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December 28, 2007 | No Comments Posted

Hey, I'm in Colorade right now.  Going to hit the slopes on my snowboard tomorrow.  Best week of the year, for sure.  I love doing this.

Shortest blog entry ever.  Probably due to spam (No spam emoticon for blogs ;_;) intake on the forums.

Onward

December 2, 2007 | No Comments Posted

I had a bit of a scare with WAFFathon.  While I had thought that I was going to be finished by last weekend, things only got wrapped up around 6 yesterday, 6 hours before it was due.  My head hurt after writing 8 hours, which means it may not be at the highest of my own standards...but I don't think it was TOO bad either.

There were a few things I'd like to change or add in now that I have time.  Once the contest is over with, I'll do some more work on it before submitting it to EFO.  Grammar, spelling and such turned out pretty well, but an extra scene or two would've helped the pacing feelings some more...maybe.  I left an email address, in case anyone cares to comment, and depending on what I hear I may or may not change things...

Basically I need to get away from it for a while. End/Middle of December I should be able to think about that thing again.

Anyway, WAFFathon fics are supposed to be up in a day or two.  If anyone thinks they know mine, let me know.  I'd like to see if my "style" is distinct at all.  Just don't tell Dartz, Eric Blair, or Fresh C.  We're having some sort of contest based on figuring out each others...though I've already seen Eric's and Dartz'.  All that's left to figure out is C's, and that shouldn't be too hard...

Writing wise, I'll be back to work on Dissection in the next few days.  All I have to do is finally comment on some things for EFO, review a fic or two, read some things and keep on top of my homework.  Oh, and finals are coming.  Plus read and vote for WAFFathon fics.  And it's only been... September, October, November, and now part of December since an update.  Before Christmas.  Hm...a birthday update would be cool.

Downloaded the new Atreyu stuff finally, some Final Fantasy themes and some Coheed and Cambria that Syo recommended to me.  Sounds pretty good, especially the Atreyu stuff.  When Two are One especially played a role in my WAFFathon fic, thought Bloodsimple's Truth (Thicker Than Water) was the initial inspiration (sort of).  Also enjoying Aerith's Theme, Sephiroth's Theme, Genova, Atreyu's Doomsday, Becoming the Bull, Slow Burn and Can't Happen Here, as well as The Suffering by Coheed and Cambria.

I'm best with my back against the wall.

November 24, 2007 | No Comments Posted

Hit WAFFathon pretty hard the last two days, and I'm happy to say that I should have it all wrapped up by tomorrow.  Then it's off to the prereader's and sent in before next Saturday.

I'm happy with how it's turned out thus far, but I'm hoping prereading will polish it up a little bit.  I've had the hardest time getting plot going for pretty much anything ever, but in this I managed to break out of description and get into actual events.  Stylistically, I think it's better balanced than my other fics, though perhaps to the point of being awkward.  The point of WAFFathon isn't to get comments/reviews on stuff, but I will definately leave an email address for anyone who would want to, just in case .

Unfortunately, it seems a lot of fellow author's are dropping out.   At least not everyone told me before now, or my competitive side might have slacked off a little.  Oh well, just makes it easier for me to win.

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Had a good thanksgiving and holiday weekend.  Just ate, hung out, wrote the above mentioned fic, ate and watched movies.

We have Eva discussion on DS.  It's moving at a fairly brisk pace, especially considering it's the holida weekend.  Hopefully it'll last.  I've been enjoying it so far, and even learned a thing or two about series that I might use.

Thanks for the comments Dartz.  When I got the first one, it seemed really weird and I didn't connect it with the blog right away.  I didn't know we got email alerts for blog comments.  But, then I looked on here and realized what it was.  Thanks, and again if anyone cares to comment go right ahead.  Certainly not going to censor anyone with my mod powers.  No...of course not...

Sliding into home...

November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment

Right, so research paper time in English right now, due Wednesday.  That's no fun, especially considering WAFFathon is so close.  I can tell right now that my submission is going to be sent in at the last minute.  Dam, wish I'd started sooner...

I've broken through the part I was having trouble with before, and gotten a bit further.  Problem is that was one of the easier parts...  I should be able to finish by the end of next weekend (hopefully, if I want it preread), but I'm wondering if I won't have to skip/skim some things to get to it all.  I'm considering an extended edition for EFO when I get done/post WAFFathon, and I mean only EFO for this one.  At least, if it ends up good enough to get in.

Speaking of EFO, things seem to be coming along a bit better now.  I'm finding less things to error report, so hopefully we'll see everything fixed and ready to get moving again by the end of next week or so.  I've got a few ideas for fixing it up, though we'll see what others think of them...

What else I got...hm, 18th birthday coming up in a little over a month now.  That'll be cool and all, but I guess I should probably blog about that at another time.  I'm probably going to get a little bit more into politics soon, around the Iowa caucus finally gets going.  I'd start sooner, but there's such a long way to go, and Illinois has no primary that I'm aware of (but then, maybe I should find out about that ).

Until next time, my reader or two. 

Emotion in writing.

November 10, 2007 | No Comments Posted

My WAFFathon fic is going to be the most difficult thing I've ever written, by far.  If I can pull it off as I have it envisioned in my head, it will be one for the books.  But after even just a few hours work, I'm becoming more and more doubtful that I'll be able to.

The fic...well, I won't explain much.  The thing is that I'm going for more emotion than I've ever even considered having before, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to do it.  A lot of it will simply be a chunk of one character's life, without other people.  To make this seem like anything more than just BS, it has to have this special feel...which I can't even put into words at the moment.

I'm honestly having a hard time getting past the first page.  The set up is just so crucial and minute, and there has to be so much emotion...if I don't nail it then the whole fic isn't even going to get into the air. I have to explain, but be short.  I have to be emotional, but still get a lot of important points out there from the start.  Right now my hand is all over the place, and I can't seem to make it draw a straight line.

Flow has always come decently to me (or at least I'd like to think so).  But now I am just not connecting things.  One minute it's emotionless drawling, the next it's crying...inconsistant.

I really do like the idea though.  I won't stop this until the day I die, even if I can't get it done in time for WAFFathon.  This fic is really making me think, and really making me feel...and I can't help but like that.