Round 22, Hour 28
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fic_rush_48Chances are it's either Saturday night or Sunday afternoon. Well, it could be Sunday morning for some of you, but for heaven's sake, what are you doing awake so early?
So, in honor of Saturday night (which is what it is here in my time zone):
S, A, TUR, DAY,
NIGHT!
What better thing to do on a Saturday night than fic_rush?
So, in honor of Saturday night (which is what it is here in my time zone):
S, A, TUR, DAY,
NIGHT!
What better thing to do on a Saturday night than fic_rush?
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:03 am (UTC)500 words last hour, hoping for another 500 this one, and then I think I'll call it bedtime at 2000 for the day.
Yay Words!!! *snuggles some words*
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:05 am (UTC)I'll be here bright and early! Good luck everyone! Have fun writing! Or researching! Or editing! Or....
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:08 am (UTC)Do it all, have a ball,
Saturday Night,
Saturday Night
:-D
I wrote 264 words and am just getting to the sweaty sex part of the kinkmeme fill. But I don't know, it might be bedtime. I just started yawning. And of course last night was a spectacular failure in the sleep department.
*yawns again* Whoa. Yeah. Bedtime. :-)
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:09 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:14 am (UTC)Hope you have many happy dreams about rock-and-roll road shows where you gotta go. ; D
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-23 03:37 am (UTC)Have fun writing, all! XD
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:38 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-23 03:50 am (UTC)I'm back from dinner and now contemplating my list again. (My list of projects, not my flist.)
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:53 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:54 am (UTC)Laurie
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-23 03:59 am (UTC)Anybody else have an opinion?
Laurie
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Date: 2011-10-23 04:00 am (UTC)can usually be counted on to have an opinion on anything
Date: 2011-10-23 04:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-23 04:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-23 04:03 am (UTC)Re: can usually be counted on to have an opinion on anything
Date: 2011-10-23 04:04 am (UTC)Um... it's a Sentinel AU.
Laurie
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Date: 2011-10-23 04:07 am (UTC)Laurie
dived vs. dove
Date: 2011-10-23 04:13 am (UTC)I think the characters in Sentinal are American, not English, correct? If so, I would go with 'dove', for these reasons:
- first person narrative: more informal
- your instincts prefer 'dove' to 'dived' (instinct counts even though it's not definitive)
- I personally think the sentence sounds better with that set of sounds; the euphony and flow are better. 'Dove' has a falling sound to the vowel and a single vowel sound, 'dived' has a diphthong with a rising sound. It gives the sentence a nice three-beat cadence:
. . . I'd turned to the sea and
dove into the breakers to
change my form.
It would be okay with 'dived', but it's better with 'dove'. I suspect that this is why your instincts are tending that way.
Re: dived vs. dove
Date: 2011-10-23 04:24 am (UTC)Re: dived vs. dove
Date: 2011-10-23 04:26 am (UTC)Thanks.
Laurie
Re: dived vs. dove
Date: 2011-10-23 04:33 am (UTC)Grammar is not my strong point. I think I have trouble with tenses because I'm also not very strong with spatial concepts. I have to slow down and really think about where in time this action is happening to pick the right tense.
Interesting to hear other people's opinions.
Thanks,
Laurie
Re: dived vs. dove
Date: 2011-10-23 04:35 am (UTC)I remember I had a terrible struggle when I started writing MacGyver, because his character voice is often grammatically incorrect. Ack.
Re: dived vs. dove
Date: 2011-10-23 04:57 am (UTC)