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Featured Story of the month for November 2007 - Somewhere I Belong by Teri

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Teri:
WOO just updated AS with chapter 18 and Julilly just for you I put in a journalism joke, hehe knew you'd get it!

Tri:
Hehe... Since I think it's an okay question, I'm gonna post it here...  Even though I asked you on IM.

As a writer of a number of stories, but a MAJOR series, do you ever get ideas for one story, but decide to save them for your series because you're attached to the well-developed and comfortable characters of Nick and Ali in the NI Series?

Basically, how attached to your characters are you?  And do you ever think of something for another story or get inspiration while writing something else and make it fit into AS just because you want it to happen between Nick and Ali?

Teri:
Awesome question, If while writing something else which can happen I'll get an idea for what I want Nick and Ali to do in a similar situation I'll go write that after I've written for another story. I love my Nick and Ali characters but not everything fits into their personality and their relationship.. ..like for instance in UIA the whole concept of touring on two separate tours and only going a max of 10 days without seeing each other. That's distinctly Nick and Evan. But if it deals with something that can work for Nick and Ali then they get first crack at it. If it doesn't work I scrap it and save it for another story that it'll work with.

mare:
Oh that was a good question!

Another series type question for you, how do you know when it's time to put a series to bed? Do you find yourself writing another story to a series mainly because you don't want to let your characters go or is it because readers want more?

Teri:
Well a series for me is done when all that I have planned is completed. Like with NI it's like i planned this whole thing out. And figured that once I've done all that I've planned I'll be done with it. Which is true, originally it was going to be ONE LONG story, but then I just broke everything down and into separate stories with separate themes. And so far I have 6 stories planned in total.

1. Waiting In The Wings (the early years of the friendship)
2. Everything But Mine - 2002-2004
3. Accidentally In Love
4. Somewhere I Belong
5. Kisses Don't lie - Spin-off story
6. Always Something

All in all you could read AIL through AS and then go and read the two prequels I have planned, that's sort of how I have it designed, however, you could go star wars style and read them all straight through once they're all completed which if I know Tri she'll be the one doing that LMAO!

 

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