All right guys we made it through the first week!  Woo!  Now here are the critique mash-ups :D.

ohgoditsbriony  [ assignment link] [ critique] & tharrow  [ assignment link] [critique 1 / 2]

cosmosduvet  [ assignment link] [ critique] & rot_chan  [ assignment link] [ critique]

aestover  [ assignment link] [ critique] & akitotsubaki  [ assignment link] [ critique]

downonfire  [ assignment link] [ critique] & 80x18   [ assignment link] [ ( Read more... )

Title: Ambition
Author: downonfire 
Exercise: [Week 1] Getting to Know the Characters
Characters: Temari, Orochimaru
Warnings: some spoilers for the whole zombie thing going on.
Reflection: I actually kind of like how Temari's part turned out; Orochimaru's, on the other hand, I feel...not so sure about. He's difficult for me to write. I did enjoy this exercise ( Read more... )

Title: Paintbrushes
Author: ohgoditsbriony
Exercise: [Week One] “20 Truths” // “Getting to Know Characters”
Characters: Sai & Hinata
Warnings: None.
Link: http://ohgoditsbriony.livejournal.com/12651.html & http://bigbanggang.livejournal.com/360.html
Reflection: I think Sai went pretty well, actually. He was quite an enjoyable character to write, and I ( Read more... )

Title: Forever and a Day

Author: Rot-chan / Shelby
Characters/Pairings:  Shisui & Naruto;  Implied NaruSasuNaru + Shisui/Itachi
Exercise: [Week 1] “Getting To Know The Characters”
Warnings: Boy/boy though nothing PG-13. (And some crack.)

Reflection: I totally went AU with this. It’s more fun making AU ‘facts’ about characters. Also, did I mention how ( Read more... )

 
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Author: Tharrow
Exercise: [Week 1] "Getting to know the characters" // "20 truths"
Characters: Hinata Hyuuga. Sakura Haruno
Warnings: None
Reflections: I found myself struggle slightly with Hinata, mostly because we don't know much about her personal life or feelings apart from Naruto. Sakura isn't my favourite character but there parts of her I found ( Read more... )

Title: Siblings.
Author: cosmosduvet.
Exercise: [Week 1] Getting to know the characters.
Word Count: ~1,050.
Characters/Pairings: Shikamaru (and Choji) | Sasuke (and Itachi).
Warnings: Some facts aren't canon.
Link: ( Read more ... )

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Title: Truth Serum
Author: A. E. Stover
Exercise: [Week 1] "Getting to know the characters" // "20 truths"
Characters: Karin, Kakuzu
Warnings: Wow. Nothing worth mentioning, lol.
Reflection: This was fun to do, but... blah. I feel like I could've done better somehow.
Link: ( Fake cut is so fake! D: )

Since we're writing fanfiction we don't need to come up with characters for a story:  we already have them.  For the most part their personalities have already been well established, but I'm willing to bet we each have our own interpretations and opinions of them despite or because of what we've seen.

For our first assignment  we'll be dealing with ( Read more... )