Earli in the morning...

[out_there]

It's Monday. It's the first day of my "No-LJ@Work" policy. This could be bad.

On the good side, I sent the femslash for beta, and I remembered it actually had a title. (A dodgy, cliched title, but still, a title.)




Thanks to ladydewinter for posting the pics to her LJ.

Comments

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

I shall be keeping an eye on you madame! Any Annie!spam or ficlets appearing, and I'll be getting the stick out. (Um, that's meant to be a threat, not a promise.... *g*)

[out-there.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaa! Note the lack of Annie-spam today. *smiles proudly*

On the other hand, I am kinda breaking my rules. I'm not actually on lunch break yet. The receptionist is sick, so I'm covering the admin gal's lunch break.

Still... it's reception... doesn't really matter.

And, that icon? Very cool. Totally made me snigger.

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

You can do it. We're all behind you. And that was supposed to be reassuring, not scary.

10,150 words of Very!Bad!Fic now, btw. Gawd. Mind you, a lot of them are the same word ...

[out-there.livejournal.com]

You can do it. We're all behind you. And that was supposed to be reassuring, not scary.

*looks behind her* I don't know... take a good look at some of the crowd. Definitely scary! *g*

10,150 words of Very!Bad!Fic now, btw. Gawd. Mind you, a lot of them are the same word ...

Is the word "rubarb"? If so, I'd be really interested in reading. Just think of it...

***

"Rubarb, rubarb rubarb," Dan said to Casey, holding a rubarb.

"Rubarb?"

"Rubarb."

"Rubarb rubarb rubarb..." Casey paused. "Rubarb *rubarb*."

Dan shrugged. "Rubarb."

***

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

That would actually be an improvement. My characters have a very limited repertoire. They smile, they sigh, they shrug. That's about it. Next time I write a bit, I'll get one of them to squint, just for a bit of variety.

[out-there.livejournal.com]

Having trouble with the physical descriptions? Hmmm... let's see. I know I had a problem with them when I started (okay, I possibly still do, but I'm not admitting that *g*).

The basics are kinda easy: the shrug, the smile, the sigh. (The trick with the last two is to make it a *kind* of smile/sigh/grin: cheeky, resigned, tired, sharp, annoyed, soft, forced... etc)

Another good couple are: ducks his head, looks up/down/away (yes, I know I overuse that one. I find the direction of someone's eyes *fascinating* *rolls eyes*), um... rolls eyes, stretches his neck, runs a hand through his hair, scratches (actually, almost anywhere, it's a good nervous trait... I don't know why I don't use it more often.)

The other big saviour is larger gestures: have them typing/writing and describe their fingers on the keyboard - do they still? do they start typing faster/harder? Do they start concentrating on the keys, typing methodically? Ditto for drinking a beer, or sitting in a rundown meeting. If you can picture it in your mind, and describe the details, it works really well.

The last thing that I've found really helpful: they don't move everytime they talk. If there's just two people in the scene you don't need to describe movements everytime they speak (which is was my big flaw). Frequently, the words themselves let us imagine how it's being said, and as long as it's not too many lines without reference to a speaker or a name, we can follow the conversation.

Oooh, listen to me, all Miss Know It All. *snerk* Well, you know I'm just trying to be helpful, right? It's just that I have trouble meshing dialogue and action scenes sometimes. (I seem to have figured it out with helpful beta advice, but I still can't mesh dialogue/action/internal thoughts too well.)

[celli]

*sends good thoughts* :)

[out-there.livejournal.com]

*hugs you*

I got the good thoughts at 10am, but was good enough not to reply until now.

[celli]

Congratulations!

[out-there.livejournal.com]

Woo for me!

Although, man, did I miss it...

[celli]

Look at your willpower!

Did you get homework done? I have fic waiting. :)

[out-there.livejournal.com]

Did you get homework done? I have fic waiting. :)

Um... that would break my willpower. *hangs head* I finished the femslash fic instead.

*deep breath* But, there's fic waiting. I will do homework tonight. I will.