[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] ci5_boxoftricks
It's time for this week's writer check in.

Inspired by [livejournal.com profile] merentha13's suggestion of an online slang dictionary, I thought I'd include a few other Brit checking resources:
  • List of British word not widely used in the U.S. (Pretty much as advertised, a big long list of Brit-specific words)
  • U.K. vs. U.S. spelling (For when you're debating using "ise" or "ize")
  • Dictionary of English Slang (This one's my personal fave)

    And inspired by my own incipient panic, how about a poll on how we're all doing:
    [Poll #1737374]

    Bodie and Doyle are very curious to hear how you're all doing...
  • Date: 2011-05-03 02:01 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] golden-bastet.livejournal.com
    Scotch! I'm comin' over to your house.

    :skillfully avoids posting status:

    Date: 2011-05-03 03:36 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] draycevixen.livejournal.com

    Scotch... yeah.

    I'm sure it's only temporary. ♥

    Date: 2011-05-03 08:18 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] moth2fic.livejournal.com
    The scotch will help. Definitely. *nods*

    Date: 2011-05-03 05:19 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] inlovewithboth.livejournal.com
    Why not give your characters the scotch? See if that helps?!!

    Date: 2011-05-03 02:59 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] liriel1810.livejournal.com
    *curls into a corner and whimpers*

    That's an absolutely lovely picture you've used. So much pretty... but they don't look impressed with my lack of progress. :(

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    Date: 2011-05-03 03:37 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] draycevixen.livejournal.com

    Ah, best avoid the corners, they're easily reached with pokey sticks.

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    Date: 2011-05-03 08:20 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] moth2fic.livejournal.com
    I'm sure they're just thinking about how best to rescue a damsel in distress.

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    Date: 2011-05-03 03:30 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] draycevixen.livejournal.com

    Look, I keep telling you, you're all awfully nice but I have absolutely no idea who you are.

    For I, I have AMNESIA!

    ... but I believe that alcohol may have medicinal purposes. Yes.

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    Date: 2011-05-03 03:39 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] liriel1810.livejournal.com
    I hear alcohol is very good for amnesia. ;)

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    Date: 2011-05-03 08:21 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] moth2fic.livejournal.com
    Swap the amnesia for scotch and everything will have a warm glow and all will be well.

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    Date: 2011-05-03 08:46 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] togsos.livejournal.com
    I was going to hit Done, baby! I am done! repeatedly just to freak people out encourage people!!

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    Date: 2011-05-03 09:10 am (UTC)
    scherwood: (B&D: Big Bang)
    From: [personal profile] scherwood
    *heavy sigh*

    *melting*

    *puddle on the floor*

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    Date: 2011-05-03 10:56 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] sc-fossil.livejournal.com
    *comes along and puts flower seeds in puddle* How pretty! Both the lads and the flowers. That has absolutely nothing to do with this check in. See how easily distracted we are? LOL!

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    Date: 2011-05-03 10:55 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] sc-fossil.livejournal.com
    I'm feeling much better this week about my story. I've had it preliminarily read and now I'm rewriting so it's progressing. That's such a good feeling. I won't be happy until it's been really gone through at least twice more after I do this first rewrite.

    What surprises me when I read a story I've written a couple of weeks after I've got to the end (not finished by any means) is how awful my sentence structure is. It makes me cringe! I wish I could write pretty sentences. *sigh* Maybe when I grow up!

    Date: 2011-05-03 11:59 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] togsos.livejournal.com
    *shakin' my pompoms at ya*

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    Date: 2011-05-03 05:21 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] inlovewithboth.livejournal.com
    can I be really annoying and skip around the room scattering rose petals as I go? Cos I have finished. Whether the story is any good of course, is another matter entirely!!

    Date: 2011-05-03 05:24 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] dawnebeth.livejournal.com
    Back from my medical procedure with NONE of the complications the surgeon predicted--in fact, I'm his star patient now. Ready to jump back into my story once I get caught up on sleep.

    I have two Brit dictionaries--Understanding British English by Margaret Moore is a fantastic reference and I keep it right by my computer.
    '
    The word I don't know--tail, as in tail that car. Heard a Brit word for tail on Life on Mars and meant to write it down, but I didn't.

    Date: 2011-05-03 07:06 pm (UTC)
    ext_18392: Bodie and Doyle from the Professionals, standing unnecessarily close together. In suits. (grin)
    From: [identity profile] tears-of-nienna.livejournal.com
    Fellow writer says HUZZAH for no complications! Glad you're doing well!

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    Date: 2011-05-03 07:05 pm (UTC)
    ext_18392: Bodie and Doyle from the Professionals, standing unnecessarily close together. In suits. (grin)
    From: [identity profile] tears-of-nienna.livejournal.com
    It looks like I'm doing okay, but when you take into account that I haven't really done much work on it in...oh, a month? Then it doesn't look so good.

    Also, I am terrible at writing climaxes. Of either sort. :P

    Date: 2011-05-04 08:23 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] saintvic.livejournal.com
    Oh damn, can I say uh oh while using alcohol to try and get rid of the writer' block?

    Date: 2011-05-04 11:09 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] merentha13.livejournal.com
    Glad I was able to inspire someone *g*, I'm not feeling very inspired myself just now. I've decided to take a bit of a break from my story - not even going to think about it this week. Hopefully I'll be re-charged and ready to write again next week. Loved the English slang dictionary - have to figure out a way to fit some of those words in to the story!

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