Things I Learned from Glee

Glee has turned into a bad after-school special, so I do not watch it anymore. These are random thoughts and things from my brain pan.

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Tried to reread my first story

Couldn't get through the second chapter. This is a great sign.

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Hiiiii. Plzzz plzz plzzz tell me you haven't completely given up on motorcycle drive by . I'm hooked and so sad it hasn't been updated in like a year lol

Still working on it.Current plan is to post the last two chapters within a week of each other. When that is, I don't know.

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Read a recap of the premiere of Glee instead of trying to sleep. I'm glad I stopped watching.

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I will never understand why people delete their accounts.

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What part of one-shot don't you people understand?

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“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.”

Neil Gaiman

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I think the hardest part about writing is writing.

Nora Ephron

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Seems about right.

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I’m my own best discourager.

Julian Barnes

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People read with their ears, whether they know it or not.

William Zinsser

[bookshop]

Note: this post was originally made in 2010 in response to Diana Gabaldon’s epic rant about fanfiction. The original version is still being updated. I’m reposting it to Tumblr by request, but if you have any additions, please feel free to drop a comment at LJ so they can be added to the masterpost!

Dear Author of the Week, You think fanfic is a personal affront to the many hours you’ve spent carefully crafting your characters. You think fanfic is “immoral and illegal.” You think fanfiction is just plagiarism. You think fanfiction is cheating. You think fanfic is for people who are too stupid/lazy/unimaginative to write stories of their own. You think there are exceptions for people who write published derivative works as part of a brand or franchise, because they’re clearly only doing it because they have to. You’re personally traumatized by the idea that someone else could look at your characters and decide that you did it wrong and they need to fix it/add original characters to your universe/send your characters to the moon/Japan/their hometown. You think all fanfic is basically porn. You’re revolted by the very idea that fic writers think what they do is legitimate. We get it.  Congratulations! You’ve just summarily dismissed as criminal, immoral, and unimaginative each of the following Pulitzer Prize-winning writers and works:

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[beatwritersbane-deactivated2014]

All I have to add onto this is:

Preach it.

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By the way, none of this precludes the fact that 95% of all fanfic, mine included, is absolutely, objectively terrible. But then 95% of everything is crap. So whatever.

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You don’t wait for inspiration. The muse does not do your work for you.

Rosellen Brown

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How to Survive a Shoot Spree

1) Be loud.  2) Louder than that. Shooters love noise.  3) Why aren't you yelling?

[writingbox]

I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing.

Stephen King (via writingbox)

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Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.

Neil Gaiman

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Nothing will stop you being creative so effectively as the fear of making a mistake.

John Cleese

[chaneldancegirl]

Do you ever just read other people’s writing and then look back at your own and go: