, you could do this and this with this story if it wasn't a [canon character] fic" and "This doesn't need to be a [canon character] fic, does it?" The Good: Which of your OCs do you consider the prize horse in the stable? Why? Alyn Byar, who is a minor villain in The Fires of Rebellion. He does what he does for greed, and he doesn't have the guts to admit to what he's doing. He rationalizes his misdeeds. He falls apart under pressure. As far as I can see, the man has no redeeming characteristics at all . . . and that's why I think he's the best OC I've created so far. He had a part to play in the story and I think he played it very well. The Bad What's the worst thing you've ever done to an OC? Physically, I had two stormtroopers shoot Byar starting at his toes and ending somewhere just below his crotch, leaving him alive but crippled. Emotionally . . . well, there's this vig (Fifteen Hundred Credits) where I had the Jedi take away an OC's son. Then they sent the boy to the AgriCorps when he didn't make padawan by his thirteenth birthday. And for a short while in between, the man truly believed he would get his son back. The Ugly Have you had an ugly-duckling experience with an OC? I'm not sure if this counts, but in my one-post vig, The Past, there's a nameless woman with a couple of lines. I'm planning on expanding it into a longer story where she has a major role due to a reader's curiosity. The Dinner Date Which of your OCs would you like to spend some quality one-on-one time with over a cheap merlot and some spaghetti? What would you discuss? I don't know, most of my OCs are people I wouldn't hang out with. And even when they are, I don't think they'd want to hang out with me. I'd probably bore them to death on a date. - lazy -----signature----- "You're like some kind of link machine." - rhonderoo It didn't stop being magic just because you found out how it was done. DARK SIDE FHTAGN lazykbys fanfic index (click and scroll dowwwn): http://boards.theforce.net/m/b1/17609715/r17736763
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Aiden_Sanic Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 8/23/05 7:15am Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	YAY! An OC Appreciation Thread, how nice. Yeah, OC's are a really big part of Fan-Fiction aren't they? The GOOD: Well I haven't really writen many OC's at this time, but it would have to be this little droid named KY-L4. Right now he just ran away from his mean master, unfortunatley this was only a response to an OC challenge and I haven't written anything else for this little guy. But he has a big heart for such a small body, and one day I hope to write more about him. The BAD: Well, it's not like I've written bad OC's but I have killed....some. One was a clone named JI-M7. He was also in an OC challenge, unfortunatley his fighter was blown up and he was sucked out into space where he died in a collosal explosion! Yeah..... that's definetley the bad. The UGLY: Hmmmm, I haven't had an ugly duckling experience left, but if there was anyone I would chose for this role, it would be the little droid KY-L4 The DINNER DATE: Well, with a run-away droid who I can't find, and a few dead clone OC's there's really not many OC's to chose from is there? -----signature----- Fan Fics http://boards.theforce.net/user.asp?usr=1202767 Diary Challenge Entries: Birds Eye View http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/25923603/p1/?3 All The Emperors Men http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25888343/p1/?6
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lindemacil Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 8/23/05 7:26am Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	Oqidaun's unmeasurable awesomeness continues as she rallies the ranks of OCs! The questions, quickly, because I'm at work. The Good: Cynari Willfire. She hasn't made much of an appearance yet, but she has a lot of potential that I haven't tapped into yet. She's got a couple stories that are just begging to be written. The Bad: Cynari's probably had the worst of it so far. Her Padawan dies in the Clone Wars, she's sent off to a Jedi triage unit for the duration of the Wars, she manages to survive the Purge while losing all of her friends and everyone she's ever cared about, and then she gets caught up in this rebellion, eventually sacrificing herself for its cause. All without a single complaint. The Ugly: I'm getting the feeling that Seithen Berne will turn up here -- characterization-wise, at least. He started out as a source of more angst for Nirel Berne, but he has since turned into a free-standing character. I've got a full-blown WIP starring him. The Dinner Date: Rurik Berne. He remains unseen in the Berne Family Portraits, but I'm sure he'll turn up eventually. I'd like to sit down with him for two reasons: one, I don't know much about his character at the moment (except that he's Nirel and Tuli's uncle and he is a career military man); and two, he's supposed to be quite the charmer. -----signature----- - Lindy - "What I say is not half as important as what I don't say." A Year and A Day, a Dear Diary Challenge: http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/26653402/p1/?2
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Commander-DWH Title: Shiny Fan Fiction Manager Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 8/23/05 7:46am Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	Howdy! My name is DWH, and I've gotten sucked into the world of OC writing. I actually don't have an army yet, but they keep multiplying. It all started with one, but she needed a backstory. And to give her a backstory, I needed, you guessed it, more OCs. The Good: Which of your OCs do you consider the prize horse in the stable? Why? Well, I'll have to stick with Leiraya for this one, as she's the most well-developed. The other ones are still finding themselves, But I do like her a lot, even if she has a mind of her own. The Bad: What's the worst thing you've ever done to an OC? Well, I haven't done very many evil things yet (I have some planned, but I'm not telling... ), so I'll have to go with the knee problem I gave to Leiraya. It might not seem like much, but I have a friend with that problem, and it can be living Hell sometimes. The Ugly: Have you had an ugly-duckling experience with an OC? Well, I suppose I'd have to put in my vote for my old OC, Juliana Antilles. She started as a Rebel Squadrons character, and after some shifting and rearranging, she landed in the AU prequel scripts my friends and I started writing, and she's turned into a really awesome character. The Dinner Date: Which of your OCs would you like to spend some quality one-on-one time with over a cheap merlot and some spaghetti? What would you discuss? Hmm, well, Partlet's out, since he'd talk my ears off and I wouldn't get a word in edgewise. Kylan might be interesting, though. I imagine we'd talk about his experiences in the Mandalorian Wars, and what happened to him. Great thread, oqi. -----signature----- Complements (KOTOR)- http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/21177927/ Luminosity- http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/27900517/ Barefoot hippie in the OC revolution Master of the lovely and talented SoA
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East_Coast_Ryder Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 8/23/05 8:11am Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	Ah, OCs. Love them. Can't write SW canon charactors IC to safe my life... Well, maybe to save my life... NEways... The Good: Which of your OCs do you consider the prize horse in the stable? Why? I have always loved my OC, April. I just started writing her and as she formed she seemed just like a less psycho version of me. Trust me, if I ever use her for Star Wars (which could happen; I use her in many fandoms,) you'd like her, too. The Bad: What's the worst thing you've ever done to an OC? Oh, if I told you, I'd have to kill you... The Ugly: Have you had an ugly-duckling experience with an OC, i.e., one that started off mediocre and grew into something beautiful in terms of characterization or audience appeal? April again. The Dinner Date: Which of your OCs would you like to spend some quality one-on-one time with over a cheap merlot and some spaghetti? (My question, so I get to plan your menu--ha!) What would you discuss? I would probably join for dinner my OC, Cale Solo, who is Han and Leia's great-great-great-great-great grandson by way of Jacen. We would discuss idiotic machines and spaceship repair... -----signature----- "Zydrate comes in a little glass vial." "A little glass vial?" "A little glass vial!" Holding On DSF Revan/Carth http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/29833734/p1/
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Jennifer_Lyn Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 8/23/05 8:24am Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	Ah! Feel the love in this thread! I, too, am a member of the OC writer's club. It's great to write canon characters, and I do it often. I think, though, that OC's give us the freedom to really explore the GFFA in way's Lucas never imagined (and in some cases, intended ). Here, here to all of us! The Good: Which of your OCs do you consider the prize horse in the stable? Why? Definitely Lybra from Something To Hold Onto. She's a powerful character with a unique story and while the tale is Obi-Wan based, for me, she's the star. She made her presence well enough known that she's been spun off into her own original galaxy and encouraged me to work on a first novel gasp. The Bad:What's the worst thing you've ever done to an OC? I've done a couple of things that my little audience will be quite displeased with, but haven't posted it yet, so no spoilers! The Ugly: Have you had an ugly-duckling experience with an OC? Ka'leb Bindo is a small child who was a throwaway character in a vignette. He and his Master ended up becoming leads in a Purge era story and the kid really grew on me. I was quite surprised because I'm not exactly a "kid" person. The Dinner Date: Which of your OCs would you like to spend some quality one-on-one time with? That's a toughie. Actually, there is an OC pair (Jedi Master and his canine Padawan) who I'd like to spend time with so they can tell me their tale. Lybra would probably be my first choice though. -----signature----- Forever in search of the perfect Obi-Wan quote but it remains something... elsewhere. Elusive. OC revolutionaries never die, they just go into hiding. A Stirring in the Bones - http://boards.theforce.net/b/b1/24526219/p5 - completed ages ago
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oqidaun Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 8/23/05 8:45am Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	Hoorah! I'm glad to see people responding to this thread and interacting. I always fear that I'll start a thread and people will just stop by to tell me a I dress weird and smell funny. Here's my GOOD, BAD, UGLY and Dinner Date: Good: I have to go with my Nordakari General Lambarde (A Thousand Shades of Gray/A Cacophony of Voices/The Price of a Crusade). I just love him. He's fallible, long-lived and absolutely surprises me some days by doing the exact opposite of what I think he should do. I've also gotten to do quite a bit of world-building for his backstory and I love world-building. Bad: In Burn! Burn! Burn! the poor padawan who committed suicide by holding the lightsaber to his forehead and hitting the "on" switch--probably the worst one, thus far. Ugly: Also in Burn! Burn! Burn! little Miss Badour. She started out freaky and quiet, now she has a following. She's really taken on a life of her own. I love to write her. Dinner: Mazaricky No-Name as he'd probably pay for the eats and drinks (A Cacophony of Voices/The Ballad of Mazaricky No-Name/Ewok Murder Rampage). He's also a cutie. We'd talk about plotting for A Cacophony of Voices and the prequels to Ewok Murder Rampage. Tonight, I'll put up another point of discussion to keep you OC aficionados coming back... -----signature----- . . . . I'm so bad, I banned myself.
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GrandAdmiralV Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 8/23/05 11:25am Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	Oqi, this is the coolest thread. Thanks for spreading the OC love. The Good: Which of your OCs do you consider the prize horse in the stable? Why? That's tough because I really love all of them (even the not-so-nice ones). I guess my favorite is Shelarne Viraess, an Imperial officer. She hasn't shown up over here yet because I haven't had time to start posting the novel she appears in, Dust of Empire. I like her because she does all these things in the name of duty even though deep down she knows they aren't right, she's driven and smart, and she's nothing like me. But Miele in Blood and Ashes is a close second. She's fun to write. The Bad What's the worst thing you've ever done to an OC? I never do terrible things to my OCs. Seriously, if I told you then I'd be giving away all the endings to my stories! I guess I like to put people through the emotional wringer. Although I'm sure Rath Darkpiper didn't enjoy getting torpedoed into oblivion by Boba Fett. The Ugly Have you had an ugly-duckling experience with an OC, i.e., one that started off mediocre and grew into something beautiful in terms of characterization or audience appeal? I feel that way about my newest character, Tessa, from the story I wrote for the Order 66 challenge ("Forgotten Flowers"). At first she was just envisioned as an observer, but as I started writing her she became very real, with a voice I couldn't ignore. I'm planning on putting her in more fics. The Dinner Date Which of your OCs would you like to spend some quality one-on-one time with over a cheap merlot and some spaghetti? (My question, so I get to plan your menu--ha!) What would you discuss? Oh, that's tough! Maybe Grand Moff Kezler (from Dust of Empire). He was originally modeled on a friend of mine, but of course he became much darker as I wrote him. I guess it would be interesting to spend an evening with him talking politics. Also, he's kinda easy on the eyes. -----signature----- Imperial propaganda...um...fics in profile. Master to His_Tallness, MsLanna, and unknown_shore. Official Grammar Queen. Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.--Erwin Rommel
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thesporkbewithyou Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 8/23/05 11:25am Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	I do have to admit I feel bad about not really participating in many of the OC threads so far. Because I have a confession to make. See, I used to hate Star Wars. grins I'm glad I'm not the only one! While I did love the OT, I used to think the books were...well...childish. When I finally picked one up because of boredome...boy did I find out how wrong I was. The Good: There's no doubt that Ashra Le'Dar is the best OC I've ever created. Not only is she not a Jedi or a smuggler, her opinion of the two groups lies somewhere in the middle. As for my best villian...the villians in the same story. They're bad (like, they kill people and stuff), but they believe it's for a good cause, and they think that the people they're doing it for (who don't even know about them) appreciate it. The Bad: To date, the worst thing I've done is pair my OC on a mini-mission with a colleague she detests. Worse things come later. The Ugly: Hm...one of my OCs from a story which will probably never be posted started as just a body to fill in a position for a group. The OC didn't even have a name. One night I suddenly found a name for the OC, and this whole plot developed. The Dinner Date: Definetly Ramos Anteby, another OC from the story mentioned above. I don't know much about him. Might be able to get him to open up after several glasses of wine. -----signature----- Loyal servant ... er ... Padawan of HyperionRising. E-sis/mutual adoptee/ter of Maggy for a happy almost 3 years
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Bale Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 8/23/05 1:41pm Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly." - Date Edited: 8/23/05 3:46pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Bale
	The Good: Which of your OCs do you consider the prize horse in the stable? Why? Kenara Kolvo, from my WIP Crimson Knight (Coming to the Saga Board soon.) She's my favorite at least for now because she has to be while I'm writing her story. The Bad Is putting one on the Death Star bad? The Ugly Have you had an ugly-duckling experience with an OC, i.e., one that started off mediocre and grew into something beautiful in terms of characterization or audience appeal? Yes, Otaana Saavk from my story Decoy. I wrote her in out of necessity, but my Betas loved her. The Dinner Date Which of your OCs would you like to spend some quality one-on-one time with over a cheap merlot and some spaghetti? (My question, so I get to plan your menu--ha!) What would you discuss? Otaana. She's bold and classy. And anyone brazen enough to square off against Boba Fett who lives to tell about it should make an interesting coversationalist for an evening. -----signature----- Missing scene: Vader in the meditation chamber: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/26817395/p1/?4 Decoy teaser trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvDksDPJoyk
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Lola64 Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 8/23/05 1:48pm Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	I've been doing the OC challenge, only missing two of them so far pats self on back. Although some are just for the challenges I am going to have a couple that will see some major board time. However, this is all in the works so I'll try to answer the best I can. The Good: Which of your OCs do you consider the prize horse in the stable? Why?I think that would be my OC in Skeleton in the Closet, who I can't give a name yet because she's still a mystery. She's getting popular because she's the product of a biological experiment using two Saga canon's reproductive cells. Finding out who those canon's were was a big build up and when the readers meet her I hope that she stays that way, popular. The Bad What's the worst thing you've ever done to an OC? Zimaria is my OC in Seeking the Light. I've killed her family and her people. I've taken her childhood. I've sent her to Ossus to kill Mara Jade Skywalker. Will she live at the end? Can't tell because it's a WIP. But whether she lives or dies, she won't be returning at the end of that fic. The Ugly Have you had an ugly-duckling experience with an OC, i.e., one that started off mediocre and grew into something beautiful in terms of characterization or audience appeal? Since I haven't really gotten into the thick of my fics, I would have to say no. The Dinner Date Which of your OCs would you like to spend some quality one-on-one time with over a cheap merlot and some spaghetti? What would you discuss? If that's a date then I say no one. My OC's are female and I'm, how should I say this, just not into same gender relationships. Now if this was two girls going out on the town, checking out the guys. I'd say it would be Melena Wolcz, from my Disabilities Challenge. She's the most normal of the three. I just can't hang out with abnormal people anymore. -----signature----- Kyp/Nurse Lola: the new ship I stalk people. It's a Lola thing. Been gone and is now back. Did you miss me?
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obi_ew Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 8/23/05 1:56pm Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly."
	The Good: Which of your OCs do you consider the prize horse in the stable? Why? Hard one. I guess it would have to be Eitan Delano from my Learning Series. He was a Jedi but had all the flaws and baggage that we mortals do. He did questionable things in order to do what he felt was right. I enjoyed trying to make him a well rounded OC. The Bad What's the worst thing you've ever done to an OC? Hum... I suppose creating one just to be a throw away character. The Ugly Have you had an ugly-duckling experience with an OC, i.e., one that started off mediocre and grew into something beautiful in terms of characterization or audience appeal? That would be Desimir deCrion from my Redemption Series. He was going to be one of those above mentioned bad. He started out as a crazed clone who was going to be killed off rather quickly. The more I wrote, however, he took on a life of his own and somehow became one of my most popular OC's and even had a troubled past. The Dinner Date Which of your OCs would you like to spend some quality one-on-one time with over a cheap merlot and some spaghetti? (My question, so I get to plan your menu--ha!) What would you discuss? Probably Shai Kenobi from my Redemption Series. I'd love to find out what it's like to be a clone, especially a clone of Obi-Wan's. It would be interesting to get inside his head and discuss his extended family. Plus he looks just like Obi so the view would be lovely. Great idea! -----signature----- In Loving Memory Of CC Price of Courage- Obi/Whie/Luke- http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/20124958/?37 Updated 4/20 Finally!!
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CommanderConrad Registered: Jan '03	Date Posted: 8/23/05 2:12pm Subject: RE: OC Survival 101: OC Writers Anonymous "The Good. The Bad. The Ugly." - Date Edited: 8/23/05 2:14pm (1 edits total) Edited By: CommanderConrad
	The Good: Which of your OCs do you consider the prize horse in the stable? Why? Kenos Ossinian, the guy I started with. He's the unsung hero who fights and suffers as much as the Skywalkers and Solos but is hardly thanked for it. War affects so many more people than the politicians and Generals, and he's one of them. The Bad What's the worst thing you've ever done to an OC? Put one in a relationship with Numa Rar. I did it because I love to tie my stories into the cannon of the novels, but it really sucked for him. The Ugly Have you had an ugly-duckling experience with an OC, i.e., one that started off mediocre and grew into something beautiful in terms of characterization or audience appeal? Well, all of my writing has gotten better, in every aspect. I just call that improvement. The Dinner Date Which of your OCs would you like to spend some quality one-on-one time with over a cheap merlot and some spaghetti? (My question, so I get to plan your menu--ha!) What would you discuss? Jasila Volova because she's low-maintainance enough to enjoy that menu. She and I would discuss military life and flying. Kenos would just complain about how watery the meat sauce is. -----signature----- I dispense from this side judgments inexorable, without the least remorse.
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