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nicksgal:
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on January 18, 2021, 05:25:26 PM ---I've been working on this chapter of If I Knew Then and it's been difficult because like I said before, it's a Brian centric chapter. It's a out his heart surgery. I am having a bit of trouble with how I want this one to go because I know a lot of my readers are excited to read it and I don't want to disappoint them. Not to mention I never really go into details when it comes to medical stuff cause I don't know anything about it. So that's a bit challenging for me as well.
Either way I feel like this chapter might take me a little longer to write. I did watch some videos with Brian talking about the surgery and those helped a little bit.
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Ooh, first person accounts. Always good!
I don't want to volunteer her services when she has other things going on, but I know there's someone in this thread who loves writing about medical stuff and could be a good sounding board for you!
I'm sending you good vibes.
nicksgal:
So, just for fun, I decided to look and see how often I wrote the Boys' names in PBox and it is... eye opening. This is only chapters 1-40, since I haven't finished editing the last five yet.
So AJ is only in chapters 27-40 (but doesn't physically appear in four of them), so his is a little less, but some variation of AJ/Alexander/Alex appears 221 times.
Kevin is in chapters 18-40 (but doesn't physically appear in eight of those) and his name appears 282 times.
Brian is in chapters 12-40 (but doesn't physically appear in ten of those) and his name appears 457 times.
Howie is in chapters 5-40 (but doesn't physically appear in fourteen of those, oops) and some variation of Howie/Howard/Your Majesty/His Majesty appears 379 times (still more than AJ or Kevin, I guess?)
I'm embarrassed to say how much Nick jumps... haha... :( :blushes:
Nick's in chapters 2-40 (but doesn't physically appear in eleven of them), but his name still appears 1,541 times! Is this a case of clear author favoritism? Probably! And none of those are "nick" as in "to steal" or "a small cut," I avoid using them in BSB fanfics because Nick exists in universe. His name is over 1% of all the words I've lovingly written in the first 40 chapters of PBox... Oy... In case you were wondering, dark/darkness is only 0.29% of the words I've written in those chapters (but it does appear more than the other Boys' names except for Brian).
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on January 18, 2021, 05:25:26 PM ---I've been working on this chapter of If I Knew Then and it's been difficult because like I said before, it's a Brian centric chapter. It's a out his heart surgery. I am having a bit of trouble with how I want this one to go because I know a lot of my readers are excited to read it and I don't want to disappoint them. Not to mention I never really go into details when it comes to medical stuff cause I don't know anything about it. So that's a bit challenging for me as well.
Either way I feel like this chapter might take me a little longer to write. I did watch some videos with Brian talking about the surgery and those helped a little bit.
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Have you ever read the chapter he wrote for the book "Taking on Heart Disease"? You can read it on Google Books: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Taking_on_Heart_Disease/j-Pc9RfM2DoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=brian%20littrell Hopefully this link will work. It's a really good, detailed account of his surgery. It also has a little bit about the aftermath and going back on tour. Hopefully it will help!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on January 18, 2021, 05:36:30 PM ---Ooh, first person accounts. Always good!
I don't want to volunteer her services when she has other things going on, but I know there's someone in this thread who loves writing about medical stuff and could be a good sounding board for you!
I'm sending you good vibes.
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Haha, here I am! Happy to help if needed.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on January 18, 2021, 07:02:25 PM ---So, just for fun, I decided to look and see how often I wrote the Boys' names in PBox and it is... eye opening. This is only chapters 1-40, since I haven't finished editing the last five yet.
So AJ is only in chapters 27-40 (but doesn't physically appear in four of them), so his is a little less, but some variation of AJ/Alexander/Alex appears 221 times.
Kevin is in chapters 18-40 (but doesn't physically appear in eight of those) and his name appears 282 times.
Brian is in chapters 12-40 (but doesn't physically appear in ten of those) and his name appears 457 times.
Howie is in chapters 5-40 (but doesn't physically appear in fourteen of those, oops) and some variation of Howie/Howard/Your Majesty/His Majesty appears 379 times (still more than AJ or Kevin, I guess?)
I'm embarrassed to say how much Nick jumps... haha... :( :blushes:
Nick's in chapters 2-40 (but doesn't physically appear in eleven of them), but his name still appears 1,541 times! Is this a case of clear author favoritism? Probably! And none of those are "nick" as in "to steal" or "a small cut," I avoid using them in BSB fanfics because Nick exists in universe. His name is over 1% of all the words I've lovingly written in the first 40 chapters of PBox... Oy... In case you were wondering, dark/darkness is only 0.29% of the words I've written in those chapters (but it does appear more than the other Boys' names except for Brian).
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LOL No shame. Nick is your favorite, and from the way you talk about it, it seems like the story centers mostly on him. If I counted names in my stories, I would probably have more Nicks too. And he's not even my favorite. He just tends to dominate my ideas, as he does for a lot of us here.
RokofAges75:
Btw, I just finished Bethlehem! Now I'm going to make some dinner and watch some TV and do something other than stare at my computer for the last few hours of my Monday... but I may be back later! :)
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