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tarigwaemirAd Mundo Exteriore,
I thought at first that I would talk about college visiting and the resulting exhaustion, but I've been complaining about that for about three days now, so in order to avoid sounding like a broken record, I'll just say that I met a couple of very nice girls who would make good friends next year. Especially Fanni, who is an Ender's Game (and other SF) fan! We were coming up with Hogwarts metaphors (Annenberg Hall looks like the Hogwarts dining hall, for example) and promised to continue if she decides to come to Harvard. Hm...must email her and ask what she decided.
Oh, and I should remember to look for the books she recommended: Terry Brooks, The Sword of Shannara and The Elf-Stones of Shannara, as well as anything by John Wyndham.
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kaydeefalls and trivetmonger:
Where was I...
20 years ago: Um...unborn.
10 years ago: Let's see...I was seven. Which meant that I was in first grade, already finished with the most advanced reader, causing me to gorge on Encyclopedia Brown at school and Frances Hodgson Burnett at home. I wrote my book report on The Secret Garden, making my classmates' parents very envious. Part of the Primary Enrichment Program (PEP), with about ten other students, including my best friend Christopher who shared my interest in science. We did an independent research project on electricity and created this working diorama. I used to go over to his house to play with microscopes and talk about negative numbers. That was also the year when memorizing multiplication tables was in fashion. Oh yes, and a classmate asked me why I loved to show off so much, which led to my ongoing self-consciousness about not seeming intellectually arrogant.
5 years ago: I was twelve, so that means seventh grade, whereblottedgray, Katy, Kim and I revelled in our rather outcast status in the mostly popular in-crowd class. Or at least, I revelled. Katy seemed a bit disgruntled. Also when I learned many swear words in Korean and English, as well as how to handle bad sex jokes. Endured much cheek-pinching from Katy, especially after she found out how much it annoyed me. I've only remained friends with blottedgray however.
1 year ago: Erm...junior year. Studying for AP BC Calculus and trying not to procrastinate on American History term paper. Strange how I don't remember much from this time, other than being stressed out. Oh yes, I got to go to NYSML for the first time this year, which was probably the culmination of my math team experience. And it was the first year of being vice-president of Science Club, with all the running around and panicking that entails.
Yesterday: Being exhausted from that college visit. Slept for four hours after going to confession.
Tomorrow: Studying for APs. >_< Catching up on homework. (Probably procrastinating by reading Edith Wharton, who has been recommended to me once too often. So I've decided to try her after all.)
Frompornkings:
Do you enjoy reading works-in-progress?
Yes, though they usually leave me in terrible suspense. Especially since I usually limit my LJ reading to those of my most favorite writers.
Do you ever go back and reread the completed/polished story at the end, or do you just read the end?
I usually read the end, unless I don't remember what happened before. And if it's a particularly good fic, I'll reread the whole thing two or three times anyway.
What length of a story is appropriate to be posted in an LJ? At what point would you prefer a link?
Don't care. Any length is fine. Actually, the longer the better. I find it annoying to click on LJ cuts, though I see why it's necessary.
Does LJ-fic make you more likely to send feedback or less?
Neither. I'm not terribly good with feedback period, whether I read the fic on FF.net, mailing lists or LJ. I probably comment more on LJ fics than I do on FF.net fics, but not more than I do on mailing list fics.
It seems like nearly everyone posts stories in progress. Does this make you work harder as a writer, or is it giving in to temptation?
I don't quite understand what the point of this question is, but I suppose it doesn't do either. I post stories in progress when I've been stuck for a long time and hope to receive some feedback on where to go next. Although I usually don't receive any comments, sometimes the act of posting forces me to read through the story again. I also don't post fragments on LJ if I feel confident about them (I usually wait until it's finished). This answer of course doesn't apply to my site. There I post up anything that's on my computer at the time of the update. ^_^
How do you think LJs are affecting the length/quality/availability of fic, in good and bad ways?
It certainly makes fics more available, especially when you're waiting for the next part of a series. It's much more immediate than the web site updates, usually. As I've said, I mostly read LJ fics for the writers who write excellently, so I don't notice any difference in quality. (Hm...I'm not really the best person to answer this meme, am I? I don't have a particularly wide perspective on the matter.)
...Tari
I thought at first that I would talk about college visiting and the resulting exhaustion, but I've been complaining about that for about three days now, so in order to avoid sounding like a broken record, I'll just say that I met a couple of very nice girls who would make good friends next year. Especially Fanni, who is an Ender's Game (and other SF) fan! We were coming up with Hogwarts metaphors (Annenberg Hall looks like the Hogwarts dining hall, for example) and promised to continue if she decides to come to Harvard. Hm...must email her and ask what she decided.
Oh, and I should remember to look for the books she recommended: Terry Brooks, The Sword of Shannara and The Elf-Stones of Shannara, as well as anything by John Wyndham.
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kaydeefalls and trivetmonger:Where was I...
20 years ago: Um...unborn.
10 years ago: Let's see...I was seven. Which meant that I was in first grade, already finished with the most advanced reader, causing me to gorge on Encyclopedia Brown at school and Frances Hodgson Burnett at home. I wrote my book report on The Secret Garden, making my classmates' parents very envious. Part of the Primary Enrichment Program (PEP), with about ten other students, including my best friend Christopher who shared my interest in science. We did an independent research project on electricity and created this working diorama. I used to go over to his house to play with microscopes and talk about negative numbers. That was also the year when memorizing multiplication tables was in fashion. Oh yes, and a classmate asked me why I loved to show off so much, which led to my ongoing self-consciousness about not seeming intellectually arrogant.
5 years ago: I was twelve, so that means seventh grade, where
blottedgray, Katy, Kim and I revelled in our rather outcast status in the mostly popular in-crowd class. Or at least, I revelled. Katy seemed a bit disgruntled. Also when I learned many swear words in Korean and English, as well as how to handle bad sex jokes. Endured much cheek-pinching from Katy, especially after she found out how much it annoyed me. I've only remained friends with blottedgray however. 1 year ago: Erm...junior year. Studying for AP BC Calculus and trying not to procrastinate on American History term paper. Strange how I don't remember much from this time, other than being stressed out. Oh yes, I got to go to NYSML for the first time this year, which was probably the culmination of my math team experience. And it was the first year of being vice-president of Science Club, with all the running around and panicking that entails.
Yesterday: Being exhausted from that college visit. Slept for four hours after going to confession.
Tomorrow: Studying for APs. >_< Catching up on homework. (Probably procrastinating by reading Edith Wharton, who has been recommended to me once too often. So I've decided to try her after all.)
From
pornkings:Do you enjoy reading works-in-progress?
Yes, though they usually leave me in terrible suspense. Especially since I usually limit my LJ reading to those of my most favorite writers.
Do you ever go back and reread the completed/polished story at the end, or do you just read the end?
I usually read the end, unless I don't remember what happened before. And if it's a particularly good fic, I'll reread the whole thing two or three times anyway.
What length of a story is appropriate to be posted in an LJ? At what point would you prefer a link?
Don't care. Any length is fine. Actually, the longer the better. I find it annoying to click on LJ cuts, though I see why it's necessary.
Does LJ-fic make you more likely to send feedback or less?
Neither. I'm not terribly good with feedback period, whether I read the fic on FF.net, mailing lists or LJ. I probably comment more on LJ fics than I do on FF.net fics, but not more than I do on mailing list fics.
It seems like nearly everyone posts stories in progress. Does this make you work harder as a writer, or is it giving in to temptation?
I don't quite understand what the point of this question is, but I suppose it doesn't do either. I post stories in progress when I've been stuck for a long time and hope to receive some feedback on where to go next. Although I usually don't receive any comments, sometimes the act of posting forces me to read through the story again. I also don't post fragments on LJ if I feel confident about them (I usually wait until it's finished). This answer of course doesn't apply to my site. There I post up anything that's on my computer at the time of the update. ^_^
How do you think LJs are affecting the length/quality/availability of fic, in good and bad ways?
It certainly makes fics more available, especially when you're waiting for the next part of a series. It's much more immediate than the web site updates, usually. As I've said, I mostly read LJ fics for the writers who write excellently, so I don't notice any difference in quality. (Hm...I'm not really the best person to answer this meme, am I? I don't have a particularly wide perspective on the matter.)
...Tari
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Date: 2003-05-02 07:07 am (UTC)...Tari