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Jan. 23rd, 2006 01:50 pmRemnants ficathon fic going well-ish - will hopefully reach the word limit by the end of next week. Having problem with the showing, not telling thing as usual but it's not as obvious a problem as it usually is.
Manchester uni application is fucked since one of my referees is on holiday this week. Blast!
Went fencing. How's this for amusing - was walking to pub with that guy's girlfriend and she was saying how if me and him both went to Birmingham we could live together. I just pointed out I'd drive him mad because I'm messy.
I am also amused that neither him nor her view me as competition. It's either a compliment or an insult and I can't decide which.
My back hurts because of it. Nothing major but it's annoying.
Oh and meme
Ten Ways You Can Tell You're Reading A Red Fiona Fic
1 - The characters are quite often not the usual suspects.
2 - There may well be a gen-ish edge to it. I am a gen writer by nature, I just got corrupted by wrestling slash.
3 - The commas, dear God, the commas. I hearby admit to an over-use of commas. The thing is, they are normally in the right place, it just means my sentances get very, very long. I blame the influence of the German language.
4 - The tangents - I go off on tangents. While they're often not vital to the story I think they help the general atmosphere. For this I blame my love of Alexandre Dumas's works. Seriously, The Three Musketeers is tangent central and The Count of Monte Cristo is even better/worse.
5 - There are people who float in and out of the story because that reflects my life, because although there are people who I see every day there's far more who I might see once a week.
6 - The same with the alcohol that marinades my fic.
7 - There will be lots of talking.
8 - But not a lot of plot. Unless it's an AU. Then the fics tend to be overflowing with plots.
9 - The plots that there are are often based of what has happened on screen/page.
10 - Descriptions are not my forte. Not least of all because I swear the way I sense things is way out of line with the way the rest of the world does.
Manchester uni application is fucked since one of my referees is on holiday this week. Blast!
Went fencing. How's this for amusing - was walking to pub with that guy's girlfriend and she was saying how if me and him both went to Birmingham we could live together. I just pointed out I'd drive him mad because I'm messy.
I am also amused that neither him nor her view me as competition. It's either a compliment or an insult and I can't decide which.
My back hurts because of it. Nothing major but it's annoying.
Oh and meme
Ten Ways You Can Tell You're Reading A Red Fiona Fic
1 - The characters are quite often not the usual suspects.
2 - There may well be a gen-ish edge to it. I am a gen writer by nature, I just got corrupted by wrestling slash.
3 - The commas, dear God, the commas. I hearby admit to an over-use of commas. The thing is, they are normally in the right place, it just means my sentances get very, very long. I blame the influence of the German language.
4 - The tangents - I go off on tangents. While they're often not vital to the story I think they help the general atmosphere. For this I blame my love of Alexandre Dumas's works. Seriously, The Three Musketeers is tangent central and The Count of Monte Cristo is even better/worse.
5 - There are people who float in and out of the story because that reflects my life, because although there are people who I see every day there's far more who I might see once a week.
6 - The same with the alcohol that marinades my fic.
7 - There will be lots of talking.
8 - But not a lot of plot. Unless it's an AU. Then the fics tend to be overflowing with plots.
9 - The plots that there are are often based of what has happened on screen/page.
10 - Descriptions are not my forte. Not least of all because I swear the way I sense things is way out of line with the way the rest of the world does.
