One somewhat controversial thing I believe about writing is that it's very good to be able to imitate other writers' styles. Other writers and scholars thereof might disagree, failing to see any practical application for it, and protesting that it's more important to refine and develop your own unique voice rather than trying to copy someone else's ( Read more... )

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I like to say I try not to be an art snob. I'm sure people have laughed at me for that, as unfortunately I have a problem with coming off as snobby in life in general. But what I mean by that is that I try to judge art by its own merits, rather than by features that are measures of nature rather than quality. Genre, medium, and audience all create ( Read more... )

As I have occasionally mentioned before on this blog, I don't think I'm the most talented when it comes to writing comedy. I like to think of myself as a fairly witty person, who can make you laugh with a clever remark in conversation now and again. But when it comes to coming up with real jokes or funny lines, that's more the province of other ( Read more... )

So much work today. I need to get the two costume breastplates for She Kills Monsters in such as a state as I can bring them in and make them fit the kids who are wearing them. One of them is mostly there, the other one hopefully I can get to that point in the next couple of hours. Thing is, I'd rather not worry about painting them today, as that's ( Read more... )

Overwhelmed and not doing so well. Negative, pessimistic thoughts have been pretty intrusive lately. I'm trying to keep working on the projects that are important to me, as productivity usually helps me feel better and the only way to ever get through is to persevere, but I'm feeling a bit discouraged and directionless. Maybe laying them out to ( Read more... )

Those of you who pay any attention to fannish channels may have seen the 2014 Archive of Our Own Ship Stats chart. It catalogues this year's hundred most popular relationships written about in stories in that particular fan fiction archive. It discovered, among other things, that making this list are 3 F/F pairings, 3 non-romantic, 23 F/M, and 71 M ( Read more... )

A stab at an opening scene for the Cabin Pressure fan fiction! It's pretty horrible, but hey, it means I'm finished! 31 PLAYS IN 31 DAYS 2014!!!!! Yay!

Now I go sleep.

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Another big mess of a scene for my Cabin Pressure: San Tropez fan fiction. These are tough to write, I think because I'm aiming for someone else's distinctive style and characters. Also I want it to be funny with a touch of pathos as the original manages, such as you find of a show like Scrubs. That's pretty tough for me. So I just banged this out ( Read more... )