Because I'm the queen of procrastination...

[skoosiepants]

Instead of writing something new, I've started the long, arduous task of re-creating Dirty Trousers into something original... first step is changing character names and Americanizing their speech, which is actually much much harder than it sounds... I've found that my flow, word choice, etc... sounds weird with more American-ish dialogue, so I have to unformalize a lot more than I thought I would.

I'm only on page 70. 160 more to go!

And then I can start making certain parts fleshier and then I can also cut stuff out, which always kills me. Ah, well.

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Okay, so I'm Pirate Booty's maid of honor... I have less than a month to write a toast. GAH! For all my writing capabilities, I suck at writing out my true feelings. Plus, it's not like I'm going to be able to get through it. I'm gonna start bawling five words in, I just know it.

AND! Get this... her fiance wants us to walk down the aisle to BRITNEY SPEARS! *laughs hysterically* Oh, K. You are so never going to live this down. (and yeah, we're doing it. Tho it's a harp version and thankfully Britney will not be singing *giggles*)

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Does anyone know how to get peanut butter AND jelly out of a keyboard? J dropped a glob right by the space bar... it's getting sticky, and I have no clue how to get it out.

He is no longer allowed to eat while using the comp.

Comments

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

Erm why are you americanizing Dirty trousers? Well, I'm unsure if British-isms are good enough for original work... Plus, if I have to research locations and stuff, it's easier to make them from an area I'm familiar with, especially the school system. I'm STILL hazy on the whole college-uni thing. I mostly just muddle through with vague-isms in DT as it stands.

[elanor-sarah.livejournal.com]

well it's been very good so far.

(College is 16-18 uni is 18+)

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

(College is 16-18 uni is 18+) Ah, see that's where I get confused. Your college would be still be highschool for us, and our College is the same as Uni. *nods*

[elanor-sarah.livejournal.com]

4-11 = primary school
11-16 = secondry school
16-18 = College
18+ = uni

But I'm at a private school (similar to Hogwarts- but without magic) there secondry school and college is in the one school. The private school system messes it up a bit