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Fanfic Friday (on a Sunday)

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Thanks to Worry if I don’t have fic to post I’ll be regaling you all with a diary/status update type thing instead. I know it’s not Friday but I didn’t post anything (of any kind) on Friday and I’m too stoked to wait an entire week #sorrynotsorry

Right so status report!

I’m about halfway through the Celeb/Fan AU for Garcy (Timeless) that Ripper prompted. Yes it’s true I have been at this point for a while *cough* BUT I am extra special super determined that this will be the week! So Friday 12th it will be hitting screens.

The reason why I’m feeling sorta confident is I’ve done a lot of scheduling. Only time will tell (obviously) whether I stick to it but I have tried to be realistic for a change. Which is why the next posting day isn’t until November 2nd. That fic will be the third instalment in the In Your Arms verse, which yes I was supposed to write back in August but *cough* just going to gloss over that.

I have also picked what I will be writing during November. The largest chunk of words will be going on an original project but I also hope to complete Painting Layers of Love Chapter 11 (finally!), Untitled Rumbelle fic, Untitled post-season 2 Garcy and Untitled “Shh they will hear us” Garcy prompt for Ripper.

Which means that between now and November 1st I need to plan and prepare all of the above.

/End Status Report

#on a Sunday this week because I just wanted to ramble#sorry not sorry

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@jackabelle73 thanks *hugs*

@urban-trek-thru-middle-earth I wish I could chop it but it would be like chapter-size and while I could try and avoid out-and-out cliffhangers, it still wouldn’t be finished to any level. Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it 🙂

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@worryinglyinnocent has given me an awesome idea, like a middle-ground. If I can’t post fic, I can post status updates. That will be something, like a check-in. Admitting publicly that I have done nothing is hopefully incentive to ensure I do something heh.

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I have detected a flaw in my plan for Fanfic Fridays (aside from the fact that it’s been like a month and I still haven’t done it because I’ve forgotten how to word).

The idea behind Fanfic Fridays was to give me a deadline. My theory was that if I had to post every week, then it would be a nudge to actually write a thing. BUT I don’t want anymore posted WIP’s (I have one that I feel very guilty about) and so I don’t really want to post anything that is unfinished AND 95% of my ideas are stupid long.

It’s like Catch 22. The regular deadline makes sense except for the ideas being too long and not wanting to post unfinished stuff.

I don’t know what to do *flails*

Seriously.

Answers on a postcard? I feel very dammed if I do, dammed if I don’t right now. Could use some help or advice if anyone has any.

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theoneandonlylittlebird:

galactic-pirates:

So I just had my first creative writing seminar at uni. We spent most of the two hours reading the module outline out loud ??? (I know I’m terrible but I have never seen the point in reading things like that out loud in class. I can read myself).

Anyway the one bit of writing we did was what they called “automatic writing” where without stopping, censoring, correcting etc. we had to write about someone we knew well and precisely describe what they were likely doing at that moment.

I learnt two things

1) it’s really easy to get off the point when I am basically just free typing

2) my typing speed was 1154 words in 15 mins. That is how fast I can type – crucially though it is NOT how fast I can write as stream of consciousness isn’t writing.

I hope we actually get to do something fiction/creative related next week. It was the first ever session so it was bound to a bit slow.

WTF is a module and sounds like maybe you need a new uni… Why would you do a read aloud? What? (she says snarkily without too much sincerity)

Also, I have tried many creative writing classes and some of them have been… not what I’ve hoped for, while others have been grand. 

So maybe there’s not need to fire the uni, but don’t give up hope if one writing class doesn’t meet with your expectations. LOL. 

Heh keep the snark coming 🙂

I am 100% in the “why would you do a read-aloud?” Camp. I understand reading a poem, that is important as it needs to be felt as much as read. I understand acting out a play to bring the lines to life. I do not understand reading an admin document out loud.

Not giving up though 🙂 I just paid them an ungodly amount of money for the year.

A module is how they split the classes. There are 3 modules a semester, and two semesters in a year so study a total of 6. The modules divide out separate areas of study. I have one on close-critical reading, another on analysing literature in its historical context and then the creative writing one.

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Ant-Man And The Wasp UK DVD/Blu-ray release date and bonus features

Ant-Man And The Wasp has now set a US home release date of 2nd October on digital, with DVD/Blu-ray and 4K UHD versions arriving on 16th October.

Unfortunately, it appears that a certain World Cup-avoiding cinema release here in the UK has come in for the double punch… the UK won’t see a physical release until

3rd December

With digital copies likely to be available about a fortnight before that. Sorry to bring you this bad news.

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2 months?!?! 2 months are you kidding me?

Ok but 2019 is going to reset things right? We’re not going to be months behind for Captain Marvel and Avengers 4 right?

#once again I was wondering why there was an avalanche of gifs

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So I just had my first creative writing seminar at uni. We spent most of the two hours reading the module outline out loud ??? (I know I’m terrible but I have never seen the point in reading things like that out loud in class. I can read myself).

Anyway the one bit of writing we did was what they called “automatic writing” where without stopping, censoring, correcting etc. we had to write about someone we knew well and precisely describe what they were likely doing at that moment.

I learnt two things

1) it’s really easy to get off the point when I am basically just free typing

2) my typing speed was 1154 words in 15 mins. That is how fast I can type – crucially though it is NOT how fast I can write as stream of consciousness isn’t writing.

I hope we actually get to do something fiction/creative related next week. It was the first ever session so it was bound to a bit slow.

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You know how some people have names that are just too accurate/appropriate for their job. It’s like they must have been pre-destined or something.

Although it must get a bit old for them as I bet everyone ribs them about it.

Anyway the guy who runs the school office for Literature, his name is *drum roll* Shakespeare. No I am not kidding.

It’s weird, like Shakespeare is so synonymous with well Shakespeare that I kinda forgot it was a real name. It is so larger than life.

This coincidence completely dwarfs the 6ft 10 (or something really tall) physics teacher I had at high school called Mr Rocket.

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Also while I’m rambling about stuff that just pops into my head (I’m sorry my focus is shocking this morning, I will shut up after this) I know it would never happen because Christian Kane can’t be two characters but I really wonder what would happen if Parker and Ezekiel met.

The two best thieves in the world. Either it would kickstart a competition in which nothing on Earth would be safe from theft as they tried to one-up one another OR they would become really good friends and nothing on Earth would be safe from theft as they teamed up. Probably both to be honest.

They both have the “I love money!” thing but both actually care in a way they get not so good at hiding as time goes on. Parker bought into the Leverage “helping people” thing the most out of all of them, and Ezekiel? When he stole the Hope diamond 100 kids went to college, he built schools and bridges and helped people and did so anonymously while pretending to be a selfish thief.

Plus Ezekiel would probably get on really well with Hardison as he is technology-orientated. He would be like the bridge between Parker and Hardison.

Shutting up now.

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I just scrolled down my own feed and saw that Leverage gifset I reblogged (The Rundown Job) and a great swell of … not exactly bitterness but just “ugh why?” overtook me.

Leverage was fantastic throughout it’s entire run but season 5 had some particularly awesome episodes. I liked the two split ones (the aforementioned Rundown Job, and also the Frame-Up Job). I just feel like the show had a lot of mileage left in it. Plus they never did full seasons so even though it’s an American show, and had five seasons, there are still only 77 episodes. I have watched them all so many times. It wasn’t enough.

Plus if “the rich and powerful take what they want, we steal it back for you” was on point for 2008-2012 I would argue that it is even more relevant today.

We need Leverage IRL

#I love this show#it is one I come back to over and over and rewatch a lot#so much good

WIP Meme

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@sarashouldbestudying thanks for the tag! I knew as soon as I saw you were tagged in this that you would tag me hehe. thanks friend 🙂

Rules: List the titles of ALL of the active WIPs in your WIP folder, along with a sentence for the general concept if it isn’t self-explanatory. Then post the last sentence/thing you wrote (fanfic/original/anything).

(at least it said ‘active’ ones phew)

I literally could just link to my WIP page to be honest but that’s kinda lazy. Plus not all of them have words yet, so I’ll just do the ones that have words on this list. So…

Rumbelle

Painting Layers of Love – Belle French lives alone and she likes it that way. She’s lived alone ever since the terrible car accident which killed her mother and claimed her eyesight. Belle spends her days painting, in complete solitude, until one day she wakes up and hears movement outside. Somebody has moved into the cottage next door. She had grown comfortable in her solitary existence until Mr Gold crashes into her life. Now her future is uncertain, like a blank canvas, waiting for her to apply the paint and decide what kind of story she is creating. TEA Winner 2017 Best Drama. [Tumblr, AO3]

*cough* last sentence written was last sentence published *hides in box of shame* I know, I know! it’s been forever 🙁 *cries*

Nightwalkers – There has been a murder in Storybrooke. Detective Belle French is assigned to investigate, her only lead takes her into the world of high stakes poker among the power players of Storybrooke. Belle winds up going undercover as Lacey, Mr. Gold’s provocatively clad escort, to gain access to the poker games and find the murderer among Storybrooke’s elite. However, as the investigation deepens, the stakes get higher both personally and professionally – it’s not just the killer who might fall.

Last sentence written (oh merlin way back in 2016 *cringes*):

She sat on the black leather office swivel chair and
pulled at the drawer, smiling when it wouldn’t open. A locked drawer was more
like it.

Garcy

Untitled – Celeb/Fan AU for Ripper.

Last sentence written:

She was so wrapped up in her work that grocery shopping was the highlight of her social calendar.

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Tagging @mariequitecontrarie, @rumple-belle and @bookwormchocaholic if you want/haven’t done it already.