JanNoWriMo Update!

[seventhe]

FEAR MY GHETTO MS PAINT!



3306 words total! Most of them are Irvine Country Singer AU! I astound myself!

Comments

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

That is ghetto. Next time just make a graph in excel. :)

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

stfu. i like my pretty picture.

[eerian_sadow]

ghetto MS paint FTW! i need to keep a table of my progress as well... too bad none of my work has been on just one piece, though.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Oh, mine hasn't either. I've just *mostly* been working on "Crack AU". And I actually have a spreadsheet keeping track of my real numbers... I just, uh, wanted to make something really fug in MS Paint.

[eerian_sadow]

well you succeeded quite well. and entertained at the same time.

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

I'm at a little over 4k, but mine keeps coming in chunks rather than daily, haha. Plus, now that I am not at work, I don't have the structure I used to have to get me writing daily. I'll have to exercise some self-discipline!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Mostly I'm amazed that I've remembered. Usually I have to write this shit on my hand.

[muggy-mountain.livejournal.com]

Irvine Country Singer AU

irvine...country singer.

dude, I don't even like FFVIII much, but WANT. So very much do want.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Seifer is hired as his bodyguard. Zell is his manager. (Does this make it better or worse?)

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

Zell? As a manager? ...really?

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I needed someone I could imagine with a terrible fashion sense. XD

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

I was just wincing at Zell's uh, maturity level? I have a hard time imagining him managing himself, let alone someone else. XD

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

The entire story has been an interesting exercise, actually. Zell's pretty smart in the game, if a little over-eager and immature, so turning him into an over-eager manager is just a bit of an exercise in writing. The hardest part, so far, honestly, has been keeping Seifer's mouth shut when interviewing for a job. It is hard to write a Seifer who isn't constantly making fun of Zell, but in this particular case, he needs the job, bad.

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

I like Zell, but I think I like making fun of him a little too much. It's part of his charm. It's like he's wearing a walking "Kick Me!" sign some days.

It probably doesn't help that I haven't touched Final Fantasy VIII in years, mostly because I really wanted to hit both Squall and Rinoa the last time I tried playing.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Luckily, Squall and Rinoa aren't in this piece at all! Unfortunately, it's because Rinoa and Selphie are in their own AU band, and Squall becomes a groupie.

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

I am almost intrigued. Mostly because I like Selphie a lot.

And the thought of Squall as a groupie is making me giggle way more than it should.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Rinoa and Selphie are in their own band; Quistis is their manager, and Squall carries all of the heavy things for them and pretends that it's for the pay and not because he has a crush on Rinoa. XD

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

Now Quistis I can see being a good manager. The kind that you love to push to be more sociable but would never fire because she's the only organized person you know and would be totally lost without her.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Double especially when your band is Rinoa and Selphie. XD

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

I wonder if they can talk Quistis into doing backup vocals or something equally embarrassing? Oh, the plot bunnies multiply!

Definitely, though. I adore Quistis, and oh, the antics. Are you planning to write this at some point or are you just going to be a merciless tease?

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I'm planning on writing it, because it kind of happens in the same goofy AU-verse as the Seifer/Irvine, so they'd go together. Plus I think it would be absolutely hilarious to write. Hopefully some time this month... although this S/I piece is turning out way longer than I expected, and may eat up all my words!

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

Well, it sounds like you're having a blast, with whatever it is you're writing.

And isn't it just fun when the plot bunnies spiral out of control like that?

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

This always happens to me with everything big that I try to write. Especially AUs, for some reason. That "pirate" AU I started a while back turned into a three-part monstrosity. XD

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

There's a pirate AU? Where?

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

*ducks*

Part I is here. Part II is next on the list to be written in January.

don't shoot me

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

I was over at your 'fic journal last night, and HOW DID I MANAGE TO OVERLOOK THIS?!

I'm going to have to read it now.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

It was one of my more popular fics! WHICH IS KIND OF EMBARRASSING.

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

How are pirates embarrassing!? PIRATES ARE NEVER EMBARRASSING. They are coolness that can only be made cooler with the addition of ninjas.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

...IT'S TRUE. >.> I, uh, really enjoyed writing the pirates. XD

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

Then be proud of your pirate!fic. Besides, I just finished reading it and it's good! And fun to read, too. :D

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I should just quit srs fanfiction and become a crack author. XD

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

You write seriously? I hadn't noticed -- too busy laughing at the crack. :P

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Not anymore! XDD Crack is way more fun!

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

As fanfiction writing well should be. Fun! XDXD

[astrangerenters.livejournal.com]

I'm using a day planner to keep track of my word count :) :)

I'll probably post something at the end of the month to congratulate myself. Go country singer Irvine!!

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

Barack at Hogwarts, Y/HELL Y?

Also, I am totally writing more Katy and Jamie fantasy self-insert, too. We need a name for that!!

[astrangerenters.livejournal.com]

HELL Y

As for titles, how about A Knight to Remember? ;)

[lassarina]

GO SEV GO! *cheers*

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Yay for productivity! :) And for being ahead of your goals.

I'm doing pretty well, too -- only about 1k words on two projects, but I've done something productive every day and so far, so good on posting one story a week. I haven't come up with any graphical way to keep track of my progress yet, although hilldo's Excel comment is tempting me. I am far too fond of making graphs in Excel...

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

My word count is actually in a spreadsheet -- I just made this "beautiful" graphic to catch everyone's eye. XD I love Excel!

[pearlrose86.livejournal.com]

Well, I think your table has a certain charm. <3

::cheers at your writing progress::

[shanaqui]

*cheers you on*