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Question of the day thread number 2!
Pengi:
I don't think I've written any group stories by that definition, except maybe some of the shorts or Fear of Flying. Yeah, Fear of Flying was a group story because they all told the stories and there were no main non-BSB characters.... and Miracle, too.
I tend to write from a first person perspective and focus on one group member's feelings. I think the reason I do this is because I like to get into the psychology of the story. I like the idea of putting Nick into a room alone with a goldfish and having the entire story come out of him telling the goldfish the story. Bwahaha I should do that.... and maybe the goldfish could talk back....
ANYWAYS.... before I end up storyboarding. ... I'm gonna say RMTW was a really good example of a group story.
I have a bunch of the other ones being mentioned here on my list of stories to read. I have a hard time writing and reading at the same time though so I haven't started them yet.
Rose:
Awww, thanks Hannah.
I think my fave character BSB wise is probably Curtain Call Nick, I think it's probably one of the most realistic portrayals of Nick these days. He's cocky, he knows exactly what his power over women is, he's a bit of an ass, but he's still our Nick lol. Random and everything else.
Non BSB character - I'd probably say, I think her name was Bella, in Thirteenth Step actually. I just really loved her tragic story. I think second place goes to Chub-Chub lmfao.
Rose:
--- Quote from: mare on July 09, 2012, 08:53:43 PM ---Aww thanks for the group mentions guys! I love writing group stories & telling the story from all angles. Love reading them too!
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You know, this is my first time writing a story from all five perspectives without any original characters POV. I gotta say it's kinda neat LOL.
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: mare on July 09, 2012, 05:04:21 PM ---Tonight's Question:
What are some of your favorite group centered stories & why?
List a few group centered stories you have written. What do you enjoy most about writing these types of stories? If you don't write them, why?
Group centered means there really is no one Main lead but most of the boys play equally important roles. No females or original characters as leads either.
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I think the only group centred stories I've written are Save A Prayer and Story of My Life, the rest probably have random other characters in them or are mainly Nick focused.
As for my favourites by others, I love Why I'd Do It All Again, Running Up That Hill, Ground Zero, A Million Little Things, Remember Me This Way and probably more but I can't think right now :)
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Rose on July 09, 2012, 01:58:04 AM ---I have a question...
What's your favorite character (one BSB one original) from someone else's story?
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I'm having a hard time narrowing this down to just one of each!
If I'm being honest, the first thought that popped into my head was Nick and Ciara in "Cover Me With Dreams," which would kill two birds in one stone! I've gushed about that story on here plenty of times; it's probably my favorite fanfic of all time, and the reason for that is the characters. Nick in that story represents everything we love about Nick and every different version of Nick all rolled into one. We get young cute Nick, older messed up Nick, goofy Nick, sexy Nick... The author, Heidi, had Nick pegged, and he's just so endearing! Meanwhile, Ciara is an interesting female lead; I like her and enjoy reading parts about her even if Nick's not in them. She was based on a real person in the author's life, and I think it shows in how realistic and multi-layered she seems.
Two of my other favorite original characters are Amanda in "Something Beautiful" and Kara in "The Market." I like female leads who are likable and relatable, not perfect Mary Sues, but not annoyingly flawed Anti-Sues who try too hard not to be perfect either, and Amanda and Kara, as well as Ciara, fit that perfectly. Amanda in SB was especially interesting BECAUSE she was so flawed, or at least was doing something awful for a good chunk of the story, but was still a good person who felt guilty about it deep down.
I also love how Brian and Nick are written in that story, as well as in "Borrowed Time," but I think my favorite Backstreet Boy in a story recently is Steph's Nick in "Running Up That Hill." He's SUCH a mess, and I'm so glad Nick's not that way in real life anymore, but I just love the way that he thinks. Steph does such a great job getting inside his head, and his scenes are usually my favorite part of every chapter because they're so entertaining.
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