Teens Writing for Teens, the 5th - Page 385

Zoombie · 08-17-2011, 11:40 PM

Take my love
Take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care. I'm still free
You can't take the sky from meeeee

amlptj · 08-17-2011, 11:40 PM

Then my character isnt a slut! YAY! Hummm... guess she's just a massive tease sort of... doesnt help she can make people do whatever she wants when she's in a lot of trouble.

Zoealea · 08-17-2011, 11:42 PM

I paused Firefly and now I'm watching The Guild.

Kyrie · 08-17-2011, 11:43 PM

Best part about the pilot: Wash's dinosaurs.

Zoombie · 08-17-2011, 11:43 PM

Best part about the entire show: Wash's Dinosaurs.

Kyrie · 08-17-2011, 11:44 PM

This might just be true.

CURSE YOUR SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE BETRAYAL.

Zoombie · 08-17-2011, 11:48 PM

I CALL IT YOUR GRAVE!

Kyrie · 08-18-2011, 12:06 AM

Goodness but I love Firefly.

lisalulu09 · 08-18-2011, 12:14 AM

Decided to do a spot of outlining for Underdogs before watching "Who Do You Think You Are?" and maybe afterwards as well, while I wait for my muse to give me some dates for something in Suns and Stars, so I can at least do something productive.

amlptj · 08-18-2011, 12:15 AM

worte 3K today... I guess that's a good writing day so far!

Parametric · 08-18-2011, 12:18 AM

"And we will call it ... This Land!"

lisalulu09 · 08-18-2011, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amlptj

worte 3K today... I guess that's a good writing day so far!

If I did that, it would be an excellent writing day for me!

Kyrie · 08-18-2011, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Parametric

"And we will call it ... This Land!"

Mine is an evil laugh!

Parametric · 08-18-2011, 12:27 AM

Firefly is a work of genius.

lisalulu09 · 08-18-2011, 12:28 AM

TV time.

Kyrie · 08-18-2011, 12:29 AM

It absolutely is. I love how fantastically quotable it is. And all of the characters are really interesting and both well-written and well-acted.

Imbroglio · 08-18-2011, 12:30 AM

Is it weird that I imagine all of my characters with British accents...

o_o

Kyrie · 08-18-2011, 12:33 AM

Not really, Glo. I do it all the time. Mostly because French accents are just too complicated.

amlptj · 08-18-2011, 12:35 AM

3,360 is the final word count while in work! Not bad!!

lisalulu09 · 08-18-2011, 12:40 AM

Yay!

I hope you were doing actual work, though.

KarlaErikaCal · 08-18-2011, 12:51 AM

Speaking of accents...I've watched 2 movies recently not set in Great Britain but the actors had British accents. One was set in Italy, the other in France. I think both are set in the 14th century. I am greatly confused. Sorry if this is a stupid question...

Zoombie · 08-18-2011, 12:55 AM

This is an amazing video.

It's a lets play of an amazing game. Watch it!

Kyrie · 08-18-2011, 12:57 AM

Not a stupid question, Karla. It is kind of an odd phenomenon.

The way I see it, the people who make movies/tv like to use British actors/accents for any setting that is not the US (so, anything from present-day France to 14th century Italy to Middle Earth) because the characters need to sound different from the way we would normally talk. But, at the same time, they know that British accents are easier to understand than, say, French accents, and so they use those.

There's also something called a "stage accent" (I think that's the right term) which isn't technically a British accent but might sound a little bit like one because it sounds more proper, I guess would be the word for it.

Zoombie · 08-18-2011, 12:58 AM

And because British accents sound sexy.

See the video I just linked.

Parametric · 08-18-2011, 01:00 AM

I think the theory is that English accents sound appropriately historical to American audiences, even when they bear absolutely no resemblance to the actual accents that would have been used at the time.

08-17-2011, 11:40 PM	#9601
Zoombie Hwee kaptoored eet for kayhosssssss Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Eye of Terror Posts: 36,616	Take my love Take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don't care. I'm still free You can't take the sky from meeeee __________________ Shattered Sky: Draft 6, done! Worldshard: 85,000/85,000 (Draft 1: DONE!) River⁷: 25,000/??,000 words Read my blog: Quantum Spin Plates Tweets from the Future: Follow my characters. BUY MY BOOK HERE!

08-17-2011, 11:40 PM	#9602
amlptj Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 10,272	Then my character isnt a slut! YAY! Hummm... guess she's just a massive tease sort of... doesnt help she can make people do whatever she wants when she's in a lot of trouble. __________________ Legend of the Freaks YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!)

08-17-2011, 11:42 PM	#9603
Zoealea Mmmm, caffeine. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The TARDIS (I hope) Posts: 3,094	I paused Firefly and now I'm watching The Guild. __________________ Lovely Lies- 27k/50k Detachable (NaNo novel)- 1.6k/50k

08-17-2011, 11:43 PM	#9604
Kyrie Queen of Adverbs (unfortunately) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Victorian London Posts: 9,213	Best part about the pilot: Wash's dinosaurs. __________________ Letters to Oliver: querying. Sent: 43 Rejections: 26 Fulls: 4 Partials: 1 A Terror of Darkness: v. 4.0 - 67k - waiting for beta comments And then I met a man called the Doctor. A man who could change his face. And he took me away from home in his magical machine. He showed me the whole of time and space. I thought it would never end. BLOGGER! YOUTUBE!

08-17-2011, 11:43 PM	#9605
Zoombie Hwee kaptoored eet for kayhosssssss Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Eye of Terror Posts: 36,616	Best part about the entire show: Wash's Dinosaurs. __________________ Shattered Sky: Draft 6, done! Worldshard: 85,000/85,000 (Draft 1: DONE!) River⁷: 25,000/??,000 words Read my blog: Quantum Spin Plates Tweets from the Future: Follow my characters. BUY MY BOOK HERE!

08-17-2011, 11:44 PM	#9606
Kyrie Queen of Adverbs (unfortunately) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Victorian London Posts: 9,213	This might just be true. CURSE YOUR SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE BETRAYAL. __________________ Letters to Oliver: querying. Sent: 43 Rejections: 26 Fulls: 4 Partials: 1 A Terror of Darkness: v. 4.0 - 67k - waiting for beta comments And then I met a man called the Doctor. A man who could change his face. And he took me away from home in his magical machine. He showed me the whole of time and space. I thought it would never end. BLOGGER! YOUTUBE!

08-17-2011, 11:48 PM	#9607
Zoombie Hwee kaptoored eet for kayhosssssss Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Eye of Terror Posts: 36,616	I CALL IT YOUR GRAVE! __________________ Shattered Sky: Draft 6, done! Worldshard: 85,000/85,000 (Draft 1: DONE!) River⁷: 25,000/??,000 words Read my blog: Quantum Spin Plates Tweets from the Future: Follow my characters. BUY MY BOOK HERE!

08-18-2011, 12:06 AM	#9608
Kyrie Queen of Adverbs (unfortunately) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Victorian London Posts: 9,213	Goodness but I love Firefly. __________________ Letters to Oliver: querying. Sent: 43 Rejections: 26 Fulls: 4 Partials: 1 A Terror of Darkness: v. 4.0 - 67k - waiting for beta comments And then I met a man called the Doctor. A man who could change his face. And he took me away from home in his magical machine. He showed me the whole of time and space. I thought it would never end. BLOGGER! YOUTUBE!

08-18-2011, 12:14 AM	#9609
lisalulu09 Potterhead Gleek Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 14,598	Decided to do a spot of outlining for Underdogs before watching "Who Do You Think You Are?" and maybe afterwards as well, while I wait for my muse to give me some dates for something in Suns and Stars, so I can at least do something productive. __________________ Stupid Cupid - YA Romantic Comedy - Out in the world Ollie - MG Retelling of Oliver Twist -On hold Rome Forever After - YA Contemporary Romance - Writing the first draft (12K/24K) Reading: "Oliver Twist" - Charles Dickens "Tweet Heart" - Elizabeth Rudnick Facebook Blog Twitter

08-18-2011, 12:15 AM	#9610
amlptj Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 10,272	worte 3K today... I guess that's a good writing day so far! __________________ Legend of the Freaks YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!)

08-18-2011, 12:18 AM	#9611
Parametric useless idiot Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 9,085	"And we will call it ... This Land!"

08-18-2011, 12:27 AM	#9614
Parametric useless idiot Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 9,085	Firefly is a work of genius.

08-18-2011, 12:28 AM	#9615
lisalulu09 Potterhead Gleek Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 14,598	TV time. __________________ Stupid Cupid - YA Romantic Comedy - Out in the world Ollie - MG Retelling of Oliver Twist -On hold Rome Forever After - YA Contemporary Romance - Writing the first draft (12K/24K) Reading: "Oliver Twist" - Charles Dickens "Tweet Heart" - Elizabeth Rudnick Facebook Blog Twitter

08-18-2011, 12:29 AM	#9616
Kyrie Queen of Adverbs (unfortunately) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Victorian London Posts: 9,213	It absolutely is. I love how fantastically quotable it is. And all of the characters are really interesting and both well-written and well-acted. __________________ Letters to Oliver: querying. Sent: 43 Rejections: 26 Fulls: 4 Partials: 1 A Terror of Darkness: v. 4.0 - 67k - waiting for beta comments And then I met a man called the Doctor. A man who could change his face. And he took me away from home in his magical machine. He showed me the whole of time and space. I thought it would never end. BLOGGER! YOUTUBE!

08-18-2011, 12:30 AM	#9617
Imbroglio IMBROGLIO Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,716	Is it weird that I imagine all of my characters with British accents... o_o __________________ UNTITLED - Chapter 8 [10k] CURRENTLY READING: Furies of Calderon \|Elantris

08-18-2011, 12:33 AM	#9618
Kyrie Queen of Adverbs (unfortunately) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Victorian London Posts: 9,213	Not really, Glo. I do it all the time. Mostly because French accents are just too complicated. __________________ Letters to Oliver: querying. Sent: 43 Rejections: 26 Fulls: 4 Partials: 1 A Terror of Darkness: v. 4.0 - 67k - waiting for beta comments And then I met a man called the Doctor. A man who could change his face. And he took me away from home in his magical machine. He showed me the whole of time and space. I thought it would never end. BLOGGER! YOUTUBE!

08-18-2011, 12:35 AM	#9619
amlptj Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 10,272	3,360 is the final word count while in work! Not bad!! __________________ Legend of the Freaks YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!)

08-18-2011, 12:40 AM	#9620
lisalulu09 Potterhead Gleek Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 14,598	Yay! I hope you were doing actual work, though. __________________ Stupid Cupid - YA Romantic Comedy - Out in the world Ollie - MG Retelling of Oliver Twist -On hold Rome Forever After - YA Contemporary Romance - Writing the first draft (12K/24K) Reading: "Oliver Twist" - Charles Dickens "Tweet Heart" - Elizabeth Rudnick Facebook Blog Twitter

08-18-2011, 12:51 AM	#9621
KarlaErikaCal YA romance writer in love with love Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 12,480	Speaking of accents...I've watched 2 movies recently not set in Great Britain but the actors had British accents. One was set in Italy, the other in France. I think both are set in the 14th century. I am greatly confused. Sorry if this is a stupid question... __________________ BLOG TWITTER FACEBOOK FAN PAGE GOODREADS WIPs: TATTOO LOVE - 14.8K

08-18-2011, 12:55 AM	#9622
Zoombie Hwee kaptoored eet for kayhosssssss Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Eye of Terror Posts: 36,616	This is an amazing video. It's a lets play of an amazing game. Watch it! __________________ Shattered Sky: Draft 6, done! Worldshard: 85,000/85,000 (Draft 1: DONE!) River⁷: 25,000/??,000 words Read my blog: Quantum Spin Plates Tweets from the Future: Follow my characters. BUY MY BOOK HERE!

08-18-2011, 12:57 AM	#9623
Kyrie Queen of Adverbs (unfortunately) Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Victorian London Posts: 9,213	Not a stupid question, Karla. It is kind of an odd phenomenon. The way I see it, the people who make movies/tv like to use British actors/accents for any setting that is not the US (so, anything from present-day France to 14th century Italy to Middle Earth) because the characters need to sound different from the way we would normally talk. But, at the same time, they know that British accents are easier to understand than, say, French accents, and so they use those. There's also something called a "stage accent" (I think that's the right term) which isn't technically a British accent but might sound a little bit like one because it sounds more proper, I guess would be the word for it. __________________ Letters to Oliver: querying. Sent: 43 Rejections: 26 Fulls: 4 Partials: 1 A Terror of Darkness: v. 4.0 - 67k - waiting for beta comments And then I met a man called the Doctor. A man who could change his face. And he took me away from home in his magical machine. He showed me the whole of time and space. I thought it would never end. BLOGGER! YOUTUBE!

08-18-2011, 12:58 AM	#9624
Zoombie Hwee kaptoored eet for kayhosssssss Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Eye of Terror Posts: 36,616	And because British accents sound sexy. See the video I just linked. __________________ Shattered Sky: Draft 6, done! Worldshard: 85,000/85,000 (Draft 1: DONE!) River⁷: 25,000/??,000 words Read my blog: Quantum Spin Plates Tweets from the Future: Follow my characters. BUY MY BOOK HERE!

08-18-2011, 01:00 AM	#9625
Parametric useless idiot Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 9,085	I think the theory is that English accents sound appropriately historical to American audiences, even when they bear absolutely no resemblance to the actual accents that would have been used at the time.

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