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Featured Story For June 2007 - Not Your Average Cinderella Story by Honey
mare:
Howdy and i'm back with another question for you Kelly. And you have no idea but while I was typing that out, I actually sang what I wrote. lmao i'm amusing myself. Don't mind me.
Okay this is one of those questions for the people who haven't read it, or read a tiny bit of it and might be confused. Is this an alternate reality fic? I hope that doesn't seem like an idiotic question but I noticed it wasn't one of the things marked off for genres. So, are the boys THE boys or are they random boys? lol
honey:
awww, Nijntje, I would be honored to take the blame for your dishes not being done! In fact, I would do them for you if I could. You earned major points for reading the entire story in one sitting -lol. I've only done that like twice in my life so I am totally flattered that you did that with this story. More importantly though, I'm glad you liked it. I'm always happy to have entertained.
As for the reason I chose "I'll Never Break Your Heart" to be their song? Well mostly it's just one of my favorite old school BSB songs and it's one of their better ones for a slow dance. BSB have a ton of those mid-tempo songs that are really kind of awkward to dance to because they aren't really fast, but they aren't really solw either, you know what I mean? Plus I just imagine Howie being the type that would express his feelings through song and this one seemed fitting because Cindy's had so much pain and hurt in her life that the last thing he would ever want to do is cause more of it, so the promise of "I'll never break your heart, I'll never make you cry" seemed very appropriate. But mostly I just really really like that one. ;)
And no Mare, this is not an AU. The Boys really are the boys but you don't know that for sure until really far into the story. I actully hadn't decided if it was going to be AU or not for a long time, and it could still very easily be converted into an origional fiction. I did that on purpose, so don't feel silly about asking that question because it's hard to tell.
The story of Cinderella is so common and has been done so many times that I tried really hard to tell it in a completely fresh way. I didn't want my readers to get bored from reading something they've heard told over and over again so I kept certain aspects of it very vague on purpose. I wanted to make a very predictable story somewhat unpredictable. That's also why you can't quite guess who her "prince charming" is for a long time.(Well that and because I knewI would lose a lot of readers if they knew who it was.)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SUCKERS!!! Made ya read a Howie story!!! hehe just kidding (a little) Damnit, Howie deserves as much love as Nicky!!! I actually had someone tell me that this was the first Howie story she'd ever read and that was only because she didn't realize it was a Howie story until she was so far in that she just HAD to finish.
**sits in a corner with Lore practicing my evil laugh. Muahahahaha!**
But on the bright side now she's read a Howie story that she liked ;D ok I'm rambling again. (we all know how I like to do that) sorry, I'll stop now.
honey:
ok sorry, justone more thing before I shut up, I have a question for all the people who have read the story.
The one major criticism I've had for this story is that Nick seems really out of character. What do you all think? I know he is everyone's favorite so I'm sure I'm about to be booed offstage right now, but he's probably my least fave of the bunch. I honestly do see him as a bit of a cocky player type. Even when I've seen him in real life he's sort of come across that way to me. So I wrote him that way. I didn't necessarily mean to write him as a total ass hole (though it may have come out that way.) The way I see it, Cindy totally crushed his ego the first time they met and then held obvious resentment toward him. They are both stubborn and I can see Nick being defensive and one to hold a grudge so I thought it was OK that he had so much problems with Cindy. Even now I can't really see him geting along with Cindy if they were to meet in real life.
Anyway, very curious to hear your thoughts on the subject.
mare:
--- Quote from: honey on June 05, 2007, 08:33:43 PM ---
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SUCKERS!!! Made ya read a Howie story!!! hehe just kidding (a little) Damnit, Howie deserves as much love as Nicky!!! I actually had someone tell me that this was the first Howie story she'd ever read and that was only because she didn't realize it was a Howie story until she was so far in that she just HAD to finish.
**sits in a corner with Lore practicing my evil laugh. Muahahahaha!**
But on the bright side now she's read a Howie story that she liked ;D ok I'm rambling again. (we all know how I like to do that) sorry, I'll stop now.
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lmao aww poor Howie! One day the poor guy is going to develop a fanfic complex.
MellzBellz:
Thanks Kelly for something to distract me from writing cuz yea I was supposed to be doing a sex scene and its turning into a tickle war instead LOL... But yea enough about my problems lol. To answer you question about Nick's character... In this story I didn't really have much of a problem with it because it just sort of worked in this case. Probably because he was such a good foil to Cindy's character because they're actually a lot more alike than they'd like to admit. Although I am a Nick fan I'm pretty accepting of him acting like a jerk in fan fics. (Hello I write Sexcapades which is the epitome of Nick being a cocky bastard lol) I see it more though as like a stereotype that is used to add humor to stories. If EVERY story portrayed Nick that same way then I'd take offense but as long as its in good fun I'm okay with it. And I know that in your other stories Nick isn't written the same way.
I feel bad though that you think Nick is really like that. Honestly though I won't lie... Anytime I've had a semi close encounter to him in real life he hasn't been overly friendly, but then again the circumstances weren't exactly the best ones. Plus I'm convinced Nick isn't fond of New York City due to a certain group of fans who pretty much stalk him when he's here and I can't exactly blame him because yea they're pretty messed up... Anyway I've heard from other people he's really nice when you catch him in a good mood. He's just moody... Which is why he's such a great character to write! lol
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