mcfly-slash ... Harry...

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okay, i just watched two simple plan videos .. the first in a long time. and now i feel weird. in two days i have my two-year anniversary with those guys .. the longest relationship i've ever had if you will. and today one year ago i've been tourin uk, following them around. i guess i have every right to feel the way i do now .. completely and

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[juweel]

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So cute!

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thaaaaaaaaanks!

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PoynterJudd.. *le sigh* they always make me smile. Love the friendship between the two.

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haha, who wouldn't love such a strong friendship?

"Harry"

[first_spike]

This was much harder than I thought it would be. So, so so much harder!

But worth it, eh? :-)

I think their friendship and the strength of it comes through really nicely, especially in the last scene.

Did you find it easier or harder to write the second half (from the phone call onwards) than the first half?

One big difference is that the second part has people doing things (action), while the first part is just one character talking (explanation). And to do what you're trying to do in explanation really is tough, so well done.

So, how to make it even better?

I think what you're trying to show is how Dougie really can't concentrate on anything because of... you know, The ReasonSo, where is he when he's thinking this stuff? What is he doing (or not managing to do

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oh wow, that comment is almost longer than the actual story ;)

i have to say the first half was so much easier to write. i even thought about stopping after
I once spoke about this with Tom. Asked him if he noticed that Harry was around less. He just gave me a funny look. So maybe I’m just seeing things there. Neither Harry nor our friendship has changed, I’m just overreacting.
and then have
Because frankly, I couldn’t be without him, wouldn’t want to be either. But he’s not my hero … or anything remotely to that. He’s just Harry. Harry Mark Christopher Judd. Drummer of McFly. My best friend in the world.

Right?

i haven't even thought about letting him do anything while he's lost in his thoughts. i imagined him to just sit around and think because he's, in his own way, missing to be with harry.

and i really thought about giving all those explanations but then the story would have gotten too long and i would have gotten carried away and in the end the story wouldn't have been the one i was aiming for in the end.

Another thing you

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the first half was so much easier to write Hmm. That's interesting. I actually expected you would say the second part. :-) It's just, if your goal is to show what a character is feeling without having them say it, probably the hardest way to do it is by having them do a lot of talking. Much easier when there's interaction between the two of them. (Or so it is for me, anyway.)

I'm so glad you didn't stop there, though, because you did a really good job with the phone call and the following scene. For me anyway, that's what really made this story work. It has a bit of action, and reaction, and a bit of tension that they have to work out. That's where the drama is.

It's much harder to get those things from one character talking. It's a great thing to try to aim for, though.

If you want to see some good examples of that, see if you can get Alan Bennett's Talking Heads. They're a series of monologues (originally filmed for TV - you can get DVDs too). What's so good is that the characters talk to camera about things, yet you can see

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i don't know .. i always find it easier to write something without dialogue .. or not much dialogue. a friend once told me that when she read my stuff, she always could exactly imagine everything, as if i had been hidden in a corner and took notes. and that's something i really love about other people's stories as well .. the feeling as if you are in the room as well.

i think i've heard about that 'talking heads' thing. but at the moment i am well skint (which won't change soon, i'm afraid) but if i have the cash flowing i'll try to get my hands onto that.

i actually did write a lot of stuff from the normal pov .. with no one narrating. i did that a lot with my old simple plan-fics. i don't know why i haven't done it with mcfly yet. to me it's as easy as writing from a character's pov.

[kirstini]

AWWW.

They are so in love.

They just don't know.

Aww. I want to marry them both.

Lmao I can just picture them being like this. But with "friend sex".

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They are so in love.

They just don't know.

that was the comment i have been waiting for!

can i marry dougie, please? i'll leave harry for you and only you but can i please get dougie?

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nope, no sequel on that one, sorry.
glad you liked it though.