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Featured story of the month for December - Yesterday's Blue Skies by Just Marina

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Rose:

--- Quote from: marina on December 01, 2007, 07:48:16 PM ---Oh wow thank you so much :D Can I use this to reply to mare's request for a different summary?  :P LOL

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If you update soon?  :D hehe

marina:
Yay to finding some time to fill out the survey :)

1) Tell us one thing about your story that no one else knows?

When I came up with the title for this story I had no idea what it meant (would mean), the words just came to my head and I just had to find a way to include the meaning in the story later. Okay maybe mare and mersey already knew this but then I don’t think there’s anything about this story that mersey and mare don’t know except how’s going to end and you don’t want me telling that, do you?



2) How long did it take you to write this entire story?

Considering that the story isn’t finished yet I guess we can say that ‘way too long’, but the main part of the story was written over the course of a year. This story was so different from everything I’ve written before in so many ways, not only because of the sci-fi factor but because I prefer writing short stories and I usually write them very fast (I have experienced writers blocks that last years but when a story comes I’m one of those authors that’s always saying that the story writes itself), so this story was completely different for me because there were so many things to check, especially because of the language… in other words I never thought when I started that this story wouldn’t be finished by now.



3) Give us a summary different from the one you have posted on AC, with a few more spoilers to make people tune in.

Oh yay to this question because anything will be better than the summary I posted. I’ve wanted to change it for so long but I really don’t believe in changing things once they are posted (other than grammar, spelling, punctuaction and things like that).

How about: Sometime in a distant future planet Earth is no more than just a memory for the surviving members of the human race. It will be up to five boys with a written destiny to bring back yesterday’s blue skies, but trying to stay together as a family will be the toughest challenge that will come in their way.

Too cheesy, right? lol



4) If you could cast this story as a movie who would play the main roles and why?

Oh it would have to be undiscovered talent since I would like to have actors that really look like the boys (good actors). There’s a secondary character that I wrote with the image of Michael Vartan in mind (Jeff) but I saw Michael Vartan the other day and he is way too old for the role now since Jeff is supposed to be 19 when he first appears in the story. So if there’s a new guy in Hollywood that looks like Michael Vartan when he was in his early 20’s he gets the part.



5) Have you ever thought of giving up on the story and if you did what made you continue to work on it?

Contrary to what people may think, seeing that it’s taking me so long to finish it, I never wanted to give up on the story and still have two half written chapters somewhere that never managed to finish and post. I really really wish that things weren’t as complicated as they are in my life right now but then, even when my life was far from being complicated I never managed to spend the right amount of time writing this story (I’m just not good with schedules). Hopefully I’ll manage to find some time in a near future.



6) What was your writing process? (Outline, make it up as you go along, the characters wrote it, I am Tonja and plagerized lol)

I hope I will be able to remember how things were when I started because it was so long ago. Like most of my stories, and I’ve already said it (original fiction since I haven’t written more than a couple of fanfics), the story practically wrote itself. From out of nowhere this spaceship with the boys appeared in my head. I think that the younger versions of the characters (some of the flashbacks) were more clear for me when I started writing it and I guess that’s why people seem to like the flashbacks the most. During the first chapters I had no idea where the story was going. Now I know how I want to end it (I have known it for a while) but that might change in the process. Mersey was kind enough to help me with every chapter, correcting the gramar and editing them for me, but if you find mistakes don’t blame her because sometimes I would change/add some things minutes before posting the chapter since there’s always that ‘scene’ that comes to your mind in the last minute or the piece of dialogue that doesn’t seem right for the character and you just have to change, etc.



7) Who was your favorite character in this story and why?

I have to say Kevin. He was probably the most complicated to write from the three main ones too (although I see it as a group story I focused it more on Kevin, Nick and AJ) but I think he is coming up like an interesting character, heroic but with a ‘jerk’ side too.
 


8 ) You had to know this was coming, who was your least favorite?

He doesn’t appear in the story that much but I’ve come to realize that I don’t like the boys’ father that much. And yes, I just had to go back to my story to find his name because I didn’t even remember his name was Ryan.



9) Are all the boys in this one? If not why did you choose to exclude them?

Yep, they are all in this one.



10) If we like this story...then we'd love what story? (Could be by you or someone else) and obviously tell us why lol

I can’t recommend sci-fi stories because believe it or not I haven’t read more than a couple (I do like sci-fi movies though, big Star Wars fan here) and that was so long ago that it would be really difficult to find them but how about an AU? Do you girls like cowboy stories? Because Refuse has one that I remember reading long time ago and I really liked, it’s called “A Matter of Family”. The bad thing is that it isn’t finished and hasn’t been updated in forever but then if you are not hating my story for not being finished then you might want to give this one a try. By the way I always wanted to write a cowboy AU, in fact I started one at some point but I need to finish this story before even considering posting that one and I guess that answers the question about why I’m recommeding Refuse's story, I simply love the idea of the boys as cowboys  :P lol

marina:

--- Quote from: honey on December 01, 2007, 02:45:45 PM ---I just read the prologue!!! So I've started at least!!!  :P   And it was really intriguing, so I'm sure I will be back here with more to say about it as I go.  ;D (cause we all know I can never shut up)

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I'm loving your long reviews :D Thank you so much for finding the time to read the story :)

honey:

--- Quote from: julilly on December 01, 2007, 02:27:00 PM ---I haven't read this, but I will be in a few weeks since she is nominated for a Felix award in a category I am judging :) So I look forward to catching up on it and congratulation s!

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lol I just realized that you're my competition for Best AU and I just have to say, I bow down happily! lol. I am about chapter 12 now and I have been devouring this story!!! I could never be that imaginative. You have created this whole other universe and this entirely new history of new cultures and you're doing a wonderful job of it. I'm attempting to write a children's fantasy right now and it is so hard to have to just think up new people and places, so really, well done!

The thing I really love about this story the most is the relationships between the guys. All of the characters are so much like the way I picture them and Marina has just taken those personalities and embellished them wonderfully. The way they interact with each other just pulls me into the story. I love her characters and I really feel like I understand what they're going through because the way she's written it. It's like they are experiencing the story along with us. Does that make any sense?

I think it's really interesting how she uses mainly dialog. Seriously, like 90 % dialog and yet I understand the history of their people, I can picture the planet they're on and I know what's going on inside their heads.  I could never pull that off.

Awesome job Marina! I'm glad this one was featured because I never would have thought to read this story otherwise and I am just enjoying the hell out of it!

I only have one other thing to say at the moment...

If you haven't read this story, I hope you aren't afraid to give it a chance because it's a si-fi. I really think Mare is right. If you were ever going to read one, you should try this one because its great!!!  Give it a chance guys!!! It's wonderful!!!

Yay Marina!

MonkeyAbu:
Well, I just wanted to say I took everyone's advice and read through the prologue before clocking out from working. I'm intrigued. I actually enjoy reading sci-fi fics as long as they are written well and you have done a wonderful job so far Marina. I do enjoy the simplicity in your use of dialogue, and how so far at least, you have leaned less on the detail aspect of paragraphs. Can't wait to read more!

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