Round 14 Support Thread!

[verloren1983.livejournal.com]

Hello, fellow Hikago fans! As you've probably seen, sign ups (DW and LJ) for round 14 of blind_go have arrived, and you guys know what that means: lots and lots of flailing, starting now! For anyone new to our challenge here, this is the place we come to chat, flail, cry, procrastinate, plot, ask and answer questions, and support each other. ❤

Anonymouse is encouraged for writers, especially if there could be clues to your fic, but obviously isn't required, and comments will be screened during the guessing period just in case. Participants also often use their blind_go ID's once they get them, which adds a fun twist to things and you're certainly welcome to do that as well. ^_~

Writers: Complaints about lack of progress, procrastinating, requests for ideas, and more are all awesome.

Readers: You guys are more than welcome to participate too! Leave your reassurances, fanfic ideas, and helpful random spam here.

Go go Hikago! \o/

Edit: Comments should hopefully be unscreened now for posterity. If they're not, poke at me and I'll take are of it. :D

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Flaaaaaaaail.

[(Anonymous)]

HELLO FRIENDS I AM HERE.

[(Anonymous)]

I wrote 4000 words in a day, and now I'm stuuuuck. Like, totally. x_X

[(Anonymous)]

I think my fic will be too long o_O. Well, if I even manage to finish it.

[(Anonymous)]

I have the perfect crossover fusion idea but I can't squee about it with anyone because blind_go ;_;

[(Anonymous)]

Probing general opinions. Canonically, the characters are most often referred to by surnames. Touya, Shindo, Waya. Of course, fic is different. I've seen fic written two ways and can't decide which is best. So if you were reading a fic narrated by Touya Akira, do you prefer the text to refer to him as Touya or as Akira? "Akira thought it might be safer" or "Touya thought it might be safer"?

[(Anonymous)]

(Oh hey, LJ has a quick and easy "anonymously" switch! That helps.)

Too much RL, not enough fandom, when was BG due again? Oh shit.

[(Anonymous)]

Ok, weird questions: Phone booths in Tokyo. Are there any? Is it ever possible to find one that take coins?

[(Anonymous)]

Random question here too: what make is Ogata's car?

Oh, and now that I'm asking questions, could ask this too (though it's not for my blind go fic)... do we know who was the third to pass on that year when Touya and Mashiba passed the pro test? and, actually, do we know if Mashiba was the second or the third to pass?

[(Anonymous)]

(My condolences to those who haven't yet started. We all have our problems...)

20k of words and the end's not in sight. Someone shoot this fic. x_x

(It's just that I'm way past the point where I thought I'd end this fic and now I don't anymore know where it's going to and I'm not sure if I like it anymore either and... and. I don't know. I'd probably need a beta. *sigh*)

[(Anonymous)]

...ID's are out. I suppose that means I should start writing soon, huh? <_<

[(Anonymous)]

I have four pages of vague structure which could conceivably morph into fifteen pages of actual story.

And yet I'm on page 2 of said 15... woe...

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, a question about the txt formatting: I saw that we had to put in tags for stuff like bold and underlined, but do we need to put in paragraphs too (like

).

[troisroyaumes]

Can I suggest return of blindgo chat by gathering in http://chat.gogohikago.com? :D?

[(Anonymous)]

I HAVE AN IDEA.

[(Anonymous)]

I am nowhere near begun. No clue what to write. Zilch. Even with the prompts, it seems my bunnies have deserted me in my time of need. Is it time to panic yet?

[tuuli-chan.livejournal.com]

Hey... I thought that maybe I could take this chance and ask one question for a non-BG fic (because what would be better time to start writing other fics than a week before the deadline? *headdesk* Well, at least it's Hikago fic, too.) Anyway, back when I was in elementary school, some of us were these... "class organizers" whose task was to help the teacher, do little, umh, tasks... I don't even remember anymore what we did, but we were allowed to stay the breaks inside (which was fun, which is why I remember it, I guess.) So, do Japanese schools have stuff like this, and... what would you call such "organizer" in English?

Another random question, actually... when someone's been trying to call you, what does the text say on the phone? Something like "7 unanswered calls"?

[(Anonymous)]

................OKAY THE PANIC IS STARTING TO SET IN.

[troisroyaumes]

Whaaaat. Deadline can't already be in one week, can it? Oh shoot it is! AHHHHH.

[leilia.livejournal.com]

Oh crap... So... I think I might be over my head. FLAILLLLL!!!!!!!!!

[tuuli-chan.livejournal.com]

All done, and just sent the fic/s! *happy dance* Huh, just in time - leaving to London tomorrow. :)

Now, if could get this done, with my endless procrastination, a few days ahead of the deadline, I'm sure you all can do it too! No giving up!

[(Anonymous)]

*nervous breathing* I've only written the first section... of like three... or four...

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't even started writing, and the only idea I have is some half-baked crossover thing with Queer Eye. HALP. ;~;

[(Anonymous)]

So. I have a problem. I had an idea, but if I was going to actually use that idea, I should have started working on it ages ago. I need two things, therefore, in order to be able to meet the deadline.

1. I need an idea.
2. I need to write it.

...Damn it...

Hey, anyone wanna write a story with one of the characters as an asexual? Because I would like to read that more than I would like to write it, apparently.

[(Anonymous)]

NOT ENOUGH TIME. NOT ENOUGH BETA. NOT ENOUGH LIFE.