writing – Page 6 – Sokorra Lewis

General Nonsense

Posted on January 28, 2009 by sokorra

I forgot to post before midnight, so I have no post for yesterday. Although yesterday as I am typing this was only 18 minutes ago. I suppose I can change the time of posting to be before midnight. Well, if you see the date being the 27th, you’ll know it was really written in the early morning of the 28th.

School has required me to make yet another blog. So Sokorra.blog.com is now open. Its for a web marketing class, so I’m sure its going to be very boring to read. But its there and if you come across it and wonder if its the same person, it is.

I’m going to be writing some short story reviews and homework notes here. It just seems like a better place to put it and I’ll have it as backup in case my personal copy fails.

I’m going to be low on the actual new writing bit this week, trying to adjust my schedule to fit school and all. So I will be posting some older fics and perhaps some of my original work here.

I’m thinking of writing a few shorts that deal within the universe I created in my head for a couple of these fandoms of mine. Not the same story, different for each fandom. But I’m going to try to challenge myself so I’m going to open up for general prompts. Give me a word, color or even a picture prompt if your so inclined. I’ll choose the fandom though. Or perhaps even write something original.

fanfiction, ncis

Test Out: Kate Fic

Posted on January 26, 2009 by sokorra

So I have a possible start to the Kate fic. Its under the premise that Kate has been working with Jack for several years, trying to form a organization that would investigate on earth incidents of alien issues leaving the SGC to do other world exploration.

She convinces Jack that her old NCIS team would be perfect for the job, saying it was also a good way to interact with other agencies. They would be NCIS most of the time, called out when Jack & HWS need them.

So here it is. I may change it, I may delete it or it may end up in the final cut. But I’m putting here for some Constructive criticism so I can improve it and get better myself.

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fanfiction, film, ncis, Nelson & Jeanette, writing

Research Queries

Posted on January 24, 2009 by sokorra

I promised myself I would post something every day, so I’m keeping my promise. Its just that recent events have gotten me so annoyed that I’m not at all in a creative mood. So I apologize in advance if this is below my usual level of so-so writing.

You know what? Nevermind, I’ll just ramble and not write something. Just think.

I have seasons 1 & 2 of NCIS for reference and 10 + 4 seasons of the Stargates. So I have plenty of reference material for my NCIS fic (Which since I’m watching it recently its become the forefront for a bit). Except for the Ziva years. I’ve seen episodes, but nothing that would give me a an idea about how to write Ziva or Jenny. My sister claims Jenny is in season 2, but I haven’t seen all of season 2 yet.

Well, I have family for Navy references (My grandfather, Uncle, Aunt and cousin are all in the Navy or NROTC. So I have somewhere to go for information other then the history section of the Navy’s website and wikipedia.

Here is a question to those who read this… Where do you do your most research? Online? Books? Interviewing people around you? For example, if you were writing a medical drama, or someone in your story had an injury, would you consult WebMD, a nurses handbook, or a nurse. Perhaps all three? Just wondering. I know with original fiction people research alot in various ways, but what about Fanfiction. Do you think it is just as important? And do you make sure you have two or more sources for each fact or do you look it up, and decide its right?

I’m kinda curious about that now. And how many people use Wikipedia as their definite source of information. Like earlier today, My grandmother was telling me and my mother a story about her family and the fact they drank Pluto Water. My mother and I had never heard of it so we looked it up to see if my Grandma’s memory was correct and it was. According to Wiki, Pluto Water was a mineral rich bottled water, which acted much like a laxative would.

But if I was writing a story about the time period my Great Grandparents lived in and the time my grandma was a child, would I rely on just wiki? Personally, I probably wouldn’t. Wiki is good to have around when you need to remember something, check something out or want a starting place to start your research, but since its a user-edited encylcopedia and anyone can change it to say whatever they want (at least for awhile before someone who knows better corrects it) its not a good solid source for research.

An example I have of why Wiki is not a good definitive source is the Nelson Eddy/Jeanette MacDonald conflict. Now there are two subgroups amongst the fans. Well, those who care about it anyway, but half believe the two were happily married to other people, while another half believed they were in love with each other. And for awhile the Wiki on these two stars would go back and forth wither or not the biography by Sharon Rich was true or not and wither Jeanette and Nelson had a love affair. So someone who was just researching perhaps Operetta singers of the 1930s would be given false information depending on what fan he asked and what time he looked it up on Wiki.

fanfiction, writing

The writing process

Posted on January 22, 2009 by sokorra

I was thinking today of what makes me a productive writer. Apparently I haven’t been doing it lately, as the last bit I wrote was a while ago. Well, completed anyway. Lately all I’ve been able to write have been short segments, never a true story. I start, delete and repeat. Occasionally I save, only to a few weeks later open it again and delete it all.

Sometimes I’m inspired by other fics. Sometimes other fandoms. Occasionally its the music on my Ipod.

Its not getting ideas thats the problem. Its actually writing them down in a way that I feel satisfied with.

For example. I have several stories going on in my head. There is one where John Sheppard had a daughter he wasn’t aware about. Cliche, I know. It morphed into a repeat of POV (SG-1 episode) where Anya came from another universe. She’s about 22-24 in my head (born when JOhn was about 19 years old). She’s an astrophyiscist. In her universe she’s the daughter that Dora lost in my fic “THe Baby Room”. Instead, Dora died in that universe. So Anya was raised pretty much by John by himself, till he joined the Stargate program and she kinda gained family in the people her dad worked with. She likes to annoy Rodney by calling him Uncle Roddie (Which is normally a nickname for Rhodri but still). She happens to have a thing for men in uniform, dating Aiden Ford on her side of the portal, and has a crush on Lorne in this universe.

In my head I’ve already had several scenes completed. Went to the computer and nothing came out. Some of you might be thinking ‘Thank God, no more children fics”.

I have to admit, I wish I would get ideas that weren’t children fics. For those of you wanting to know what I’m talking about, they are also known as a Baby!fic although since my characters usually aren’t small children, but rather in thier late teens or older I don’t think it quite fits. But it even gets to me after awhile.

Oddly enough, my original fics don’t have the same tendecy. They do deal alot with families though.

Anyway, back to the point of this whole post. Why can’t I write anything? Why do I get blocked? I read one author who claimed it was procrastinating. Perhaps thats it, but I don’t think its the complete truth.

Lets see….I have over 30 WIPs, not including the several I want to write but haven’t started. Most are fanfics.

We won’t get into my backlot of art projects.

I have three stories for Harry Potter that are essientially the same story, told from different avenues. One of which I know excatly what happens. I’m just having trouble filing it in with stuff between the bigger events.

I have a House/Greys fic that is probably burnt out because of my dissatisfaction with the actual shows.

1 Star Wars story with a major Mary Sue Problem. THere is also a Stargate Atlantis fic with a simular problem

I think part of the problem is I don’t have a regular beta. So I don’t have someone going through adn asking “Why this?” or whatever they would ask that might spark that second go. And then when I do get so far I look back and get discouraged due to the fact I don’t see what I wrote as being any good. Because I don’t have someone saying “Hey wait a minute…Mary Sue alert!”

I’m going to stop writing this right now because its becoming less-self anylasis and more self-pity filled.

Art, writing

My Writing: A Self-Analysis

Posted on January 14, 2009January 15, 2009 by sokorra

I made myself promise to write in this blog at least once a day. I plan mostly to write about my writing, and my artwork/graphics and not my personal life since I already have an online journal for that.

So what about my writing? I write mostly fanfiction, and a little original. I’ve been nominated for awards twice, but haven’t won, both for the same fandom (Stargate SG-1/Stargate Atlantis). Most of what I write is one-shots because while I can have full length novels running around in my head, it has a hard time translating to words on a piece of paper or Word. I sometimes write better when I’m on a computer then when I have a blank notebook in front of me.

I’ve always liked to write. My earliest stuff that I can remember were poems and homework assignments for Creative Writing class (Short stories) in 9th grade. I think the first story I wrote that I still have is a story called “The Wing” which was in responce to a challenge in CW to write a horror story since it was almost halloween. In my story the main character moves to England and finds her next door neighbor, and the father of the guy she likes, is a Vampire. Its not that good (It goes too fast), and one day I’ll rewrite it into a better and longer story.

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