Host ,'Not Fade Away'
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
First off, the site isn't showing up in Opera.
Oh. Do you have images turned off? Because the front page is all images....
Second, you have really big honking borders around your images. I sort of followed the conversation in Tech; the border="0" tag you took out of your image src? You gotta put back in, otherwise it looks clunky. Sometimes it won't show up on a mac.
Ah. Shit. Thought I'd done that.
Is it any better now?
You still need to get rid of the borders on the four links at the bottom.
Oh my god, why did you people introduce me to the crack that is fandom vids? First it was the "Closer" video, then there was the "It's the End of the World as We Know it" one ... I'll never concentrate on my work at this point.
I Love LA.
Seriously. Grinned like a loon.
Noooo! I haven't seen that one yet!
Stop tempting me. I must edit these documents.
Chicago's Most Wanted.
Heh. It really is that good.
Jilli, whatever you do, don't check Bonibaru's site.
www.bonibaru.com
So, I've a question for the writers (and the readers, should they have an opinion) out there: when you are writing, how much backstory/setting/etc. is in your head that never makes it to paper? I mean, I know I have a bunch of things--smells, sensations, sounds, that I experience when I'm writing that don't make it to text (okay, and yes, I mean things in the story, which is jarring as fuck). Fay called it "the wealth of background detail that's only just hinted at in your stories.", though I'm not sure if there really is a wealth of it. I know I will go in and take things out because I feel that it's too much, that I'm telling more than showing.
What about the rest of you?
Me, generally, I get only the sketchiest details about the scene. If a nice detail occurs to me, and a nice way to phrase it, it works its way into the story (unless there's no room, in which case I pout and stomp).
then there was the "It's the End of the World as We Know it" one
Oh, wasn't it great? I was grinning like a loon, because it was so clever-- and then-- see, 'cause I'd never seen The Gift, only read its script -- I started crying. Honestly. Christ, that's moving when you first see it. (And secondly see it. And thirdly see it. And I need to write that person feedback.)