Er...okay. Random thoughts entry.

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• Found a little piece of paper (they're everywhere on my desk...I write down a note at work and fold it into quarters and then put it in my pocket and bring them home. I have quite a stash of them now) with a thought I was supposed to originally put in the Giant Entry about Writing Fanfiction but obviously forgot.
  
  It says something to the effect of...Everyone wants to believe that their Mary Sue is extremely creative and mind-boggling. I say that it takes more creativity to purposely harness yourself to a character and see through their eyes. It takes more creativity to set up a logical progression of feelings, thoughts, and action.
  
  I really should have put an entire blurb about logic in there. So many times fics can easily go against the grain of believability. So many times I've read fics where characters are zooming from giggly to steely anger within four seconds. There has to be a believable progression and the readers have to believe that the characters would really behave in the manner that they are behaving in the fic.
  
  It didn't take me a long time to fantasize about my Mary Sues. I just thought about what I would like them to have, what sort of neat tricks they could have up their sleeves, and what hidden powers would be the most advantageous.
  
  It took me forever, on the other hand, to come up with a believable scenario for tLS and work it all out properly so that it seemed plausible.
  
  One note down. 2498756249687 to go.



• More thesaurus fun. Excitation:
  
  fan the fire, fan the flame, blow the coals, stir the embers, fan, fan into a flame, foster, heat, warm, foment, raise to a fever heat, rake up, rip up.
  
  flaming, boiling, boiling over, ebullient, seething, foaming, fuming, raging, carried away by passion, wild, raving, frantic, mad, distracted, distraught, bouleversé.
  
  Exciting, impressive, warm, glowing, fervid, swelling, imposing, spirit-stirring, thrilling, high-wrought, soul-stirring, heart-swelling, agonizing, sensational, overpowering, overwhelming, more than flesh and blood can bear.



• I love Kanye West's The College Dropout. It's a great album.