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mare:
Sorry guys! Normally if I'm in the middle of a thought and need to stop, I just copy and paste into an email and finish later but I have no clue how to do that in this thing.

Anyway,

Like you both are saying, I do think there are a lot of layers to all the guys which is why I used to force myself to give them all time in the spotlight. The things a married couple go through versus the single guys are all different but it gets even more complicated if you choose to leave the females out of the picture and just focus on the men and their personalities. I do not think Brian is just a holy boy or Howie is just in a corner somewhere winking. I would say I don't think all AJ does us polish his nails and take MySpace pictures all day but I'd be lying loland I'm sure Nick is not as shallow as most tend to think. People are mysterious creatures and it's fun to write them as we think they are.

On a side note, I don't know how some of you do this all the time! The people who ate always posting from their phones. I'm about to throw this thing out the window! New found respect for all of you! lol

colorguard_diva:
LOL...mare. Posting from a phone sucks. My fingers are too chubby for my touchscreen. I feel like a three year old. I much prefer my laptop.

mare:
Me too! And this auto correct thing is killing me! lol

Sakabelle:
My phone can't even post! I typed up a whole reply to this today and hit post and it just wouldn't. Forums and phones do not get along LOL.

I agree, it is really hard to represent all five guys equally in a fic. I think that would definitely make a good challenge, didn't we do something like that with the one where the guys were all on a bed? I think it was sort of along those lines anyway.

RokofAges75:
LOL Don't blame ya, Mare.  I don't even like surfing around on my Kindle, let alone my phone.  I barely tolerate my netbook, but that's mostly because of the lack of a mouse.  I'm old-school; I prefer my desktop.

As far as this debate goes (and I'm not sure why it turned into a debate in the first place), I don't think anyone can say that one Boy is more or less challenging to write than others.  It's all a matter of preference and experience - which guys you like the best, which guys you feel you know the best, and your own life experiences as well.  What is challenging to one writer may be a piece of cake for another writer.  Writing in itself is a challenge - it takes creativity, commitment, a command of language, and a talent for storytelling.  To us, it's a hobby, something we do for free and for fun, and what makes it fun may be different for all of us - maybe it is the challenge of it, but maybe it's just because we enjoy telling stories that interest us about people who inspire us.  So what if that's Nick, or Brian, or AJ, or Howie, or Kevin, or the whole group, or even the New Kids?

Everyone should just write what they want without feeling like they have to defend what they enjoy writing about.  If we all wrote in the same genre about the same Boy, AC wouldn't have the variety that makes it such a great place for anyone in the fandom to find something to read.

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