I did not do it, lol. But I did write 4,192 words today and finished two out of three chapters (although at least some of that was finishing rewriting half of them to fix pacing, then they went easily for all the new new words). I hit a tired wall about an hour ago and kept refreshing my stats for about twenty minutes, hoping they would magically say I was done... they did not, lol. But I've only got a little less than 2,000 words to go total. I think I can do it tomorrow easy peasy lemon squeezy. 
Wow, over 4,000 words! That's awesome! At least you had a productive day. Hopefully tomorrow's the day you finish!
I know! Every time they're like "We were fine. There was no rivalry," I want to scream a little, lol. It's really the no Justin that sells it. If every other NSYNCer was there, it would be fine. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say if BSB has to be in a boyband supergroup, BackSync is preferable to NKOTBSB. However, New Kids on the 98-Town BackSYNC is where I draw the line. lol. Although... Could definitely give BTS a run for their money. 
I vote no to another supergroup beyond a one-and-done thing like this, but if they were going to do it, I guess NSYNC are at least more talented than NKOTB? Ugh, it kills me to admit that, but let's be honest - the only one who is actually a good singer in NKOTB is Joey McIntyre. It seems like all the NSYNC guys can sing. But I think if three or four NSYNC members want to tour, they should do it on their own. People would still go, even without Justin. And BSB definitely don't need them.
Blueprints are super productive on top of writing! I'm impressed. Also, I want to see them, lol. That's great that you've made it to Chapter 21! Sending you lots of good vibes! I take it the long Nick chapter went well? I'm half caught up, lol.
LOL It is nothing worth taking a picture of, just a badly-drawn diagram. Yes, I finished my super long Nick chapter a few days ago and actually ended up moving the last scene I had planned into Kevin's chapter and writing it from his POV instead. The boys are back together now, so that gives me a little bit more flexibility. I finished 21 tonight, so now I'll be back to Nick's POV tomorrow.
I also made myself cry with my writing tonight, which is a rare thing. I can write all this super sad stuff and never shed a tear because I have that filter of "This is just fiction; it's fine." It doesn't usually faze me. But tonight it was something about Kevin's dad, so the reality of that combined with the fiction of my story totally got to me - full on tears rolling down my face. So I earned my Weepy Writer badge on Nano! LOL
Anyone else ever make themselves cry while writing? If so, what kinds of scenes do it to you?
A paranoid hypocondriac constantly fearing being stabbed, killed, or kidnapped... among other things, lol. You should stay far away, Nick, it's better for your health!
Speaking of stabbing Nick, I tossed this line into my writing today because it made me laugh:
Nick pushed toward the staircase, his feet sinking against the ground with each step. Guess I can’t go one fight without getting stabbed…
LOL Yeah, Nick would be like Devon Sawa in Final Destination, thinking Death is out to get him.
I love that line! Love inside jokes in stories!
I feel like this is good thing to do while drunk, google yourself on the internet. I'm sure Kevin could have afforded mobile on cell phone when it first started being a thing and just browsed the internet on the bus. Not sure that's what he expected to find while googling himself, but... it is what it is when you're a celebrity. I would be pretty surprised if fanfic about me existed, though. Yes! LOL! I would also absolutely pay the most money to see Brian's face. Do we just aggregate tags or put certain stories in order so he can read them as the tags get progressively more graphic? lol.
At least we could hand SAMS to Howie so he doesn't feel left out. Or maybe he would be happy to be left out?
Oh yeah, I could definitely see them googling themselves in the early days of the group/internet. (They probably used Webcrawler or Altavista or something though, haha.)
I think we should handpick stories to show Brian and put them in increasingly kinky order so we can see the progression in his face. LOL!
LOL Howie would be very happy to be left out. SAMS would disturb him for several reasons, the least of which is him having sex with Nick. That's only a small part of the story. But it's funny because the main reason I picked him and Nick as my couple in the first place is because of that radio interview they did where he was talking about observing Nick's pubic hair and then got all defensive when they started joking about how there's a gay one in every group. I was like, "Hm..." Otherwise I probably would have gone for Frick/Frack.
I guess when I write out of order, that's the same concept as writing a one-shot, but it's generally never enough for an entire scene on its own (since as I've mentioned, it's usually just chunks of dialogue without any actions or clear tags) and definitely belongs to a larger narrative that I'd rather tell in full.
That is angsty, but how did Brian end up in the hospital? What did they do after he woke up? I didn't even read it and I feel like I need more context, lol.
I guess those vivid scenes are how I'm thinking of "Nick is Brian's guardian angel" right now, but it feels like an idea that would be wasted on short one-shots. Not that they wouldn't be awesome, just like you said, I always feel like I have more story. Until my next decade-long hiatus, I suppose, lol. Kidding! (I hope.)
That's a good way to think about it.
I think it was heart-related, but we don't know exactly, and it doesn't say whether he wakes up or not! We're just left hanging. Which is a valid choice as a storyteller, but so frustrating to the reader! I would never be able to do that, so I guess I admire a writer who can just intentionally leave it vague like that. I always want to explain everything LOL.
Nick as Brian's guardian angel definitely needs to be a novel! It could still be a series of scenes that jump around, like Tracy did with History, but I'm gonna need more than just a one-shot.
I would have also loved something more open-ended, like "Chapters" which is actually my goal at the moment. But, I get it. Word count is the easiest way to track the length of a novel (it being "National Novel Writing Month" and all) when you think about what industry standards are. I'm probably about two times too wordy for YA novels, so I have some soul searching to do as I rewrite, lol.
Oh, funny story. I was excitedly telling hubby that I only had a little less than 3,000 words to write before being done with the story during dinner tonight. He knows a little more about it now in general including some spoilers, so he says "It's only 3,000 words? That doesn't sound like a novel. Especially one with [spoilers]." And I was like, "Oh, no. It's probably around 200,000 words total. I have about 3,000 left." "200,000 words? That's a lot. You should take a nap when you're done." lol
If I'm going to write an entire short story, I think I'll need your advice on epithets, since you know so many of them, lol. I should probably start with "The one with the frosted tips" in honor of Nick's recent projects, lol.
The wordiness would be a struggle for me if I ever tried to get published, too. Although the only fanfic I've ever written that I thought could be fairly "easily" OF-ized without completely rewriting it because it's already AU is under 70,000 words. So maybe there's hope for me in that respect LOL. I think cutting out words would be the hardest part of editing for publication though. It's easier to add or change words than cut a significant number of them out.
LOL A 3,000 word novel! He's right; that sounds way too short. Even my first fanfic "novels" were at least twice that length LOL. 200,000 words is quite an accomplishment! You do deserve a nap!
LOL We could start a list, divided by boy.
I think I'm firmly at the age where sleeping funny causes long-term injuries. 
Yes, you are! I've reached that age, too. LOL I slept wrong on Christmas Eve a few years ago and couldn't turn my neck to one side for like two days after. Last year I was stretching in bed right after waking up and popped my collarbone, and it not only hurt, but was sore for several days afterwards. Getting old already sucks, and we're only in our thirties!
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