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The ^ > V game
^agreed
>also writing a story actually planning
V Where do you get your idea's from?
>also writing a story actually planning
V Where do you get your idea's from?
^ Wow... this is kinda ironic... I'm working on a story as well!!! *squeals*
> Story ideas are gotten from random places.
v What about you?
> Story ideas are gotten from random places.
v What about you?
^Books and random place's
> i procrastinate to much
V Do you procrasinate
> i procrastinate to much
V Do you procrasinate
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> Well, this particular idea I got from reading a book P: The character thought something, I thought it was interesting, I enlarged on it, and then wrote it down ... on my leg ... to type up later. (Hey, there was no paper nearby. Not where I wanted it, anyway)
v But I can get them from anywhere :) I write things down from dreams, feelings, signposts, strange or odd sentences, news reports ... usually I just get a random brainwave, though, and write it down, and those are the ones that actually turn into something xD :P I currently have three ideas that look promising, though only one is actually growing at the moment :)
Hardest thing you find in writing?
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^ 2 322 words so far... I'm so weird though. Started with the Epilogue and working backwards... LOL.
> I don't really know wheremy book is going yet. Just know that it'll end with a character death. I've got the whole scene put together already.
v Sticking to something. I start heaps of stories and many are still unfinished. Has that ever happened to yuo?
> I don't really know wheremy book is going yet. Just know that it'll end with a character death. I've got the whole scene put together already.
v Sticking to something. I start heaps of stories and many are still unfinished. Has that ever happened to yuo?
^ probaly planing and getting to the mood to write
>have a basic plot and a lot of the characters basic info
V I have two ideas but i'm maniy focus on one of the,
What u hate in writing?
>have a basic plot and a lot of the characters basic info
V I have two ideas but i'm maniy focus on one of the,
What u hate in writing?
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> And I'm going to the library later
v YAY!
^ YAY! Have fun there. :) Not that you need my permission, since libraries are the definition of fun.> What do I hate about writing? O_O Gosh, I don't know. Writing has been my passion and obsession for years, and I've never reached the point of hating it. Maybe what I hate is that I'm not as good as I wish I was. But that's why I write - because I want to get there. It's the Slytherin in me.
V Hogwarts house?
^ I am a Slytherpuff, so I salute you! I lean a bit more towards the Slytherin, though.> But Hufflepuff is amazing. ^_^
V I should really do some more reviews. I have nine left. *headdesk*
^ I have so many reviews to do.> I don't feel like doing them though.
V *sigh*
^ I finished five (by reviews I mean the critiques on Figment), but so many are left! But hey, since they're free reviews I can't take as much time as I need, since they don't owe me anything.> And I know. Reviews can get very tiring when they all start to pile up.
V Sigh.
^ Is sighing?
> Doesn't know how to play this game. >.<
V Is confused as well?
> Doesn't know how to play this game. >.<
V Is confused as well?
^ Lany!!!> You're doing fine.
V There's not much to it.
^ No, there isn't> I love my cat
v Though she sometimes makes my keyboard a bit hairy
^ I don't have pets
> Allergic to dust - no joke. It means I can't do much cleaning because there's gonna be dust everywhere. *grins*
v If you could time travel, what time period would you go to?
> Allergic to dust - no joke. It means I can't do much cleaning because there's gonna be dust everywhere. *grins*
v If you could time travel, what time period would you go to?
^ Dunno> Perhaps the 1500's? Then I could meet William Shakespeare
v And witness the first showing of some of his plays :)
^ Has a cool name> lies Shakespearean English so yeah
v loves the 40s
^ Haven't had much to do with it> Though that's when the Second World War was, wasn't it
v D:
^ I'd go to the VIctorian Era and try out some clothes...
> Or go visit Albert Einstein
v Did you know that Albert Einstein supposedly didn't wear socks?
> Or go visit Albert Einstein
v Did you know that Albert Einstein supposedly didn't wear socks?
^ Ok...?> Strange Einstien
v Ooh! I'd go visit King Arthur!
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> Probably Ancient Greece, for me. On my way back I'd stop in the 1800s and meet people like Jane Austen, Arthur Conan Doyle, J.R.R. Tolkien and Brian Jacques <3 :) I could spend hours talking to those people. Get signed copies of their books ... *sigh*
v Get me a time machine. NOW.
^ Watch Doctor Who. ;) *nudge, nudge, wink, wink*> But seriously, I'd love to get you a time machine. And I know where and when I would go: Deptford, England, May 30, 1593
V If you can guess or figure out why I want to go to that time, you get a cookie. And possibly my undying friendship.
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> From what Google can tell me, he was killed in a drunken fight. At a house. In Deptford, England, on May 30, 1593. He was a dramatist, poet and translator.
My guess is that you want to a) find out what happened, or b) rescue him, yes?
v It sounds mysterious o.o
But why?
^ Because there is strong evidence that Marlowe faked his death, rather than die. Seeing as how Marlowe was a spy, it's not out of the question.> And Marlowe wasn't just a poet - he was one of the chief developers in the use of blank verse in dramatic plays, a format used in the Shakespeare plays. Marlowe's last play that he wrote was Edward II, and it bares a strong resemblance in style to the early plays of Shakespeare.
V I strongly believe that Marlowe is the author of the Shakespeare plays, but the only way to find out for certain would be to have a time machine and see if Marlowe actually died on that fateful day. So yeah, Jo, you receive my undying friendship! :D
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> Let me know when you get that time machine, Eris ...
v I wouldn't mind joining you o.o
(Oh, and thanks! ^^ You have mine, also ;))
^ So many possibilities. Take me with you if you happen to find a time machine.
> I wanna know. It's craZy but I think you're right.
v Look at what I found - a kinda Marlowe/Shakespeare picture mushed together. What do ya think?
> I wanna know. It's craZy but I think you're right.
v Look at what I found - a kinda Marlowe/Shakespeare picture mushed together. What do ya think?
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> Maybe they were the same person . . .
v Lol, just kidding, but that's cool o:
^ I know... It's insane how similar they looked. Maybe Shakespeare had a younger bro? ;)
> They could have been, but Shakespeare's nose is different... Can you see the difference?
v Thoughts on Shakespeare/Marlowe conspiracy?
> They could have been, but Shakespeare's nose is different... Can you see the difference?
v Thoughts on Shakespeare/Marlowe conspiracy?
^ Wow> Erg. Wow
v Back at home now. Internet's working properly again! Me:
^ SPONGEBOB!!!!!!!! :-$> such a silly cartoon but I ♥ it
v doesn't like cartoons
^ Yeah...> I'm not a cartoon-y person
v I prefer real, acted things
^ Ooooooooh... Pwetty.
> I don't care. If it is cartoon or real - if it moves and looks cool, I'm fine.
v :)
> I don't care. If it is cartoon or real - if it moves and looks cool, I'm fine.
v :)
^ me,i'm fine
>:D
V good at baking?
>:D
V good at baking?
^ Gosh no.
> Me = Worst cook ever.
v Favourite flower?
> Me = Worst cook ever.
v Favourite flower?
^ probaly rose ,dont know that many flowers
> Hates sunflowers
V favorite colour
> Hates sunflowers
V favorite colour
^ Blueeeeeeeeeeee.
> Has an odd love for the colour white.
v Lucky number?
> Has an odd love for the colour white.
v Lucky number?
^ 4,
> likes black
V Religious???
> likes black
V Religious???
^ Not really. I'm Buddhist and I don't know the first thing about being Buddhist.
> Often absent from religious celebrations.
v How many times have you lied today? Apparently an average person lies 4 times a day...
> Often absent from religious celebrations.
v How many times have you lied today? Apparently an average person lies 4 times a day...
♥ Innocent Lamb ~ Forever Reading ♥ wrote: "^ I know... It's insane how similar they looked. Maybe Shakespeare had a younger bro? ;)> They could have been, but Shakespeare's nose is different... Can you see the difference?
v Thoughts on Sha..."
^ (How many times have I lied today? I don't know. I don't like lying. Whenever I do I feel very ashamed.)
My thoughts on the Marlowe-Shakespare connection? :D I was fascinated (and still am) by it! Marlowe and Shakespere were definitely not related, though. Shakespere was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and Marlowe was born in Canterbury. However, they were born in the same year and only a few months apart. Their respective upbringings were very different, though.
> We don't know much about Shakespere's schooling, but he definitely did not go to university, and before "Venus and Adonis" was first published no one had ever spoken about him. However, Marlowe went to a privileged grammar school on scholarship, and then attended college at Cambridge.
V And that's only a small fraction of what I know about the controversy. :P I'm in good company, though - Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Mortimer Adler, Walt Whitman, and many other famous writers and thinkers of the ages have doubted Shakespere's legitimacy as the writer.
♥ Innocent Lamb ~ Forever Reading ♥ wrote: "^ So many possibilities. Take me with you if you happen to find a time machine.> I wanna know. It's craZy but I think you're right.
v Look at what I found - a kinda Marlowe/Shakespeare picture mus..."
(And that is not a picture of Marlowe and Shakespeare. Both are portraits of Shakespeare which were made after his death. This is Marlowe:
We're not 100% certain that it's a portrait of Marlowe ('tis anonymous), but it is strongly believed to be of him.)
^ Has anyone noticed that CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE and WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE both have 18 letters in it?
> And that MARLOWE and WILLIAM both have 7 letters aaaaaaaaaaaand that SHAKESPEARE and CHRISTOPHER both have 11?
v I'm so fascinated by this. If only we could travel in time and find out...
> And that MARLOWE and WILLIAM both have 7 letters aaaaaaaaaaaand that SHAKESPEARE and CHRISTOPHER both have 11?
v I'm so fascinated by this. If only we could travel in time and find out...
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v How many times have you lied today? Apparently an average person lies..."
I'm obviously not an average person:) (Not that I didn't know that already xD)
^ Hah, Eris has intrigued us all:)
> Thank you for that information, Eris.
v Most interesting thing I'd seen all week ^^
^ 'Tis, rather> I'm watching ROTK soon-ish
v Is excited
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> Whoohoo! And I shall be here for moral support ;)
v Lemme know how you enjoy it !!! :D
^ I shall! I'll probably be watching it in about an hour, when I've finished lunch and chores and changed out of my pyjamas> SO EXCITED!!!!!!
v Will be there?
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> Of course :P
v Oh, I can't wait . . .
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> *yawn* Just did some writing. I'm kind of excited ... a plot I jotted down the other day might actually be going somewhere! I have two/three characters, half a setting, a beginning, and definitely a problem ... an almost-plot, too. My new goal for the school holidays is to get this story up and running. :)
v Writing is so hard ...