Tara is having a day from hell. Well, maybe not hell - she's had too many conversations with Anya and Fred to really think that very many hell dimensions are even all that bad compared to their own. But the imagery feels right and so she goes with it, hoping for a long hot bath when she gets home and no chores.
Of course she first has to pick up Dawnie from softball practice and Sunnydale decides that it is a perfect day for a weird storm and there's no way to prevent her books from getting wet when Allison and Dawn pile into the backseat, grins bright and wide on their faces and mud covering them from head to toe.
They get Papa Murphy's on the way home because there's no way in hell she's cooking tonight
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buffy/tara awkward kisskwrittenJune 24 2015, 22:59:32 UTC
She is ninety-nine percent sure that this morning when she grabbed her coffee and keys off the table and was yelling at Dawn to get downstairs that she kissed her girlfriend on the chin on accident.
Tara looks down at her planner and shrugs, hey - at least she landed it on her face this time, and then runs off to class.
*
"Ouch!"
"Oh, sorry. Where are you?"
"Over here."
"Heyyyyy."
"Um?"
"Did I just kiss your elbow?"
"I'm taking these damn things off."
"No! It's fun! It'll work!"
"Buffy, I can't see."
"Okay, fine."
"...?"
"How the hell did your legs get all the way over there?"
*
Tara is definitely not mad at her. She's not. For one thing, she doesn't get mad really. For another, she doesn't hold a grudge. If she was mad, she'd say something.
Buffy looks at her reflection sternly in the mirror, tying her hair back tightly and sighing before leaving the bathroom and going back to work.
(Okay, maybe she shouldn't have tried to kiss her arm while she was trying to make pancakes and maybe it sounded like a
( ... )
1. What are some writing tics that persist in your work but that you dislike?
HUH! This is an interesting question!
I think, probably, it frustrates me a lot that I am so damn poesy? I mean. It's a nice thing, too? But I struggle with concrete details - everything is so flowery and it's so hard to break out of that and do something that feels more solid? It's also really difficult (I think) for people to understand how much CRAP I pack into every sentence. I wish I knew how to tease ideas out in an organic way that was still pretty, but less overwhelming.
here i am, a billion years later, i suck at fandom, etc.
BUT.
i love your response, tbh. i mean, i'll be the first to admit to being in love with how poetic your writing is, but i also see what you mean?
DUNNO, brain is a bit tired. i responded to a billion leftover comments on lj, and finished the d/b chapter and i really should get to reading your tmi chapter but my brain needs to be less tired so i fully enjoy it. WISH ME LUCK ON FINDING MY MOJO.
Yes. Good. I feel like since I've written this, I've worked on this problem a lot and (I feel) like pomegranates is really helping me pace and plot and deal with concrete detail while still allowing some poesy in? And also signifying nothing was a huge break through.
Marta suggested that the longer length fics are better for me because it allows my language some time to breath? and I think that was really the answer I needed, so I'm trying to do longer things more now.
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Tara is having a day from hell. Well, maybe not hell - she's had too many conversations with Anya and Fred to really think that very many hell dimensions are even all that bad compared to their own. But the imagery feels right and so she goes with it, hoping for a long hot bath when she gets home and no chores.
Of course she first has to pick up Dawnie from softball practice and Sunnydale decides that it is a perfect day for a weird storm and there's no way to prevent her books from getting wet when Allison and Dawn pile into the backseat, grins bright and wide on their faces and mud covering them from head to toe.
They get Papa Murphy's on the way home because there's no way in hell she's cooking tonight ( ... )
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She is ninety-nine percent sure that this morning when she grabbed her coffee and keys off the table and was yelling at Dawn to get downstairs that she kissed her girlfriend on the chin on accident.
Tara looks down at her planner and shrugs, hey - at least she landed it on her face this time, and then runs off to class.
*
"Ouch!"
"Oh, sorry. Where are you?"
"Over here."
"Heyyyyy."
"Um?"
"Did I just kiss your elbow?"
"I'm taking these damn things off."
"No! It's fun! It'll work!"
"Buffy, I can't see."
"Okay, fine."
"...?"
"How the hell did your legs get all the way over there?"
*
Tara is definitely not mad at her. She's not. For one thing, she doesn't get mad really. For another, she doesn't hold a grudge. If she was mad, she'd say something.
Buffy looks at her reflection sternly in the mirror, tying her hair back tightly and sighing before leaving the bathroom and going back to work.
(Okay, maybe she shouldn't have tried to kiss her arm while she was trying to make pancakes and maybe it sounded like a ( ... )
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ALSO talk to me about #1 from the writing meme :D
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HUH! This is an interesting question!
I think, probably, it frustrates me a lot that I am so damn poesy? I mean. It's a nice thing, too? But I struggle with concrete details - everything is so flowery and it's so hard to break out of that and do something that feels more solid? It's also really difficult (I think) for people to understand how much CRAP I pack into every sentence. I wish I knew how to tease ideas out in an organic way that was still pretty, but less overwhelming.
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BUT.
i love your response, tbh. i mean, i'll be the first to admit to being in love with how poetic your writing is, but i also see what you mean?
DUNNO, brain is a bit tired. i responded to a billion leftover comments on lj, and finished the d/b chapter and i really should get to reading your tmi chapter but my brain needs to be less tired so i fully enjoy it. WISH ME LUCK ON FINDING MY MOJO.
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Marta suggested that the longer length fics are better for me because it allows my language some time to breath? and I think that was really the answer I needed, so I'm trying to do longer things more now.
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Happy mojo hunting!
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