Yuan-Fen: A SwaSan OS (B'day gift for Lucky) - Page 3

Originally posted by: lucky.m

Bangaram🤗

Mine .. and I loved it😳🤗 will be back for more

Love

Lucky

Originally posted by: blindassassin

Lucky

A very belated bday wish dear.May you find all happiness

Veena.

Nynu

As usual..

So much research and pain for a simple yet poetically beautiful story.

Your passion always amazes me.Such a beautiful ending...Please bless us with more such gems.

Love,veena.

Hello nyna dear
look like lucky birthday come as a blessing for us
thanks u for this it's beautiful dear & for me this is ur story cuz I don't know o henrry hehehe sorry.
loved this I want sequel of it I want they know they are those stranger feel like missing something something adura lag raha he yeh though it simply beautiful.
unknowingly their first sight love become true.
this is swasan simple love story also impact us deeply.
I u can than bring 2nd part also pls
Bye
Take care

Originally posted by: showrav24

Hello nyna dear
look like lucky birthday come as a blessing for us
thanks u for this it's beautiful dear & for me this is ur story cuz I don't know o henrry hehehe sorry.
loved this I want sequel of it I want they know they are those stranger feel like missing something something adura lag raha he yeh though it simply beautiful.
unknowingly their first sight love become true.
this is swasan simple love story also impact us deeply.
I u can than bring 2nd part also pls
Bye
Take care

Hi Nyna,

Originally posted by: chemgirl

Hi Nyna,

A beautiful OS!!!!!!

And I am all😳😳😳

I have read only one of O Henry's stories - The Gift of the Magi. Can you tell me which story this one is based on?

The Gift of the Magi, is my all time favourite, and I always cry when I read it.😭 This story is based on his very short tale - The Unknown Romance"

Kudos to you for the amout of research you have done!!!!

Thanks, I do not mind the research, it is a form of reading after all.😉

So Swasan met each other in a far away place and feeling that they cannot be in a relationship they didnt even talk. But sometimes silence does wonders that words can't do. They fell in love with each other perhaps.

And now they are getting married but unaware of the game of destiny. I wish they realise this or fall in love even without the realization.

They meet for a few minutes in a world which is literally and figuratively, a very different world which they inhabit. They feel an instant attraction and a wistful longing for each other, but also acknowledge the impossibility of that dream. Their meeting was fated (yuan).

But destiny has other plans for them and when both of them, at almost the same time, thinking along similar lines of reasoning, completely give up what they think is a foolish dream to be willing bound to each other, they unknowingly make that dream come true (fen).

The original tale (which is what I felt) had a bit of cynical acceptance of their fate. I hopefully have managed to convey the message that they go ahead to truly fall in love with each other. Will they realise that they found the very person they gave up? Maybe or maybe not😳

Waiting for more stories from you.

If you are truly adventurous, do risk reading my works, the list is on the index given in my siggy.

This was a fabulous rwad.

Achu

Dear Achu,

Replied in blue above,

Best,

Nyna

Originally posted by: Sparkler8

Wish you a very happy birthday, Lucky!! 😃

Res for yuan fen..

Originally posted by: Nynaeve

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I will try dear
u said right some leave long lasting impression that's why we want more like if it going on an on this is one of this infact swasan is one of this that's whenever you all something on them we want more we never satisfied with them.
Will wait for it dear

Wow nyna what a lovely birthday tribute...

Originally posted by: Sparkler8

Hi Nyna,

I must say, you are an inspiration for me. Amidst the professional and personal commitments, you take out time to churn out such beautiful stories that are worth reading.

Okay😳😳being called an inspiration is certainly very very inspiring. And you calling it beautiful despite it being adapted from an O'Henry story (while replying, I actually had a doubt and checked - Adapt is the correct term because it appears that "an adaptation is when you set out, from the beginning, to make a work based on another existing work, even if it ends up very different from the source material. Meanwhile, "heavily inspired" is when you DO want to create your own original story, but you take ideas and inspiration from existing work(s) because you like them." - So I am clear - this OS is an adaptation)

It was a very short story, considering your OS normally reach the 7000 word limit at times. 😉 I have not read the actual work by O'Henry, so there is no comparison when I read this. On the side note, I really would like to know how much of this is an adaptation. I will let you know once I finish reading that.

Actually I planned to write this in around 1000 words, 300 for each section and 100 for that last. I finally ended up with this 3000 word OS - so my normal OS where I plan to write about 3000 words ends up...

Do read the actual story - The Unknown Romance - it is short even by O'Henry standards and do let me know.😊And as I edited to add in the introduction, though I could not recall the name, I seemed to have remembered the story quite well😆

The setting was unusual but the details you include are now a norm for me when I read your works. The dresses and the missed encounter, or should I call it an acquaintance, were well described.

The setting being unusual was by intent - have you had to chance to visit the north east during the time you stayed in India? It is like a different world altogether (I have been to both Gangtok and Meghalaya, and they do not seem to be like a part of this country) - so I felt that somebody with very typical Indian features, dressed in the traditional garb of that part would be harder to recall and recognise. Guess it paid off😳

I understand a bit of Mandarin, but I never came across Yuan fen, or may be I never paid much attention to such phrases. I learnt a new word through your OS. Thank you, Nyna! Also, yes, I finished reading the footnotes as well. Your research never fails to amaze me. That's one more part of your writing that inspires me to be better.

Yuan-fen, I had been dying to use it ever since I learnt of it. And somehow, it resonated with this idea. And thank you for reading the footnotes, earlier I would feel it is a waste of time, but ever since you let me know that you read them, I ensure to put them in😳😳

The theme of letting go and starting over, accepting your destiny is quite famous in Romance genre. So I would say that clicked with me. Though both Swara and Sanskaar don't recognise each other, I hope they will talk about that encounter one day and realise the kind of game fate and destiny played in their lives. And, my dear, if you could be so kind, to give us that scene as a OS too.. Please...😳

A quick read !

You are truly tempting me, I will not promise though. But if I do get around to writing it, i shall definitely let you know.

Cheers

Sharon