February 2012
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Twine: a tool for creating interactive stories →
afewnovelideas:
Was looking for software specifically to help me in writing a hypertext story that I’ve had in the works for the better part of a year. Found this today. It’s a free program called Twine. I haven’t tried it out yet, since I’m still at work and can’t install it on this computer. However, as soon as I get home, once my daughters are asleep and if my husband will be preoccupied...
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Original Flash Fiction: With Regret, Without...
Excerpt:
When she buried her face in her hands, looking small, weak, wounded, and vulnerable, I felt a reflexive desire to apologize and comfort her. I loved her, after all, and had never meant to hurt her.
There was just one problem…
“I will never forgive you!”
Her eyes blazed with an unrestrained fury. Even in her weakened state, she radiated a menacing aura from her hospital bed....
Update
I feel that I need to offer apologies to those of you waiting for fic requests from over the weekend.
I’ve had some real-life financial issues practically explode in my face this week, and I’ve been scrambling around in perpetual damage control mode to try and make ends meet. Even though I got paid today and the money is in the bank, I’m still not even sure if I’ll have...
I got an idea for an original short story. A germ of an idea, really.
It’s about a vampiric mermaid who preys on lonely women.
However, instead of having a fish tail, she’s got octopus tentacles for the lower half of her body. Her markings are like that of the poisonous blue ring octopus.
I got several submissions from my prompt request. I’ll be working on them over the next few days. (RL suddenly got busy so I’ll be spreading them out over the next couple of days.)
Thank you everyone who sent stuff in.
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Fic Prompt Request
Hello!
So, I don’t know if you’ve seen any of the sneak peaks for the coming White Collar episode, but they mention a nine-year-old Neal stopping by a pool hall on his way home from school in St. Louis. It sounds like he was already a hustler at that age. You could maybe do a small something about this if it tickles your fancy?
I also just have to mention that you are hands...
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Fic Prompt Requests
I’ve hit a bit of writer’s block with the projects I’m working on. I need a break.
Does anyone want a drabble written for them? Please leave a prompt request in my ask box.
Here are the fandoms I can write for:
DC Universe
White Collar
Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII, X, XII, Tactics
Full Metal Alchemist
Warehouse 13
Weiß Kreuz
Silent Hill
If you have a fandom that is not...
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Scribophile: An Online Writing Group
Scribophile.com
If you’re a writer who needs someone to beta your rough/first/second drafts, but you don’t want to rely on friends or family to read your unpolished works, then this is a writing group for you.
Scribophile is an online writing community where you can post up your rough works for constructive critiques and comments in return for leaving your own critiques and comments...
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Writer's Block a Myth? →
Today, on my WordPress blog, I posted up a link to an article I shared here on Tumblr weeks ago, regarding ten forms of writer’s block and how to combat them
(A wonderful article I found on io9.com, btw. I suggest everyone read it.)
Anyways, one of the comments I got on my blog was from a guy who’d written an article last December calling writer’s block a “myth”.
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Polishing up my WordPress writing blog... Getting...
I’ve been working on a new version of my writing blog at WordPress.com. Fear not, I’m not abandoning Tumblr. I just wanted a separate, but similar writing blog that allowed me more organizational control over what I posted.
You can find it here:
By C.R. Scott
I’ve actually been enjoying figuring out how WordPress works, especially with themes.
I’m actually extremely...
amourwolf asked: "I'm telling you, this city has legends. The Bat is one of them." Jones shook his head. "Neal, they're called URBAN LEGENDS for a reason!" Peter glanced over at the two of them. "Neal, leave Jones alone. Jones, the Bat is real." He took a sip of his coffee and watched their reactions out of the corner of his eye.
angel-gidget asked: She didn't understand how the civilian man was supposed to keep them safe. Mom was upset and Dick was fidgeting. And the man... he wouldn't look at her. Just wouldn't look at her. But there was something about him that *did* feel not right, but familiar. The hunch of his shoulders, the sadness in the set of his mouth. It reminded her a little bit of Batman in some ways. And just...
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HEY LET'S HAVE A FIC-IN-ASKBOXES PARTY.
brella:
WOOOOO.
Reblog if you want someone to write you fic in your askbox. <3
Sure! Why not?
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My Writing Blog on WordPress →
afewnovelideas:
With as wonky as Tumblr is being lately, I’ve broken down and started the WordPress version of my writing blog “Writings by C. R. Scott”.
It’s still pretty rough, and I’m still in the progress of migrating over my works to that site, but when it’s done I’ll be updating both my Tumblr and WordPress writing blogs simultaneously.
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Fanfiction: Mockingbirds & Butterflies - Chapter...
Title: Mockingbirds & Butterflies - Chapter 2
Genre: General/Drama/Family
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: ???
Word Count: ~2880 words
Summary: The Friday after being visited by his estranged father, Tim’s eldest brother Dick delivers the two people who are going to be sharing his home for the unforeseeable future. However, Tim was not the only one kept in the dark until the...
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10 Things I'm Looking Forward to Writing for...
Though I know I’m not there yet, I’m really looking forward to writing about the adventures the DC!verse survivors will have in the other worlds of KH!verse.
Even though it’s not an official world in KH!verse, I want to send Dick and Damian to Pixie Hollow. I’ve got a great image in my head of Dick as a fast-flying fairy, though I don’t know what kind of fairy Dami...
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afewnovelideas asked: I’m writing a fanfiction...
geekdonnatroy:
OH! This is absolutely precious! Thank you so much for filling my request! This is such a perfect image for the chapter I’m currently writing!
<3
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Fan Fiction and Why it Matters
findingsherlock:
FS says: Fan fiction is one of those guilty pleasures of fandom that people pretend not to know about, or read, much less write. But its been done for ages from Hellenistic Greek Tragedy to the first of the Sherlock Holmes pastiches (did you know that Mark Twain wrote one?) to the latest BBC Sherlock crack-fic.
The quote below suggests that, fanfic is just a legal category,...
January 2012
19 posts
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The Pen is Mightier than the Phone: A Case for... →
This article, I believe, has a great deal of insight regarding writing things via hand through pen and paper versus writing things down on electronic devices, like phones and computers.
It covers many of the same reasons why I prefer to write original drafts of stories and poems on a notebook rather than on my computer.
“We’re more likely to find an electronic device, open our...
“Steal from the best. If you can’t think of a character for a story, think of...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, quoted in the excellent And So It Goes (via austinkleon)
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Tim Drake -
darkestelemental616:
infectedscrew:
Every once in awhile I like to remind the world that DC royally destroyed this particular character’s life. In a span of three years (from the age 13 to 17), this is a bulleted list of all that happened to Timothy Jackson Drake:
Experienced the death of his mother, role model/idol (Jason Todd).
Witnessed the death of his father, mentor/guardian (Bruce...
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10 Character Notes about MockingbirdVerse!Tim...
At the time of this story, Tim’s about 25-26 years old. Seven years have passed since the events of “Innocence Lost”.
His current day job is as a high school math teacher, focusing on teaching college/AP math courses, like Calculus. He’s currently in his second year of teaching.
Tim’s night job is as the covert commander of the reestablished Secret Six mercenary...
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Fanfiction: Nobody Matters - Episode 2 - "Saigon...
Title: Nobody Matters - Episode 2 - “Saigon Protocol”
Genre: General
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: DCU/Kingdom Hearts crossover
Pairings: ???
Word Count: ~2350
Summary: The rare calm of Gotham City is shattered as the shadows literally rise up to consume it. In the midst of the ensuing chaos, an alert is broadcast to a select group of individuals. What is the “SAIGON PROTOCOL” and...
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Plot Bunny Tracks: plot ideas to put on the back...
…because I’ve already got enough in progress to worry about, but I need to write it down or else I’ll forget.
Batman/Silent Hill crossover Bruce returns from an international trip to find out that some of his “children” are missing. It started with a simple distress call investigation that Damian, Tim, and Stephanie went to check out in a town called Silent Hill. ...
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Fanfiction: Birds of a Feather - Part 1
Title: Birds of a Feather - Part 1
Genre: Humor
Rating: PG
Fandom: Batman/Red Robin
Pairing: Tim Drake/Tam Fox
Summary: Tam’s been stressed like crazy for finals, so Tim tries to be nice and gets her a present to cheer her up.
Long story short… He fails… Epically… And gets his tail feathers chewed out in the process because of it. Naturally, he turns to Dick for...
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Fanfiction: Mockingbirds & Butterflies - Chapter 1
Title: Mockingbirds & Butterflies - Chapter 1
Genre: General/Drama/Family
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: ???
Word Count: 5837
Summary: Seven years have passed since Timothy Drake retired his uniform and left the world of bats and crime-fighting far behind. It’s taken that long to rebuild his life. Now, things are finally at a point where he feels comfortable in his own...
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Fanfiction: Nobody Matters - Episode 1 - "Not...
Title: Nobody Matters - Episode 1 - “Not Prepared”
Genre: General
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: DCU/Kingdom Hearts crossover
Pairing: ???
Word Count: 1569
Summary: It started in Los Angeles, California. The Teen Titans, led by Red Robin and Wonder Girl, were summoned to fight a mysterious new alien threat. However, they were not prepared for what they faced.
No one was…
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Writing Update
Original Fiction:
With Regret, Without Apology - (short story) completed and currently submitted to Flash Fiction Online for review.
Raptors & Steam (working title) - (novel) world-building (creating a steampunk fantasy world where humans live in a world populated by dinosaurs; fleshing out a cast of characters, both human and prehistoric)
Lethe’s Favor (working title) - (short story)...
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New Year's Resolution: Get Published
This year I have a decided to make a New Year’s Resolution.
This is the year I am going to work hard to get published.
Ultimately, my main goal is to write a full novel and get that published. However, that is my moon goal.
“Always aim for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” -W. Clemant Stone
While writing a book will always be in the back of...
December 2011
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Fanfiction: Innocence Lost (one-shot)(flash...
Title: Innocence Lost
Genre: Angst/Grief
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: DCU (pre-reboot Red Robin/Batman)
Pairing: none
Word Count: 1000
Summary: In Red Robin 25, Tim Drake life and virtue were saved by Cassandra Cain. What if his life had been saved, but nothing else instead? What happens twelve months after the fact?
Warnings: Possible triggers for mention of rape and surrendering a child...
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Secret Santa Gift for anachronisticaddendum: "The...
Title: The Silver Bell
Genre: Gen/Fluff
Rating: G
Fandom: DCU/The Polar Express
Pairing: Light Tim/Kon
Summary: A few days before Christmas, in the attic of Wayne Manor, Tim and Kon come across a strange, oddly familiar silver bell among a forgotten childhood toy chest. On Christmas Eve itself, the bell leads to an unexpected wondrous trip on a very special train…
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“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via writersrelief)
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“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...”
– Cyril Connolly
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“A writer is working when he’s staring out of the window.”
– Burton Rascoe
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“I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in...”
– Henry David Thoreau