On fan fic and writing
6 May 2009 09:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ieuneAfter yesterday's grumble on the muse in absentia, I sat before Word last evening and tapped out 1214 words, of which 400 was brief outline as it was already Half Past Stupid and I had to get to bed. It's thin and not up to what I consider my usual standard, (clearly more EFT is required on my self-criticism issues) and is also the start of something else for a character who isn't Nape or Marcus (ARGH!) when I'd prefer to finish the open scenes I have for Nape and Marcus before turning my attention to this other character! *pants* Cack, that was a long sentence, wasn't it. But still, I have played in the worde-hoarde. Which is something after wandering in the metaphorical desert.
I used to read a lot of fanfic. I barely read any now. I say this up front so that when I tell you that this morning I read some that rocked me back on my heels with its rightness (Of course--how could it have happened any other way!) and the superb extrapolation of timeline // characterisation from the meagre details in canon, and just its overall awesomeness, that I'm, well, stuck for what to say in review, you will have context for my assertion. For this must be reviewed; it resonated so deeply with me that the author deserves to know. T'was inspired. IMO it's the best thing they've written. Perhaps I need proper coffee (Only drink decaff anything) to defibrillate the astroglia and their associated neurons so the networks do exactly that; network and produce a warm review that conveys how impressed I was, rather than gushing like a fangirl, which I'd find particularly embarrassing and would doubtless make us both squirm.
Ah ça, onward and upward. Picspam of the completed blocks in the current handpiecing project tomorrow as the light is improving now from its earlier Stygian gloom of thick drizzle from a Payne's Grey sky. À tantôt!
I used to read a lot of fanfic. I barely read any now. I say this up front so that when I tell you that this morning I read some that rocked me back on my heels with its rightness (Of course--how could it have happened any other way!) and the superb extrapolation of timeline // characterisation from the meagre details in canon, and just its overall awesomeness, that I'm, well, stuck for what to say in review, you will have context for my assertion. For this must be reviewed; it resonated so deeply with me that the author deserves to know. T'was inspired. IMO it's the best thing they've written. Perhaps I need proper coffee (Only drink decaff anything) to defibrillate the astroglia and their associated neurons so the networks do exactly that; network and produce a warm review that conveys how impressed I was, rather than gushing like a fangirl, which I'd find particularly embarrassing and would doubtless make us both squirm.
Ah ça, onward and upward. Picspam of the completed blocks in the current handpiecing project tomorrow as the light is improving now from its earlier Stygian gloom of thick drizzle from a Payne's Grey sky. À tantôt!
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Date: 6 May 2009 01:47 pm (UTC)Oops, I went to hit the SCROLL BAR, not POST COMMENT.
Oh well, we'll get back to the writing chat, I imagine. And I am long overdue to send you an e-mail to say all the things I can never quite fit into a comment.
And you massively perked my ears when you mentioned you are quilting something. *waits for picspam* I picked up paint swatches yesterday for the chocolate bar wrapper project, btw. I'll try to post something on that count if I get anywhere.
Sprinting off for now....
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Date: 7 May 2009 08:10 am (UTC)Oo! *bounces* I'm intrigued!
And yes, there will undoubtedly be more writing chat! The venom you portrayed between Sirius and Snape with such sparse description--very clever--it made me shiver all over again. Just awes. *hands over a Coronea Graminea*