Yay! This is super exciting
Thanks for choosing me (and In Pieces) as featured author/story for this month!
1) Tell us one thing about your story that no one else knows?
Something that no one else knows? There's a lot of things haha, there's one big thing, but it's a big spoiler for the end, so I won't say what it is, except for the fact that the ending is totally opposite from what I originally planned it out to be. Oh, also when I was writing this story I absolutely had to have a bottle of that Arizona Iced Tea to drink. I don't know why, but before I sat down to write I would always go down to the corner store to get one, haha. That's not really about the story.. but maybe all the sugar/caffeine is what helped me churn out updates so quickly 
2) How long did it take you to write this entire story?
About six weeks, no jokes. It's not too long of a story, but I was on a major update roll, and this story wrote itself very very easily. I remember churning out a chapter every couple of days. Those were the days lol3) Give us a summary different from the one you have posted on AC, with a few more spoilers to make people tune in.
Hmm...
Back in 2001, Ashleigh and Nick had a fling, leaving her wanting more. When the two cross paths once again during the Unbreakable tour, will she fall back into his arms, or will she be able to get over him once and for all?4) If you could cast this story as a movie who would play the main roles and why?
Well I would obviously have Nick star as himself.. for Ashleigh I think I would have Reese Witherspoon because she just strikes me as quite innocent and sweet but with a little bit of an edge (just a little bit) and for Joey, maybe Eliza Dushku or someone like that. 5) Have you ever thought of giving up on the story and if you did what made you continue to work on it?
I never seriously thought of giving it up, but a struggled a bit with the ending and wasn't sure what to do with it. But I was fairly motivated with this story, (mostly because it was my first one to get a lot of reviews) so I never seriously thought of giving it up.6) What was your writing process? (Outline, make it up as you go along, the characters wrote it, I am Tonja and plagerized lol)
This was the first story I ever actually outlined. The reason for that is it's really two separate stories - the story of Nick and Ashleigh's past, and the story of when they meet up again in the present. Each chapter alternates, and the events somewhat parallel each other. In order to accomplish that, I had to outline every chapter first to make sure it matched up. This because an issue when I changed my ending, because I had to add more chapters to the present so some of the past chapters are a bit flat and full of filler. But hopefully what I added to the present made up for the lack of excitement in the past.7) Who was your favorite character in this story and why?
That's a toughie! I love all my characters in this story... I think I'm going to give you two separate answers. In the past scenes, my favourite character was Ashleigh. She was just so teeny and hilarious to write. She was completely over the top, so that made her a lot of fun. I was worried she'd come off as unbelievable, but it seemed to work.
For the present, my favourite character is probably Nick. He was incredibly sweet and showed a lot of growth and maturity from the past (not that Ashleigh didn't, but Nick.. more so.) So yeah, I'd go with him. 8 ) You had to know this was coming, who was your least favorite?
Can I give you two answers again? Well I'm going to
For the past, it would probably have to be Nick. He was just such an oblivious douchebag. Ashleigh was clearly in love with him and he was pretty much just using her so he wouldn't have to deal with his own issues. It annoyed the hell out of me to have to write him like that, but it was necessary. Plus, if he hadn't been a jerk in the past, there really would be no story for the present
In the present, my least favourite is Matt, Ashleigh's jerkface fiance. He treats her like crap, and is a real indecisive controlling jerk. But I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun to write his scenes, particularly his last one 
9) Are all the boys in this one? If not why did you choose to exclude them?
Yep, they're all there! And they all served an important purpose, too. Brian and Kevin of course had their wives, making Nick jealous, which caused him to pick up Ashleigh in the first place. AJ and Howie were around to keep Joey company while Ashleigh went off gallivanting with Nick. AJ was also around to offer Nick advice in the present, when he does meet up with Ashleigh again.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
Well, if you liked this one I'd hope that you'd check out the sequel to it called My Happy Ending. It's a lot sadder than In Pieces, but I felt like I did a much better job with it. It develops the characters a lot more, and gives you more insight to their personalities now. Plus the plot is a bit better since I didn't have to alternate between two points in time Yay! I'm so excited about this! I hope some of you take time to read this story this month, it's the first one that I finished here on AC, the first one to get a rather large readership, and I kind of love it a lot.
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Topic: Featured Story of the Month for August 2008 - In Pieces by Sakabelle (Read 8710 times)