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[Mara=^.^=]

April shot first

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

In other TOSOT-related news (well, not so much news as pointless drabble), I did something very odd last night.

No, not THAT

I sat down and read the ENTIRE fanfic in one sitting, as though I were a reader and not its author. I've actually never done this before, and it was fascinating. The early writing triggered my gag reflex, and some of the parts kind of drag, but once they get to DJ's base itself, it's like something in my writing clicks and suddenly it's actually GOOD. Even though I KNEW what was gonna happen, and even though I wrote the damn thing, the relationship between Aurora and DJ is just so INTERESTING I couldn't get over it. I know it sounds weird, but I was legit fangirling as if I hadn't written it at all.

I guess that's the benefit of crafting a story over 5 years - you forget what you wrote, you never see the whole thing as a single product, and thus you get to go back and enjoy it afresh when it's done

So yes, I loathe my inner author a little less now


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[Katia11]

LOL, oh mara you make me giggle.

[SweeneyxxTodd]

I know it sounds weird, but I was legit fangirling as if I hadn't written it at all.

Not weird. I totally fangirl Felix from my own novel So much so that I sometimes reread the really funny parts with him and laugh my ass off while going at the same time. It's an...interesting experience haha.

[RocksmySocks]

Not weird. I totally fangirl Felix from my own novel So much so that I sometimes reread the really funny parts with him and laugh my ass off while going at the same time. It's an...interesting experience haha.

Haha. Yeah...I legit fangirl some of my writing, too. After all, we write what we'd like to read. It's a way of creating the type of story we enjoy, that just isn't out there yet.

[SweeneyxxTodd]

True story.

[Katia11]

I always hate what I write and hardly ever re-read my stories of any kind unless I am trying to find what is wrong with it.

[Lizz]

It's like what they say: A writer is their own worst enemy.

[Mara=^.^=]

Just wanted to show you guys something pretty cool: the first and final designs of the TOSOT chars. It's really fun to see how they changed over the years!



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[SweeneyxxTodd]

"Got shinier" ...lol

[Sanjana R]

"Creepy freak to Calvin klein model"

[Mara=^.^=]

Inspired by Mary. I didn't even know this wordle thing existed:




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[J/C AVA]

[SweeneyxxTodd]

I love how Jimmy being a dictator is so central to the plot, but it's one of the smaller words.

And the antidote--also integral to the plot--doesn't appear on this at all.

But either way:

[Sanjana R]

It saddens me how small Nav is!

[SweeneyxxTodd]

It saddens me how small Nav is!

That's what she said


...*brick'd*

[Mara=^.^=]

That's what she said


...*brick'd*

OK, that was effing hilarious.


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[Mara=^.^=]

Also, it amazes me how many of the small to medium sized words are body parts

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[SweeneyxxTodd]

Also, it amazes me how many of the small to medium sized words are body parts

~*Mara*~ = ^.^ =

One of the biggest of which is head. ifyaknowwhatimean

[Mara=^.^=]

One of the biggest of which is head. ifyaknowwhatimean

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[SweeneyxxTodd]