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Featured Story of the Month for February 2009 : Casual by cabybakes
cabybakes:
--- Quote from: mare on February 03, 2009, 11:25:27 AM ---aww yay for all the positive response so far.
I love the name Quinn. It's one of my favorite names for a girl. Just a random fact until I can think of questions that haven't already been asked. lol
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I know...makes me very excited!
Quinn is one of my favorite names too!!!
mare:
okay here are a few quesitons for you Darby.
Can you tell us which chapter so far has bene the hardest one for you to write and why?
What has been your favorite part about the whole writing experience of this story so far?
If you could pick only one of your characters from this story to have their own spin off story, who would it be and why?
cabybakes:
YAY, more questions, thanks, Mare.
Can you tell us which chapter so far has bene the hardest one for you to write and why?
Probably the two chapters right after Vegas - I know I have talked about that part of the story a lot, but it was a turning point and significant to the direction of the story. After those events took place, I had to write Quinn in a totally different way than I had up to that point. And honestly, I did not like her very much during that time. It was also difficult for me make her redeemable after what had happened - I had to find a way to spin it where she wasn't just some manipulative bitch and make her come out of it looking human. I had to show that she did care for Nick, even though her way of showing it was not the greatest in those circumstances. I also had find an outlet for Nick's frustration where he didn't totally let her off the hook - which is why I love AJ in this story and what his conversations with Nick bring to the table. When I came up with the idea of Quinn writing the fairy tale, it really helped because it was a way for Quinn to show a softer side of herself without feeling like she had really admitted to anything. I am entering another challenging phase right now where I have transform a character into something very different from what they have been.
What has been your favorite part about the whole writing experience of this story so far?
It has definitely been connecting with other writers. I have betas and I have betaed for other people. It is amazing how you can motivate each other and how fleshing out your ideas with someone can you a better writer.
If you could pick only one of your characters from this story to have their own spin off story, who would it be and why?
Probably Riley...I have thought it would be fun to hook her and AJ up, I even considered doing a subplot with the two of them at one point. I prefer them as more of kindred spirits than sweeties. Her story could be interesting, a young girl trying to get her career started in the place that she has lived her entire life. I've also been thinking a lot about Courtney lately too after the last chapter; she's trying to "find" herself in a lot of ways. Both of these stories would be more original fiction than BSB fan fiction.
julilly:
I've heard such good things about this, I really need to sit down and read it!
cabybakes:
--- Quote from: julilly on February 07, 2009, 08:42:52 AM ---I've heard such good things about this, I really need to sit down and read it!
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Thank you :)
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