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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:21 pm


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So. I've got a bit of a story line myself that I've been itching to get off the ground for ages. I keep going in circles, not really doing anything useful with the plot. I think the plot itself is fine, actually, but it's the actual writing that's bothering me.
Anyway, it's all built around that one chapter in OotP- "Snape's Worst Memory". I totally mulled those pages over to death, trying to make connections and theories. Eventually, my creative Self spoke up and said, "You can write, can't you?! Fill in the blanks yourself.."
And I did. Eventually it turned into a three-part monster of a plot which I cannot for the life of me begin to write for some reason.
Whatever. Basically, I walked backwards from that particular chapter, and must have lost track along the way, because it's gotten to be really rather complicated. But it still fits nicely with what Ms. Rowling wrote; It's refreshing, to have a fluffy backstory to look at.
It starts out in the Marauders era, with our good friend, eleven-year-old Severus Snape. He's a bit of a loner already, values his solitude very much, and is in love with books. It is this love that basically gets the ball rolling; He discovers the Room of Requirement, and spends as much time as he can in there.
Enter Remus Lupin. Literally.
He and Sev form an unlikely.. companionship (I don't really know what you'd call it); I had fic!Sev's character hate Muggles (even more than he does in the books) due to.. (oh, I'll just say it) his father (Ah! It fit into the story, him being half-blood; it explains alot of things for me (he could easily lie to Voldy, because he's so good at Occlumency)
There's very little else I can say about it without giving away a large chunk of the story, I'm sorry to say.
The middle part takes place during Harry's time at Hogwarts. Basically.. he's a mess. Ron and Hermoine are totally involved with each other (if you know what I mean), and Harry finds himself very much alone. All of a sudden, students' families start getting slaughtered, one by one, by the Death Eaters. Voldemort's alive and icking. Ron's father is killed. This is a bit of a turning point for Harry, because it marks the point in which Harry comes to realize just how isolated he is. Afterwards, actual students start dropping like flies, and Hogwarts has to be shut down. Arrangements are made for Harry to live with Lupin.
That's all I can say about that.
The third part (post war) ties very much into the first part, so I can't say anything about that, either.
I think this story is going to require alot of backtracking. Initially my mind was in the present, in Harry's time, but then, after the past had been all sorted out, the story jumped to the future.
Erm.. I guess this is a bit of a darkfic.. A character or two will die, and all that good stuff.

Yar.. I had to make the type smaller so it wouldn't take up an obnoxious amount of room. Sorry if it bothers you.

Now then! About my predicament. I guess it's not too bad.. it's just hard to connect the dots, if you know what I mean. I've never been very good at stringing important points together, making it seem like an actual story rather than a collection of situations. In any case, I understand if nobody can help, for that reason exactly.
hey if you ever need help with your story i could help
Sure thing ^^ I'm pretty sure I'll need a good beta..
I'll second beta for you. ^^
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:30 am


Meh.. Things are really slow 'round here, I've noticed..
I thought I'd just post a little something here, for the heck of it.

I think one of the biggest problems I see when people are writing fics is that they don't tend to be very (for want of a better word) literal. Like, they're writing it as if they're saying it, like one of the characters, almost. Nothing annoys me more than seeing conjunctions being used outside of quotation marks. Your characters are allowed to say "it's" and "hadn't", not you. As a writer, it's something you should avoid doing at all costs, because it kind of lowers you, in a way, to the level of your characters (I'm not bashing the importance of anyone's characters in this sense, but a writer is like a god when it comes to their story).

Um.. did that make sense? Sorry, I'm a little drowzy.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:07 am


feel-good-hit
Meh.. Things are really slow 'round here, I've noticed..
I thought I'd just post a little something here, for the heck of it.

I think one of the biggest problems I see when people are writing fics is that they don't tend to be very (for want of a better word) literal. Like, they're writing it as if they're saying it, like one of the characters, almost. Nothing annoys me more than seeing conjunctions being used outside of quotation marks. Your characters are allowed to say "it's" and "hadn't", not you. As a writer, it's something you should avoid doing at all costs, because it kind of lowers you, in a way, to the level of your characters (I'm not bashing the importance of anyone's characters in this sense, but a writer is like a god when it comes to their story).

Um.. did that make sense? Sorry, I'm a little drowzy.
omg yes! I completely understand! eek I hate read fic's like that! mad
PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:41 am


feel-good-hit
Meh.. Things are really slow 'round here, I've noticed..
I thought I'd just post a little something here, for the heck of it.

I think one of the biggest problems I see when people are writing fics is that they don't tend to be very (for want of a better word) literal. Like, they're writing it as if they're saying it, like one of the characters, almost. Nothing annoys me more than seeing conjunctions being used outside of quotation marks. Your characters are allowed to say "it's" and "hadn't", not you. As a writer, it's something you should avoid doing at all costs, because it kind of lowers you, in a way, to the level of your characters (I'm not bashing the importance of anyone's characters in this sense, but a writer is like a god when it comes to their story).

Um.. did that make sense? Sorry, I'm a little drowzy.


o.o I just learned something. I'm not sure if I've ever done that before (chances are I have) but I'm pretty sure that you've just bettered my writing style.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:54 am


Graphiti Skies
feel-good-hit
Meh.. Things are really slow 'round here, I've noticed..
I thought I'd just post a little something here, for the heck of it.

I think one of the biggest problems I see when people are writing fics is that they don't tend to be very (for want of a better word) literal. Like, they're writing it as if they're saying it, like one of the characters, almost. Nothing annoys me more than seeing conjunctions being used outside of quotation marks. Your characters are allowed to say "it's" and "hadn't", not you. As a writer, it's something you should avoid doing at all costs, because it kind of lowers you, in a way, to the level of your characters (I'm not bashing the importance of anyone's characters in this sense, but a writer is like a god when it comes to their story).

Um.. did that make sense? Sorry, I'm a little drowzy.


o.o I just learned something. I'm not sure if I've ever done that before (chances are I have) but I'm pretty sure that you've just bettered my writing style.
*heart goes a-flutter with warm and fuzzies*
Glad I could help.
PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:20 am


feel-good-hit
Graphiti Skies
feel-good-hit
Meh.. Things are really slow 'round here, I've noticed..
I thought I'd just post a little something here, for the heck of it.

I think one of the biggest problems I see when people are writing fics is that they don't tend to be very (for want of a better word) literal. Like, they're writing it as if they're saying it, like one of the characters, almost. Nothing annoys me more than seeing conjunctions being used outside of quotation marks. Your characters are allowed to say "it's" and "hadn't", not you. As a writer, it's something you should avoid doing at all costs, because it kind of lowers you, in a way, to the level of your characters (I'm not bashing the importance of anyone's characters in this sense, but a writer is like a god when it comes to their story).

Um.. did that make sense? Sorry, I'm a little drowzy.


o.o I just learned something. I'm not sure if I've ever done that before (chances are I have) but I'm pretty sure that you've just bettered my writing style.
*heart goes a-flutter with warm and fuzzies*
Glad I could help.
lol xd heart

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ode[2]sokka

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:07 pm


I need help! I need a title for this little one shot I'm writing where James tells Sirius about Regulus's death. Anyone got any ideas? I could post a snippit of it if that would help...
PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:29 pm


Never mind, I found one. It's called "The Second Star to the Right".

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kimika56

PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:39 pm


I'm working on kind of a random fic that came to mind while working on one of my other fanfics and here's a summary for you. Let me know what you think, and I could use a beta for it. My grammar is good on some days and horrific on others.

Title: Fire Bad, Tree Pretty
Rating: T
multichapter
pairings: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy

Summary: Dumbledore is coming to pick Harry up from his aunt and uncle's house, when suddenly the house bursts into flames. Dudley, Petunia and Vernon are killed in the fire, and it just happens to be the summer before Harry's seventh year. (considering I don't believe that Dumbledore is really dead yet. I know I'm in denial.) Dumbledore takes Harry to live at the Malfoy Manor, seeing as how Draco's mother is in Europe for the remainder of the summer, and Lucius is in prison. Draco has a secret garden, which Harry happens to find.
PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:02 am


I need help with a fact-check. Much thanks in advance.

I'm trying to write a fic about Sybill Trelawny but I can't find anything (books only) to indicate how old Sybill is (or more specifically, when she was a child relative to other characters). I checked HP Lexicon but it wasn't helpful about her. I may just have missed it int he books. Does anyone know if the books say how old she is or give any description of her relative age? If the books don't give any information then I'll just make her as old as I want, but I would like to know if there is a canon time-frame.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:59 pm


Wow this guild is quiet. Never mind on the fact-check^^. She'll just be as old as I make her.
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