Ever wondered what inspired "The One Series"? Ever thought about the characters? This book will give you all the details on this series, from its origins to the inspirations. There will be major spoilers, but go spoil yourself anyway!
Okay, I know it has been over a year since my last post. But I think it's time to finally get back into this fact book!
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The Original Drafts of The One Series (2011-2014) (Part1)
How It All Began:
2011. This was the year when I was on both Tumblr and Wattpad. I was posting mostly old fanfiction works, mainly because I wanted to finished the works despite the fandoms being dead. I also had an original series on here too, The Last One Standing. I also in college at the time. The American X Factor was about premiere. Glee was all the rage.
Then there was this one band I had rediscovered at the time. I don't remember how I stumbled upon at the time, but I did.
Savvy.
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They were a Texas-based coed pop group from the early 2000s to the early 10s. This band was on their way up as they had a TV series and a couple of singles. They were signed to a major label, ready to release an album. They did have an album in 2004, but they were an eight-piece. They obviously split up by the mid 10s. I don't know the reasons. I could only figure it was both management and label issues as they never released the album they were supposed to release after working hard on it.
I actually made an author's note chapter regarding this band in the original draft of Let Me Be The One. But I do remember being inspired by this band to write a story loosely based off of them. I clearly also remembered my Press Pause series, so clearly I merged the two. Oh, and I was also inspired by The X Factor. So that was another merge.
I do remember the original basic plot for this series, so here what it was supposed to be:
In 2004 Boston, UTurn was formed by a couple of students in a high school to compete on a regional TV competition. They win and get signed to an independent record label. They add more people to the band to become an eight-piece. They release one album. It stays like that until they get signed onto a major label. They do a TV series and release a major label album.
Luckily, that never stayed being the plot. I don't know when things started to change, but I clearly had a better idea for UTurn and their story. Are the Savvy inspirations still in the final version of this series? I mean, the only things that are still left are UTurn gets signed to an independent label and get a TV series a few years later. But other than that, they're absolutely nothing like Savvy. Oh, in Savvy, they had a member named Andrew. UTurn has an Andrew. So there you go!
The Process:
I first started writing Let Me Be The One in fall of 2011. I was busy with college at the time, but I wrote it anyway. I remember I didn't have a update schedule at the time. I would just post the chapter the moment I was done, even if it was late at night. Based on the properties of the original file, it was modified in December 2011. I'm pretty sure that was when I last uploaded the final chapter.
