Hello, and thank you for following. My name is Emily and I’ll be the author of your fanfiction this summer.
This AU is an idea I had a few weeks ago and I’ve decided to go through with it. This is my summer project, so chapters won’t start posting until June. I’m spending May doing all the pre writing.
Things about the story:
- It is not going to be like American Idiot the musical. Johnny’s two friends, the favorite son, all those characters won’t be in the story. It’s just going to be Jesus, Whatsername, and St. Jimmy.
- Every chapter is going to be an audio post with the song to which the chapter coincides. If you legally downloaded the album or bought the physical copy, you know that some songs are grouped together.
I will be splitting the songs up, though. Holiday is going to be a separate chapter from Boulevard of Broken Dreams ect, ect. If you read fast, slow, can’t concentrate when there’s music, hate Green Day and are only here because you’re gonna give my writing a chance, then just don’t hit play. There will never be any auto play on this blog. - It will only use songs from the album. There won’t be any Broadway versions or 21st Century Breakdown songs. The exceptions to this are going to be When It’s Time, because I want something more to advance Thalia and Luke’s relationship in between She’s a Rebel and Extraordinary Girl, it’s also a freaking beautiful song. Also I think I’m going to use the Broadway version of Letterbomb. Billie Joe Armstrong said it himself: it’s a song from the point of view of a woman and it’s much more powerful coming from a woman. The woman who plays Whatsername knocks it out of the park with that song.
- The title of the blog is going to change based on the chapter. Right now it’s “Don’t Wanna Be an American Idiot” When it’s chapter two (Jesus of Suburbia) It’s gonna be “I’m The Son Of Rage and Love” you get the point.
- I’m not going to set when or how many chapters there are in a week, but I want to have at least one. Shorter chapters for songs like American Idiot and St. Jimmy might have two a week. Jesus of Suburbia and Homecoming will probably be the only chapters that week.
- The ask box is going to open soon. Let me make this very clear. THIS IS NOT AN ASK BLOG DO NOT ASK LUKE OR THALIA QUESTIONS. I only say that because most, if not all, of you are from my blog Demigods answer, so please don’t confuse the two. If you ask a question it will be me answering (or my friend Danielle, who is going to admin/beta this blog. She’s in charge of making sure I don’t write anything awful.) I am a busy person, which is why I decided to do this in the summer, so I might not get to your question right away and I might not answer all of them. I’m always around to talk but please don’t spam the ask box or constantly ask when the next chapter is going to be up or anything like that because those things drive me crazy.
- CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IS ALWAYS WELCOM! I crave it actually. Tell me if I’m out of character, or a part was unclear, or what you think should have happened. If you help me I will be forever in your debt. Please don’t be afraid to tell me what I could improve on.
That should be everything for now. Like I said, this will be up some time in June, so mark your calendars. And please don’t hesitate to pass this blog around like a joint at Woodstock. The more people reading, the more motivation I have to write. Am I guilt tripping you now? Probably.
Thanks for following and I’ll see you soon.
