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Let the 2014 Summer Reading Challenge Begin!

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Carter:
Story: Gone Country

Person reading it: Kyrie

1) When you found out this person was reading your story what were your initial thoughts? a little nervous because its an older story of mine.

2) Did your reader leave you an adequate amount of feedback and was it helpful to you? yes she did :)

3) Did you find yourself going back to read your story as a result of the feedback? yes, because its from 2006 and that seems like forever ago lol. I wrote it while i was pregnant with my son.

4) Do you have any questions for the person reading your story? none that I can think of.

5) Overall did you find the experience a good one or a bad one? It was a good experience. I am glad she liked the element of the story. I have been meaning to write another one like it but there are wayyy too many song choices these days ;)

Kyrie:
Carter - I would be excited to read another one! I can go through some CDs and pick out some songs! LOL

Kyrie:
Final survey (To be completed after finishing the story you are reading)

Name of story: Walked Out Of My Dreams by Rose

1) What was the biggest challenge for you when reading this story? There wasn’t really a challenge with Rose’s story although I did have to go looking for the place she used! LOL

2) Did you find yourself looking forward to reading as you were going along or did it feel like homework? I was looking forward to it. I really wanted to find out what was in store for Brian/Brendan.

3) What was your favorite scene/chapter in the story? The scene where Brian finally reunites with Baylee.

4) Was your favorite character at the halfway point still your favorite at the end? No, it actually changed to Brian. The last few chapters had me absorbed in seeing how he felt and I think that’s why it changed.

5) Who was your least favorite character and why? I hate to do this because she was so nice but Carlie. I just didn’t feel like they clicked and I wasn’t all that sad to see him leave without her.

6) If there was a sequel to this story would you be interested in reading it? Absolutely, sign me up!

7) Were you happy with the ending? Yes, I was hoping that Brian would get back to being himself before it ended and I was glad Rose did it that way.

8) Name the biggest surprise in the story and did you see it coming? (If there was one) I think the biggest surprise was when Brian woke up and remembered who he was. I hoped it might come at some point but it was quicker than I thought.

9) What was this stories biggest strength? I don’t think it’s the story’s strength but Rose’s strength. Sometimes when you read stories told from different points of view, there is difficulty telling who’s perspective you’re reading. Rose made it very easy to distinguish the chapters told by Brian and those told by Nick. It’s a hard skill and she does a great job with it.

10) What was it's biggest weakness? I didn’t see any

11) Did reading this story make you want to try another one from this author? Yup 

12) Give us one final review that sums up your experience reading this, maybe explain why you gave the kind of feedback you did or if you would have perhaps picked a different story from this one? I enjoyed how the story flowed and how much emotion Rose was able to bring up through the telling.

13) Did you prefer the way we did the challenge this year or did you like the pairings better? I didn’t participate last year so I don’t really know but I did enjoy it! 

14) Did the author respond to your feedback? Every time 

15) Any final thoughts or questions for the author? Nope

Rose:
Awww thank you! I always second guess myself when I write in first person cause I'm always wondering if it's distinctive enough. Or believable LOL.

It's funny Carlie was never supposed to click with Brian. Everything about it is wrong and in my head it's sort of what helps trigger (or start triggering) Brian's memories even if it's only in his dreams.

As for the actual disorder, it's actually that fast. You literally wake up with no memory of who your alter ego (essentially) was but with all of your own memories back. Dissociative Fugue is a really strange phenomenon.

Rose:
Readers survey (To be completed once the person reading your story is finished)

Story: Walked Out Of My Dreams

Person reading it: Kyrie

1) When you found out this person was reading your story what were your initial thoughts?
I was looking forward to it because as far I knew she'd never read any of my stories before. I'm always excited about fresh readers and what their thoughts might be on my work.

2) Did your reader leave you an adequate amount of feedback and was it helpful to you?
She absolutely left a great amount of feedback. And it really helped motivate me back into writing. This whole challenge did for that matter.

3) Did you find yourself going back to read your story as a result of the feedback?
I did at times cause there's always little things I forgot or forgot what happens when LOL.

4) Do you have any questions for the person reading your story?
No, I think she communicated her thoughts pretty well.

5) Overall did you find the experience a good one or a bad one?
Good! I enjoyed getting the feedback and having it sort of shove me back into actively writing.

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