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FS for April: Curtain Call
RokofAges75:
Thanks! I don't remember exactly, except that I wanted to get it out there quickly, so that the story could move forward, so I figured he would probably have to be drunk to just put it out there so soon after meeting her. I don't know how I came up with the idea of him taking off his shirt to show her, instead of just saying it, but I thought, in a way, it might be easier for him that way. Then I thought of how she would think that he was going to force himself on her at first, and I thought that was funny, so I went with it. It was more interesting than just having him say it out of the blue. Glad you liked it!
mare:
Hey all!
It's time to read the second set of chapters! Great questions everyone! It makes my job easier! lol
Okay we are reading chapters 14 - 26 this week!
Same as always, any questions or comments feel free to post and i'm sure Julie will answer when she gets the chance!
Happy Reading! :)
mare:
How much research did you do for the story? What kind of research did you do?
RokofAges75:
Yeah, I love all the comments and questions coming in this month - thanks, guys! :)
I am pretty hardcore about research. I spent days researching before I really even got into the writing of this one, in order to outline it, and then I look up stuff as needed as I write. I do most of my research online; I have 140 pages bookmarked in my Curtain Call file right now LOL. A lot of them are medical sites or articles; my favorite is EMedicine because it's very detailed and specific. I usually start with Wikipedia for overviews of stuff and then cross-reference with other, more reliable sites. A lot of what I look up isn't even medical stuff, but info on the music business, cities and places, concert venues, specific shows, etc.
With this story in particular, I've been really anal because it's set in the recent past (summer 2010), and so I've been trying to use as many real details as possible just because I know I can. One site I've used a lot with this story is Weather Underground (http://www.wunderground.com/history/), which gives you historical weather data... so since this story has been aligned with the dates of the TIU tour last summer, I can plug in a specific date and city and find out what the weather was like then. Another one I discovered is TV Tango (http://www.tvtango.com/listings/), where you can look up historical TV listings, to find out what was on primetime TV on certain nights. I kind of enjoy the challenge of trying to find really specific information and being as true-to-life as I can, while writing a fictional premise. You can find pretty much anything on the internet these days, so it's usually not that hard!
mare:
What made you go with American Idol as the show of choice and what made you decide to make Cary a surper fan before she met
Nick and not after she got to know him?
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