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[tallon1982]

LOL! I get cranky when I can't write. What I would do is what is called a post war with my guy. We'd come up with a story and respectively play our parts. I would drive him nuts with it cause I liked being snarky or setting him up with situations that made him think. All we did is set up a board on our own to practice. It was a game for me lol. He indulges me every so often and I love him for it.

[Tasmen]

tevikolady wrote...

Me too!  I love writting, and I've been inspiried so much!  I will write all day, all night, and drives myhubby up the wal.  But the practice I've been doing with my fan fics (seeing as I can't publish them, thats what makes them great for practice.  ) its been helping me with vocabulary, setting placement, description (although I suck at physical description still, which I am working on with my other FF that I wont release until I am happy with it.).

All these things.  And yes, its an Ali/F!PC romance.  Sorry, it was my first play through

This!  That is exactly why I started writing again.  FanFic is my training tool    

As to your Ali/F!PC romance, I think a lot of people have at least one of those stories.  I know the big one I've been writing has him in it but it's set post game.

[Tasmen]

The Gay Warden wrote...

Hmm. O_o You two are quite the conversationalists.

Nothing wrong with that  

[tallon1982]

Has anyone considered just sharing little things they do while writing? Like for me listening to music works. It doesn't matter how weird it seems =)

[AdorableAnarchist]

I listen to music, eat snacks (generally salty), and drink hot tea. I can also watch TV while I write, which amazes Hubby to no end. LOL

[tevikolady]

For me, I need static. Not like the snow froma TV, but something humming thats constant at the same pitch. I can't listen to music, or have the TV on, or anything. I'll go on for hours like that. But when I mix things like music, sounds kids, cats, whatever, I stall and lose my focus. You can tell which works have the fewest interruptions.



Thats why my other fanfic is slow going and tedious. I can only do so late at night when kids and hubby are asleep

[Sheryl Chee]

tallon1982 wrote...

Has anyone considered just sharing little things they do while writing? Like for me listening to music works. It doesn't matter how weird it seems =)

At work I find that I'm most productive listening to techno. Loud techno. On headphones, thus shutting everything out.

What happens then is that I tend to get caught up in my work, and then someone comes into the office to talk to me (or with a baby or something--long story) and they go "Hi!" and I jump and shriek.

Modifié par Sheryl Chee, 15 janvier 2010 - 02:48 .

[Tasmen]

tallon1982 wrote...

Has anyone considered just sharing little things they do while writing? Like for me listening to music works. It doesn't matter how weird it seems =)

I've been listening to a lot of melodic synthpop like De/Vision when I've been writing lately.  Puts me in the angsty mood or something.  When I need to write something happier or funnier, I bust out with the techno/synth poppy dance beats.

I also seem to be drinking a lot of wine too

[tallon1982]

I'll add to what I do. I have my lovely iTunes list of music and create the playlists. For my sappy moments I turn to the sad sounding songs. I have a love of soundtracks from the Final Fantasy series and of course Lord of the Rings.



I drink coffee or tea and have M&M's nearby to calm the nerves. Sometimes I have the tv on it just depends if anything is worth watching. If I really want to amp up the mood it's time for the good ol rum and coke combo.

[TheMadCat]

How do you manage to write and listen to music at the same time? Every time I've tried it I couldn't even get a word written down.

[Tasmen]

TheMadCat wrote...

How do you manage to write and listen to music at the same time? Every time I've tried it I couldn't even get a word written down.

It's just always been something I've needed to get the inspiration going.  I think it has to do with the feelings that certain songs may evoke. 

[tevikolady]

some people can. Some people can't. It's not that I can't, its just, sometimes, the music lulls me into my 'space' I go when I wirte, and other times, I can't get the dam lyrics out of my head. So I gave up music and went to normal *drone* tones

[Skydiver8888]

Sheryl Chee wrote...

tallon1982 wrote...

Has anyone considered just sharing little things they do while writing? Like for me listening to music works. It doesn't matter how weird it seems =)

At work I find that I'm most productive listening to techno. Loud techno. On headphones, thus shutting everything out.

What happens then is that I tend to get caught up in my work, and then someone comes into the office to talk to me (or with a baby or something--long story) and they go "Hi!" and I jump and shriek.

HAHA!  Sheryl, you're a woman after my own heart.  I also listen to trance/techno/edm when writing, mainly because most of it doesn'thave words to distract me from writing   I'm hooked on Way Out West's new album atm.

my husband tends to forget I do this and will be standing in the doorway talking for 5 minutes before I relaize he's there.   Not like my headphones aren't the big noise-cancelling kind, either.  kinda hard to miss

[TheMadCat]

Sure that I understand, I'll listen to music that fits the mood of the scene I'll be writing prior to actually sitting down and writing it. But when I actually sit down to write if I have any music going I always end up just listening to the music, might sneak a couple of sentences in between songs. I must get distracted to easily.

[Creature 1]

I can't listen to music and write. I doubt I can even listen to orchestral music and write. If I want to get the mood I have to listen to it and then turn it off before writing.

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

Music. Definitely music. But music without lyrics. I tend to go for movie or game soundtracks when I write. A lot of scenes can be inspired by music as well...I can go off daydreaming about a particular story while listening to something, then the scene flows to match the pace of the song. It can be pretty inspiring.

[MarcusDeVarro]

Bio-Boy 3000 wrote...

Sheryl Chee wrote...
At work I find that I'm most productive listening to techno. Loud techno. On headphones, thus shutting everything out.

What happens then is that I tend to get caught up in my work, and then someone comes into the office to talk to me (or with a baby or something--long story) and they go "Hi!" and I jump and shriek.

So this what the average day the developer Sheryl Chee would be like, albeit female (the german makes it awesome)?

GAH! grandma's boy!
best movie ever!

[Malaia]

Sheryl Chee wrote...

Maria Caliban wrote...
Shockingly, CULLEN, that one dude from the Mage origin who goes insane later on is as popular as one of the love interests and more popular than any of the regular companions.

I know right! I'm totally shocked by this too. If I'd known how popular he'd be, I would've written in some kind of closure for him and the femMagePC. Sorry, guys. I should've known, I guess. It seems the fangirls will set their sights on any male character who looks vaguely humanoid (see: Thane). Ah... hindsight. Anyway I'll know for next time, I guess?

I know you probably didn't mean it as such, but this is rather condescending and a more than a little insulting. The way Cullen is written makes him seem just a sweet guy who is hoplessly in love with your character. We'd have to have been mindreaders to know that he's some weird version of Edward Cullen but with more stalkerish tendencies. We're introduced to a guy that basically is just shy and stutters around you. That is endearing, perhaps if you said something like "I'll enjoy twisting my knife into you and pretending it's my p33n . You have such a purty mouf *drool drool*" we might have been a little clearer.

As for me, I never got the Cullen Goes Crazy ending, nor the Cullen Smash Mage (as knight commander). I'm guessing that was a bug because I did get it the second time I played a mage, either that or I choose a different chat pathway at the Circle.

I never once thought he was over the top after you kill Uldred, I mean considering what he went through up there, I think i'd be a little loopy just after that as well. The only thing he ever says again is "I wish I could have gone with him"

So intimating that we're silly girls that latch onto anything that smiles at us is a little harsh, imo. I'm not silly fangirl. I hated Twilight and everything that E.C. depicted in it, but I would never have put the two and two together.

For me, Cullen was the kinda geeky guy that had a crush on me in 11th grade. He watched me a lot, but he was just a shy guy who wasn't going to approach a cheerleader. I didn't think he was a stalker for watching me or whatever during class. And if you mention age differences to counter the argument, well, these are very cloistered characters, and my character is what.. about 20? His is about maybe 25? Neither with relationship experience.

Wow, got that off my chest.
PS: since things always get translated wrong on here I'm going to just say this post is not written while I pound my keyboard going "WTF AMG RAWR" ... just more of a "hruh?". I really don't think you mean to insult us at all, but I'm just giving you a heads up that some of us are, in fact, insulted.

PPS: Cullen is redeemable! I saveded him! Don't worry fangirls! He's okay! Everything is okay! All at once : *collective sigh of relief*

[OldMan91]

Sheryl definitely did not mean to be condescending. Even I found Cullen to be adorable, apart from the whole "I'm-Completely-Anti-Mage-Now-And-I'm-Going-To-Slaughter-Every-Mage-Who-Has-Breathed-In-The-Same-Air-As-A-Blood-Mage" thing.

Modifié par OldMan91, 15 janvier 2010 - 11:45 .

[AdorableAnarchist]

I definitely do the whole "plug into my iPod and zone out" thing. I have what I call my "Crunchy" play list that runs the gamut from Dropkick Murphy's to Toby Keith to Reel Big Fish to Evanescence... (Yeah, I know, I have schizophrenic music tastes... Don't drive int he car with me because I'm constantly flipping radio stations just to find something to suit my taste at. that. moment.) I tune into the "crunchy" playlist whenever I need to get my fingers moving fast and furious. I just helps me get things flowing to the point I'm not actually thinking consciously. I just let everything come out onto the screen. I edit after it's down.



Hubby and I also do post wars or some verbal RP. In fact, we met eons ago in the ancient AOL RP rooms... I think I'm showing my age by mentioning the Red Dragon Inne. LOL He definitely helps whenever I get stuck. And now, the Boy Child is helping too -- however, he is completely stuck in a hero-worshipping phase with Alistair, so he's not terribly objective. But, that's a seven year old boy for you.

[AdorableAnarchist]

Sheryl Chee wrote...

tallon1982 wrote...

Has anyone considered just sharing little things they do while writing? Like for me listening to music works. It doesn't matter how weird it seems =)

At work I find that I'm most productive listening to techno. Loud techno. On headphones, thus shutting everything out.

What happens then is that I tend to get caught up in my work, and then someone comes into the office to talk to me (or with a baby or something--long story) and they go "Hi!" and I jump and shriek.

There is a woman who works in an office on billing issues. At the end of the year, it is her job to bill everything that she can -- which makes her very unpopular with people throughout the company, but oh well. Once she has hunted each supervisor down like a pig-dog and gotten all of the paperwork they have hoarded, she returns to her desk and puts up a sign. "Do not disturb unless there is arterial blood." At that point, she plugs into her iPod or her Pandora station and begins the tedious process of catcbhing up all the billing issues.

This past December, in a race to get the company into the black and everything looking good for the coming year, she was under intense stress. This meant that her sign was up, her music was loud, and she was blatantly ignoring everyone who walked by. If they needed office supplies that she had locked up, they were out of luck. Until one day...

A hand clamped down on her shoulder and she screamed. Whirling around in her chair, she discovered something horrifying... Her whirly chair was not very stable and the chair part separated from the base, throwing the woman to the floor. As she fell, her headphones unplugged from the USB port and music streamed form the computer speakers -- Reel Big Fish yelling "I hate you, ***** you, leave me alone now."

Yeah, the dangers of iPods.... Not that I know this for a fact or anything. Yeah, it's just a story I heard. Mmhmm. Gah.

[NejkrutejsiSlepice]

Malaia wrote...
For me, Cullen was the kinda geeky guy that
had a crush on me in 11th grade. He watched me a lot, but he was just a
shy guy who wasn't going to approach a cheerleader. I didn't think he
was a stalker for watching me or whatever during class. And if you
mention age differences to counter the argument, well, these are very
cloistered characters, and my character is what.. about 20? His is
about maybe 25? Neither with relationship experience.

When I talked to Cullen with my mage, the first thing that came to mind was that he has a crush on PC and was ashamed of it. He was raised by the Chantry to believe that all mages are dangerous, one step from becoming an Abomination at all times and lets be honest, it's not like the Chantry teaches Templars anything that good about mages. So yeah, he is shy for sure, but not only because he's all cute and adorable..  because the thoughts in his head are both alluring and deeply wrong at the same time... imo. It makes him hate himself. And the PC. Cullen is definitely NOT a sweet puppy doll. He has serious issues.

It must've been awful for him to watch someone he longed for, but knowing he could never go near and yet could not leave. No wonder that after being tortured by Uldred something in his head cracked beyond repair.

[tevikolady]

well, we never know how long, exactly, that Cullen was in that cage. All we know its been days. Anyone wanna take a guess that he was Lyrium deprived? People on withdrawl symptoms go all weird. It may not make any sense to some that he went anti-mage nuts, but it makes sense to me. After being tortured by mages for days on end, and deprived of his *drug*, its no wonder he snapped.

[AdorableAnarchist]

Ok, I'm going to reroll a mage tonight and spend more time studying Cullen. I didn't pay much attention to him until I went back to the mage tower the first time. Seeing what other people pick up on always leads me down interesting paths in this game!