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Dira Sudis ([personal profile] dira) wrote2010-05-05 02:27 pm
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Ahem.

I am on what could be Day 13 of a streak of writing at least 750 words every day, thanks to 750words.com - apparently all I needed was a sticker chart and some funny statistics! Hooray, positive reinforcement for nerds. (Every day it analyzes my writing and two days out of three it tells me my writing is mainly concerned with Death. Including the time I was writing about The Doctor cuddling a baby while chatting with Rose. IDEK.)

Anyway, the downside of this new spate of writing arrived last night, on Day 12, when I realized that this seems to accelerate the rate at which I write myself into a corner/decide everything I am writing is a terrible idea/come up with even more terrible ideas I could be writing instead.



Poll #3017 I'm not really writing it, I swear. I mean, I'd have to figure out about the NEWTs.
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Post-war mostly-epilogue-compliant Sirius/Neville with a lot of cuddles and practically no talking about feelings ever. (A little resurrection from the dead, a little combat fatigue.)

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What?
9 (15.8%)

No, seriously, how would that even work?
11 (19.3%)

I am defriending you on the internet.
0 (0.0%)

I am defriending you in real life.
0 (0.0%)

I am horrified and yet also strangely intrigued.
17 (29.8%)

Actually, just horrified.
3 (5.3%)

I'm intrigued and I don't even find it strange.
30 (52.6%)

Why yes, I would like to help you figure out what to do about the NEWTs.
13 (22.8%)

If their names were Stan Brown and Neal Littlefield, that would be completely legal AND moral.
15 (26.3%)

Clearly you have been really, really bored at work this week.
20 (35.1%)

If I ignore this I bet it will go away.
4 (7.0%)

No, seriously, what?
7 (12.3%)

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fox: my left eye. "ceci n'est pas une fox." (Default)

[personal profile] fox 2010-05-05 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
(But I have post-traumatic Sirius/Neville issues. I'm sure yours will be better than what I try not to remember.)
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[personal profile] dira 2010-05-05 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
(I was going to ask, Ms. Random Weasley in a Stewpot, how Sirius/Neville rated horror, but if there was a particular thing then that would explain it.)
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[personal profile] fox 2010-05-05 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
(Heh. Yeah, a whole other kind of horror. Sorry for the crossed wires.)

I need a Random Weasley in a Stewpot icon, I think.
dira: Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier (Default)

[personal profile] dira 2010-05-05 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you know. It was not a very precisely-designed survey instrument. *g*

That would be a truly excellent icon.

[identity profile] bbm-got-me-good.livejournal.com 2010-05-05 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
You'll find my contribution extremely unhelpful, since I really don't even know the characters, but I can't resist ticky boxes. Sorry
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[personal profile] dira 2010-05-05 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Ticky boxes are hard to resist! I understand completely. :)
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[personal profile] celli 2010-05-05 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
oh, this is AWESOME. *signs up*
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[personal profile] minoanmiss 2010-05-05 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
*fans your overheated brain*
*also, fangirls your overheated brain*
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[personal profile] dira 2010-05-05 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay the thing is, I have only read Deathly Hallows ONCE. I, um, don't even OWN it. /o\

So ... I have been reading everybody's Wikipedia articles to piece together what the hell happened to them at the end. I have been OBSESSIVELY reading everybody's Wikipedia articles. I READ THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ON HOUSE ELVES.
dira: Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier (Default)

[personal profile] dira 2010-05-05 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
*beams*

It's provided lots of nice hurt/comforty mental images, even if it never goes further than that... :)
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[personal profile] dira 2010-05-05 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...It occurs to me that possibly the "AWESOME" was directed at 750words.com. *can haz reading comprehension*

Disregard the other comment, if so. *g*
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[personal profile] giglet 2010-05-06 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
I'd be confused, but I'd read it!
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[personal profile] dira 2010-05-06 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that's half the battle. *g*
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[personal profile] kuwdora 2010-05-06 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
oooooooooo dira, thank you for the link to 750words.com -- that's super cool!~
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[personal profile] dira 2010-05-06 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't it SHINY? ♥
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[personal profile] izzady 2010-05-07 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Well... okay, maybe it is a little strange. But hey, I'll read pretty much anything if you write it, and god knows I've read stranger.

Also yay! Thanks for the link to 750words.com! I am such a sucker for widgets that tell me to write things. I would totally never have finished my undergrad if it weren't for Write or Die. So yeah. Can't wait to try this out.
dira: Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier (Default)

[personal profile] dira 2010-05-07 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
See, I am terrified of Write or Die, but I adore 750words because apparently I am that much of a sucker for automated positive reinforcement. :)

And thanks for the vote of some confidence on the story. *g*
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