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Featured story of the month for August 2007 - By My Side by Julie
mare:
LOL I am blaming poor BSB for all of my slacking lately. Well that and all the pre school meeting happening now which i'm sure you're well aware of!
Great answers. I had a feeling you were going to mention the choppage scene. I think I remember the King Kong scene. Was that a Nick and Claire date? Their first real date? I do remember it though.
If you had to rewrite Broken and give Nick another form of cancer what would it be and how different do you think the inital outcome of the story would have been?
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on August 15, 2007, 09:31:02 PM ---LOL I am blaming poor BSB for all of my slacking lately. Well that and all the pre school meeting happening now which i'm sure you're well aware of!
Great answers. I had a feeling you were going to mention the choppage scene. I think I remember the King Kong scene. Was that a Nick and Claire date? Their first real date? I do remember it though.
If you had to rewrite Broken and give Nick another form of cancer what would it be and how different do you think the inital outcome of the story would have been?
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LOL yep, I totally know what you mean! I haven't been around much at all, and when I am, I'm catching up on all this exciting Bsb stuff!
Yep, the King Kong part was their first unofficial "date" with their first kiss. ;)
As for your other question... you know, that is tough to answer. After kind of weighing my options, I went with bone cancer because it gave me the most options of where I could go with it... which eventually led me to the amputation stuff. If I hadn't written that, the story would have been SO much different, and I don't think I would have written a sequel. I didn't realize it at the time, but that had such an impact on not only the rest of Broken, but BMS too; it gave me a lot to write about. I think if I had gone with a different kind of cancer, the first two parts of Broken would have been about the same, but from then on, who knows.
mare:
isn't it funny how a minor change in detail can really turn an entire story around. Not that cancer is a 'minor detail' lol but you know what I mean.
Another question for you, for both stories I would imagine
but how much did lyrics factor into your stories? I know you used some lyrics for Broken.
RokofAges75:
Lyrics... I do incorporate lyrics into both stories, but I wouldn't say they're a huge factor. They're just something to help set the tone and add that extra burst of emotion. I think if you actually know the song or can listen to it and it fits the part, it can add a lot, just like how music adds a lot to a scene in a TV show or movie.
I went on a big lyrics kick in Broken, and I've kind of gotten away from that in BMS cause I didn't want to be on lyrics overload, but I do still use them when they really fit and I really like the song. And once in awhile, I do have parts that are actually built around a song, rather than the song magically fitting the part (although that happens too). Music inspires me, so I like to include it when it works for the story. Even if the readers don't pay much attention to it (I know I usually don't when I read a story with lyrics in it... I skim right on past them and keep reading the story LOL), it means something to me, and it's my story, so hey... LOL
mare:
^ lmao i'm the same way. I have never really used lyrics in my stories but I do tend to not read the lyrics when they are posted in a story.
You mentioned another story you were working on that ties in with BMS and Broken. Why don't you explain to everyone what that's all about. Also if you could borrow a character from any other story to fit into BMS as a special guest, who would you choose and why?
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