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FS for September: Running Up That Hill by Sakabelle

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mare:
You know how much I love this story! It's epically awesome! :)

Here's a question for you!

Which one of the guys do you most identify with in this story?

Did you ever consider having AJ playing a bigger role in the telling of the story?

I personally like the fact that he's kind of absent from this. I think it probably would have been too emo if you had given him more of a voice.

Sakabelle:
Aww thanks Mare! :)

Which one of the guys do you most identify with in this story?
I don't know that I actually do identify that much with any of them, and that might be why this story is so hard for me to write! lol. I probably identify the most with Howie or Nick, just because they're the ones who seem to be the most affected by the break in the sense that they don't want the group to break-up, whereas Kevin and Brian have their newly married lives to focus on. I've definitely been in that situation where I don't want my friends-group to drift apart because everyone is moving on!

Did you ever consider having AJ playing a bigger role in the telling of the story?
I have considered it a few times - adding in his POV when they went to visit him in Arizona, but then I decided not to for consistency. I had also (very briefly) thought about possibly flipping the story to be only told from his POV once he got out of rehab, but that wouldn't have made a lot of sense, because he'd still be in the treatment facility and not knowing what was going on with the other guys. I think you're right that having his POV in there would have made the story way too emo, and it's already pretty emo! lol

Rose:
Have you thought about a companion novella to this in AJ's POV about his time in rehab? I think you'd do a good job with it.

Sakabelle:
Thanks! I have sort of thought about it, yeah. To be honest I don't know that I'll do it, just because I'm not sure that's something I want to dig into with AJ or that I would even know how to start. I think I'd have to do a lot of research about rehab and addictions and yeah, I don't know. But it's definitely been something that's crossed my mind before.

Rose:
I think you could with the right research and such. But I get not wanting to tap into certain ideas sometimes. I actually had the thought when I started your story, but decided against it myself. But if you ever did it, it'd make a great read :).

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