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RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on March 07, 2021, 12:03:20 AM ---This chatty forum coupled with two moscow mules destroyed my motivation to write this evening, in case anyone was wondering!
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LOL Same, except I'm not even drinking! How is it almost 1 in the morning here? And why am I so far behind on responding to these posts?
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on March 07, 2021, 12:06:19 AM ---It's fun when life imitates art this way! But of course Nick would be Baby and Brian would be Sporty. I can't imagine them dressing up as different Spice Girls. It's so funny that they even did that on the cruise!
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Who else would they be? It's not like either of them could be Posh!
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on March 07, 2021, 12:06:19 AM ---It's fun to make references like that to other fandoms or pieces of pop culture. I did the same kind of thing in Secrets of the Heart with Beatles references. I'm not a Beatles fan, but my sister is, and I based the character Jori on her. I named most of the minor characters after Beatles lyrics. Has anyone else had a theme like this for one of their stories?
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Hmm... Not that I can think of? I think I had one way back that was probably going to lean Shakespeare, but I only got two chapters in and went back to PBox.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on March 07, 2021, 12:37:19 AM ---Make Howie evil! He's more interesting when he's evil. Even in the one and only Howie novel I've written (SAMS), he was sort of in the antagonist role in terms of being the root of all the problems, at least from Nick's point of view. He was not evil, but he was definitely flawed. He's more fun to write that way than "Sweet D the Peacemaker who winks andstuffliketh at."
I find AJ tough to write as a main character, too. I do have AJ-centered stories, but I prefer him as a supporting character.
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Howie just needs to be subverted. Maybe that's the Howie trend! LMAO at "andstuffliketh at."
I also prefer AJ as a supporting character. He's probably harder for me to get into his feeling because he's so quiet for me. I don't know why that is.
Meanwhile, Nick screams loudly about everything, whether he loves it or hates it.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on March 07, 2021, 12:45:43 AM ---LOL Same, except I'm not even drinking! How is it almost 1 in the morning here? And why am I so far behind on responding to these posts?
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Time flies when you're having fun! Also Tracy came on when you were writing about Curtain Call. Taking time to agonize over the questions and answer them thoughtfully takes you out of the forum if it's fast chatting. This is likely how everyone felt when we all used to have pages of random conversations within minutes of each other posting.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on March 07, 2021, 12:20:15 AM ---I hope you're able to find the passion again for Guilty Roads! Let's just keep sending each other good vibes and maybe we'll eventually finish our stories that got pushed to the side by a pushier story that ended up being our one true writing love, haha.
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Yes!!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on March 07, 2021, 12:44:03 AM ---That's about how often I reread PBox in its entirety, so I'll say that's pretty good rereadibility!
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That is good to hear! I was hoping I didn't sound too self-absorbed admitting that I had read one of my own stories more than once after finishing it LOL.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on March 07, 2021, 12:44:03 AM ---It makes sense to want to separate it from Broken in that way. I can't imagine that first person Nick would ever call eyes "orbs." ;) I think it's interesting that you found yourself missing Nick's POV and then added it in. You said you enjoyed Cary's more, which did the readers enjoy more?
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LOL No, no he would not. I also tried to make Curtain Call Nick a lot different from emo Broken Nick, and I think the first person POV helped with that too.
That's a good question. I don't know. The readers seemed to enjoy Cary as a character, but I'm not sure whose POV chapters they enjoyed reading more. Both were pretty Nick-centered throughout the story, as most of her storyline revolved around him, so it would really just depend on if they preferred reading from his perspective or hers. Anyone who has read Curtain Call, feel free to weigh in if you remember having a preference.
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