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Fic Talk => Featured Story of the Month => Topic started by: mare on April 01, 2012, 05:53:58 AM
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Hello and Happy April Fool's Day, although this is not a joke! lol
Our featured story this month is The Other Side of Nick Carter by Ritz. It's a really creative and neat story. If you enjoyed The Ghost Whisperer and The Sixth Sense, you'll enjoy reading this story about Nick being able to see and talk to ghosts.
Let's start by reading chapters 1 - 6 by next Sunday. :)
Enjoy and remember, if you have any questions or comments, post them in here and i'm sure Rizt will be more than happy to answer them for you!
http://absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10684
Happy Reading!!
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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) What made you come up with the concept of this one?
5) Who was your favorite character in this story and why?
6) You had to know this was coming, who was your least favorite?
7) Are all the boys in this one? If not why did you choose to exclude them?
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Congrats on being featured, Ritz! I've been meaning to check this one out!
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Congrats on being featured Ritz, I'm really enjoying this story :)
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1) Tell us one thing about your story that no one else knows?
That this story was originally a Frick and Frack Story. One night I came up with this weird idea that Nick would be investigating Brian's death and he would take revenge to the girl he thought was the reason of Brian's death and fall in love in the process. Then, I thought he would only solve the mystery if he could meet some ghosts, even Brian's ghost, through medium or something. But I didn't have the heart to kill Brian in my story. So I just stayed with the idea of Nick and ghost. Then my love for ghost whisperer kicked in. :)
2) How long did it take you to write this entire story?
I started September last year and still on-going. I already have the ending for this story, the remaining chapters would depend if I still want to add more missions or not.
3) Give us a summary different from the one you have posted on AC, with a few more spoilers to make people tune in.
Hmmm this is hard, I really like the summary of this story. But if I think of something I'll post it later.
4) What made you come up with the concept of this one?
I think I already answered it.
5) Who was your favorite character in this story and why?
Nick because he is easy to write, he knows what he wants and what he doesn't want. lol My favorite among the ghosts would be Patty, Leila and Max. If this story isn't about Nick helping ghosts cross over, I would have made Patty stay. :)
6) You had to know this was coming, who was your least favorite?
Kevin. I love this guy but I just keep forgetting that the first part of the story happened during the Never Gone tour and Kevin was still a member. I had to revise some chapters so I could include Kevin. Sometimes I gave him Howie's dialogue if it would fit him. Among the ghosts, I like Gary the least because he is such a strong one. I find it hard to write him. I guess it was obvious on his story.
7) Are all the boys in this one? If not why did you choose to exclude them?
Yes. :)
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Congrats on being featured, Ritz! I've been meaning to check this one out!
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Thank you, Steph. Hope you'll enjoy this one if ever you'll have time to read. :)
Congrats on being featured Ritz, I'm really enjoying this story :)
Thank you for sticking with me, Steph. I appreciate all your reviews, those means a lot to me. :)
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Congrats on being featured, Ritz! This story has made such a splash on AC in the last year!
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Congrats Ritz!! This story is awesome and I'm such a bad friend/reader, but I promise to catch up this month since your featured and all. ;)
Is there a song that you played while writing this story?
Did you ever get spooked after writing a chapter?
I'll come back with more questions later.
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Yay Ritz! Congratulation s for being featured! I have loved every bit of this story from the beginning to current. :)
I am horrible about asking questions, if I come up with any I will ask you.
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Congrats Ritz!! This story is awesome and I'm such a bad friend/reader, but I promise to catch up this month since your featured and all. ;)
Is there a song that you played while writing this story?
Did you ever get spooked after writing a chapter?
I'll come back with more questions later.
You are not a bad reader at all. I know how busy you are so I'm happy that you still read this when you have free time. You are not a bad friend, either. :)
- None. I don't listen to music when I am writing because I get distracted. And most of the chapters were completed in my mind while walking from the office to bus stop, eating my lunch, staring at my computer at work... lol
- Actually, I am scared of ghosts. I am the type of person you have to accompany to the bathroom after watching a horror film, or I'll cover my face once the background music of the horror film I am watching changes. That's why I was actually surprised that I could write about ghosts. Maybe because these ghosts are just like normal people in my story, the only difference is only Nick could see them.
Thanks for asking, Erica. :)
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Congrats on being featured, Ritz! This story has made such a splash on AC in the last year!
Thank you, Julie! and another huge THANK YOU for hosting this story in your awesome site! :)
Yay Ritz! Congratulation s for being featured! I have loved every bit of this story from the beginning to current. :)
I am horrible about asking questions, if I come up with any I will ask you.
Thank you, Lore! I will never forget the support and help you have given me from the beginning. :)
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Congrats on being featured, Ritz! I really enjoy this story and I'm excited to see where it goes... :)
Are any of the ghosts and their stories based on real people?
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Congrats on being featured, Ritz! I really enjoy this story and I'm excited to see where it goes... :)
Are any of the ghosts and their stories based on real people?
Thank you! You know how happy I am that you took time to read this story. :)
No, I don't think so. I think of a mission first before thinking of the characters not the other way around. They are all product of my imagination. :)
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Happy Easter!!
Time to start reading the next set of chapters so let's read chapters 7 -13 by next Sunday.
Happy reading! :)
Ritz, where do you come up with your sub stories about the ghosts?
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I've been meaning to read this story, I've heard lots of good things about it. Might actually take a crack at it this month.
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More questions for you, Ritz!
Which of the subplots has been your favorite to write so far? (Ghost story)
What made you decide to write about Nick as the one who could see ghosts?
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More questions for you, Ritz!
Which of the subplots has been your favorite to write so far? (Ghost story)
What made you decide to write about Nick as the one who could see ghosts?
~ I guess it will always be Patty's story, next is little Grace's story. Nick's first halloween is not written yet but everytime I think about it I know i will have so much fun writing it. :D
~ Nick because he is the easiest one. If I picked Brian, Leighanne would be part of the missions too because we all know he can't keep stuff from Leighanne. lol. And I'm one of those people that find it hard to write Howard. I don't know if AJ could handle things like these, so I stick with Nick. And we know Kevin is not part of the group anymore so it would be hard for me to write him as I am not aware of his daily life. :)
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Agh! I am so sorry I missed update day!
Time to start reading the next set of chapters. Let's read chapters 14 - 20 by next Tuesday. Hopefully we'll get some updates this week?
:)
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I just posted an update.... ;)
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Yay! Happy to hear that! I know I have a lot of catching up to do this weekend.
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Time to finish up what's left of the story! Don't forget to post your final thoughts on what you read.
Ritz, what was your favorite chapter to write so far and can you give us any clue as to what's coming next?
This question is for everyone else as well, what has been your favorite chapter so far?
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Ritz, what was your favorite chapter to write so far and can you give us any clue as to what's coming next?
Well, I already have my ending to this story. It's now clear to me what will happen with Michael and Nick's confrontation. I'm a little excited to write about Halloween because I used to have a co-worker who claims he could see ghost and he had interesting stories about halloween. I can't wait to incorporate that with Nick's experience.
The length of this story will really depend on how many missions there would be. As for now, I don't know yet. I don't outline or anything so I'm not sure. But when the flashbacks are over, and we come back to Nick's apartment where he was talking to Brian at present time (after Kate's burial), then maybe 5 more chapters and the story will end. ;D
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Awe, I'm looking forward to reading that final confrontation. :)
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Sorry I haven't asked any questions Ritz, but I am enjoying the story.
What inspired you to write Nick with the ability to see ghosts?
Which ghost has been your favourite?
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Sorry I haven't asked any questions Ritz, but I am enjoying the story.
What inspired you to write Nick with the ability to see ghosts?
Which ghost has been your favourite?
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It's ok, Steph, I am happy you are enjoying the story. Thank you for being such an awesome reader. :)
It all started in an idea where Brian would be dead, and Nick will try to find out what happened. Made the one responsible pay for Brian's death..... then, at one point in the story Nick would seek the help of a psychic or would be speaking to Brian's spirit, something like that. But I'm not ready to kill any of the boys yet so I stick with Nick being able to communicate with the ghosts.
Patty has always been my favorite. and I guess Max, too. :)
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This month went by really fast! Don't forget to get your final comments and questions for Ritz up :)
I can say I don't particularly have a favorite ghost although I am partial to the little fan that got this all started. I love as a whole, the stories you have come up with for these list souls. You're doing a great job with the story and even though I have fallen behind and pretty much have stopped reading fanfic, I am looking forward to seeing how this one plays out! Nice job!!
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Thank you, Mare. As I've told you before you are one of the reasons why I continue with this idea. Your comments and appreciation means a lot to me. Thank you for reading. ;D
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I've been bad about posting in here too but I was busy. I love what you have done with the story and can't wait to read how you conclude it. Glad you got to be featured as this was a great story.