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1. So um. Y'all know I have a (not-so-)secret fondness for ducks. mmmmm Peking duck And well, this Ahiru (Princess Tutu) moodtheme is just sooooooooo cute and MADE OF WIN. <3 (the original post about it is here)
2. Snape meta that makes me feel a bit better about the way his, err, motivations and backstory re: a certain someone were handled in HP7. Obviously spoilerful.
3. All Those Empty Spaces (PG): Petunia fic! HP7 spoilers and <3
4. An Introduction to Drawing in Charcoal (G): Dean/Luna. The one pairing (other than the obvious Ron/Hermione and Albus/Gellert) I came out of HP7 absolutely adoring. This fic captures some of that quiet, gentle, whimsical feeling of the relationship that I got from various subtexty moments. I think I am just a sucker for soft, lonely-but-peaceful seaside imagery though.
5. The Off-Screen Movie: Very fascinating column on the "off-screen movie" and how it "creates momentum", adding to the on-screen story. This was directed more at screenwriters, obviously, but I think it's interesting to think about for prose writers as well.... i.e. the things you leave out in order to make the story more effective.
So I go to Ted and tell him this off-screen movie idea and he immediately gets it. We talk it over and realize: nearly all great movies have key events happening off-screen. And most of the terrible movies we could think of had very little happening off-screen; you see it all.
And Ted comes up with a great line, worthy of the Wordplay quote box: "So the way to make a boring movie," he says, "is to show everything."
eta: 6. I want a treehouse too. :(
eta2: 7. Movies. Sex. On writing (good) sexy stuff. Darn. I like this site. Much food for thought. (is mostly amused/interested because this is from an intelligent male POV. most online discussions about writing sex are by female writers)
eta3: 8. "Plot Devices." Another good one.
Ok, I'm going to stop editing this post now... :D
2. Snape meta that makes me feel a bit better about the way his, err, motivations and backstory re: a certain someone were handled in HP7. Obviously spoilerful.
3. All Those Empty Spaces (PG): Petunia fic! HP7 spoilers and <3
4. An Introduction to Drawing in Charcoal (G): Dean/Luna. The one pairing (other than the obvious Ron/Hermione and Albus/Gellert) I came out of HP7 absolutely adoring. This fic captures some of that quiet, gentle, whimsical feeling of the relationship that I got from various subtexty moments. I think I am just a sucker for soft, lonely-but-peaceful seaside imagery though.
5. The Off-Screen Movie: Very fascinating column on the "off-screen movie" and how it "creates momentum", adding to the on-screen story. This was directed more at screenwriters, obviously, but I think it's interesting to think about for prose writers as well.... i.e. the things you leave out in order to make the story more effective.
So I go to Ted and tell him this off-screen movie idea and he immediately gets it. We talk it over and realize: nearly all great movies have key events happening off-screen. And most of the terrible movies we could think of had very little happening off-screen; you see it all.
And Ted comes up with a great line, worthy of the Wordplay quote box: "So the way to make a boring movie," he says, "is to show everything."
eta: 6. I want a treehouse too. :(
eta2: 7. Movies. Sex. On writing (good) sexy stuff. Darn. I like this site. Much food for thought. (is mostly amused/interested because this is from an intelligent male POV. most online discussions about writing sex are by female writers)
eta3: 8. "Plot Devices." Another good one.
Ok, I'm going to stop editing this post now... :D