Date: 06/25/12 08:58 pm Title: Chapter Eleven
I know it was in the last chapter but I like how you throw in tidbits of their history even though we know this informaton it's nice to see it in a story to give the background detail.
Wow a decent fan! And a whiny preteen, lol... I can imagine Baylee whinning about helping with that and being freaked out by the"old" ladies fawning over him that freaks ME out!
Author's Response: Thanks! I write my stories with the assumption people don't know. It's just how I learned to write. It's what you would do with OF, you never assume people know the history. You explain it in bits and pieces so that they can see why things are that way. So yeah, even though most fans would know, I pretend they don't LOL. I can see Baylee being a bit of a brat. But you see on twitter grown fans freaking over Baylee now, imagine when he's older. Poor guy LOL. As for the decent fan, it's something I would do if I was ever in that situation. I'd like to hope I'm not alone. :P
Date: 06/25/12 08:46 pm Title: Chapter Ten
The question the fan asked was such an innocent question but I love how it was formulated to be something a fan might actually ask that would cause him try not to react how he did later with the wall. He is stubborn and I could see him being stubborn and the guys thinking he is on drugs again.
Author's Response: I love the question. I was talking to Julie, about wanting a fan to really get to him, I just didn't know what question to make it happen. She suggested it. Of course poor Nick is stubborn, he doesn't want to be treated differently. He's just going about it the wrong way LOL.
Date: 06/11/12 04:54 pm Title: Chapter Nine
I like that you incorporated lyrics that worked with the storyline and used them in a sensible spot, recording. I like the relationship the doctor and Nick are foming too, their conversations. You can tell she really wants to help.
so was the lone writer you? LOL
Author's Response: I like using lyrics in stories but only in sensible spots, like if someone is singing or writing them or whatever. Otherwise it comes off as cheesy lol. I'm glad you like the doctor/Nick relationship! Although she's based off Julie, she's asking the type of questions I've learned should be from all my psych courses lol. You know, the lone writer was just a toss in to complete the scene, I've been asked that before, but nope! Not me lmao. If anything, I think more of my personality goes into Nick a lot of the time. Thanks!
Date: 06/04/12 05:30 pm Title: Chapter Eight
That is great that Kevin was able to be there to help lift his burden and so that he is not alone with is diagnosis. I seem to recall in Curtain Call Nick avoiding telling the guys, was this something you and Julie talked about? Nick keeping important things from them?
I love how you added the humor into the story with the pranks. Helped to lift the mood after the seriousness of the last couple of chapters.
Author's Response: LOL actually no. See I started minea little bit before Julie started hers lol. But it's Nick, we figure Nick would be the type to try and hide it. We did have a lot of insensitive angst jokes though as we wrote our stories together lmao. Thanks again!
Date: 06/01/12 05:41 pm Title: Chapter Seven
I love that Nick couldn't keep it from Kevin. I love stories that have the Kevin/Nick relationship done well. I like the conversations you write. Believable and give the information needed.
Author's Response: Of course not, it's Kevin LOL. Thank you! I adore the Kevin/Nick bond in fanfics, and this is really my first real bromance type story (as well as angst lol). So I'm thrilled it comes off so well.
Date: 06/01/12 05:20 pm Title: Chapter Six
Aw man, the tears are already forming. DAMN you Rose! This is really why I avoided it for so long, I heard about the tears and I'm not a fan of crying while I read. :( but it' a compliment right? heh!
Oh and BTW I love how you made Julie the psychiatrist with all her strange baubles. :)
Author's Response: Awww, is it bad I cheer anytime someone says I made them cry? LMAO. I thrive off the tears! Mwahahahaha! (And yes, I love my psych in this cause it amused me to have it be based off Julie lol).
Date: 05/31/12 04:17 pm Title: Chapter Five
I do enjoy that you have a persistent Brian wanting to know what is wrong, able to tell that there is something wrong. It shows the bond the group has had over the years.
Author's Response: I love the Brian/Nick bond, if people didn't know that, this story probably announces that lmao. I figure it's a Littrell thing, haha.
Date: 05/30/12 08:21 pm Title: Chapter Four
You have the feelings and dreads written very well. I can relate to the fear of being tested, hoping that it's nothing major in your head the entire time you are being examined/tested. The feelings he has when the doctor tells him something is wrong, I can say I wanted to do that when getting news from the doctor, it's very emotional and well written.
Author's Response: Thanks! I'd be so freaked as I'm not a fan of doctors myself, so basically I wrote it like I was the one dealing with it lol. :)
Date: 05/30/12 08:18 pm Title: Chapter Three
I like how you used the singing and dancing for him to finally realize something was wrong. And though he's only going because he thinks it's the ADD, at least it was enough to spur him to see a doctor in the first place.
Author's Response: Of course, if anything should be that natural, it's performing. I wanted to hit him where it hurts. It's not so much he thinks it's ADD, it's that he wants it to be something that simple. But that's why he's scared enough to go to a dr. Thanks Lore!
Date: 05/25/12 05:20 pm Title: Chapter Two
I like how you are already setting it up with forgetting little things, stuff that wouldn't make anyone really realize something was wrong. You can already also tell the struggle that he is going to go through later with what he will be forgetting, espeically when he forgets the music.
Author's Response: Thanks! I knew signs needed to show and start off minor. I mean you know going in what's to come, but for those that didn't, I wanted to be able to have readers remember this later on and see that it went all the way back to the beginning of the story. :)
Date: 05/25/12 05:10 pm Title: Chapter One
I like how you establish how long Brian and Nick have been friends without coming right out and saying it. The chapter is a good set up for what is to come.
Author's Response: Thanks! I mean fans know but eh, I write like they don't. It's better to say something subtly anyway. Thanks again Lore!
Date: 05/22/12 04:56 am Title: Introduction
okay here I go. ;) I like how you have an intro from the subject of the story and the signature. Kind of a neat way to start the story.
Author's Response: Thanks Lore! From the beginning I wanted this as if Nick had knowingly made sure his story was told. Glad you liked it. :)
Date: 04/07/12 10:31 pm Title: Chapter Four
omg wow..good story so far
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I love when new readers find me :)
Date: 10/09/11 01:21 am Title: Epilogue
FUCK YOU ROSE!!! I hate you, I really do!! This story was just... damn, sooo fucking good!! I now have to read a story in a happier light because you've managed to make me believe this story in such a way, that if I had Nick's number, I'd call him up, just to make sure he still remembers everything just fine! LMAO!! I seriously can't say enough about this story... heartwrenching, emotional, funny, tear-jerker... a great story! Thank you Rose.
Author's Response: You love me lol. Thank you so much! Best compliment EVER! LMFAO I'd love to see Nick's face when he got that call though. Thank you again! You're the best Reb, every single one of your reviews has been fabulous. So thank you again. Glad you enjoyed it! (Despite the fact I had you using a bunch of tissues LOL).
Date: 10/09/11 01:15 am Title: Chapter Forty
Oh my... a heartwrenching episode he had!! Poor Nick, poor Brian, poor all of them!! The ending of this chapter brought a smile to my face... AJ would be the one to let the bus continue on without Nick while he chased them... I could just picture it, lol.
Author's Response: I know :(. I needed something to really convince Brian it was time. The ending, the ending I wanted to go back to the point of the entire story. That even when Nick forgets, he lives on in his four "brothers" and that's what matters the most. LOL that memory was inspired a bit from a scene in the movie "Almost Famous". First time I saw it, I immediately imagined AJ and Nick LMAO. Cause seriously, who else would it be?
