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Featured Story of the Month for June 2008 - Why i'd do it all Again by Mare
exclusive:
First of all YAY to having a Mare story in the featured story of the month, esp. "Why" because to me the way you wrote it, minus some sillier things here and there, was exactly how I pictured some of those things happening. I especially enjoyed the whole B-day cake scene in the studio, the club scene and the aftermath of that with Kevin and Kristin, the push and pull with Brian and Nick's relationship, etc.
--- Quote from: mare on June 02, 2008, 06:45:19 AM ---^ oh and the AJ and Nick question, in an interview One of them briefly mentioned that they were staying together when they first got to LA so I decided to play off that idea and make them actual roomies! LOL
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One of my favorite concepts of the story was that Nick and AJ lived together, and the fact that it actually happened is really cute, I wish I had heard that interview.lol One of my favorite scenes was the whole thing where AJ kicked Nick out at the studio, I literally felt that crappy feeling in my stomach that you described Nick as having in that story.
I totally agree with the way that the Behind the Music thing turned out as well, because I was so excited to find out all of the stories we had never heard before, and none of that happened. A) I already knew all of that stuff B) I felt that it could have been way longer, more in depth C) I thought it focused A LOT just on AJ and not really ALL of the guys. I was glad that they didn't bring up the Paris thing, but I thought there would be more about the BS that went on with Nick's family, and how the guys each dealt with themselves and each other during the height of it all.
I had some questions too:
- Do you really think that even during the beginning promo of NG that Kevin wanted to leave? It always seemed to me that he was enjoying himself until about the time they toured through Europe.
- How were you able to even remotely think about writing the beginnings of a Paris/Nick sex scene? (If there was a throw-up smilie I'd use it lol )
There were others, but I have to think about it. lmao
Sakabelle:
Yay Mare! I started reading this at work today (I have literally nothing to do there since I haven't got my next contract yet... erm anyway..) and I have to say that I LOVE it so far! Did you find it difficult to research to keep this based on fact? Or did you just sort of go with what you already knew and wing it? lol
mare:
--- Quote from: exclusive on June 02, 2008, 08:43:16 PM ---First of all YAY to having a Mare story in the featured story of the month, esp. "Why" because to me the way you wrote it, minus some sillier things here and there, was exactly how I pictured some of those things happening. I especially enjoyed the whole B-day cake scene in the studio, the club scene and the aftermath of that with Kevin and Kristin, the push and pull with Brian and Nick's relationship, etc.
One of my favorite concepts of the story was that Nick and AJ lived together, and the fact that it actually happened is really cute, I wish I had heard that interview.lol One of my favorite scenes was the whole thing where AJ kicked Nick out at the studio, I literally felt that crappy feeling in my stomach that you described Nick as having in that story.
I totally agree with the way that the Behind the Music thing turned out as well, because I was so excited to find out all of the stories we had never heard before, and none of that happened. A) I already knew all of that stuff B) I felt that it could have been way longer, more in depth C) I thought it focused A LOT just on AJ and not really ALL of the guys. I was glad that they didn't bring up the Paris thing, but I thought there would be more about the BS that went on with Nick's family, and how the guys each dealt with themselves and each other during the height of it all.
I had some questions too:
- Do you really think that even during the beginning promo of NG that Kevin wanted to leave? It always seemed to me that he was enjoying himself until about the time they toured through Europe.
- How were you able to even remotely think about writing the beginnings of a Paris/Nick sex scene? (If there was a throw-up smilie I'd use it lol )
There were others, but I have to think about it. lmao
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Aww thanks! I wish I had kept all the interviews I used for this story. At one time I had them all on my computer but then it crashed. I am pretty sure it was one of the radio interviews they all did where AJ mentioned Nick living with him.
I was glad they didn't really touch on the Paris/Nick thing either but like you, I wished they had talked about his family and his solo CD and what really happened with the guys when all that was going on. It did feel like the AJ behind music although I guess I could understand why but I felt like they really just focused on Howie, Brian and AJ and barely mentioned Kevin and Nick.
okay now to answer your questions.
I really didn't think Kevin wanted to leave, like I have mentioned before, I was blind sided by him leaving so no, I never felt like he wasn't into it. Luckily for me though, I wasn't finished with this story before he left so I was able to change things around to include some of those feelings otherwise the ending would have played out very differently.
I really didn't want to think about Nick and Paris having sex and I'm proud that for the most part, I pretty much got around it except for maybe that one scene which made me cringe. lol
mare:
--- Quote from: Sakabelle on June 02, 2008, 08:48:02 PM ---Yay Mare! I started reading this at work today (I have literally nothing to do there since I haven't got my next contract yet... erm anyway..) and I have to say that I LOVE it so far! Did you find it difficult to research to keep this based on fact? Or did you just sort of go with what you already knew and wing it? lol
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Aww yay! and nope, actually the research was a lot of fun. I mean who would hate having to watch interviews and listen to interviews? lol It was hard keeping it factual but I took a lot of liberties along the way, which you will see. I did wing a lot of it though, just based on how their personalities are.
Rose:
Yay for the falling out the windows scene, that one was awesome. That, the van, lmao and Nick dropping McDonalds food and fleeing at the sight of Kevin seeing him break his diet.
Kelly The Apartment and Total Kaos 24/7 are always really funny good stories too by Mare. Not as well known, but still fabulous.
What inspired the greatness that was the van chapter? lmao.
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