Title:
Never Say Never Author:
Chapters: 24 Pairing: TimberNick Rating: R for language and
slashy situations Disclaimer: Fiction for the
sake of entertainment. Not to be taken literally. Warning: Bigroupal Warning. AU
Warning. Other Characters Warning
Oh wow.. this is finally ready for posting! At least the prologue
is anyways! I can't believe I'm finally/actually at
this point! WOOO!
So I got this idea while on a day off, riding the Queen West streetcar
passing the Centre for Mental Health and Addiction at Ossington/Queen.
I thought to myself, "self, you should write a story that takes place
in a mental hospital" and by the time I'd caught my transfer bus home,
I'd already taken my fic journal out and started writing notes. It went
from being a semi-long story to a fucking long story, ideas just
popping out of my head and onto the computer, most without my even
realizing it. The muses took this one and went crazy and I would write
every free second I had while at home, and even when I wasn't home, I
was ether thinking about it or making notes in my journal. The story
has changed a million times as more things have been added and other
things deleted. I have to admit, that it's probably my favourite story
I've written. It has bumped As Fate Would Have It to the second spot,
which in itself is a pretty fantastic feat since I freaking LOVE that
story!! *Is it normal
to love my own story that much? I don't know*.
I do have to admit, it is inspired greatly by the Drive Myself Crazy
video (which is my favourite video of NSYNCs of all time *drools
quietly in the corner while petting crazy-lance*), as well as Lara's
Drive Me Crazy story. I haven't read that story in what is probably
ages, and refused to allow myself to read it while writing this. I
didn't want her story to affect my story in that I was 'borrowing'
aspects to further mine (if that makes any sense). I vaguely remember
hers and if it resembles it more than curiously than my memory is much
better than I give it credit for, because I honestly can't recall more
than bits and pieces. It wasn't until midway through writing this that
I remembered that she had written a story revolving around a mental
institution... LOL
The music that inspired this story... Joey McIntyre's 8:09 CD was
played a HELL of a lot during the writing of this story, it was pretty
much all I listened to for a good two weeks while writing. I can
honestly say that LA Blues, Falling and Endlessly (yes, the endlessly
of part 28 of Fetish, although not as good as the version on the Live
CD that Joe and Eman put out) are songs that I will always attribute
with this story now. As was Tony Lucca - 'Shotgun', Hanson-
'Underneath' and JC - 'Schizophrenic', all wonderful CDs and major
inspiration for writing this.
I do want to make a note from the start though, all aspects of the
goings on inside of a mental institution were made up by my own
imagination. I do not know of what goes on inside, nor did I do any
particularly extensive (or any) research. I wrote things to fit my
plot, and if it is inaccurate or completely unbelievable, please
suspend your willing suspicion of disbelief for me. Part of the fun of
this story was creating my own rules in my own universe.
I don't know how long there will be between postings. It all
depends on how quickly I get parts back from my beta (although she
rocks and it won't be a problem, I know) and how often I'm
online. But I'm shooting for every few days... Yes, the
story is practically done *covers eyes*. I'm having a bit of...
ahem... issues with the ending and the fact that the muses are FIGHTING
with me regarding the ending and whether or not there should be
one!! They seem to want to keep prolonging it and I'm thinking an
ending would be ideal. So with that in mind, I should actually be
totally finished writing the story relatively soon!! But with
that in mind, I've decided to start sending it. Plus, I just
totally can't wait for people to start reading it!!! I know the
prologue isn't very long, but it's just... well a prologue. More
to follow!
Thanks to everyone who stuck around during my dry spell of May.
As most of you know, I only usually work on one thing at a time, so
despite the other stories I have in my folder, once I started this one
and was writing insanely on it, I stopped with everything else.
Once I do finish this, I should be able to focus on writing other short
story ideas I've got in my head (not to mention seeing JC tomorrow
should spark some hot little number or two). So I appreciate your
patience and I hope this story is going to be worth the
wait! Thanks again, and enjoy!