*does a dance of joy*
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fan_eluneFirst off, yay! First grade: I had 15.5 at my literature oral exam. Hurray! That's actually a good grade, yes. I hope I did good at the written exam too 'cause I'd like to be able to say I rocked in literature. Especially with the teacher we have. I'm so excited (as the Pointer Sisters are singing right this minute)!
Oh, and my oral on Tuesday went great. It was oral expression, so we just had to do a 10/15-minute-long presentation about one of the three subjects we had proposed. They chose for me to talk about capoeira and it went really well. They were genuinely interested - and the 'lecteur' that was there was Rory, with the sweet Birmingham accent.
Also, got a woman from the school I'll be working at next year on the phone. I won't actually be in Warrington, but in a village. She told it was really easy to go to Manchester, though (!!!). The school's a language centre, so they teach lots of language, I hope I'll be able to take advantage of that to get some more Russian down. I'll be renting a room at someone's place, but I'll have my own kitchen, and apparently there might be other assistants living there too. Sweet. Also, there'll be one other French assistant, two German, and one Spanish if I'm not mistaken. It felt really good to be talking with that woman, she was extremely nice (whoever said that English people were cold had obviously had little interaction with French people) and I can't wait to be over there! That's for the gushing.
Here's a survey about writing I gakked from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cgwriting. It's rather long.
1) What's the last thing you wrote?
Completed: A Flight of Fancy. Non completed: a birthday fic called Out of his league.
2) Is it any good?
Time will tell...
3) What's the first thing you ever wrote that you still have?
Stuff I wrote when I was in junior high. Meh.
4) Was it any good?
No.
5) Write poetry?
Used to - in high school.
6) Angsty poetry?
Among other stuff - I was quite the typical teen.
7) Favourite genre of writing?
I really couldn't say. Should it be fanfiction or original work, I've loved working with different genres, fantasy or no...
8) Most fun character you ever wrote?
Probably Cap'n Jack Sparrow. Or the dear Commodore. Probably the two together. I have a feeling I'll love working with the Firefly guys. Or - really, I can't choose.
9) Most annoying character you ever wrote?
Annoying to write, or to read? To write would be... Gillette, I guess, simply because I cannot write him. Blah. To read would be Isolde from a *very* crappy Highlander fic of mine (in French).
10) Best plot you ever wrote?
Plots are not quite my forte, I have to say. I suppose I'd say that of Shelter (anticipation short story I wrote), but the 'extended' one most particularly (as in, the one it will be about if I ever extend it into a novel). Or possibly the one of my upcoming (upcoming as in, in a few years' time... hopefully) fantasy series.
11) Coolest plot twist you ever wrote?
I'm rather proud of what I did with Thou Liv'st Forever, as far as misleading the reader (or really, in this case,greenie_breizh) goes. But I wouldn't call it a plot twist.
12) How often do you get writer's block?
Every now and then, but never anything serious. I have too many WiPs all the time to have a real one. If a fic doesn't work, another will.
13) How do you fix it?
If a fic doesn't work, another will. Your unconscious works on the stuck story meanwhile, and when you go back to it after a short while chances are you will get an epiphany.
14) Write fan fiction?
Yes.
15) Do you type or write by hand?
I tend to take notes by hand about plot bunnies, characters, etc, and then type the actual thing out. Of course, there's the occasional class so-boring-that-I-find-myself-writing-a-scene-or-two, in which case I'm back to by hand.
16) Do you save everything you write?
Yep.
17) Do you ever go back to an old idea long after you abandoned it?
Yes, most definitely yes.
18) What's your favourite thing that you've written?
Right this moment, it's TLF. I just made myself fall in love with Byron all over again, and I explored a side of Damien that gives him all his interest and makes him more than just a brat. I'm really proud of it.
19) What's everyone else's favourite thing that you've written?
Unique was really popular, which still makes me giddily happy. The magic of Haldir's charm, I suppose.
20) Do you ever show people your work?
Yes, of course. Writing without sharing? Not my thing.
21) Who's your favourite constructive critic?
cgwriting. Thanks again for all the help, hun!
22) Do you have a web site for your writings?
Yes. Well, for the fanfic, yes.
23) Did you ever write a novel?
A full novel, no. Am working on it.
24) Have you ever written fantasy, sci-fi, or horror?
Fantasy and sci-fi, yes.
25) Ever written romance or teen angsty drama?
Romance outside of fanfiction? No.
26) What's your favourite setting for your characters?
Have been in a "boat/ship" mood ever since I started working on FoF. The setting itself is not so important as the characters' bond with it, that's why ships are a favourite of mine. Can't wait to start working on some Firefly for that very reason. There's quite a few of them that love Serenity so.
27) What's one genre you have never written, and probably never will?
Never say never... especially when you're me. (Though I hope we're safe from mpreg, I really do.)
28) How many writing projects are you working on right now?
Far, far too many for me to bother counting them.
29) Do you want to write for a living?
I would love that. But I'm realistic.
30) Have you ever written something for a magazine or newspaper?
Does the English department magazine of my university count? In that case, I've had a couple short stories published in there.
31) Have you ever won an award for your writing?
Webseries award, yes.
32) Ever written something in script or play format?
Yes - my Once More With the Ring fic, for obvious reasons.
33) What are your five favourite words?
Cellar door, and that's really all I can think of. It just sounds perfect. Cellar door... Yes, it's all because of Donnie Darko.
34) Do you ever parody?
I did a couple. Not my favourite genre by far.
35) What's your favourite thing to parody?
It's more a question of what I get silly plot bunnies about (which happened, all in all, twice - once with Pinocchio, the Vampire Liar (Sylvain's plot bunny, actually) and once with Once More with the Ring, Sweet in Middle Earth - don't know whether you can actually call them parodies).
36) Do you actually like that thing, or are you spitefully making fun of it?
Whether or not those are parodies - love those two verses very much. I don't think you can parody something well without loving it anyway. I think I'm confused about what parody is, actually. Is Pratchett parody? Is Adams parody?
37) Do you ever write based on yourself?
How can you not? You can't write about something that's absolutely foreign to you. It can get rather scary, actually.
38) What character that you've written most resembles yourself?
Hmm. Good question. Maybe Valini, a character from that series of fantasy novels I'm working on. Well, I've got the first few chapters and then some later scenes here and there. But she's very much not a Mary Sue, thanks for asking. When I say resembles myself, it's more like has some of my flaws.
39) Where do you get ideas for your other characters?
You always base characters on things you're familiar with - within yourself, others, other characters. Then you just mesh it all, think of their backgrounds, and things just click together.
40) Do you ever write based on your dreams?
Not that I know of, but I just might. I don't remember my dreams.
41) Do you favour happy endings, sad endings, or cliff-hangers?
It depends on the story. I like bittersweet most, really. When things aren't super happy or anything, but it's not the end of the world, either. Things will work out. It's just a not so happy moment when the story is ending. But I also do happy endings - I used to do only that, actually. Blah.
42) Have you ever written based on an artwork you've seen?
Hmm. Depends whether you consider movies and tv shows artworks? Other than that, I think not. Unless you twist that question into "an artwork you've read," 'cause TLF would not be if some words of Byron's poetry had not mesmerised me.
43) Are you concerned with spelling and grammar as you write?
Yes.
44) Ever write something entirely in chatspeak? (How r u?)
Hell no.
Oh, and my oral on Tuesday went great. It was oral expression, so we just had to do a 10/15-minute-long presentation about one of the three subjects we had proposed. They chose for me to talk about capoeira and it went really well. They were genuinely interested - and the 'lecteur' that was there was Rory, with the sweet Birmingham accent.
Also, got a woman from the school I'll be working at next year on the phone. I won't actually be in Warrington, but in a village. She told it was really easy to go to Manchester, though (!!!). The school's a language centre, so they teach lots of language, I hope I'll be able to take advantage of that to get some more Russian down. I'll be renting a room at someone's place, but I'll have my own kitchen, and apparently there might be other assistants living there too. Sweet. Also, there'll be one other French assistant, two German, and one Spanish if I'm not mistaken. It felt really good to be talking with that woman, she was extremely nice (whoever said that English people were cold had obviously had little interaction with French people) and I can't wait to be over there! That's for the gushing.
Here's a survey about writing I gakked from
cgwriting. It's rather long.1) What's the last thing you wrote?
Completed: A Flight of Fancy. Non completed: a birthday fic called Out of his league.
2) Is it any good?
Time will tell...
3) What's the first thing you ever wrote that you still have?
Stuff I wrote when I was in junior high. Meh.
4) Was it any good?
No.
5) Write poetry?
Used to - in high school.
6) Angsty poetry?
Among other stuff - I was quite the typical teen.
7) Favourite genre of writing?
I really couldn't say. Should it be fanfiction or original work, I've loved working with different genres, fantasy or no...
8) Most fun character you ever wrote?
Probably Cap'n Jack Sparrow. Or the dear Commodore. Probably the two together. I have a feeling I'll love working with the Firefly guys. Or - really, I can't choose.
9) Most annoying character you ever wrote?
Annoying to write, or to read? To write would be... Gillette, I guess, simply because I cannot write him. Blah. To read would be Isolde from a *very* crappy Highlander fic of mine (in French).
10) Best plot you ever wrote?
Plots are not quite my forte, I have to say. I suppose I'd say that of Shelter (anticipation short story I wrote), but the 'extended' one most particularly (as in, the one it will be about if I ever extend it into a novel). Or possibly the one of my upcoming (upcoming as in, in a few years' time... hopefully) fantasy series.
11) Coolest plot twist you ever wrote?
I'm rather proud of what I did with Thou Liv'st Forever, as far as misleading the reader (or really, in this case,
greenie_breizh) goes. But I wouldn't call it a plot twist. 12) How often do you get writer's block?
Every now and then, but never anything serious. I have too many WiPs all the time to have a real one. If a fic doesn't work, another will.
13) How do you fix it?
If a fic doesn't work, another will. Your unconscious works on the stuck story meanwhile, and when you go back to it after a short while chances are you will get an epiphany.
14) Write fan fiction?
Yes.
15) Do you type or write by hand?
I tend to take notes by hand about plot bunnies, characters, etc, and then type the actual thing out. Of course, there's the occasional class so-boring-that-I-find-myself-writing-a-scene-or-two, in which case I'm back to by hand.
16) Do you save everything you write?
Yep.
17) Do you ever go back to an old idea long after you abandoned it?
Yes, most definitely yes.
18) What's your favourite thing that you've written?
Right this moment, it's TLF. I just made myself fall in love with Byron all over again, and I explored a side of Damien that gives him all his interest and makes him more than just a brat. I'm really proud of it.
19) What's everyone else's favourite thing that you've written?
Unique was really popular, which still makes me giddily happy. The magic of Haldir's charm, I suppose.
20) Do you ever show people your work?
Yes, of course. Writing without sharing? Not my thing.
21) Who's your favourite constructive critic?
cgwriting. Thanks again for all the help, hun!22) Do you have a web site for your writings?
Yes. Well, for the fanfic, yes.
23) Did you ever write a novel?
A full novel, no. Am working on it.
24) Have you ever written fantasy, sci-fi, or horror?
Fantasy and sci-fi, yes.
25) Ever written romance or teen angsty drama?
Romance outside of fanfiction? No.
26) What's your favourite setting for your characters?
Have been in a "boat/ship" mood ever since I started working on FoF. The setting itself is not so important as the characters' bond with it, that's why ships are a favourite of mine. Can't wait to start working on some Firefly for that very reason. There's quite a few of them that love Serenity so.
27) What's one genre you have never written, and probably never will?
Never say never... especially when you're me. (Though I hope we're safe from mpreg, I really do.)
28) How many writing projects are you working on right now?
Far, far too many for me to bother counting them.
29) Do you want to write for a living?
I would love that. But I'm realistic.
30) Have you ever written something for a magazine or newspaper?
Does the English department magazine of my university count? In that case, I've had a couple short stories published in there.
31) Have you ever won an award for your writing?
Webseries award, yes.
32) Ever written something in script or play format?
Yes - my Once More With the Ring fic, for obvious reasons.
33) What are your five favourite words?
Cellar door, and that's really all I can think of. It just sounds perfect. Cellar door... Yes, it's all because of Donnie Darko.
34) Do you ever parody?
I did a couple. Not my favourite genre by far.
35) What's your favourite thing to parody?
It's more a question of what I get silly plot bunnies about (which happened, all in all, twice - once with Pinocchio, the Vampire Liar (Sylvain's plot bunny, actually) and once with Once More with the Ring, Sweet in Middle Earth - don't know whether you can actually call them parodies).
36) Do you actually like that thing, or are you spitefully making fun of it?
Whether or not those are parodies - love those two verses very much. I don't think you can parody something well without loving it anyway. I think I'm confused about what parody is, actually. Is Pratchett parody? Is Adams parody?
37) Do you ever write based on yourself?
How can you not? You can't write about something that's absolutely foreign to you. It can get rather scary, actually.
38) What character that you've written most resembles yourself?
Hmm. Good question. Maybe Valini, a character from that series of fantasy novels I'm working on. Well, I've got the first few chapters and then some later scenes here and there. But she's very much not a Mary Sue, thanks for asking. When I say resembles myself, it's more like has some of my flaws.
39) Where do you get ideas for your other characters?
You always base characters on things you're familiar with - within yourself, others, other characters. Then you just mesh it all, think of their backgrounds, and things just click together.
40) Do you ever write based on your dreams?
Not that I know of, but I just might. I don't remember my dreams.
41) Do you favour happy endings, sad endings, or cliff-hangers?
It depends on the story. I like bittersweet most, really. When things aren't super happy or anything, but it's not the end of the world, either. Things will work out. It's just a not so happy moment when the story is ending. But I also do happy endings - I used to do only that, actually. Blah.
42) Have you ever written based on an artwork you've seen?
Hmm. Depends whether you consider movies and tv shows artworks? Other than that, I think not. Unless you twist that question into "an artwork you've read," 'cause TLF would not be if some words of Byron's poetry had not mesmerised me.
43) Are you concerned with spelling and grammar as you write?
Yes.
44) Ever write something entirely in chatspeak? (How r u?)
Hell no.
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Date: 2004-06-18 08:52 am (UTC)I didn't know you wanted to learn russian. Or, maybe you already did ? :-/ Well, anyway, why russian ?
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Date: 2004-06-19 03:50 am (UTC)I don't know why Russian. I've always sort of liked it. Well, always - since high school, probably, it was some friends of mine's second language. And I like the alphabet. ;)
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Date: 2004-06-19 05:22 am (UTC)I even had russian characters, back when I was doing fics in my head instead of writing them... Er, ok, that didn't change much. :-P
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Date: 2004-06-18 02:16 pm (UTC)