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Featured Story for the month of August 2009 - Someone's Miracle
mare:
How long do you wait to post a chapter after you write it? Do you find you post it the same day or do you sit on a it for a few days just in case you want to change something? Also, do you have anyone read it before you post it or bounce your ideas off of anyone?
Kentuckychickrk:
--- Quote from: mare on August 07, 2009, 07:24:15 PM ---How long do you wait to post a chapter after you write it? Do you find you post it the same day or do you sit on a it for a few days just in case you want to change something? Also, do you have anyone read it before you post it or bounce your ideas off of anyone?
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Most of the chapters of this story were up within days of each other simply because I'd already written a lot of it before I began posting it. I think the more difficult chapters towards the end where I knew where I wanted to go but not exactly how I wanted to get there took a little bit longer.
I don't actually share my stories with anyone before I submit them here and I haven't bounced my ideas off anyone at this point, though I may in the future. I do sometimes post on the fanclub forum as well, but usually at the same time.
mare:
How much research did you do concerning organ donation and the medical side of things etc... and would you consider writing another story similar in nature to this one ever again? Normally i'd ask if you ever thought about a sequel but i'm not sure if this is a sequel type story?
Kentuckychickrk:
--- Quote from: mare on August 14, 2009, 11:13:19 AM ---How much research did you do concerning organ donation and the medical side of things etc... and would you consider writing another story similar in nature to this one ever again? Normally i'd ask if you ever thought about a sequel but i'm not sure if this is a sequel type story?
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Not an extreme amount about the organ donations specifically, but some. A lot of the information came directly from the speakers we had in our death and grief class. I distinctly remembered the one mother discussing how the only information they were allowed to know for years about who would receive their sons organs were the ages and genders of the recipients and vice versa. I also remember her talking about the first time she met the man who received her son's heart.
The medical information I did quite a bit of research on. I'd narrowed it down to kidney and liver and after researching some more I decided on the liver. I researched the symptoms, medications and plausible causes because I didn't want to give Aaron a condition that would be highly unlikely and I wanted the symptoms to fit and in the end this was also why I never gave a distinct diagnosis other than "liver failure" for Aaron -- because there are many diseases and illnesses that can lead to liver failure in otherwise healthy individuals.
I would definitely consider writing another story along these lines, though not likely a fanfic, at least not in this fandom as I feel that would be overkill. It really is a subject matter that is touching and interesting and one that I would enjoy reading a story about as well... so hey, if anyone wants to give it a go... lol. ;)
RokofAges75:
I think it's a really interesting topic too. It has always kind of fascinated me, because it's both tragic and miraculous at the same time... sad because it has to involve a person's death, but so awesome that others can be given a new chance at life from that person's organs. And the way that the families of both can become connected that way is really interesting too. I have always enjoyed reading about this kind of stuff, and writing it too. Now that I think about it, I actually have three fanfics that involve organ donation. Way to recycle storylines! LOL I guess that shows that it's a subject worth writing about though.
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