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schneefinkYuletide deadline is in two weeks! I have a first draft, but haven't touched it in a week. I don't like editing -.-
Yesterday the Pens had an afternoon game, so D. and I watched it live! With some connection problems, that was annoying, but we had pizza. And they won, despite all the injuries, which is nice :)
For the December meme, a question bykate: Do you write things you want to read, or do you read things that are different from what you write? Any tropes/premises/worlds that are favorites, in reading and/or in writing?
Both.
I'll read pretty much anything if it's well done, tropes/pairings/fandoms, and I've discovered many great things by following recs or authors I know into the unknown.
Favorite tropes to read: many, and it depends on the fandom. Sometimes I like harlequin fic, sometimes I prefer trope subversion. I like alternate history AUs and different world AUs a lot (mundane AUs less, but they can also be written very well.) I like stories that center around close-knit communities, like teamfic.
I read a ton of things I haven't written yet, but that I might write in the future. I have many more ideas for stories than I actually end up writing, sometimes because of time or energy and sometimes because I think I'm not good enough to write it yet. For example porn: I enjoy reading explicit fic (if the sex scene has a purpose in the story), but I don't like writing sex scenes because I don't think I'm good at them (yet.)
Yesterday the Pens had an afternoon game, so D. and I watched it live! With some connection problems, that was annoying, but we had pizza. And they won, despite all the injuries, which is nice :)
For the December meme, a question by
kate: Do you write things you want to read, or do you read things that are different from what you write? Any tropes/premises/worlds that are favorites, in reading and/or in writing?Both.
I'll read pretty much anything if it's well done, tropes/pairings/fandoms, and I've discovered many great things by following recs or authors I know into the unknown.
Favorite tropes to read: many, and it depends on the fandom. Sometimes I like harlequin fic, sometimes I prefer trope subversion. I like alternate history AUs and different world AUs a lot (mundane AUs less, but they can also be written very well.) I like stories that center around close-knit communities, like teamfic.
I read a ton of things I haven't written yet, but that I might write in the future. I have many more ideas for stories than I actually end up writing, sometimes because of time or energy and sometimes because I think I'm not good enough to write it yet. For example porn: I enjoy reading explicit fic (if the sex scene has a purpose in the story), but I don't like writing sex scenes because I don't think I'm good at them (yet.)
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Date: 2014-12-07 06:14 pm (UTC)I... hope to do YT canon review today. Don't have a single word down yet. /o\
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Date: 2014-12-07 06:33 pm (UTC)Good luck with your YT story! I hope you have fun writing :)
(I just realized that the reveal is on December 25, not 24. We'll be visiting friends the whole day and I'll be terribly distracted.)
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Date: 2014-12-07 06:36 pm (UTC)sometimes I have to remind myself that we have luxury problems.
It's true. No matter if other people are injured, we can still watch Geno bull his way up the ice every game, and that's not nothing.
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Date: 2014-12-07 06:41 pm (UTC)If Hornqvist does have a concussion I hope it's a mild one and he takes the time to recover fully. This organization sadly has a lot of experience with concussions.
Geno <3 and Sid <3 The two best hockey players in the world. So lucky.
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Date: 2014-12-10 04:55 pm (UTC)This is just like me! I read really widely and I write pretty widely too, though I can't write all the things because honestly, there are only so many hours in a day.
Hahaha, sex. The big bang I'll be posting in a week here is like, HALF sex. And I really set out to end it on a fade to black, or maybe a kiss, or... welp. That's how these things go, I guess. And anyway, what I really meant to say, before that detour into ME ME ME, is that the only way to get better is practice, so... MOAR PORN, is what I say. And hey, if you want a second set of eyes or beta on that stuff, I'm happy to do it.
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Date: 2014-12-11 02:20 pm (UTC)I write more gen fic than romance, so it hasn't come up often. I tell myself I should try to write more kinkmeme fills, because that's anonymous, low pressure, fun, and good practice, but I almost always manage to find ways to keep the ficlets PG-rated. You'd think reading many sex scenes would make writing it easier, but so far it hasn't worked...
Thanks! I might take you up on that :)