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Post by cesmith on Aug 30, 2004 5:47:23 GMT -5
Then we'll have a crosseyed AND bald therhoda. ;D
Warning: Writing Fanfiction may be hazardous to your physical and mental health.
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Post by therhoda on Aug 30, 2004 7:46:33 GMT -5
Amen!! Ok I am continuing, but If I get all of My chapters written and no beta. I may pull the story in pure frustration!! But I must say these last four chapter really once they were started kind of flowed.
The sad thing Is I was counting on these chapters maybe getting some suggestions. I still can't come up with a song for Kisa and Hiro to sing besides "Lonely Goat hearder" from sound of music. Which drives My husband nutz because I end up singing and yodeling while I am thinking of it. (trust me I can't sing) That and trying to come up with Saki's song are the two hardest. Easy pesie is Haru's songs. I have all the rest laid out. (yep I have an outline for the songs!) so those I just decide in what order to do them in. Chapter 8 had the first song and nine the second. I hope I can manage to squeeze in more songs per chapter with dialog and such. Of course with 7 chapters of lead up to the singing I guess I shouldn't get My hope up to high for that.
Hugs to both opti and ce for helping my flagging spirts!
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Post by cesmith on Aug 30, 2004 16:20:43 GMT -5
I am sitting here laughing at the though of the "Lonely Goat Hearder" song. Yodeling and singing? Now that I would love to see/hear. Like you, I sing terribly. Can't carry a tune, but that doesn't mean I don't try ALL the time. I love music. I look forward to the music, but the build up is important too, to set the atmosphere and make it all the more realistic that some of them would even sing. I'm sure not all of them want to co-operate.
The only song I could think of for a tiger was "Eye of the Tiger", the Rocky movie theme.
There's an OLD Buck Owens song " I've got a Tiger by the Tail". I don't know the words and neither would anyone else, though I remember it was funny.
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Post by therhoda on Aug 30, 2004 18:14:21 GMT -5
Well as I am not going to tell you what they are. I can tell you that four people have now preformed. The songs for the rest are up in the air sort of.
Stinker arn't I!
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Post by cesmith on Aug 30, 2004 21:05:55 GMT -5
YUP! ;D
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Post by kanshu on Aug 31, 2004 3:02:04 GMT -5
*sprays some Febreeze into the air* Tease properly, you.
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Post by therhoda on Aug 31, 2004 4:50:50 GMT -5
What I thought that was a good tease, I mean it was true. Not revealing and short but still told You something. What more do we ask in a tease? Hummm ;D
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Post by cesmith on Aug 31, 2004 17:40:38 GMT -5
Hate to say it but OptiMoose is the Mistress of the Tease. Keeps giving you just a little more till you can't stand it, then makes you wait for the next chapter.
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Post by therhoda on Aug 31, 2004 21:41:33 GMT -5
Okay, I think I am forsaken by my BETA!! You will need a good grasp on the fruits basket story. I dont stop to explain characters in this one. I pretty much assume You know who is who and what they respectfully turn into out of or personality quirks. I use all those. Also I have bad Grammar and a tendency to write what I am thinking and think faster than I can type. This means sometimes if I am in the grove whole words get left out. I use a spell check but as we all know sometimes that lets something slip through. Pluses for the beta, they get to see the story unfold first. they can give me ideas and hints. Also I always mention my beta in the most glowing terms I can come up with. Anyway if You think you would like to try please PM me.
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Post by kanshu on Sept 1, 2004 0:47:14 GMT -5
I'm not very good with English myself, but I'll try to help if it's possible. Oh, and I know four Fruits Baskets characters now.
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Post by cesmith on Sept 1, 2004 1:39:25 GMT -5
Sounds like a great plan! Now I won't have to worry about not getting to read the end of the story due to the lack of a Beta. Oh, I am so selfish. , and not at all appologetic for it. It's too good a story to see it unfinished or unpublished.
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Post by kanshu on Sept 1, 2004 1:48:18 GMT -5
LOL, see, therhoda? Now you have two people volunteering for a beta. Now... all there is left is looking for some coffee, to get me beyond the critical 9 am-border...
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Post by cesmith on Sept 1, 2004 1:54:58 GMT -5
OH no, I'm volunteering YOU OptiMoose. That's the great plan. I don't know Grammer tenses ect, though I'd be willing to help.
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Post by kanshu on Sept 1, 2004 3:13:16 GMT -5
Shesh! ;D
But I really do need someone who knows the language to help with a beta. No matter how you look at it, as a non-native speaker, my English is awkward, and I often don't get the colloqualisms right. So, if you'd team up with me for the experience, cesmith, I'd be happy.
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Post by therhoda on Sept 1, 2004 4:02:26 GMT -5
I'd be willing for both of you to try. I will send You a doc file if you PM me with where.
Opti as you arn't a native english speaker I just know the songs are going to lose you. Although I try to give the pertinent lyrics so you get a feeling of what they are doing. There are some parts that I guess will scream crazy american. But then again that is what I am. You have four of the characters. But You couldn't have known that Momiji and Ayame are so hyper they drive everyone to distraction.
ce you could read to see if the characters sound right. See if i have them going with out getting to OC. I think you will roll on the floor when You get to chapter 7. IT has this part that is just funny, I wrote it and make me smirk when I read it.
Also remember My friend who was going to try and beta for me. she wrote back and I sent her a copy. IF she dosn't die because of all the dialog then I think with Your help and hers IT will be ready for posting.
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