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[lokislady17]

Like many, I have totally jumped on board with the Oshamir ship. I want to add to the deluge of fanfiction and have been trying to write. I have an idea but when I sit down to write, I keep losing myself in diatribes of how th e two characters feel when they first met, when they touch things that happen while they are on the adventure I am trying to write for them. Is anyone else having this problem? Should I try to rein it in or should I just go for it and worry about the corrections in editing?

[fieryartemispublications]

Lost in Thought at Breakfast (A Heaven Only Knows snippet)

Tyler has had a rough night.  Aya thinks he’s mad at her for blowing him off the night before.  She also can’t help but notice that he seems... distant.

“Ty…” she started as she fidgeted with her mug.  He looked up at her.  “Are you mad at me?

“What?” he jolted, shaking his head furiously.  “No! No!  Why would I be mad at you?”

“Well, I didn’t visit you at the coffee shop last night like you asked me too because I lost track of time with Yun-qi.  You were less than thrilled about me spending time with him yesterday so I just thought…”

The color drained out of Tyler’s face.  “No… no… listen.  You don’t owe me an explanation.  I blew it out of proportion.  You’re allowed to have other guy friends besides me.”

“Ah good, I was almost worried that you caught on to my secret plan to replace you as my best friend,” she teased.

“Best of luck to Yun-qi then.  He can have you,” he said, rolling his eyes.  Tyler flashed her a bright smile and Aya’s tension seemed to melt away.

But as soon as Aya smiled back, Tyler broke her gaze and turned to look at the floor.  Aya’s tension flooded back.

She forced a cheerful smile on her face and continued, “I’ll have to introduce you two some time.  I think you’d really get along.”

“Probably,” he replied after a much too long pause.  Tyler cleared his throat and began gathering his books and papers.  “I should get going.  Especially with that exam today.”

“A little early don’t you think?” she asked.  Tyler still had plenty of time to get to campus for his exam.

“I’ll see you later on tonight… okay?” he told her, completely ignoring her question as he hurried out of the room.

“Yeah sure.  Good luck on your exam,” she called after him.  The front door opened and then closed with a click.

[pinupac87]

Guess who's doing a rewrite of her fan fic... this should be interesting...#goingtoneedmorecaffeine #adventuresinwriting (at Babylon Bean Coffee House)

[daniellemonsch]

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[shara-k]

The struggle is real

Tonight while writing:

"His nephew, Mr. Eliot..." or is it Elliot? That doesn't look right. Maybe Elliott? ... ... "His nephew, Mr. George..."

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[authoraveryflynn]

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[starcrossedjedis]

It's always helpful to be a little (lot) in love with your characters... 💟 #adventuresinwriting #writingishard #lovelovelovehim

[fwsfa15]

Assignment 1 - Visualizing the American Dream

For your first Tumblr post, I would like you to find and share a visual representation of the American Dream with the rest of the class. Search the internet for an image that best represents your vision of the American Dream (what it is, isn’t, should be, can be, it’s strengths, it’s limitations, it’s history, &tc.). 

During class on Thursday, I will ask everyone to analyze their visual artifacts (in other words, you will explain why you chose your visual artifact and what it represents to you). If you would like to bring notes with you to class to help you explain the reasons for choosing your visual artifact, feel free to do so. 

ps: I posted the “Your FWS Story” prompt on our Sakai page under “announcements.” I look forward to reading your narratives when you submit them on Thursday. 

[lokislady17]

I know fan fiction is an endless domain where anyone can imagine whatever they like with whatever property. But last night, I came up with an idea that, even knowing what I said up above, was totally whack-a-doodle. Does anyone else ever feel that way?

[fieryartemispublications]

Editing is a trip.  My original draft was close to 50K (because it was a NaNo project).  Now it’s down to about 30K.  I was really pleased with that.  I spent a month rewriting chapter 3 into something readable.  I’ve been working on chapter 4 for the last five days.  I feel pretty good about the fact that my 7,353 word chapter has been pared down to 6,600 words or so.  

Then I looked at chapter 5...

Guys... It’s 10,000 words long.  That’s a third of the current draft’s length...

Guys... I hate editing.

[earth-dad]

Purple!

PURPLE = I don’t talk to you much but I really love your blog.

so many purples!! 

[tremendouslylazywriter-blog]

Fishes like words and sentences the pond in which they swim in.

The Tremedouslylazywriter.

[fieryartemispublications]

Heaven Only Knows (Edited Excerpt of a WIP)

“Are you okay?” he asked, turning to look at the old woman who now looked to be his age.  “So… um… don’t take this the wrong way but you look pretty good for someone who was literally just in their eighties.”

The girl rounded on him, absolutely livid.

“Do you have any idea how stupid that was?” she snapped, shoving her finger into his chest.  Tyler pulled away and threw his hands up in defense.  

“Oh, trust me!  I’m fully aware of just how stupid that was but what was I supposed to do?  You looked like the proverbial grandmother!”

“And you think that your grandmama would want you risking your neck with that?”  The girl jabbed her hand at the homunculus’s dust.  “Do you even know what those monsters can do?  How dangerous they are?”

[jonthebomb]

4, 22, 38, 40

(huh… i just remembered… I don’t really watch much anime anymore so this might be difficult. haha)4: If you could make a spin-off of any anime, what would it be?Easy. The spin-off would be about Shanks from One Piece. Who is he really? What are his true strengths? How the heck did he get his arm bitten off by a shark even though he was/is a yonko (like was he hungover or something)???

22: You get to have a harem of [6] anime characters of your choice, who do you choose?I’ll just say who I like. Robin (One Piece) coz having brains is awesome, and she doesn’t show fear like Nami or Usopp. Sasha (AoT) coz having a good appetite is important. Lt. Hawkeye (FMA) to keep me in check. Erza (Fairy Tail), Mikasa (AoT) and Asuna (SAO) coz they’re just friggin’ awesome. 

38: Name a popular anime you hateI don’t know if I hate any, but I got real tired of bleach coz it felt sooooo repetitive (I stopped at the bount arc).

40: Thoughts on live-action adaptations?If they’re done well, then cool. I like ‘em. But some things you can’t capture or imitate in live-action. Sometimes when they try to imitate powers or something it looks soooo bad.

[prinzart]

Punk!Usopp requested by adventuresinwriting~