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Post by Louisa on Mar 30, 2011 10:38:27 GMT -5
What? Almost all of my keys work, and the ones that don't, don't work because apparently I should vacume the keys, and I haven't done that, and the dog hair and other things have started to sticky the keys But yeah My library card is going to expire, and my mom won't renew it right away. Not fun All the books I have right now, they are all due before this day, so I have to read almost 3seven books in 18 days, give or take. Oh, dear
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Post by Louisa on Mar 30, 2011 23:01:47 GMT -5
Here is the start of my March Hint Fic, which has adult content of a prositute addict mother, and a bitter child wishing to beat said mother (implied with bat and alone time): This boy catches balls, divides fractions, won’t die if he drinks milk, grabs flags off the other team’s players. My dad loves this other boy. Me, he’ll hate the day I die. It’s nothing personal against me-it’s against my mom. She was the addict. She was the one that got pregnant with me, and then saddled me with him, another child to take care of, in addition to the kid already had with his wife. Yep, that’s right. I’m a bastard child of a prostitute who was hired to take care of him. But still. I’m not bitter. Honest. I just wish I had a baseball bat (and was healthy enough to be able to hold it) and some personal alone time with her, that’s all I’m asking for. Unfortunately, I won’t get either thing. For one, since she was a junkie addict who used her “jobs” to pay for her crack and coke and all other sorts of drugs, and kept doing that even after she became pregnant
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Post by Louisa on Apr 1, 2011 23:18:16 GMT -5
1. Write more then 86k for here, edit all those spelling things, and type up Forsaken Vows for edmo Yep, got 230k 2. work on That was Then: Eleanor is graduating, and she and her friend, Karen are outcasts, Eleanor for being a lesbian, Kara because of her obsession with the supper natural. At grad, Kara suggests she’s had bad karma, and past life regression. She and Kara are sent to a 15th century castle, and as maids. She feels a connection with the mistress Matilda, and it becomes reciprocated. Then she wakes up she has to get over the heartbreak. She then goes to her dream college, and bumps into Matilda, reincarnated just like her -worked more on other WIP's. 3. Come up with more plots for adopted titles (Still not done this) 4. write 5 poems for wriye again yep 6. I want to get around 10k on all the WIP's that I have open. nope. 6.a.I want to finish at least 1 of my WIP's. seven. I want to have a good start to MarchNo - Well, I got a great WC, but didn't finish any WIP's 8. I want to quit job, and hopefully start working at the library - decided I'm not going to quit until I have another job lined up. 8.a. I want to do another resume, since I haven't replaced the one that I lost when I lost my memory in June. 9. I want to get to 40 Joinees on CC nope 9. a. I want to spruce up CC more, get more things going, get Joinees back on hopefully, but not very much yet 10. I want to finish plotting IFTDS, and start writing it. nope 11. I want to write chapter 3 of my BYB book 12. I want to read more books-finish at least 15 wrimo novels, not including chapters-since I have a lot of them to do -Read about 5, I think. Not very good Striked out ones are ones that I finished. Unstriked, well, didn't finish. Oh, well. Here is goals for April: 1. Write more then 86k for here, edit all those spelling things still, and type up Forsaken Vows some more for my sake of mind 2. Work on Bong Girl: A group of guys who grew up together go to college where they end up dating countless girls. The thing is once the girl is with one guy (and they sleep together) she seems to end up dating one more of his friends. The guys refer to these girls as bong girls. Reason why is because they hit it and pass it to their friend just like they would a bong (they were all pot heads) There were lots of drama considering that some of the girls went back to the former fling. 3. Come up with more plots for adopted titles (Still not done this) 4. write 5 poems for wriye again 6. I want to get around 10k on all the WIP's that I have open. 6.a.I want to finish at least 1 of my WIP's. seven. I want to have a good start to April Fools 8. I want to do another resume, since I haven't replaced the one that I lost when I lost my memory in June. 9. I want to get to 40 Joinees on CC 9. a. I want to spruce up CC more, get more things going, get Joinees back on 10. I want to finish plotting IFTDS, and start writing it. 11. I want to write chapter 3 of my BYB book 12. I want to read more books-finish at least 20 wrimo novels, not including chapters-since I have a lot of them to do
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Post by Louisa on Apr 3, 2011 23:50:10 GMT -5
Just wanted to let you guys know, I won 3 books on the Fool for Books giveaway hop
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Post by marsbareater12 on Apr 8, 2011 7:09:41 GMT -5
Very nice!
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Post by Louisa on Apr 8, 2011 8:01:19 GMT -5
Thank you
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Post by Louisa on Apr 17, 2011 15:49:14 GMT -5
Well, I just submitted my short story for The Magic Pen's writing contest, The Gauntlet, and so I wanted to post it here. Yep. Here it is To Life Stone crackled, and stretched. A low groan made its way out of the stone lips as they slowly became flesh and blood. The creature stirred as it came to life, and took in its surroundings. It was just as it had been this morning, but for the night that was now invading his every sense, the dark that was his day, the light, his night. As he started to feel his sense of self emerge, he remembered his duties and responsibilities. Because of course the humans wouldn’t expect a statue to come to life, and patrol the grounds, it had to be during the night. Which was perfect for him-he only came to life at night. He started with the customary prowl through the master’s room, checking that he was where he was supposed to be, if he was in any harm, etc. He wasn’t, but he also wasn’t alone, and Statue didn’t want to see something untoward, and with the moans coming from the room, he gratefully backed away when he saw the inconspicuous “please leave alone as I’m entertaining lady friends” in the form of a vase. A very special vase indeed. It made sure that Statue couldn’t cross the threshold of the master’s bedroom. Thank god! Statue didn’t want to have to see something that was denied to him as he was what he was. What he was, he didn’t know. All he knew, is what it made him do. Next was the patrol of the rest of the house, since the master was secure. Room after room he moved, almost invisible in speed, just an almost transparent blur if you were looking for it. Since nobody knew about him, nobody would be looking. Which made him the perfect body/house guard. He tasted the air on an inhale, and let it out when it told him that only 2 people were in the house, and only the butler, and the cook had been in the house since last night. Once he was sure that there was nothing different with the house since the previous day, he headed out to patrol the grounds. At first, there was nothing of concern. Then he started to hear a clicking, something that was not an insect or animal. It was man made. Someone was trying to break in. He scowled at the impertinence of whoever it was, but then smiled at something new to do. He quickly made his way over to where a group of 3 teenaged boys were standing, holding a bizarre box that was emitting the clicking sounds. Statue didn’t know what it was, but he didn’t particularly care. It was disrupting the night, helping these boys who were on a prank, most likely, and Statue didn’t like that. He darted in and picked up the device from the boy’s hand, and zipped over to a nearby tree, and smashed the object against the trunk while the boys looked up at the gush of wind, before the looked at the crumpled remains of the box where Statue had dropped it before darting away. The boys looked at each other, they’d heard the stories surrounding the Westward Manor. As a group, they ran away. From a short distance away, Statue watched them till they were out of sight, on their ways home. There, a job well done. All was well. He felt his identity slipping away. It was readying to go back to sleep. And just like the day before, and the day before that, to days unknown stretching back to the past, it settled into its spot, and went to sleep as the sun rose into the sky.
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Post by marsbareater12 on Apr 17, 2011 17:19:08 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by Louisa on Apr 17, 2011 17:39:51 GMT -5
Thank you
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Post by Louisa on Apr 20, 2011 16:20:54 GMT -5
I need to get the music from the movie Anastasia, it's so great!
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Post by Louisa on Apr 22, 2011 22:01:52 GMT -5
I have been trying to plan this book out from a dream, and I want to make this book the best one I've ever written. This means planning, this means set characters, this means knowing the plot. But I'm not so good at that. But I'm trying to work on it. It's going, and going slowly. This is what I have so far:
Inner Fantasies Tied to Deadly Secrets Planning Girl wants to live a Victorian life, she gets in pod, lives that life. Somehow, she gets out without realizing it, meets her mom, who married the guy who rules the place (Duvlen), Amaling, and it seems to be a utopian, but Oal, a music teacher, shows her the bad sides. Falling in love with Oal, they get out of dodge. Then she finds out that she got out of the pod, but how did she get out? And how long was she in there? And how is all of this pulled together? Questions to Get Plot Info and Sub Plots: 1. What are the secrets? A. How did Dove get out of the pod? B. How long was Dove in the pod? C. How did Dove get out of the pod without noticing it? D. What is so important about the pods? 2. Who wanted them kept? A. DuvlenàWhy? Because he’s the Ruler of Amaling l à Minister of Pods àHow did he get to be minister of pods? What did he do? B. Order of SecretsàWho are they? I à What are their secrets? l à Why/how do they keep the secretsàHow far are they willing to go to keep the secrets? 3. Why does Dove want a Victorian life? àBecause of her name A. Why is her name important? àShe’s going to expose the secrets à Why? à Because she’s seen what happens when secrets like this are kept; her mom, dad, Duvlen. B. Why was she named that? àHer dad knew what she was going to do àHow did he? àHe was a member of the Order of Secrets, and they have a way of predicting this sort of thing, so that they can keep their secrets. 4. How did Dove get enough $ to get into a pod? àShe fought for it. She won at cards, at knife games, predictions-she’s very lucky with that sort of thing, but that’s why she has the small scars on her hands on her real body. 5. How did Beatrice stay the same age as when Dove went into the pod, as when she came out? àBecause she met Duvlen, and he showed her. 6. Why did Oal become a music teacher? A. Because he loved music. àWhy does he love music? àBecause it’s the one thing that provided solace to him when he was growing up. B. What instruments does he like? àAll of themàCan he play all of them? àYes, all the ones that he can get his hands on. 7. Why does Oal’s dad like Duvlen? A. “Love is irrational. You don’t pick to love that person. You just do. You might hate yourself for it, but you just do” Oal’s Dad’s response. 8. What is wrong with Amaling? àThere’s no police, or other social services. à Why not? à There isn’t enough money for them. àWhy not? àBecause those ruling, the upper class spent it on frivolous things. 9. How did Dove and Oal get out of Amaling? àThey used the secret passageways underneath Duvlen’s house. à How did they know about them? à Dove found them while exploring the tunnels underneath Duvlen and Beatrice’s house. àWhy was she doing that? Dove: Bio: What Does She Want: to live a Victorian life, to be with Oal, Character Sheet: Lines: "Can I have a coffee to go with that world disaster please?" Random line I just came up with. I think it will go with my novel that I'm planning the heck out-I can see that she’s sarcastic Name: Dove Kidd Age: 23 Height: 5”9 Weight: 130 pounds Hair color and style: blonde hair, to her shoulders curly Eye color: green Complexion and skin tone: fair Character's body build: ectomorph in pod, mesomorph in real life Character back story: Identifying marks: mole developing behind and underneath her right ear, small knife scars on her fingers on her real body.
Facial features: oval Hand features: small knife scars on her fingers on her real body Scent:
Mannerisms or gestures:
Strongest personality traits: Weakest personality traits: Needs of the character: Ambitions:
Father's name: Jack Kidd Age: 45 Physical appearance:
Mother's name: Beatrice Kidd Age: 38 Physical appearance:
Sibling's names and descriptions: none Pets: a horse named Apple that is a pure bred pure black mare called Shadow, in Victorian life
Do you have any advice/suggestions for the plot, or what you think? Thanks!
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Post by marsbareater12 on Apr 23, 2011 1:20:06 GMT -5
Oh man, it's been forever since I've seen that movie!
Um, perhaps a little bit more about how the pods came about and how she knows them, but otherwise, it sounds interesting! Have you tried planning it using the three-act plot arc thingymebob?
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Post by Louisa on Apr 23, 2011 12:45:34 GMT -5
Uh, what movie? And the pods are part of her life, before she goes in them (since it ruins the fanasy if you know what your real life was, so you don't remember the pods or anything while in them) and then once she gets out without realizing it, she starts to remember. And nope Thanks!
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Post by marsbareater12 on Apr 24, 2011 3:54:54 GMT -5
Anastasia
I like the three plot arc thingey-disasater, disaster, disaster, then conclusion. Each take up roughly 1/4 of the book, and you want your climax/biggest disaster to be at the thrid one.
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Post by SianaBlackwood on Apr 24, 2011 9:08:45 GMT -5
You know, by an amazing coincidence, disaster-disaster-disaster-conclusion fits really nicely into the four-week structure of a WriMo...
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Post by Louisa on Apr 24, 2011 15:29:52 GMT -5
Ah! I just saw that movie 2 times in 2 days Very true! I know a bit of the story, from my dream, but I want to figure out the small details. Guess I should've said that. Any more help with that?
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Post by marsbareater12 on Apr 25, 2011 2:10:44 GMT -5
...So it does, Siana. So it does...
Do you want to know different ways of outlining or...well, other stuff? I'm confused, as usual
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Post by SianaBlackwood on Apr 25, 2011 4:16:08 GMT -5
I'm a little confused by the girl getting out of the pod without realising it. Surely there's a vast difference between the real world and a Victorian one?
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Post by Louisa on Apr 25, 2011 19:55:34 GMT -5
The real world in this book (it's in the future) is very different, so I'm thinking that they would put her in a Victorian dress, and then she would wake up one day on the shores of a beach or something, and not realize that she got out of the pod. Yep. And I'd like help with what kind of questions should I ask, like Siana's. Things like that, so I understand the story better, and such.
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Post by SianaBlackwood on Apr 28, 2011 22:23:51 GMT -5
Maybe the real world and the Victorian one aren't really that different...?
Like, the fashion and the transport and all that could be really similar, but there's technology and stuff as well that's kind of behind the scenes. Then Dove would go into the pod in the first place because she wanted the real Victorian era rather than just the fake one.
Hope that made sense...
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