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so i just googled the phrase “toeing out of his shoes” to make sure it was an actual thing
it’s all fanfiction
which reminds me that i’ve only ever seen the phrase “carding fingers through his hair” and people describing things like “he’s tall, all lean muscle and long fingers,” like that formula of “they’re ____, all ___ and ____” or whatever in fic
idk i just find it interesting that there are certain phrases that just sort of evolve in fandom and become prevalent in fic bc everyone reads each other’s works and then writes their own and certain phrases stick
i wish i knew more about linguistics so i could actually talk about it in an intelligent manner, but yeah i thought that was kinda cool
Ha! Love it!
One of my fave authors from ages ago used the phrase “a little helplessly” (like “he reached his arms out, a little helplessly”) in EVERY fic she wrote. She never pointed it out—there just came a point where I noticed it like an Easter egg. So I literally *just* wrote it into my in-progress fic this weekend as an homage only I would notice. <3
To me it’s still the quintessential “two dudes doing each other” phrase.
I think different fic communities develop different phrases too! You can (usually) date a mid 00s lj fic (or someone who came of age in that style) by the way questions are posed and answered in the narration, e.g. “And Patrick? Is not okay with this.” and by the way sex scenes are peppered with “and, yeah.” I remember one Frerard fic that did this so much that it became grating, but overall I loved the lj style because it sounded so much like how real people talk.
Another classic phrase: wondering how far down the _ goes. I’ve seen it mostly with freckles, but also with scars, tattoos, and on one memorable occasion, body glitter at a club. Often paired with the realization during sexy times that “yeah, the __ went all they way down.” I’ve seen this SO much in fic and never anywhere else
whoa, i remember reading lj fics with all of those phrases! i also remember a similar thing in teen wolf fics in particular - they often say “and derek was covered in dirt, which. fantastic.” like using “which” as a sentence-ender or at least like sprinkling it throughout the story in ways published books just don’t.
LINGUISTICS!!!! COMMUNITIES CREATING PHRASES AND SLANG AND SHAPING LANGUAGE IN NEW WAYS!!!!!!!
I love this. Though I don’t think of myself as fantastic writer, by any means, I know the way I write was shaped more by fanfiction and than actual novels.
I think so much of it has to do with how fanfiction is written in a way that feels real. conversations carry in a way that doesn’t feel forced and is like actual interactions. Thoughts stop in the middle of sentences.
The coherency isn’t lost, it just marries itself to the reader in a different way. A way that shapes that reader/writer and I find that so beautiful.
FASCINATING
and it poses an intellectual question of whether the value we assign to fanfic conversational prose would translate at all to someone who reads predominantly contemporary literature. as writers who grew up on the internet find their way into publishing houses, what does this mean for the future of contemporary literature? how much bleed over will there be?
we’ve already seen this phenomenon begin with hot garbage like 50 shades, and the mainstream public took to its shitty overuse of conversational prose like it was a refreshing drink of water. what will this mean for more wide-reaching fiction?
QUESTIONS!
I’m sure someone could start researching this even now, with writers like Rainbow Rowell and Naomi Novik who have roots in fandom. (If anyone does this project please tell me!) It would be interesting to compare, say, a corpus of a writer’s fanfic with their published fiction (and maybe with a body of their nonfiction, such as their tweets or emails), using the types of author-identification techniques that were used to determine that J.K. Rowling was Robert Galbraith.
One thing that we do know is that written English has gotten less formal over the past few centuries, and in particular that the word “the” has gotten much less frequent over time.
In an earlier discussion, Is French fanfic more like written or spoken French?, people mentioned that French fanfic is a bit more literary than one might expect (it generally uses the written-only tense called the passé simple, rather than the spoken-only tense called the passé composé). So it’s not clear to what extent the same would hold for English fic as well – is it just a couple phrases, like “toeing out of his shoes”? Are the google results influenced by the fact that most published books aren’t available in full text online? Or is there broader stuff going on? Sounds like a good thesis project for someone!
See also: the gay fanfiction pronoun problem, ship names, and the rest of my fanguistics tag.
This is super cool ngl
“Fanguistics” my English major heart just exploded
It’s fascinating to me the way that some of these phrases entered my speech and writing, not from fanfic, but from being in text RP communities for 30 years. (Yes, I’ve been RPing online since 1992. Hush.)
Curious also how much of these stylings would be taken out by a traditional editor, if we’re comparing fanfic to traditional publishing.
This is just fascinating, I love it. Its like those specific friend group or family in-jokes and meaningful phrases but spread a bit wider in fanfic.
Dunno. @thebibliosphere leaves a lot of my turns of phrase in when she edits my stuff.
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It’s that time of year again! If you’re like me, you like to keep track of how much you’re writing all year and you might be a little obsessed with charts and graphs. I made a version of this for 2020, and since then I’ve made a lot of tweaks so it works better for me. I present to you…. the 2021 Word Trackers For The Year That Won’t Suck.
This tracker has a separate page for each month, and each seet has what you see above:
If you want to change things around: you can delete the entire chart, the percent of days cells, and the “Project” “Complete?” and “Fandom” columns without having any issues. Most of the behind-the-scenes magic is tied to the “Words Written” column.
This year I’ve also added a separate sheet in case you’re only interested in monthly challenges lik NaNoWriMo or Write-tober. This sheet only has two pages: one for a 30 day challenge and one for a 31 day challenge.
For these smaller trackers, all you have to do is put in your goal for the month (highlighted) and then how much you’re writing each day. The Total column adds up automatically, the Goal column will divide out automatically, and the % Complete column fills in as you go. The charts also automatically update according to your goal and how much you’re writing each day.
You have two options here. I like to use Google Drive so I can super easily access it from any of my devices or from someone else’s device that I have liberated for the day.
If you, too, like Google Drive, you can find the Google Sheets files HERE.
Anyone with the link can view the folder and the files inside of it, but you can’t edit them. SAVE YOUR OWN COPY. Put it in your own drive and go ham on them.
I also know at least one of you out there uses Microsoft Excel instead, so I went ahead and made copies of the files for you. They look a tiny bit different, but they function exactly the same. All the same rules apply.
You can download the Microsoft Excel version from MediaFire HERE.
Enjoy, happy holidays, and happy new year ❤
hiiii!! can you give me some fluff confession prompts??
Hello anon! No problem, I got you. This’ll be a collection of different themes and character types because you didn’t ask for anything specific—hope they’re what you wanted 🤍
[A confessing to B] five senses prompts, dialogue prompts
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Hey so this his very important.
I live in Argentina. And it’s not very spreaded across media as much as Australia was and many other places (that don’t get as reblogged and shared and helped) but I really need y’all help. I need all of your support and donations.
There’s a lot of organizations trying to recolect medical supplies for the animals affected and trying to get some adopted or fostering and also rescuing.
We really need your help cause some assholes decided to start burning down the trees and forests in Córdoba mainly but a lot of other provinces too. Córdoba is one of the provinces affected by the fires, more than 3,500 hectares burned and thousands of dead species that cannot escape. Entre Ríos and Santa Fe and Catamarca are other of the provinces affected by these fires and situation caused. The media isn’t showing not even half of it as always.
There’s not a law that protects what’s happening from not occurring and there’s a go fund me to sign a petition to make the law to protect, it would mean the world to Argentina if you can help and sign.
Please share and reblog this and if you can please donate (look up the money currency difference and help) and spread it.
Here I’ll leave the info of all the organizations to donate to while as well too Green Peace is trying to get help. It will mean the world for me and the rest of people that live in Argentina and most importantly animals and nature.
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Thank you. @santijpg for adding the link!
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Hello, everyone! We’re excited to announce that Iwaoi Big Bang will be taking place in the spring of 2021! If you’re interested in writing or drawing for the pairing between Iwaizumi Hajime and Oikawa Tooru, please take the time to fill out the interest check below.
We know there are a lot of incredible Haikyuu!! events going on right now, and we don’t want you to have to pick between any of them, so writer, artist, and beta sign-ups will not be taking place until at least December. We want everyone to be certain they have enough time to participate!
Fill out the interest check below:
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It will be open until October 31, unless we receive an overwhelming number of responses.
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Summary: Sakusa Kiyoomi tended to avoid a number of things: germs, crowds, his teammates, and interviews. He preferred his life out of the limelight. When rumors spring up about his love life, keeping his fiancée a secret becomes a whole lot harder.
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Summary: Seven years ago you moved to the Hyōgo prefecture, met two demon twins, and regretted every decision you made since. Osamu and Atsumu aren’t going away no matter how much you beg. Maybe, giving in and being their manager will finally shut them up….
Warnings: Some language, manga spoilers.
