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Thanks! Let's see where it takes us!
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I think it might!
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This means a lot to me. Everything starts with the characters for me, and then we put them in whatever situation and see what happens. Jake clicked for me when I got into his parents' divorce. He's afraid of being abandoned. Once that clicked everything else followed. To be honest, I haven't quite "clicked" with Danny yet. I'm not sure what he wants. I don't think he knows either. As for the scene, I appreciate the complements!
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Mr. Reilly has a tough job. These kids have been barely going through the motions of being a band for years. They have to learn how to be a band, and unlearn what they've already learned. That's why he was so keen on picking Jake as his first captain. He only had one year of stink on him.
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Definitely a possibility. He was vice president of the old Alliance, after all! If he did, I don't think he thought it would go as far as it did. The laws are in place for a good reason. The primary custodial parent should know where their child is going to be and with whom. But it can be abused as well. Jake's almost fifteen. He's not exactly a child anymore.
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It'd be a very distant sequel. I want anybody to be able to enjoy this story, even if they never read WAR. Not sure how much of Mr. Reilly we'll even see after this. It is nice to see that he became a competent and fully functional adult though.
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My high school band was like this. Lots of blisters because I never had a good pair of sneakers.
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Well, Jake's already seen Billy in picture form. And how often do students meet their teachers' spouses? Still, maybe we'll spot a blond guy in the crowd at a football game?
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Why am I not surprised you made your best friend cry? lol And it's "Mr. Reilly" now.
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The joy of an ambiguous title! We have lots of options to play with!
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Who knows? It could go any number of ways. Jake definitely has attachment issues after his parents' divorce. We'll see how it goes!
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I liked spending my two weeks with Dad in July, but I was glad to come back “home” after it was over. I mean, I enjoyed spending time with Dad, but it always felt like he was trying too hard. We had to do something every day. We went to Kennywood Park. We went to the water park. We went to a Pirates game. We went on an overnight trip to Philadelphia. We went to a car auction… I was beat by the time I came back home. Dad was legally required to have a room and bed for me at his apartment.
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I just pictured it a two people who once loved each other who grew apart, and then grew to resent and hate the other. And is anybody ever really ready to have kids?
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Danny's a little bit self-centered, but then, so is Jake. Jake was like, "Cool! You got dumped so now you can hang out with me! (and only me...)
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Your hidden comments might play out! I just love flawed characters! So much fun to play with! I mean, sure, Danny is kind of a jerk for ditching Jake for Kayla. But Jake might be just a little bit of a jerk for being happy about his best friend's being dumped.
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Thanks! Gotta have some drama!
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Kenny and Sarah have a lot in common: a-hole father, enough money to afford nice colleges, Dustin...
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Kindergarten, according to Billy the prophet.
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If he were younger, the temptation might be there for him to play his parents against each other. When divorce happens, there's good and bad on both sides. I tried to display that here. Jake's dad was a terrible husband, but he seems to be a good father. His mom is a good mom who took her ex-husband to the cleaners in the divorce out of spite and pettiness. Jake realized he was wrong when he called his mother stupid. I really enjoyed writing Jake all through this chapter. Everything seemed to click for me as I wrote out the divorce of his parents. He's a little bit of a mix of WAR's Big 3, yet he's his own person. I'm looking forward to seeing where he takes me.
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Bet if you take a look at your local school district's staff you'll see a lot of last names that are the same as the members of the board...
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Bet if you take a look at your local school district's staff you'll see a lot of last names that are the same as the members of the board...
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Would you say Danny is stringing Jake along a little bit?
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Oh yes! Some friends of mine are going through this! True story. The titular "string" of the story! Maybe if he hadn't yelled it across the gym he might have gotten away with it. Thank you so much! It's giving me something to do.
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“Jake, time to wake up!” my mom shouted through my bedroom door. I rolled out of bed and rubbed my eyes. Time for another day of school. Months had passed since Danny and I had our little encounter on that late Friday night in October. Christmas and Easter had come and gone, and we were in the home stretch of our freshman year. I had both grown about an inch since then, Danny had grown two. I was beginning to need to shave more often than every other week. I took a quick shower and got dressed.
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