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[*Kioux*]

jillyfae wrote...

Kioux wrote...

Since I am actually talkative... 'typeactive' today - here is another odd request, preferably to someone who read a bit of my ff and didn't completely hate it.
Is there anyone who would like to Alpha/Pre-Beta read Chapter 5 (just about 6 pages)? I am checking for grammar and typos (though I won't find them all) but I need someone outside of my brain to have a look at it and tell me if it makes sense and if it flows or if it is a candidate for the trash and a rewrite.

Me me!  Though, I won't be able to get back to you for a few hours, as I have to go make dinner and pretend to spend some time with my family instead of the computer...  

Feel free to PM, and I promise I'll get back to you later tonight, however.

Awesome, thanks a lot. There is no rush. I'll just finish reading through it again and then I'll copy the text into the pm and will also post the link for the file.
Once you are done, be honest with me - I think I can handle it, lol.

[Shenzi]

Sialater wrote...

Kioux wrote...

I wish I was that far. I know the title I want to give the chapter and I know of a few things that I certainly want in the text. But I tend to come up with another idea and then another... and sometimes it gets so far that my general idea about the entire story starts to change. That's when the creative poo-storm hits the fan.

Ah, creative ADHD.  I suggest writing just a bit of each idea.  They will eventually start waiting politely.  Until you have a deadline and then they'll clam up.

And because this page has very little Kaidan, may I request a towel Kaidan?

I'm not a professional or even semi professional writer, before I wrote my 2 fics the last creative writing I did was 20 years ago in high school.

I've found myself circling around scenes I picture in my head and then getting inspiration at the strangest of times.  For example like just now I knew what I wanted the final chapter of my current fic to contain but was having trouble getting anything other than dialogue out but for some odd reason it took form as I was driving home from the grocery store a few minutes ago. 

[*Kioux*]

Shenzi wrote...

Sialater wrote...

Kioux wrote...

I wish I was that far. I know the title I want to give the chapter and I know of a few things that I certainly want in the text. But I tend to come up with another idea and then another... and sometimes it gets so far that my general idea about the entire story starts to change. That's when the creative poo-storm hits the fan.

Ah, creative ADHD.  I suggest writing just a bit of each idea.  They will eventually start waiting politely.  Until you have a deadline and then they'll clam up.

And because this page has very little Kaidan, may I request a towel Kaidan?

I'm not a professional or even semi professional writer, before I wrote my 2 fics the last creative writing I did was 20 years ago in high school.

I've found myself circling around scenes I picture in my head and then getting inspiration at the strangest of times.  For example like just now I knew what I wanted the final chapter of my current fic to contain but was having trouble getting anything other than dialogue out but for some odd reason it took form as I was driving home from the grocery store a few minutes ago. 

LoL, yes, that sounds familiar. Those are the times when I wish I had a small voice recorder. 
Can you imagine the looks from the people in the store when you'd suddenly pull that recorder out and start saying things like "Chapter 14 - His hands were still covered in blood, the crimson droplets forming an obscene yet beautiful pattern on the white sterile floor. Why had she not told him? Why had she kissed him if she was still not willing to change? - Skipping to different paragraph: "The priiihze" was all he heard and without hesitation he just ran past the armory. There are just some things in life that one does not need to dwell on."
Or something like that... 
One thing is sure, certain keywords or names will surely tell you if you are surrounded by other gamers.

Modifié par Kioux, 20 avril 2010 - 09:32 .

[Star]

Sialater wrote...

Hmmm.... shoe shopping while on vacation. How decadent.

Too bad all you get with that LBD from Kasumi is black pumps.

And not very attractive black pumps at that.  I was picturing my grandmother wearing them.

Btw, afternoon all!

[Sbri]

Lisa_H wrote...

Nightodie wrote...

Okay so I didn't go to bed, but I did go to ME. I watched the video that Christina Norman Tweeted (is that right) and I really enjoyed it.

Night

I really loved that video. One of the best I seen so far.

 Would you mind posting a link?

[Shenzi]

Star58 wrote...

Sialater wrote...

Hmmm.... shoe shopping while on vacation. How decadent.

Too bad all you get with that LBD from Kasumi is black pumps.

And not very attractive black pumps at that.  I was picturing my grandmother wearing them.

Btw, afternoon all!

Hiya Star


The semi-jog that Shepard did with her pumps on during the mission in her LBD wasn't exactly graceful either.

Modifié par Shenzi, 20 avril 2010 - 09:54 .

[stardust923]

Kioux wrote...

Shenzi wrote...

Sialater wrote...

Kioux wrote...

I wish I was that far. I know the title I want to give the chapter and I know of a few things that I certainly want in the text. But I tend to come up with another idea and then another... and sometimes it gets so far that my general idea about the entire story starts to change. That's when the creative poo-storm hits the fan.

Ah, creative ADHD.  I suggest writing just a bit of each idea.  They will eventually start waiting politely.  Until you have a deadline and then they'll clam up.

And because this page has very little Kaidan, may I request a towel Kaidan?

I'm not a professional or even semi professional writer, before I wrote my 2 fics the last creative writing I did was 20 years ago in high school.

I've found myself circling around scenes I picture in my head and then getting inspiration at the strangest of times.  For example like just now I knew what I wanted the final chapter of my current fic to contain but was having trouble getting anything other than dialogue out but for some odd reason it took form as I was driving home from the grocery store a few minutes ago. 

LoL, yes, that sounds familiar. Those are the times when I wish I had a small voice recorder. 
Can you imagine the looks from the people in the store when you'd suddenly pull that recorder out and start saying things like "Chapter 14 - His hands were still covered in blood, the crimson droplets forming an obscene yet beautiful pattern on the white sterile floor. Why had she not told him? Why had she kissed him if she was still not willing to change? - Skipping to different paragraph: "The priiihze" was all he heard and without hesitation he just ran past the armory. There are just some things in life that one does not need to dwell on."
Or something like that... 
One thing is sure, certain keywords or names will surely tell you if you are surrounded by other gamers.

This, all of this!  I started my foray into fanfic with what was supposed to be a quick story to soothe my disappointment in the lack of Kaidan in ME2.  Now I have all these ideas bouncing around in my head, and find myself coming up with bits of storyline at the most random times.  Last week I had to ask a professor to repeat her question to me in class; I hadn't heard her because I had been busy typing a couple lines of dialogue before they disappeared from memory.  

[*Kioux*]

stardust923 wrote...

Kioux wrote...

LoL, yes, that sounds familiar. Those are the times when I wish I had a small voice recorder. 
Can you imagine the looks from the people in the store when you'd suddenly pull that recorder out and start saying things like "Chapter 14 - His hands were still covered in blood, the crimson droplets forming an obscene yet beautiful pattern on the white sterile floor. Why had she not told him? Why had she kissed him if she was still not willing to change? - Skipping to different paragraph: "The priiihze" was all he heard and without hesitation he just ran past the armory. There are just some things in life that one does not need to dwell on."
Or something like that... 
One thing is sure, certain keywords or names will surely tell you if you are surrounded by other gamers.

This, all of this!  I started my foray into fanfic with what was supposed to be a quick story to soothe my disappointment in the lack of Kaidan in ME2.  Now I have all these ideas bouncing around in my head, and find myself coming up with bits of storyline at the most random times.  Last week I had to ask a professor to repeat her question to me in class; I hadn't heard her because I had been busy typing a couple lines of dialogue before they disappeared from memory.  

That too sounds very familiar - it's rather embarrassing if you just hear your name and everyone looks questioning at you. 'Erm... sorry, I really had to write that down??!'

And I think I started writing... a long time ago, whenever I felt unhappy with how things went in movies or books or games. By now I really have to laugh a lot when I read some of the stuff, but then again I am actually surprised how much I like a few scenes.
Worst thing is that I have very few finished stories... shame on me.

[Shenzi]

Kioux wrote...

stardust923 wrote...

Kioux wrote...

LoL, yes, that sounds familiar. Those are the times when I wish I had a small voice recorder. 
Can you imagine the looks from the people in the store when you'd suddenly pull that recorder out and start saying things like "Chapter 14 - His hands were still covered in blood, the crimson droplets forming an obscene yet beautiful pattern on the white sterile floor. Why had she not told him? Why had she kissed him if she was still not willing to change? - Skipping to different paragraph: "The priiihze" was all he heard and without hesitation he just ran past the armory. There are just some things in life that one does not need to dwell on."
Or something like that... 
One thing is sure, certain keywords or names will surely tell you if you are surrounded by other gamers.

This, all of this!  I started my foray into fanfic with what was supposed to be a quick story to soothe my disappointment in the lack of Kaidan in ME2.  Now I have all these ideas bouncing around in my head, and find myself coming up with bits of storyline at the most random times.  Last week I had to ask a professor to repeat her question to me in class; I hadn't heard her because I had been busy typing a couple lines of dialogue before they disappeared from memory.  

That too sounds very familiar - it's rather embarrassing if you just hear your name and everyone looks questioning at you. 'Erm... sorry, I really had to write that down??!'

And I think I started writing... a long time ago, whenever I felt unhappy with how things went in movies or books or games. By now I really have to laugh a lot when I read some of the stuff, but then again I am actually surprised how much I like a few scenes.
Worst thing is that I have very few finished stories... shame on me.

I actually never had planned on writing any fic but one day I tossed out in this thread the scene I had in my head because I hadn't seen anyone deal with it yet which is the same thing you're working on now, Kaidan's response to being hit over the head with the project Lazarus data.  

I received much encouragement to write the fic along with several willing victims to read it as I wrote it so even feeling rather embarrassed about my lack of writing skills I sat down and wrote it over the course of a few days and even put it up on fanfic.net.

We talked earlier about behavior due to the anonymity of the internet well I would never have been willing to have people looking at writing without it 

Modifié par Shenzi, 20 avril 2010 - 10:26 .

[*Kioux*]

Uhm... have a Kaidan? Revive the thread?

[*Kioux*]

Bah, Shenzi you beat me - I thought I had killed the thread.

Shenzi wrote...

I actually never had planned on writing any fic but one day I tossed out in this thread the scene I had in my head because I hadn't seen anyone deal with it yet which is the same thing you're working on now, Kaidan's response to being hit over the head with the project Lazarus data.  

I received much encouragement to write the fic along with several willing victims to read it as I wrote it so even feeling rather embarrassed about my lack of writing skills I sat down and wrote it over the course of a few days and even put it up on fanfic.net.

We talked earlier about behavior due to the anonymity of the internet well I would never have been willing to have people looking at writing without it 

True, it's much easier to publish something on the net without throwing the worried and embarrassed looks at the critical reader of your texts. While I never really planned to write, I just happened to do so and I was actually brave enough to send one of my stories to a friend. 
He didn't like it 100% but also gave me very valuable constructive criticism which I was very grateful for. Then I was and still am writing a original fiction... which is aimed at a female reader group, younger or at young at heart, and the only one I had around here who I could abuse to beta-read was my ex bf.
Of course, it was not his genre and the way he talked about it... I lost a lot of confidence. 
Even when I posted a little part in here - there was no reaction whatsoever and I thought 'Yay, I am doomed!!'
But eventually, I dared it... after the letter, I went to ff.net and just gave it a try.
I might not be very good or even have a great story going but reviews, tips and ideas for improvements help me to go on. I won't give up, even if there are days when my confindence tries to dig a hole somewhere beneath the basement to hide in.
Being ignored in discussions with friends and family, or even on here fuel those bad days, but then again I can usually use them to write the darker passages of my story.
And why I just started to tell you half my life... I have no idea. Sorry!

[stardust923]

Kioux wrote...

That too sounds very familiar - it's rather embarrassing if you just hear your name and everyone looks questioning at you. 'Erm... sorry, I really had to write that down??!'

And I think I started writing... a long time ago, whenever I felt unhappy with how things went in movies or books or games. By now I really have to laugh a lot when I read some of the stuff, but then again I am actually surprised how much I like a few scenes.
Worst thing is that I have very few finished stories... shame on me.

Indeed.  I didn't discover fanfiction.net until very recently, and I have really enjoyed browsing the stories there.  There are, perhaps surprisingly, more than a few good authors there.  

Shenzi wrote...

I actually never had planned on writing any fic but one day I tossed out in this thread the scene I had in my head because I hadn't seen anyone deal with it yet which is the same thing you're working on now, Kaidan's response to being hit over the head with the project Lazarus data.  

I received much encouragement to write the fic along with several willing victims to read it as I wrote it so even feeling rather embarrassed about my lack of writing skills I sat down and wrote it over the course of a few days and even put it up on fanfic.net.

We talked earlier about behavior due to the anonymity of the internet well I would never have been willing to have people looking at writing without it  

I never planned on writing any fic either, but I was just so frustrated with the Horizon scene in ME2.  A friend asked me how I would have it play out, one thing led to another, and I found myself posting my story on fanfiction.net.  The ability to be just another writer in an internet community was great; there's almost no way I would show my writing to my friends.  Weird, huh?

[sesheta255]

Morning all

I had no urge to write fanfic until I got to this thread, now I can't damn well stop, even if I'm not the worlds greatest writer, lol. I can never just stick to one either. I currently have 6 in various stages of completion sitting in Word, lol

[*Kioux*]

sesheta255 wrote...

Morning all
I had no urge to write fanfic until I got to this thread, now I can't damn well stop, even if I'm not the worlds greatest writer, lol. I can never just stick to one either. I currently have 6 in various stages of completion sitting in Word, lol

Morning to you (though it is 1:00 am here)
And yes, the different stages and versions and what not are a well known phenomenon.
Mine get numbers... and at some point they get additional tags like Story_ffs or Story _bock or Story _nyyyyaar. Helps me to find the stories I had problems with, heh.

[fortunesque]

Hello all! I am back from class!

shotgun-shepard wrote...


MANBASKET! (eternally greatful to Fort for coining that phrase!)

Yeess. Manbasket.

[Shenzi]

fortunesque wrote...

Hello all! I am back from class!

shotgun-shepard wrote...


MANBASKET! (eternally greatful to Fort for coining that phrase!)

Yeess. Manbasket.

I was wondering where you were, we had 2 towel Kaidans in addition to the manbasket wtthout drawing your attention

Modifié par Shenzi, 20 avril 2010 - 11:09 .

[Strike]

This Mass Effect Survivor thing is incredibly immature.

[fortunesque]

Strike wrote...

This Mass Effect Survivor thing is incredibly immature.

As we talk about crotches

But if we call ourselves "mature" in an adult-oriented kind of way, then we fit the definition.

So we're not immature at all!!

[Shenzi]

fortunesque wrote...

Strike wrote...

This Mass Effect Survivor thing is incredibly immature.

As we talk about crotches

But if we call ourselves "mature" in an adult-oriented kind of way, then we fit the definition.

So we're not immature at all!!

Those pictures are works of art, that's a very mature topic for discussion

[Joisan]

Kioux wrote...
I tend to stick with Pagan, though there are so many sub-groups nowaday that some people will disagree or demand a specification or what not. I won't give one.
Besides, I try to keep any religious topics out of discussions on the net - almost always leads to something nasty - not that I am implying you'll try to burn me... erm I mean flame... ah you know what I am talking about.

Sorry, food... or rather stomach demands more blood than brain...

*grumbles* And now I have Chapter 5, Chapter 5a and Chapter 5b sitting on my harddrive and they all suck... blerg...

*Nods* Which is why I asked either.  And I would be far more likely to hug you and tell you blessed be... I'm Pagan too.

[Shenzi]

Evening Jo

[*Kioux*]

Joisan wrote...

Kioux wrote...
I tend to stick with Pagan, though there are so many sub-groups nowaday that some people will disagree or demand a specification or what not. I won't give one.
Besides, I try to keep any religious topics out of discussions on the net - almost always leads to something nasty - not that I am implying you'll try to burn me... erm I mean flame... ah you know what I am talking about.

Sorry, food... or rather stomach demands more blood than brain...

*grumbles* And now I have Chapter 5, Chapter 5a and Chapter 5b sitting on my harddrive and they all suck... blerg...

*Nods* Which is why I asked either.  And I would be far more likely to hug you and tell you blessed be... I'm Pagan too.

Welcome back. It's been a while since I met another on the net or even in RL. Good to see there's still more out there and it's lovely to see a blessed be.
It's amazing that this came up today. While sorting my stuff a bit, I found a picture of an old friend who is Pagan too,  as well as I stumbled over the handfesting text I wanted to use - not that it ever happened. I really have no luck with men!

[Joisan]

Kioux wrote...

Since I am actually talkative... 'typeactive' today - here is another odd request, preferably to someone who read a bit of my ff and didn't completely hate it.
Is there anyone who would like to Alpha/Pre-Beta read Chapter 5 (just about 6 pages)? I am checking for grammar and typos (though I won't find them all) but I need someone outside of my brain to have a look at it and tell me if it makes sense and if it flows or if it is a candidate for the trash and a rewrite.

I'll volunteer, Ki.

[*Kioux*]

Joisan wrote...

Kioux wrote...

Since I am actually talkative... 'typeactive' today - here is another odd request, preferably to someone who read a bit of my ff and didn't completely hate it.
Is there anyone who would like to Alpha/Pre-Beta read Chapter 5 (just about 6 pages)? I am checking for grammar and typos (though I won't find them all) but I need someone outside of my brain to have a look at it and tell me if it makes sense and if it flows or if it is a candidate for the trash and a rewrite.

I'll volunteer, Ki.

Cool! How do you want it... wait... better choice words coming right up. 
Would you like the text as PM or e-mail or over FF.net?