Teens Writing for Teens, the 5th

[It's-Magic!]

Helloo twifties.

How do you edit your novel profile on TWFT? I can't find the edit button...

MOD NOTE: Not sure what happened to volume 1 and why there wasn't a link in this post. Volume 2 is here. (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154142)

Volume 3 is here. (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177380)

Volume 4: here (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=197931)
(http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177380)

[parumpdragon]

Don't know, don't have MSN. :Shrug:

Anybody notice this thread is now in the thousands? When do they get closed and a new thread started? Just curious... I need to know when the move is so I can get in on it. Lol.

[lisalulu09]

I don't know, Dragon. It depends when a mod gets round to it, I guess.

ETA: OMG at the kids on Glee singing Rehab. O.o

ETA2: I gotta go now. :(

[free_cashews_on_me]

Anybody notice this thread is now in the thousands? When do they get closed and a new thread started? Just curious... I need to know when the move is so I can get in on it. Lol.

Hmm.... I think the first TWFT thread was in the 1500's, but the last one wasn't that long. Just depends on whenever Sage feels like getting us a new one. :D

[Bookgirl2021]

Or when she notices that we're in the thousands. :tongue

[parumpdragon]

Kinda what I thought once I realized there wasn't a magic number where these things just shift over... newbie idea, *grins*, cause AW is all magic you know. :D

[Horserider]

Where are my DW friends? I'm confused... I just saw a preview for Almost People that it was airing June 4th. But BBC's website clearly says it's airing May 28th. Does that mean it's going to air on June 4th in America and May 28th in Britain? I don't think I can wait an extra week...

[Parametric]

If you followed the Doctor Who thread in the Movies forum, you'd already know... :tongue

[Zoealea]

I keep waiting for a new TWFT thread to pop up. :D
Oh homework, you will be the death of me.

ETA- I just looked on the DW thread. *silently cries to self* Not fair BBC America, not fair.

[Horserider]

*tries to remember why she quit following that thread*

[MargoWest]

Hello guyses. I got a job!

[Kyrie]

Yay Margo!! :hooray:

Is this the one from the giant three hour interview?

[MargoWest]

Yessir!

[Kyrie]

Woots! Congratulations! :D

[parumpdragon]

Congrats!

[Zoealea]

Yay, Margo! Congrats!

[lisalulu09]

I am back.

I finished watching the pilot episode of Glee earlier, and I really did enjoy it, actually. :)

[parumpdragon]

Hi there, was watching 'History Boys' last night and something just reminded me of it... Not the ending I expected, but fitting.

Must stuff something in my mouth for 'lunch' and be off. :D

[lisalulu09]

Bye, Dragon. :)

[parumpdragon]

*Grins*

Back for just a moment, looking up interest journals that are illustraded on Barnes and Noble. Kind of collect them as a hobby(write in them too :)). I have found some really cool ones at discount stores over the years and was checking to see if any newer versions came out.

Some of them are kind of rare, *laughs*, but I already wrote in those so they aren't worth anything now. :D

[Thalia]

Neeeeew Haircut! And color too. It's on FB.

[lisalulu09]

It is amazing. It suits you. :D

Also, I saw the first DVD volume of Glee (Season 1) in the shop today when we went food shopping. I didn't buy it because I want the complete series and when I finish that the whole of the second series on DVD. Does anyone know when it should be out? If I can't find them in the shops, I'm going to buy them on Amazon, or I might buy them on there if I hit a big target (10K, 20K etc) and I feel like it. :)

ETA: I have gone past the 6K mark, so now I'm going to bed, and am going to (hopefully) reward myself when I go shopping tomorrow. 'Night, guys. :)

[Thalia]

The whole series 1 is out, I got it in September. Season 2? The whole thing probably won't be out in one package until September. But the first half is on DVD and the second half should be soon.

[lisalulu09]

SEPTEMBER? :(

[Sage]

Hmm.... I think the first TWFT thread was in the 1500's, but the last one wasn't that long. Just depends on whenever Sage feels like getting us a new one. :D
Yep, 25Kish replies is when we're supposed to close you down and get you new digs, so grab a box, it's moving day.

[Sage]

I suggest updating your subscriptions and bookmarks now ;)

[Parametric]

Whoosh! :D

[Zoombie]

VROOM!

I'm writing.

[Kyrie]

Oh, hello new thread.

[Zoombie]

I just realized...my story is WEIRD.

“General Lee wants the kid to sign a waiver if he’s going to walk around out here.”


The girl glanced at me, and I tapped my glasses to show that they were translating. I nodded.


One of the men held out a piece of smart paper. I frowned as I read it, my glasses talking to the little computers threaded through the paper, letting it know what languages I read, and highlighting the text that was actual hypertext, with links and expanding definitions and explanations and such.


BODILY HARM WAIVER: The reader does accept, by singing this waiver, that bodily harm may come through shrapnel, bullets, cannonballs, explosives, caltrops, calvery saber, horse trampling, human trampling, and other assorted battlefield illnesses – recreated and keyed to bypass modern immune systems. There are three levels of BHW disclosure clauses, selected and alterable at any time via the signature and witnessed consent of the BHW signer/participant.


I frowned, reading the three levels of BHWs.


There was Minimal Harm, where a little bracelet would guide minnie balls away from me. Apparently the Minnie balls were not actually perfect super duper recreations of the old timey ammo, but rather little hunks of smart-lead that could vaporize itself if it was going to hit someone who hadn’t signed the BHW’s third clause, Possible Death Allowed. They also had little gas jets to move themselves down and strike just the limbs for people who signed the Injury clause. For people like me, who were sane and immediately signed the Minimal Harm section, they’d try and hit the ground and such around me, providing the atmosphere of almost being shot without any of the actual being shot side effects.


A bracelet got slapped onto my wrist and the two men nodded, grabbed me, and dragged me outside into the rain and thunder. I winced as my face got drenched all over again, but before I knew it, I got shoved into an actual reeneactor tent. The inside was splattered with mud and damp, the thick cloth protecting somewhat from the overhead rain, but not the mud tracked in. A man turned from a table, where a large map was spread out.


He was short, and wore a gray coat that buttoned twice down the middle with shiny gold buttons. He wore boots, had really ridiculously pale skin, a beard that looked like a triangle, and a receding splash of hair on the top of his head, which was also silvery gray. He looked almost five hundred years old.


“General Lee, this is the kid we found in the forest.” One of the men said, my glasses continuing their dutiful subtitling.


I hit off a quick search for any ‘General Lee’ before he turned to me.


He sighed. “What is your name?” He asked, using my language.


“Trejo Telvakata, from the WTF clave, uh, four, five days walk northward.”


“I see,” Lee frowned. “You came from the…north…and you weren’t warned that this was a live battleground?”


“No, and I have mesh-linked glasses, they should have warned me. Uh, we did pass by some claves that had really really persistent drones with guns.” I rubbed the back of my neck. “Also, I didn’t come alone, my friend-“


“Damn it!” Lee turned to one of his men. “Get me a courier. I need to send a dispatch to those Jackboots and tell them that their drones shot our mesh transmitters. Again.”


“Yessir!”


Lee turned back to me. “A friend you say?”


“Yeah, she was dragged off by this guy in a blue outfit speaking something called French.”


“Then, I’m sorry, but she has been captured by Napoleon.”


“Who!?” My glasses mesh search had finished searching for General Lee. I read his Wikipedia bio. “W…You’re a civil war general. Shouldn't you be fighting Grant? Not…isn’t Napoleon on the…that’…what is going on?”


Lee frowned. “Times change.” He turned to face the map, even as two men dripping with mud ran in.


“Sir!” They both said at once. Then one shut up and the other continued.


“Sir, the French have taken General Ewell’s artillery fortification!”


“Damn it!” Lee swore again. “Send word to Stuart! Tell him he MUST break the French ranks, and if he does not give a good charge, I will personally escort him to the gates of hell!”


“Yessir!” The man nodded and ran off, half slipping in the mud before scrambling up and vanishing into the rain.

[Kyrie]

Zoom, I say this in the nicest way possible, but - when are your stories NOT weird? :)

[Zoombie]

Debris Dreams isn't weird!

[The Kidd]

Damn we are on the 5th? Well. Sorry for my absence I'm an old married woman now. Missed you guys something terrible.

[Zoombie]

Hey Kidd. Good ta see ya!

[Kyrie]

Hey there, Kidd! How goes it?

And Zoom - weird is generally a compliment, coming from me. :tongue

[The Kidd]

Zoombie your stuff is unique and innovative annnnnnnd weird. But it is GOOD which is all that matters one way or another. Hey Kyrie :) Did I miss anything interesting in the last three months?

[Zoombie]

What is this madness? General Lee explains.

“Now, as to what is going on, you know of reenactors, Mr. Telvakata?”


“Yes, you re-enact old battles and ways of living,” I gulped. “But I don’t know much more than that.”


Lee nodded. “We are a recreation of the army of the confederacy, at the high water mark of that nation’s history. Past this point, the real Confederates had no real chance at winning, and could only delay the inevitable.”


“Oh,” I gulped. “Sorry?”


“Don’t be,” He glanced at me. “If they had their way, you’d be in chains and considered less than a man because of your skin pigmentation.”


“Oh…” I rubbed my arm. “You know, I just picked this cause I thought it went well with my hair, right?”


Lee chuckled. “Well, we don’t stick to every reality of the past, we’re not perfectionist reenactors. For one thing, we have these.” He tapped his bracelet. “And for another thing, in real life, General Lee would never have fought the Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, arguably one of the greatest generals of his age.”


“Ah.” I canceled my search for who Napoleon was. “Why are you, then?”


Lee sighed, seeming to relish taking a break from the pressures of commanding a battle without a cell phone – cause, seriously, sending actual people to physically tell people how to do things? That had to be stressful and a half. “Battles represent the extremes of the human experience. But they have all already happened. How can we really…understand what it is like to be in a battle if it is not uncertain? To create this, we shook things up by taking two armies that would never have even seen one another and pitted them against one another.” He smiled, faintly. “Now, do you want to experience a real battle, or do you want to sit it out?”


I bit my lip, and that damn line of reasoning came up again.


“Well, I am on walkabout…”


Lee chuckled. “I can always use one more infantryman.”

[The Kidd]

FNW anyone? I have a new upper MG WIP I need some sympathy for XD

[Zoombie]

Maybe!

[The Kidd]

Alrighty :)

[parumpdragon]

Hi guys... new thread - Ooooh! :D

[chocowrites]

*posts in shiny new thread*

[amlptj]

Holy crap another volume? We only changed this one in what december??? Wow gone one week and we already got a new thread!!! What has happened with the world!

[Kyrie]

CHOCO! You still there? :D

[amlptj]

wow its pretty quite on here tonight. I was expecting a bigger turnout on a Friday night...but well i guess that means i'm the only one without a life... hummm... i should put that on my to-do life.

[Kyrie]

I'm here, sort of. I'm writing. Denouements are tricky.

[amlptj]

i'm multitasking watching Ghost Whisperer (the new series i'm watching from the beginning) on here, writing, and will soon be eating.

[parumpdragon]

It has been really really dead around here, with stinks for the newbies. I've heard a couple fusses that they cannot get much feedback on their WIPs cause no one is around. And I must say that even the game threads have posts still from yesterday morning in some spots, so it's not just this thread... Eeek!

[amlptj]

i guess everyone is getting a life... or maybe its because of the holiday weekend

[parumpdragon]

Nah, it was dead like this last weekend too - you just weren't here! Lol. You were out with everyone else! :D

Hey, what do you think of my new avi? Is it okay, or should I change it up soon? I don't know. She wasn't my original pic. I just put her up, but she is kinda growing on me... As for the heart. I was feelin under the weather and SaraP gave me the heart in rep. I had to put in my sig, just sized down, cause it was really cool and sparkly... :)

[amlptj]

Its ok. She is kind of creepy... other then that its fine.

And i wasnt off with everyone else, i was off in CO. Climbing mountains!

[Kyrie]

How was that?

[amlptj]

Climbing mountains?

It was fun sort of.... It was cold up there, around 30-45 degrees... because our place was up on the mountains. My friend wanted to take up to see waterfalls but... it was soooooo snowy up on the mountains. Apparently up there they don't measure snow in inches but in feet... this year was a good year they only got 17 feet of snow!

As we climbed the mountain there was anywhere from 4-6 feet of snow on the path, they padded down a walkway but if you stepped off... you just sank! it was beautiful up there... some of the most breath taking sights of mountains and valleys i've ever seen, ones even pictures couldn't truly capture. The problem was the air up there in much thinner in oxygen and i wasnt used to that and kept having to take breaks to catch my breath and borrow my boyfriends inhaler.

Good news is... I FINALLY HAD FRIED ICECREAM!!

[Thalia]

Anybody up for YAWNing? I need to get on with this writing shit.

[chocowrites]

CHOCO! You still there? :D

BACK.

:hi:

[amlptj]

I'm up for it!

[Zoealea]

Noooo, I wanted to comment on the first page. *darn*

ETA- I'm going to go finish this book. I have like 200 pages left to read.

[amlptj]

your really obsessed with glee aren't you Tally?

And again i'm up for yawning.

[Thalia]

Of course I am Ally, it's my life. Just seeing a picture of a cast member makes me happy. Why do you ask?

[parumpdragon]

Its ok. She is kind of creepy... other then that its fine.

And i wasnt off with everyone else, i was off in CO. Climbing mountains!

The woman with the creepy eyes and blue skin was 'cool', but this one is creepy? Lol. What about Medusa? She had snakes... How funny that this is the 'creepy' one. LOL!!!

[amlptj]

you seem to have a new picture of someone from that show every week. Unfortunately my boyfriend just got obsessed with glee aswell... We all make fun of him saying that his balls disappeared and he became a tween girl. I've seen a few episodes, Finn is cute

[amlptj]

sorry, blonds creep me out. Really dont know why... think it might have to do with Children of the Corn... i always find that my villains are blond... someone about blonds... I just dont like them... (no offence anyone who is blond! Just lots of bad experiences with blonds.)

[Zoealea]

Good books are good. They inspire me to be a better writer. *goes back to reading*

[Zoombie]

._.

*is blond*

[amlptj]

sorry zoom but blond= evil... joking. I dont have a thing against all blonds... just most! You would not be one of them.

[MargoWest]

Zoom = evil. Mathematically true.

[Zoombie]

._______________________.

[MargoWest]

http://static.images.memegenerator.net/Instances400/6/6679/6839774.jpg

[amlptj]

actually because of the events this week with the visiting of the Stanly Hotel (which is where Steven King got his idea to write the shinning.) I decided to read The Shining... yeah... not what i expected... I feel like everything that i was told about good writing was not done in this book (at least so far... i got to chapter 3) yet its such a hit... it actually makes my head spin...

[parumpdragon]

You guys are nuts.

[Zoombie]

Should I or should I not make and eat popcorn? Hmmm...choices choices...

[amlptj]

Popcorn= yes

[Zoealea]

I just realized that the movie theater here has "Reading" in the title. For some reason, this makes me deliriously happy.
Also, I am done reading the book and now I must do homework. 0_0

[parumpdragon]

Night guys an gals! :D

[amlptj]

night! Anyone else still up?

[amlptj]

i just cant figure it out... Ok so i continued to read The Shinning... did anyone else read it? Ok so when i started off writing... I read books on "how to write" and there were always rules like "show not tell and keep it interesting in the first three chapters, and dont keep the reader guessing with confusing vague comments" Now i know steven king is a very famous writer and everything but he seems to be breaking all of these rules in this book... So i have to wonder if the shining was such a big huge hit are these rules crap? Is the book just an exception? God its all just driving me insane.

[Bookgirl2021]

:e2poke:

...I think I'm the first to poke the new dead thread. :tongue But now that Chocolat is over, I'm going to bed. G'night! :D

[amlptj]

Oh damn! You come to poke then leave!

[Octave]

*plants butt in thread*

Today, I'm going to write.

Promise.

[amlptj]

That's the spirit!

I'm writing all day too!

[lisalulu09]

Hi, guys.

This is my first post on the shiny new thread. :D

[amlptj]

No you have had others! Right now i'm the top poster!!! YAY hehehehe

[lisalulu09]

I WILL beat you, Ally! :D

ETA: http://www.youtube.com/w needatch?v=E46BhMIRujI&feature=player_detailpage I shouldn't really be watching this seeing as I need to catch up, but I LOVE THIS SONG. OMG

[Octave]

Annnnd hours later, I haven't written a word.

Also, I didn't notice this was a new thread.

[amlptj]

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!! Ok so let me explain why i'm freaking out right now!!!

When i was like 5-7 my friend always used to rent this movie and we used to watch it over and over again... but i could never remember the name of it. for 13 years i've looked to figure out the name of that movie, and i'm no longer in contact with my friend... so i thought i would never find it. All i knew was that it had to do with little woodland creatures and some kind of disaster and they had to find a cure...

So about an hour ago i'm wondering about the movie again... i dont think about it all the time but it just popped up in my head when someone was talking about Ferngully (another childhood fav) so i started doing research and... I FOUND IT!!! I FOUND IT!!! AND I WATCHED IT!!! I FOUND IT!!! I'll be 21 in a week but for whatever reason finding this movie was like the happiest moment ever!!!

[lisalulu09]

I know the feeling, Ally, haha/

[amlptj]

Once Upon a Forest!!! Lets hope i never forget that title again!

[lisalulu09]

Write it down!!!

[amlptj]

but then i would lose the paper probably... i'm texting it to Will so he can download it for me!

On other news... I'm writing... when i should be sleeping.

[lisalulu09]

Writing is more fun. :D

[amlptj]

So true. Although I'm writing about a funeral... that's not too fun. The sad things i do to my characters when i write myself into a corner and need to get out of it.

[lisalulu09]

I'm going to go now. I shall be on later. :)

[amlptj]

oh damn! no one to talk to now.

[Octave]

Nope. Still present. And procrastinating. xD

[amlptj]

I was thinking about procrastinating more but i put it aside and am writing.

[Octave]

On the upside, I managed to figure out more of how the world works? No substitute for actual writing, of course, but hey. It's a start, right? Lol

[amlptj]

that's pretty valuable info I'd say!

[inkspatters]

Ooh, shiny new thread.

Yeah, I did just drop in to post in the new thread. Running back to my Spanish work, now.

[amlptj]

Oh boo! Everyone keeps running away!

[parumpdragon]

Morning TWFT/Hounds :D

I am checking in to see how dead the OldPeeps thread is, and to post on shiny new TWFTie thread. :)

[Zoealea]

Homework. *collapses*

[Kyrie]

Morning.

[Zoealea]

Morning Ky.
How are you?

[Kyrie]

Pretty good, how're you? :)

[Zoealea]

Good. I'm thinking of tapping in to the DW marathon (I think it's today), while I do homework.
Oh, and you have a rep. :D

[Thalia]

Hey guys.

Damn, I was all set to go shopping with my mom and then my dad comes in and is like "We need to take pictures to send to your new school" and then he took a picture of me and told me I looked fake. And then I kind of blew up. I didn't know it was possible to feel this much anger.

[Parametric]

Afternoon team. I'm test-driving a first-person version of my YA UF, which I think should remove much of the pronoun confusion of a female protagonist among an overwhelmingly female cast. Protagonist about to end up in a car crash slash ambush in a motorway tunnel somewhere around the M25.

[Zoealea]

*hugs*
Sorry, Tally.

[parumpdragon]

Wow, lots going on today!

[Kyrie]

Thalia: I'm sorry dear. :( *hugs*

Para: Cool! Is the M25 the highway supposedly designed by the devil (according to GOOD OMENS, anyway)?

[Thalia]

Sounds cool, Para.

Thanks, guys.

[Kyrie]

On a random note, jam on pancakes instead of syrup is rather tasty. *om nom nom*

ETA: I've killed it with the random, haven't I?

[Parametric]

Para: Cool! Is the M25 the highway supposedly designed by the devil (according to GOOD OMENS, anyway)?

Ha! Yes. It's the London orbital motorway, the circular road that goes around London. Notorious for grinding to a standstill at peak hours. It is not yet notorious for ambushes by sword-fighting ninjas in tunnels, BUT IT WILL BE.

[Kyrie]

That sounds epic!! :D

[parumpdragon]

Tummy growls on that note :D

[Thalia]

Woot woot! Guys, I am like the dancing QUEEN today.

In jeans. Damn, I should've put on shorts or a skirt.

[chocowrites]

So I haven't written for kind of a long time.

But I'm going to write today. The sun is shining and there is a slight breeze coming through the window and I AM GOING TO WRITE.

-puts determined hat on-

[lisalulu09]

Hey, guys. :)

So today, I bought the complete series of Glee on DVD (I HOPE IT WORKS), I Am Number Four (book), Clockwork Angel and City of Fallen Angels.

Just under £45 spent on all of that.

[Elusive]

*loves Clockwork Angel*

[Bookgirl2021]

:poke:

I slept forever today. And I'm still sleepy. But whatever. Not much writing happening, since I have family here.

How's everybody else doing?

[Because.]

The last two weeks were killer guys, but I'm free.

As of last night, I am officially done with high school.

Choco! Choco! Last time I tried to message you, your inbox was full, lovely! :)

[chocowrites]

The last two weeks were killer guys, but I'm free.

As of last night, I am officially done with high school.

Choco! Choco! Last time I tried to message you, your inbox was full, lovely! :)

ME TOO. I'mDONEI'mDONE (as of thursday). FREEEEDOM!

And sorry about that! Here, I'll rep you the conclusion of my decision haha.

[Because.]

*huggles* YAY! We did it. We actually did it!

It really didn't feel like what happened last night happened to me. It feels unreal.

[chocowrites]

:hooray:
I keep walking around in a daze and thinking, "holy crap, I never have to do that again. What?"

We survived high school! And are headed off to awesome colleges to boot. YAY.

[Parametric]

Congratulations! Welcome to adulthood! It's scary, but also awesome. :D

[Zoealea]

Congrats!
*sigh* Three more years...

[Because.]

Thanks Para and Zoe! :D *huggles*

Yep, Choco. When we were getting ready to do the procession I told everyone that "Our childhoods are ending in two hours" and they were like "Ugh! MJ!"

[chocowrites]

thanks. zoe, you can make it!

And Bec & Para-- Childhood ending? A-a-a-a-adulthood starting?

Scary but yes, wonderful. At least it feels that way right now.

[Because.]

Exciting. Really, really exciting!

I didn't even cry last night (I think that has something to do with the out-of-body experience I was having, but still...). I expected to bawl my eyes out.

[chocowrites]

I think I am still in shock. (a good shock. All I can think is "good riddance!" to high school, but still. huge chunk of my life coming to an end, here). I didn't cry either.

hmmm. *puzzles over WIP* my wip does not make sense, even to me. things aren't connecting in a coherent way, sigh. /CONFUSION

[Because.]

Same here. I am really happy to be done with it.

Ooh! WIP troubles? I'm getting ready to to start my WIP Monday, so I'll be getting ready to have those too. Did you outline?

[chocowrites]

my wip is continually in trouble :tongue

I don't outline (I've tried) but it's a plot problem, as always. My WIP isn't a story yet, just some scenes, and moving forward from here will be too hard until I figure out the plot more. the why and the how. hmm.

Ooh, new WIP! What's it about?

[Because.]

I can't do too much outlining and I can't completely ignore outlining. I just use that Save the Cat beat sheet (and occasionally I'll jot down a major thing that happens for each chapter, if I do much more than that I'll feel like I've already written the story).

You'll get it. I know you will. :)

Hehe. Not exactly new. I'm taking lil' old Escapist and it's sort of a complete re-imagining of it. So I guess it is new (except a few key things).

EDIT: Oops! I killed it. :D

[Thalia]

I JUST GOT AN AWESOME HAT OF AWESOME. IT IS SO AWESOME THE DOCTOR WOULD BE FLOORED BY IT'S AWESOMENESS, AND RIVER WOULDN'T EVEN SHOOT IT.

Oh yeah.

[chocowrites]

Cool about the almost-new WIP! And your way of outlining :D

*tries to write* I don't understand how I'm capable of this. Hours and hours of sitting in front of a blank screen, and only a few sentences. How do I waste so much time and get so little accomplished? My lack of productivity knows no bounds.

[Arianna Sterling]

Sounds just like my lack of productivity.

I should really be writing a blog post right now. Instead I'm doing college orientation stuff. I guess that counts as productive...kind of.

[lisalulu09]

Tally, I have Season One of Glee on DVD.

I am watching TV, playing games and sort of writing.

[Because.]

I JUST GOT AN AWESOME HAT OF AWESOME. IT IS SO AWESOME THE DOCTOR WOULD BE FLOORED BY IT'S AWESOMENESS, AND RIVER WOULDN'T EVEN SHOOT IT.

Oh yeah.

It's better than a FEZ?? XD

You'll get it Choco. Maybe you're being too hard on yourself. Maybe try free-writing? :)

I have trouble getting started, but once I do...I'm usually okay.

[Thalia]

Yay Lisa!

Oh, it's definitely better than a fez. I basically wandered around Urban Outfitters piling tops on my head and looking at skirts.

[lisalulu09]

I haven't started watching it yet. I have 28 days to take it back if it doesn't work, but it's watching it that's the problem. As rewards, while I'm writing, what? It's 20+ episodes, for God's sake!

[Thalia]

How about you write and do nothing but write for 30 minutes straight, then watch an episode?

[lisalulu09]

Not even AW/FB...?

ETA: No internet, and put Glee on every half hour after writing. Or it might be an hour, or even more. I'll see how I feel tomorrow. It will mean I might not be on for a while, especially if I switch between my laptop and the TV.

ETA2: The Glee version of Teenage Dream makes me both dance in my seat and type away like a crazy woman. :e2woo:

[Because.]

:e2poke:

Wakey, wakey thread.

[lisalulu09]

I'm still here for a little while. :)

ETA: And now I am going to go to bed. 'Night, guys. :)

[Because.]

YAY! :D

You guys (and Klaine) are making me want to get into Glee.

EDIT: Aw...hehe. Well, night!

[Thalia]

Well then do!

BTW, The Lion King is my favorite movie.

[Horserider]

I leave for one day and I miss the beginning of a new part of the thread. :D

OH. MY. GOD. I just watched the new Doctor Who. My mind exploded. It needs to be next Saturday. It needs to be next Saturday NOW. THEY CAN'T END IT THAT WAY.

[Thalia]

Holy shit HR, I've been reading spoilers but HOLY SHIT.

[Zoealea]

WAIT. Don't we have to wait for next Saturday to see the episode that's airing tonight in the UK?

[Thalia]

...Yeah, on television.

[Elusive]

*sticks head in*

I MUST catch up on Doctor Who.

[amlptj]

Hello all!!!

[Kyrie]

Just so's you know, I'm going to watch this week's Doctor Who next week, when it airs on BBC America. That way, I have one less week of agony between now and September. :D

[amlptj]

Again i must be the only one on here who doesnt watch DW.

On other matters... right now i'm going to watch sucker punch! Lets hope its good

[Zoealea]

I don't know if I want to work on homework or blog stuff.

[amlptj]

ok tried watching Sucker Punch... my friend lied to me... That movie was so freaking confusing i had to turn it off before my head exploded... it was really horrible!

[parumpdragon]

Wow, this thread closed out early today, it's already dead. :e2poke:

[amlptj]

yeah tell me about it... no on is on...

[Zoealea]

Agh. Here I am trying to fall asleep and now Lovely Lies is like "Hey. I want to be a trilogy, bitch."
Nooooo. So now when I should be sleeping (I have to wake up early tomorrow), I am opening Word and planning effing Book 2. I don't even know when Book 1 is ending.

[amlptj]

hahahahahahahahaha! That's how my series started out... There i was writing my first book for like 3 years... about 2 years into it suddenly i hit a new idea while in the middle of history class freshman year... I'm just sitting there when my teacher says "I want you to write a story, a creative story about anything in the world" so i write this little story using my characters from my book and then i'm like SHIT!!! This NEEDS to be a new book! But it has nothing to do with my first book other then the characters... and then the series was born...

[Zoealea]

I told myself I wouldn't write a series. I love reading them, but I know my characters and they will drive me off the wall.
I also need to think of a title for the third book, and I can't think of one.

[amlptj]

Titles are always fun to come up with! Dont rush it though. If you cant come up with it now, just wait... it will come to you.

[amlptj]

Damn, now everyone gone again. Boo...

[Octave]

Hey Amp! Sorry for disappearing last night. oo What's up?

[amlptj]

No problem its cool.

Nothing much is up. Up early in the morning having not slept last night because i did the same thing Friday night so didnt wake up till 9pm Saturday. Just writing and listening to music. You?

[Octave]

Researching and going over something someone sent me to read over. ^^ I bought a new book too, and I plan on finishing Game of Thrones tomorrow.

How about you? Reading anything right now?

[Parametric]

Lovelovelove Game of Thrones.

[amlptj]

Oh God i just started watching that on HBO. ITS AWESOME!!!! I didnt know it was a book! I really should read that.

Well i was trying to read the Shining, but i stopped, I tried the free preview on my kindle and after 4 chapters still nothing interesting happened. Think i'm going to go back to Pillars of the Earth.

[Octave]

YES IT'S AMAZING. I love it to death. Even though I'm perpetually mad at the book for telling me something it won't let the characters know.

I watched the first episode and it broke my heart. Again. After the book did.

I haven't progressed past the first episode, though. I plan to finish the book before watching the rest.

And that's odd, Amp. I thought The Shining was supposed to be one of King's good books. Huh. I'll cross the off my list, then. :D

[amlptj]

That's what i thought! You see last week i took a trip up to CO and got to visit the hotel that inspired Steven Kings to write the shining... so i figured i would read it... always wanted too just never got around to it. But well again 4 chapters and nothing happened... just the MC touring the damn basement with the maintenance guy, and the wife and kid sitting on a street curb. It just got too boring... no ghosts no creepy stuff no nothing, just how the damn boiler works!

[Octave]

Hahaha. Well, Pet Sematary was good. A bit slow in the beginning, but once it picked up its pace, boy was it creepy. I'll be careful about Stephen King then, but I hear his Dark Tower series is good.

[amlptj]

yeah, i need to read more of his books and Koontz... before my next book.

[Octave]

Koontz is suspense, right? I'm not sure, though. I don't think I've read any of his work yet.

[amlptj]

Yeah pretty much. I've heard his got a few good ghost books, which is what i'm looking for. Terrifying creepy ghost filled books... my next book will deal with that stuff and i've never written about ghosts before... so i'd like to read more about how others do it before i dive in.

[Parametric]

The TV series Game of Thrones is awesome. I love how closely they're adapting the original material. The dialogue is word for word in places. And I love the Dark Tower series too. :D

[amlptj]

Most recent episode was the best!!! I dont want to give anything away so i'll keep my mouth shut about my favorite part....

[Octave]

I know, Para. :D Reading the book before watching it helps me keep track of who's who, though, so it makes the whole thing easier for me.

Also, I have book four in the Dark Tower series. Not one, two, or three, though. I didn't notice it was book four when I bought it. *facepalm*

And I didn't know Dean Koontz has ghost stories, but then again, I don't think I've read any ghost stories in the longest time.

[amlptj]

actually for such a big huge fan of Horror i've never read a Horror book before. Well granted I dont read much though.

[Octave]

Horror books...

I've read a few. Book of Dead Days isn't really horror, but it's kind of dark? As is Picture of Dorian Gray. The Devouring is supposed to be horror but it didn't really scare me as much as those Korean ghost stories my friend used to tell me all the time. Pet Sematary did, however, scare the absolute crap out of me. I'm in the process of reading Needful Things now too, and I read a few stories in Nightmares and Dreamscapes.

I'm not big on horror as a genre, seeing as I'm incredibly lame and scare easily. I do, however, like novels with a dark feel. :D

[amlptj]

yeah, i love horror movie! I dont get around to reading much unless its a textbook from school... Its because i'm a REALLY REALLY REALLY slow reader. So i stick to writing, but lately i realized i should read more... so i intend to go and read alot of horror novels. Mostly because i want to get a better feel for how to write better horror scenes considering my boyfriend says my books are dark dark thriller/bestseller rather then horror.... which is disappointing to me.

[Octave]

I have a short attention span, so I'm usually reading a few books at the same time. ^^"

And dark thriller isn't bad. I rather like the genre, actually. But I like almost any genre. *fails*

[amlptj]

hahahahaha! Dont know how you do it i would get them all confused.

Yeah its not bad i know but... I was aiming for horror. But i guess in reality all by books so far have been well... 2 monsters, 4 serial killers, 1 deformed hillbilly inbreeding hell town, and 1 CIA kidnapping/science experiment creatures. Guess all that is more on the Thriller side. Haven't gotten to the ghosts, and creepy creatures that live in the woods yet...

[Octave]

I think maybe it toes the fine line between dark thriller and horror? The kind that's both, but if you really try to pick one genre you just randomly pick one? Maybe. I don't know. I haven't read your work.

[amlptj]

yeah only one person has. My boyfriend and he thinks its more Thriller... me i think its got a good bit of horror in there but oh well... we can both agree that it really dark though.

[Kyrie]

Morning. *yawns* Gah, I need to learn to go to bed...

[Thalia]

LOL.

If you know the Tenth Doctor and Caramelldansen, watch this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWqC4KKiVbU&feature=related).

[Zoealea]

Morning. My computer is being incredibly slow right now.

[Horserider]

Holy shit HR, I've been reading spoilers but HOLY SHIT.

It's freaking CRAZY. I still feel like my brain is melted. I have so many questions and NO ANSWERS.

Just so's you know, I'm going to watch this week's Doctor Who next week, when it airs on BBC America. That way, I have one less week of agony between now and September. :D

Damn...this means I can't talk to you about it until Saturday. :D I am so not looking forward to the summer break between spring and fall series. It's going to be murder.

[Rachel]

Hey hey. We have a fifth.

[Zoealea]

Hey, Rachel.

[Horserider]

Yes we do :D And we were just talking about that the other day.

[Thalia]

A fifth what?

[Zoealea]

I feel like such a creeper- I'm watching the new neighbors move in. :D

[Thalia]

I'm so confused. A fifth what?

[Parametric]

A fifth thread. The clue is in the thread title.

[lisalulu09]

Hey, guys. :)

Tally, your advice worked. I don't think I've ever hit my target so quickly. :D We're going out tomorrow, so I'm contining from episode three on Tuesday.

[KarlaErikaCal]

A fifth version! Sweetness!

Hey y'all :)

[Thalia]

Oh, right! Sorry, that's old news to me.

[lisalulu09]

Hey, Karla, how's it going?

[Thalia]

Oh, by the way Lisa, I'm glad it worked. Turning off all interruptions and giving yourself rewards is pretty effective in my experience.

[lisalulu09]

I'm going to try it again one day.

ETA: LOL at the guy next to Kurt XD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E46BhMIRujI&feature=feedlik)

[Kyrie]

60k! :snoopy:

[lisalulu09]

Yay, Ky! :D

[KarlaErikaCal]

Lisa, I'm good. Doing a timeline for CMRH. I found out I had him catch 3 jerks in a month. So I'm rearranging scenes now. Thank God, that's actually possible for me to do.

Congrats, Ky!

[lisalulu09]

I'm doing a timeline as I go along. I'm thinking I'll just use that in the editing process instead of writing up a whole outline.

ETA: This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PkzsMak6P8&feature=related) is adorable. :D

[parumpdragon]

Hi guys, got 33k - so the WIP is moving along. :D

[lisalulu09]

I hit just over 7K today. :D

ETA: WTF?! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DwT_2QQU64&feature=related)

[parumpdragon]

Yay Lisa!

Question, maybe you guys can tell me. I watched a bunch of DR WHO out of order the other day on the 'marathon' and now am confused cause they kept jumping around.

Is Amy pregnant? Because the Dr. was looking at a gauge that kept going from pregnant to not... So, is it for Rory's benefit that the DR WHO was checking - or did Amy finally have that romp with the DR. like she was always hinting at and trying to lure him into. Just trying to get it all straight with some gaps.

:D

[Thalia]

P-dragon:

Watch The Almost People.

And I'm pretty positive the Doctor never let anything happen between him and Amy.

[parumpdragon]

P-dragon:

Watch The Almost People.

And I'm pretty positive the Doctor never let anything happen between him and Amy.

Yeah, I've seen that one too, before the others. That would be part of the confusion. Because she was trying to pulling into her room and he was saying that he was 400 and something, and that it was her wedding day, and... And then he was sure that the crack in time/her wall had something to do with her specifically and revolved around her past.

So yeah, I didn't think anything happened but then there were all these other episodes mixed up/in with it, and I'm like ... okay, the baby check was the last I got to see - did I miss something?

THanks:D

[lisalulu09]

I'm going to go to bed now. 'Night, guys. :)

[Thalia]

p-dragon, we should totally chat about this, but Ky and some others haven't seen the most recent episode. PM me?

[Kyrie]

Thanks Tally. *tips hat*

*disappears back into writing*

[Zoealea]

I think I'm back in the writing game (yay block being over), but I can't write until Wednesday. :(

[Thalia]

Holy crap, the shadow of my door looked slightly like an angel wing and I FREAKED OUT. Damn you, Steven Moffat.

[Thalia]

Just watched Army of Ghosts, starting in on Doomsday. Ah, this is fun.

[amlptj]

I guess its been so dead around here because of DW?

[Zoealea]

I just slept for two hours *collapse* now I'll be tired all day. Sleeping makes me tired.

[amlptj]

I know the feeling, same thing happens to me. Slept 12 hours yesterday then took a 4 hour nap only 6 hours after i woke up.

[parumpdragon]

*Jumping threads in an effort to visit with as many people as possible. :D*

[amlptj]

Hey parump!

[parumpdragon]

Hi! How are you. I am wandering between here, the Hounds, and the OldPeeps thread. :D Just checking in on everybody. It appears I have started a war of words with Boston :)... ah friendly competition - or fire...

[parumpdragon]

For the Dr Who fans...

I thought it was sooo cute the way she is looking at her figurine - that or she gets shrunk on DW, not really sure. :D

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z460/parumpdragon/AmyPond-1.png

[amlptj]

Have fun with the word war!

Hahahah i'm just sitting here watching My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

[Zoealea]

That is an amazing picture, Parump!

[parumpdragon]

@ Allie - the newbie on OldPeeps wants to know about your 'FREAKS'.

@Zoe, I know, isn't it. Thank the TedTheewen on the 'Hounds' Horror thread. He's the one who posted it. I just thanked him an copied it! :D

[Kyrie]

I FINISHED MY MANUSCRIPT!!! :D

[parumpdragon]

Yay! Congrats! :partyguy:

[amlptj]

YAY!!!!!! CONGRATS KYRIE!!!!!!!
:partyguy::snoopy::hooray::banana::Guitar::PartySm il:TheWave::e2bouncey:e2headban:fistpump:yessmiley :e2bear::e2woo:

[Kyrie]

Woohoo! Haha, thanks for the smiley parade, guys! :D

[amlptj]

damn the party guys isnt working...

[Because.]

I FINISHED MY MANUSCRIPT!!! :D

GO KYRIE! :D
:TheWave:

[parumpdragon]

Now the only thing is you'll start on another. It's like the cycle never ends. :D I know it too well. ;)

[Kyrie]

Because: Thank you! :D

Parump: Actually, I doubt I'll start a new one, for a little while at least. My goal's to get this query-ready by the time I go back to school at the end of August, so writing time shall become editing time. After a bit of a break, of course.

[Because.]

How long is your break going to be?

[Kyrie]

I dunno. A week? Two? In the "have query ready by the end of August" scenario it'd make sense to have it to betas by the beginning of July, hopefully.

[Zoealea]

YAY, KY! *throws confetti*

[Kyrie]

Thanks Zoe! :D

[chocowrites]

WHOO KYRIE. :partyguy:

[Because.]

Guys, I really suck at titles. Bleh...

[Kyrie]

Choco! *pounces* Thank you!

Titles are icky, Because. I've needed to retitle the wip I just finished since I started it. Does it have a new title yet? Nooo...

[Because.]

Choco! *also pounces*

They really are icky. I'll just leave it as is because if I start looking for a new one...I'm just giving myself a way to procrastinate before starting.

[Kyrie]

Haha. So true. I definitely need to think of a proper one now, though... eee.

[chocowrites]

I am terrible at titles too haha. It's like Terrible Title Malady or something. For once though, I am okay with the working title for my WIP.

*nibbles on chocolate almonds*

[Kyrie]

I like your title, Choco. :)

*skitters off to take shower* *hopes people will still be here when she returns*

[Zoealea]

I thought of the next to LL titles, but I don't know if I should add them to my siggy yet or not.

[chocowrites]

Thanks Kyrie! My title pleases me slightly just because it ties into a central motif of my WIP but lately I've been thinking of changing it.

Gah...dare I say it? Too much chocolate at once. *shoves rapidly dwindling almonds away*

*goes into chocolate coma*

[Because.]

Zoe & Kyrie, you two are reminding me that I need to watch Saturday's Who episode. Oh and why didn't anyone tell me how hilarious this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxB1gB6K-2A) is?

I'm trying to stop myself from searching for a title. Trying really hard, but just ugh...You guys have awesome titles. I'll just try and wait until I finish the first draft to see what fits.

[chocowrites]

Watch it Bec! I'll rep you a link if you need it.

The first 40 minutes are normal and then it's like BAM mind boggling shenanigans at the end. Moffat is evil.

[Because.]

I'm letting a link load up now. That stop and start nonsense kills me so I try to be patient. Hee.

Why does he love doing that? I'm all calm during more of the episode then he has to go and give me a heart attack at the very end.

EDIT: And once this series is over I'm going to go back and watch Ten. I'm so excited for his era. Everyone seems to adore it.