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Questions to ponder part 11
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 18, 2014, 07:46:27 AM ---^ LOL That would be me. I am trying to branch out of my little Nick, Brian, and occasionally AJ bubble, but still, the thought of writing a story solely about Kevin and Howie and their friendship is not very appealing to me. I think they're more interesting when paired with one of the others.
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There is no way I would be able to maintain an entire story about just those two. I need Nick in there at least lol
Really, I would only feel comfortable doing a duo type story as long as Nick is one of those two people. He's just so easy for me to write and channel. The others I'm not too sure of. I also go by the adage of "Would I want to read this if someone else wrote it?" And the answer is usually no when it comes to other pairings like AJ/Brian or Kevin/Brian. Totally forget about Howie and Brian. lol that story would be a completely awkward snooze fest!
It is weird how Brian and Howie to me seem to have absolutely no chemistry together since they seem to have the most in common. Go figure. lol
KeepThisSecret:
Approaching this from a reader's perspective, I don't think that I would ever click on a story that was solely about Kevin and Howie. Even if the writing was amazing, the two of them just don't interest me enough. The same is true for a Brian and Howie story. Although I adore Brian, I could not read about just him and Howie. Quite honestly, I don't think that anything would happen plot wise aside from maybe a conversation about their kids. LOL
In all fairness, I didn't really think that I would ever read a Nick/Howie or a Nick/Kevin story either, but Mare and RockofAges have made me think differently. I'm hooked on both of their stories at the moment. ;D
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 18, 2014, 07:37:01 AM ---I do think AJ and Kevin have a special connection that comes from the whole rehab thing and AJ crediting Kevin with saving his life by forcing the issue. Kinda like the story of Kevin giving Nick that book that he finally read years later and wrote about in his book.
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I thought that this was an interesting point. It seems as though Kevin's relationships have stemmed from "saving" the youngest members of the group.
mare:
I think AJ and Nick both kind of look up to Kevin as a dad/big brother figure where Howie is more of a friend. I feel like that has been in play a lot longer with Nick and Kevin but like Julie said, post rehab for AJ. And especially now that he is a father, I think they have used that as a new bonding point.
Yeah Howie and Brian...now THAT would make a good challenge! Although I can't see anyone who would actually want to read the results lmao (sorry Howie and Brian)
mare:
Aww and thank you! Erika, I'm glad you're enjoying Nick, Kevin and Howie. LOL
RokofAges75:
Whew, that took some counting!
Of my novels, I have:
14 group stories
10 Brian stories
6 Nick stories
2 AJ stories
2 Brian/Nick stories
1 Brian/AJ story
1 Nick/Howie story
0 Kevin or Howie-only stories :(
Before Sick as My Secrets, I had really only written a lot from Howie's perspective in 00Carter, which is a lot different from a normal fanfic because he's the supervillain LOL. So this is my first time really writing in Howie's point of view. I didn't start that story out of a desire to write about Howie; he just fit the role best, which is how I always decide which Boys star in my stories. That said, I am actually really enjoying it! I have probably enjoyed writing his parts more than Nick's, which has been surprising to me. Maybe there will be more Howie stories in my future!
I have never written a true Kevin story outside of one short story a long time ago, and I don't have any desire to write a story just about Kevin, but like I said in an earlier post, I do have an idea for a Kevin/Nick one. Again, just another case of me getting an idea that worked best with those two - yay Kevin!
As far as your last question about popularity, I would definitely say my Nick stories and group stories have been the most popular, but my results are also somewhat skewed because of how my writing habits have changed over the years. When I first started writing, I wrote almost exclusively Brian stories, and I averaged about a "novel" a month, so they racked up quickly. They aren't popular because they're super old and not well-known and also not very good LOL. Most of my Nick novels were written more recently and are a lot better in terms of writing, so it makes sense that they'd be more popular. Really, I've only written novel in the last ten years that was not about Nick or the whole group, and that was my Brian/AJ one, which was also an AU - I think that affects popularity too. That said, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if other people found that their Nick stories were more popular no matter what. Nick is The Chosen One LOL.
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