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Featured Story of the Month for April 2008 - Nothing Gold Can Stay by Maggie
DaniGiggles:
Hehe, I'm glad Garrett Hedlund met up with your Harry expectations ;) Who would play Kevin? Hmm... good question... Josh Hartnett? There's really no basis for this suggestion. I just watched a movie with him and couldn't get over how absolutely gorgeous he is, so there you go lol! I was trying to think of a dark hair brooding type... OH OH OH OH! David Boreanez??? I can totally see that. Man, I wish this movie would be made....
It makes sense to pick your favorites while writing the chapters. I would have picked Brian too ;) I didn't noticed that Texas only has one chapter until you said so. Same with the Alley Cats, but that's okay.
And focusing on Julia at their age would be interesting. You could delve into who's still around (maybe a few of the guys have moved away, or some tragic stuff has happened to a couple of them...) and see how Brian and Harry's "gang" may affect her. Maybe there's a girl gang and she becomes a part of it? Pink Ladies! lol Total Grease moment right there. I know this is only a couple random ideas with no real meat to them, but there's definitely a lot of potential there for sure.
Here's a question, if you could change anything you did with the story (the plot, the ending, characters, certain scenes, dialogue) what would you change? Also, do you feel like you didn't add as much as you wanted and if so, what would you put in the story that wasn't there before? (i.e. More Texas chapters, more characters, more scenes with Precious, etc)
Wow, those questions were wordy and confusing, so sorry if you're staring at the computer screen going "Huh?" lol
MonkeyAbu:
^ Watch out Mare, I think Dani is trying to hijack your Oprah-like-ness! LoL. But they're good questions. :)
mare:
and the exact same one too! lol
MaggieW:
--- Quote from: DaniGiggles on April 22, 2008, 09:29:25 PM ---Hehe, I'm glad Garrett Hedlund met up with your Harry expectations ;) Who would play Kevin? Hmm... good question... Josh Hartnett?
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Josh would do quite well, I think. :) Now I need an AJ and a Nick. Ooh, and Precious. And Jason... :P
--- Quote ---And focusing on Julia at their age would be interesting. You could delve into who's still around (maybe a few of the guys have moved away, or some tragic stuff has happened to a couple of them...) and see how Brian and Harry's "gang" may affect her. Maybe there's a girl gang and she becomes a part of it? Pink Ladies! lol Total Grease moment right there.
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I tried to watch Grease once but didn't get beyond the drive-in scene after Sandy runs off after she slaps Danny for moving to fast and he starts singing "Sandy, why'd you leave me?" Uh, hello? Moron!
--- Quote ---Here's a question, if you could change anything you did with the story (the plot, the ending, characters, certain scenes, dialogue) what would you change? Also, do you feel like you didn't add as much as you wanted and if so, what would you put in the story that wasn't there before? (i.e. More Texas chapters, more characters, more scenes with Precious, etc)
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I would definitely rewrite my Alley Cats chapter. I was looking over it this month and went "Yuck! How overdone and corny." Probably some basic editing too, grammar, maybe a tiny bit of rewriting, I don't know.
And you ladies are really getting me interested in writing a sequel.
--- Quote from: mare on April 16, 2008, 08:15:57 PM ---Is there anything you'd do differently if you had a chance to rewrite this story?
Do you prefer writing with someone or writing a story by yourself?
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It depends on the story I'm writing. For Nothing Gold, I can't imagine writing that whole thing by myself, if I'd get it done at all. For one thing, it would have taken about three times as long as it had when Louise and I wrote it. And like I said, I would redo the Alley Cats chapter. Not sure what else I'd redo; I'd have to look over the story again. Louise's chapters I'd leave untouched of course, since I didn't write them.
Oh, and we finally finished The Outsiders today. Funny, but when I was reading to Patrick, my voice broke when Dally went down in gunfire. I never cry during this book. Just like in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I didn't cry when I read about (Spoiler for any that haven't read it!) Fred's death but when I read it to the family, I could barely finish the chapter for being choked up.
DaniGiggles:
--- Quote from: mare on April 16, 2008, 08:15:57 PM ---Is there anything you'd do differently if you had a chance to rewrite this story?
Do you prefer writing with someone or writing a story by yourself?
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--- Quote from: mare on April 22, 2008, 09:47:22 PM ---and the exact same one too! lol
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*slaps forehead* Oh crap, I'm such a douche! I didn't even see that question. I'm sorry Mare! That was a total blonde moment sitch for me. Sorry about that :-\ I didn't mean to step on any toes.
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