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Featured Story of the month for November 2007 - Somewhere I Belong by Teri
mare:
Howdy!
I know it's not technically November yet (for me anyway) but I know I have a crazy day tomorrow and I wanted to make sure I got this up on the first. ;D
So, I had this story picked out a long time ago for this month because it's a popular one and a few people have mentioned it as something they'd like to discuss. That's why I thought it was ironic that the topic of more 'adult' fiction was brought up last month. lol
I am once again here to be your Oprah Teri and hopefully all of you who have read and loved this story will jump in this month and tell us what makes it so special.
Feel free to post your comments and questions to Teri in this thread and i'm sure she would be happy to answer them for you!
So congrats Teri!! I hope you enjoy your month!
Here is the link to the story:
http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=7955&warning=4
This one is a sequel so if you want to discuss it's predecessor Accidentally in Love in here as well, feel free!
The link to that one:
http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=7928
Have fun and enjoy!!
mare:
1) Tell us one thing about your story that no one else knows?
2) How long did it take you to write this entire story?
3) Give us a summary different from the one you have posted on AC, with a few more spoilers to make people tune in.
4) If you could cast this story as a movie who would play the main roles and why?
5) Have you ever thought of giving up on the story and if you did what made you continue to work on it?
6) What was your writing process? (Outline, make it up as you go along, the characters wrote it, I am Tonja and plagerized lol)
7) Who was your favorite character in this story and why?
8 ) You had to know this was coming, who was your least favorite?
9) Are all the boys in this one? If not why did you choose to exclude them?
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
starbeamz:
Congrats Teri!!! *throws confetti* Enjoy your limelight!
Teri:
YAY!!! *mimic sally field* you like me you really really like me! LOL Thank you!
1) Tell us one thing about your story that no one else knows?
Oooh. When I began writing SWIB the sequel to Accidentally In Love, I never ever expected it to become as long as it had. Or as dramatic. And spoiler alert....Brand on, I hadn't expected to evolve him into the character he became it was quite surprising. But then again my characters love to pull crap like that. Ali is really a complex girl, she's smart yet does stupid stuff sometimes, she's pretty but doesn't think she's anything really, has a good career and a man who loves her dearly lol. Okay that was a big tangent but I guess one thing no one knows is that I didn't realize how complex my characters were UNTIL my awesome Beta Tri pointed that out.
2) How long did it take you to write this entire story?
About a year, I was really sick during the chapters of 15-25 so it took a while to get it all out there. But I'm glad it did. I think AS is going to take even longer!
3) Give us a summary different from the one you have posted on AC, with a few more spoilers to make people tune in.
Oooh ok...
Hot on the heels of a breakup Alyssa Monroe strives to prove to everyone and most importantly Nick that she can take care of herself, but what happens when she meets someone who she can have the same type of friendship she had with Nick way back when? Will she falter when she's faced with the hardest test of trust with her relationship with Nick?
Horrid I know but if I say much more lol it'll give everything away!
4) If you could cast this story as a movie who would play the main roles and why?
Alyssa: Kim Smith, a model/actress (known for being in Bye Bye Bye and other music videos) is the actual physical inspiration for my Alyssa and personality wise I would choose Rachel McAdams or Jennifer Garner (she's a lil too old though lol!)
The boys as themselves OF course!
Kellie: Kate Bosworth because she just reminds me of that classy Hollywood fashionista type that Kellie embodies.
Lori: Alyson Hannigan cause she's HILARIOUS
Mary: Susan Sarandon! Cause I totally love her and she'd be the ultimate Mary.
Clark and Olivia: Josh Duhamel and Charisma Carpenter, they sorta look like they could be Alyssa's siblings and I can totally see them having the types of conversations they do!
5) Have you ever thought of giving up on the story and if you did what made you continue to work on it?
I got really sick in October/November of 2006 so like I was giving up everything but less than a month later I was back writing it again I couldn't part with the storyline. I love it too much!
6) What was your writing process? (Outline, make it up as you go along, the characters wrote it, I am Tonja and plagerized lol)
*Sigh* Tonja how we don't miss thee! LOL I normally have an outline in my head but lately I've been writing it out and I think that's what making AS into the long story it will be.
7) Who was your favorite character in this story and why?
I'd say Alyssa, but really it's Nick he's just the perfect guy in this not really perfect he definitely has flaws but I love how he and Alyssa fit together perfectly LOL They fight, they argue, they screw around with each other lol but at the end of the day they love each other through and through.
8 ) You had to know this was coming, who was your least favorite?
BRANDON LOL! Ya'll will understand he was hard to write and he out ranked Aaron which lets face it Aaron is super duper hard to write too!
9) Are all the boys in this one? If not why did you choose to exclude them?
All the boys make appearances because well they are a huge part of Nick's life and showing them hanging out, outside of recording or just goofing off in the studio is the things I love to write about, I really truly think they are a family and so it's important to me to include them!
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
Ohh I'm gonna say since mine is a series Nothing's Impossible you may like the other stories in it but the main one not written by me that most of my readers also read are Hearts Don't Lie series by Tri and UMS by Mel. They're both amazing stories and writers and I'm lucky to have them both as my betas!
Tri:
Congratulation s on being featured this month, Teri! Honestly, you deserve it SOOO much. It takes a lot for me to read ANYTHING, much less a whole series in less than a week. Your characters are very well-developed, your plot is well-planned chronologicall y and event-wise, and it's just a good story. I love reading about Nick and Ali. They're both so human. They have strengths, weaknesses, triumphs, and failures. It's so rare that I can understand and relate so well with a character. It feels like they're real you've done such a good job. And as far as the plot... This one was a lot more dramatic than AIL and it showed a lot more about their relationship. I definitely enjoyed it, but I still can't pick a favorite out of the series. lol.
Teri knows I could go on and on all day, so I'll just leave it at this... Anyone that hasn't read this story yet (or Accidentally in Love or Always Something), check it out! Seriously, you won't be disappointed. ;D
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