writer's block and blah-ness

[shiroi_yami]

omg it's so hot in here, whyyy *cries*

*ahem* alright, done whining now maybeBeen a while since I last updated, but really, I haven't been up to very much or, at least, nothing that seemed either a) worth posting or b) other ppl would be interested in :P (not that that's stopped me before, but... eh, been feeling lazy lately too, so... ^^;) Am

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[ashleyien]

Yes, this heat & humidity is horrible. :( I'm just glad we have fans at home that I can direct at me.

shoot...after checking FB, Gaia then reading this I've ran out of break time. I'll have to come back to comment at lunch time. *gets back to work*

[ashleyien]

Okay... lunch break

[shiroi_yami]

First off, don't worry about 'rambling'-- I think I did a lot of that in my post, so honestly, thanks for taking the time to read it XD Second, yeah, the SPN gifs are a bit distracting, huh? >.> (but still pretty to look at ;P)

Thanks, I hope they do too... I was thinking about it last night while I was out, so I may have some ideas I can work with. We'll see...

I'm sure you're a much better writer than I am.You know, I don't think it's really fair to say that, as neither of us has read the other's writing :P I'm sure it doesn't suck-- like i said in my other comment, you're a great storyteller, and honestly, it's the stories that are important-- writing too, of course, but those are things that can be improved upon with practice. and, remember, editors can help with the technical stuff, it's their job ;) If you're over your writer's block and writing again, then that's a great start

[ashleyien]

Well having a rambling post is one thing, a rambling reply to someone's post is something else. lol

[shiroi_yami]

lol, well either way, i don't mind ;)

gah, i ignore Word's 'suggestions' all the time-- i dunno who decided what's 'right' or 'wrong' when they designed that, but it's on crack. Not only do I not agree with them, but they don't even recognize some words since they're not spelled in the 'u.s.' way (i guess our way is considered as the British spelling? i'm not sure, but my ACTUAL DICTIONARY tells me i'm right, so i trust it ;P). I've actually started using a program called Pages, which is the mac word processor and, thankfully, does not bug me too much like Word does. I think things like spelling and punctuation become intuitive after a while, especially for ppl who like to read/read a lot, tho i admit i probably don't use the semi-colon as often as i should/properly XD I do use a lot of commas, tho *points to icon* possibly to the point of abusing them, tho i'm not sure, lol. I don't really like short sentences either, but I find that sometimes they do work.

writing all those essays in university where I tried to add as many words

[ashleyien]

Lol, yeah some of Word's suggestions I'm like "that doesn't even make sense". The only thing it's good for is pointing out some typos (if they don't make another word it recognizes). I think it's the Canadian spelling, which is usually the same as the British way. I tend to just mix up the two or sometimes just write it the US way to make Word happy and stop telling me that I got it wrong. It's cool you found another program that works well. LOL, yes, I noticed the icon. I believe in commas too. I also seem to believe in "..." shoved in everywhere when I write online. At least I don't usually do that when I write a story, unless there's a reason for it, like the character trails off or something

[shiroi_yami]

I think it's the Canadian spelling, which is usually the same as the British way.

Ah, yes, that's it. That's what I was trying to say XD I could just use the US spelling, but it just looks weird to me ^^; Like, I know both versions are right, but *shrug* I guess I'm just stubborn, sticking to the Canadian spelling, lol.

I think I like my characters being more living, changing entities that dictate their story to me, even though it changes.Once again, very well put. I like it ^^ There's definitely nothing wrong with writing that way, tho i think it's also really good that you did all that planning-- even if character stuff changes, world-building's really important and (for me, anyway) hard XD And even if you make changes to that, too, you can still play around with what you have. Oh, and I'm all for keeping cute little kids ;) (and just cause they have one together doesn't mean they have to end up together, so it still works! if anything, that gives you even more to play with

[ashleyien]

Well when I was a kid I could never remember where the 'u' went in words (like in color) so I just spelled them the US way.

lol, yeah in the story they have a kid but don't stay together...but then they sorta fight over the poor kid. Not gonna go into the details but eventually the better parent wins, but not after some heartache on the part of that parent and the kid. None of that is on 'paper' yet... just in my head. Maybe one day. An alternate version is on paper...sorta... it's kinda complicated to explain. ^^; It's not them but it sorta based on them. I kinda of make it complicated when I have characters writing stories...^^;

Well that teacher couldn't teach, that was for sure. Not sure how she got hired. I'm assuming no one else wanted to teach the computer class and that's why she was doing it. She was the worst teacher I had in ILT.