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That is true, but it does have a molten and flaming coat of fur that I firstly imagined your fox to have. Although you do mention the individual hairs, I actually visualize the fire to be part of the fur itself, not as if the fire is a crude backdrop or simply an aura surrounding it.

And shh...Just let it happen. Let the love flow through you and infect your every interest. Let it fuse together.

That feeling you get when you have writer's block for a rewrite.

I don't think I've ever quite head that exact feeling before.

Personally, I don't think anyone has ever had that feeling before. If anything, it's most likely my own fault not remembering my timeline.

The very reason I keep a separate file for timelines, powers etc lol. Things were getting too big to just go by memory.

Indeed. You can never go wrong with writing something down.

I concur, it's so much better than wracking your brain for what you did like, centuries ago-- something I'm also guilty of. >.>

Edit: I'm nowhere near finished this rewrite. T 3T

you could just:

pull an akira toriyama and dont give a damn about cannon.

or pull a dark souls and say "time in this land is convoluted, with heroes centuries old phasing in and out. there is no telling how much time yours and my worlds will stay in contact." and use the parallel protagonists thing to explain small plotholes.

Bleh, I'm throwing the towel on this contest.

I kinda wanted that prize and was planning to negotiate with Coffee to have it sent to my paypal.

Turns out - however - I can't concentrate on writing at all. Putting aside the huge stack of RP'ing, VNs and Final Fantasy XIV... there are just too many people surrounding me almost all the time. It's just annoying and I can't put my mind to it due to possible peeks and insults going off about what I do IRL.

I sorta wanted to compete with you for once, Xenon.

'Tis a shame.

Inb4 Rise sweeps the competition with last day entry.

Has he done that before?

Not that I know of. I was just poking fun.

If it's stumbling over writer's block, then you should utilize methods to help you leap over it, such as writing exercises or prior planning with an outline. I think the beautiful thing about this contest is that it's very open ended.

Go back to the stories you wrote for the winter contest in 2010. What did you like about them? What did you do well? Can you take that inspiration and have it help serve your talent now?

I think you can, and I think you can certainly give me a run for my money.

Also, I saw leonard post in the writing section. He's alive! Where have you been, leonard?!

Dat writers block.....
And artist block too dogdammit -_-

Run for your money? That an expression that my writing interests you? To be frank, I'm willing to believe otherwise. I haven't done individual writing in forever so I'm like very, very rusty.

Anyway, it's definitely not writer's block when I hadn't even begun writing yet. I just can't stand people watching and reading what I write in real life. I want to be alone when I write... but then no one wants to do that.

To give someone a run for their money is an expression meaning that you can give them competition on even grounds: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/give+a+run+for+money

Well, usually if I ever write in real life, no one even cares that I'm writing in the first place, though I usually write in solitude, but I have written in the presence of others as well and you just need to focus on the story and eliminate mental distractions.

But you didn't answer my question. Do you think you could come up with something just like your stories from years ago? Because those were your best.

Oh, I knew the meaning, but I felt that you meant it in a different way.

I do write in the presence of others... like for RPs. But then for some reason I feel extra embarrassed when I do my individual writing in front of others. There is particularly one person almost always there. As if watching me. It's irritating, and I can't focus. And I hate writing in those conditions. Personal preferences, I suppose? That's just me. I have a general story in mind, but then sometimes I feel like there are better things for me to spend my time in. So, via one way or another, stuff like this goes down at the end of the priority list. I don't have the confidence of a winner so I feel like a wastage of time would be the more likely case.

Uhm, which stories are we talking about? If it's the older ones from my portfolio... my head hangs in shame for them even now.

Yes, I mean your earlier ones such as The Mistress of Snow, Angel, Succubus and Rise-chan's Wishes!, The Student Council President is a Tsundere. I don't know why you'd hang your head in shame from them because they really show your unique personality and interest within fictional settings in an anime world. They're genuine and that makes them great.

Sometimes we feel like we should be embarrassed about our previous creations because we made them without the knowledge we have now, but I find this folly. I look at my older works and I see a special talent that shines from them. I question if I still have that talent or if it left me, at least when it came to writing from the inspiration I had then.

So, I remember your older works with great fondness. I think you should too.

That being said, have you ever thought of writing something similar again? Utilizing your talent now to perfect a story now as you'd like?

Stop, stop. If I read the first two titles' stories again I'll die from embarrassment. That said, I think my best individual work was The Golden Companion. Well, I learned something from my shame I guess.

What you learn from derpy writing is - how derpy they were, and how much you should improve.

My next story - that I had in mind for the contest - had a heroine with the you-know-who personality, albeit slightly more mature. I don't know if I have a talent for writing, but I do know that I need an ideal environment to work on one.

Also, I'm working on a Time Warriors Revamp now. Do you think anyone still likes Ars Magica?

I imagine you could craft a great entry, you just have to force yourself into that environment. Take some time off, an hour, even half an hour, lock yourself in a room or someplace else, and just write.

About Ars Magica, I wouldn't know. Never tried it. Though I played some Pathfinder and D&D 4th edition this past year, and they're classic and going strong. D&D 5th edition is still undergoing skepticism, but it's improving. If it's going to be online, find a medium that everyone can share and have the DM control all rolls for legitimacy.