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I've seen several fic authors do kind of "DVD commentaries" on their fics in which they insert comments about the writing process into the story, and I have done that kind of thing in the past for a couple of my Brokeback Mountain ficlets. But as "Precious" is much too long to actually insert commentary in it, think of this as more of the "making-of featurettes" on the DVD. I want to do this for this fic for a few reasons:
1. Just like the original show, this fanfic has a lot of references to literature and films, so here I'll explain all these references (cause I'm sure lots of people aren't actually familiar with all of them) and why I chose them for the characters to refer to in this kind of story.
2. I like to write a lot in the same way some people can never stop talking, which I'm afraid I subject a lot of people to in my very long-ass comments or replies to comments.
3. I always feel like I learn a thing or two from writing about my writing.
4. I'm a compulsive music-sharer (see the third-to-last feature).
You guys are going to think I'm crazy when you see how much crap is in this post, and if anyone actually reads all of this I'll probably drop dead with shock. I advise everyone to just take any of the song downloads they want because I love you all and then run away as fast as you can.
The Making Writing of "Precious"
( The symbolism of the scarf: Where the idea for this whole story came from and why there are so many damn references to the time of the bashing throughout it. )
( Breakfast at Tiffany's: How Brian is like Holly Golightly )
( Star Wars: Why Michael's reference to Boba Fett is actually not correct )
( Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Why Steph says the movie adaptation sucks )
( Angels In America: What do Louis/Prior have to do with Brian/Justin? )
( The Scarlet Letter: Why Justin relates it to the scarf )
( Maggie and Milly and Molly and May: Not chosen only because it has the name Molly (but maybe mostly LOL) )
( Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Not that anybody cares about Luke, but this is who he looks like )
( All the King's Men: Its themes and this story's may really be like apples and oranges )
( Random facts about this fic )
( The 'Precious' Soundtrack EP )
( Parts of the fic I'm the least satisfied with )
( Parts of the fic I'm the most satisfied with )
1. Just like the original show, this fanfic has a lot of references to literature and films, so here I'll explain all these references (cause I'm sure lots of people aren't actually familiar with all of them) and why I chose them for the characters to refer to in this kind of story.
2. I like to write a lot in the same way some people can never stop talking, which I'm afraid I subject a lot of people to in my very long-ass comments or replies to comments.
3. I always feel like I learn a thing or two from writing about my writing.
4. I'm a compulsive music-sharer (see the third-to-last feature).
You guys are going to think I'm crazy when you see how much crap is in this post, and if anyone actually reads all of this I'll probably drop dead with shock. I advise everyone to just take any of the song downloads they want because I love you all and then run away as fast as you can.
( Breakfast at Tiffany's: How Brian is like Holly Golightly )
( Star Wars: Why Michael's reference to Boba Fett is actually not correct )
( Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Why Steph says the movie adaptation sucks )
( Angels In America: What do Louis/Prior have to do with Brian/Justin? )
( The Scarlet Letter: Why Justin relates it to the scarf )
( Maggie and Milly and Molly and May: Not chosen only because it has the name Molly (but maybe mostly LOL) )
( Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Not that anybody cares about Luke, but this is who he looks like )
( All the King's Men: Its themes and this story's may really be like apples and oranges )
( Random facts about this fic )
( The 'Precious' Soundtrack EP )
( Parts of the fic I'm the least satisfied with )
( Parts of the fic I'm the most satisfied with )
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asexual_amoeba wrote an interesting and very detailed analysis of her fanfic “Portrait of a Life” which motivated me to do something like this for a couple of my own BBM fics.Of all my Brokeback stories, “Red and White” is the most complex and is constructed with the most organization, if I should put it that way, and it seemed obvious to analyze the details in that one that a reader may not have caught the meaning of. But there are some things in “Home” that I also wanted to address, especially because a lot of people got the opposite idea from the way it ends than I think I was meaning to convey, so I did an analysis for that one, too.
( Analysis of ”Red and White” )
( Analysis of ”Home” )
