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FS for January 2012: Save a Prayer by Carter-Orange
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: mare on January 16, 2012, 04:32:29 PM ---Hey gang!
Sorry i'm posting this so late. I should really post a little earlier on Mondays since Steph is way ahead of me time zone wise lol
It's time to read the next set of chapters so lets do chapters 11 - 15 by next Monday!
I am loving all the questions and insight.
I know you've told me this before Steph, buy how did you come up with the name Save a Prayer for this story?
Did you plan anything else gross to happen to the guys and change your mind before having them rescued?
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Good questions!
The story name came from the Duran Duran song Save A Prayer. It's one of my favourite songs but the video in particular is what made me decide on the story title. The video for the song is shot in Sri Lanka and shows the band in the jungle there, so I just thought it would be perfect seeing as I would be stranding BSB in the jungle. Also because they were praying they would get out alive, lol.
I was going to have a few more gory bits, like Howie having to have his leg amputated with a machete. I was tempted to have a giant snake eat someone, or have them attacked by a group of angry monkeys, or for the rope bridge to break and someone fall into a crocodile infested river and get torn apart. There might be a few more ideas too, but I can't think right now :) I even thought of just having Nick survive it and live to tell the tale.
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: Purpura Lipstick on January 16, 2012, 08:01:15 PM ---What made you decide on Howie to injure? LOL.
AJ had the snake scare, Howie was injured I don't recall anything really scary happening to Brian, why was that? or am I forgetting what you did to him?
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I decided to injure Howie because I see him as the new sort of leader of the band, he seems to be the business mind of the band, so I wanted him to be the vulnerable one and having to depend on the others.
As for Brian, I did make him walk across that rope bridge when he's scared of heights and he did get a nasty cut to his face. But I suppose he's the one I forget about like others forget Howie, lol :)
Thanks for all the questions everyone :)
RokofAges75:
So how close were you to going ahead with the "Howie having to have his leg amputated with a machete" scene, and what made you decide to save his leg at the last second? You know I was gearing up for a gory choppage scene! ;D
Purpura Lipstick:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 17, 2012, 06:23:25 AM ---So how close were you to going ahead with the "Howie having to have his leg amputated with a machete" scene, and what made you decide to save his leg at the last second? You know I was gearing up for a gory choppage scene! ;D
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Yes, how close was it to coming off competely?
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 17, 2012, 06:23:25 AM ---So how close were you to going ahead with the "Howie having to have his leg amputated with a machete" scene, and what made you decide to save his leg at the last second? You know I was gearing up for a gory choppage scene! ;D
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I really really wanted to chop it off and even wrote it. But then I thought about them touring and and couldn't imagine him doing his dance moves with one leg, lol. I sometimes wish I'd chopped it though.
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