Creative Writing [Tuesday, 5th Period]

[cuff-me-once.livejournal.com]

Today there were coffee and pastries laid out on a trestle table at the side of the classroom, and the caption '7 DAYS TO DEADLINE' written on the whiteboard in large letters.

"Okay kids, next week is our last class, and you're going to be presenting your finished stories to the rest of the class," Rick said, leaning against his desk. "That means that we're going to spend today buckling down and doing some intensive work on them. If you need to make that last trip to the library or computer lab for research, get going. If you're having trouble or if you need a fresh pair of eyes to look over things, talk to me or ask a classmate for help. I'll be holding office hours for last minute hand-holding later in the week but if you want in-depth critique I'm going to need your current drafts by the end of the class."

He gestured towards the trestle table. "There's coffee and snacks if you want them, and you may listen to music on headphones provided it's low enough not to be distracting for everyone else. Otherwise, let's get writing."

[OOC: OCD up.]

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Comments

Sign In - CW [Week Six]

[cuff-me-once.livejournal.com]

Like you've got a deadline to meet!

Re: Sign In - CW [Week Six]

[icecoldfrost]

Emma Frost

Re: Sign In - CW [Week Six]

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan Girardi

Re: Sign In - CW [Week Six]

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe Saunders

Listen to the Lecture - CW [Week Six]

[cuff-me-once.livejournal.com]

The time, she has flown.

Re: Listen to the Lecture - CW [Week Six]

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan listened and thought about how best to end her story.

Re: Listen to the Lecture - CW [Week Six]

[vanillajello]

Kate tried to grab Joan's attention after Rick was done with his lecture. "Hey, Joan?"

Re: Listen to the Lecture - CW [Week Six]

[vanillajello]

Kate looked kind of worried as she listened to Rick. Should've tried to do something useful with all the time she spent in her room last week.

Re: Listen to the Lecture - CW [Week Six]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin had popsicle sticks stuck to his arms and there was glitter on his belly.

But he was also raring to go on his story.

Re: Listen to the Lecture - CW [Week Six]

[heartflames.livejournal.com]

Eleanor couldn't help glancing at Robin. It wasn't in her nature to stare, but the sticks and glitter were hard to overlook.

Work on your stories - CW [Week Six]

[cuff-me-once.livejournal.com]

You haven't got much time left.

Re: Work on your stories - CW [Week Six]

[icecoldfrost]

Free coffeeeeee.... yes, she'd already had three cups today, but Emma was happy to start on her fourth as she set to work on her story.

"Anyone willing to proof American football terms for me?" she called out sweetly. "I'm not very good with sports."

Re: Work on your stories - CW [Week Six]

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe looked up and without realizing she was saying it, she heard her voice say."

"S-sure. I c-can help with that."

What had she done? She had just volunteered to talk to someone she didn't know without being pushed to.

Re: Work on your stories - CW [Week Six]

[vanillajello]

After talking to Joan, Kate started writing. There was still a whole lot to be written, but she was pretty sure she would get it done in time.

Seriously, where the hell did all the time go?

Re: Work on your stories - CW [Week Six]

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer was worrying that she'd accidentally just written a very special episode of the meta for Matlock, except Matlock was now a plucky, pretty young woman.

Too late now, though.

Re: Work on your stories - CW [Week Six]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin flailed wildly with a pencil against paper worked feverishly on his story. His heroine had become an amalgamation of many girls here at school. And any resemblance between himself and her wacky, handsome and loveable frog sidekick was strictly coincidental.

Re: Work on your stories - CW [Week Six]

[heartflames.livejournal.com]

Eleanor was finding it both hard and easy to write. Easy, because she knew Reggie's story, hard because it was Reggie.

But she was determined to push on.

She just hoped that Reggie never saw it.

Re: Work on your stories - CW [Week Six]

[iamnotallgirl]

Jill's story needed some serious editing, considering that Jack had written parts of it. Yikes.

Talk to Rick - CW [Week Six]

[cuff-me-once.livejournal.com]

If you've got questions, you'd better ask them quickly.

Re: Talk to Rick - CW [Week Six]

[17andinfected.livejournal.com]

Shilo still had no idea what was motivating her main character to leave behind his life of rock and roll glamor and excess in order to return to his hometown in Maine. Parental death hit a tad too close to home.

So, she approached Rick in hopes that he might know what to do.

"I want him- Jamie, my main character- to return to Maine, but I'm not really sure why he would," she said. She handed him her journal so he could read the story if he wished. "Maybe if I approached it from a philosophical angle? He finally got everything that he thought he wanted, only to find out that it wasn't all it was cracked up to be?"

Re: Talk to Rick - CW [Week Six]

[cuff-me-once.livejournal.com]

"Realising too late that you've given up the things you need in pursuit of what you think you want is a time honoured literary theme," Rick agreed. "Has Jamie burnt his bridges back in Maine?"

Talk to the TAs - CW [Week Six]

[cuff-me-once.livejournal.com]

After they ping in!

Re: Talk to the TAs - CW [Week Six]

[asgardcreated.livejournal.com]

Jon was sitting in the back row, listening to headphones while writing in a notebook.

Chances were it wasn't the assignment, and you'll have to smack him or something to get his attention.

Re: Talk to the TAs - CW [Week Six]

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

And, of course, Valentine was there even if her mun really wasn't, in her usual state of muted amusement.

OOC - CW [Week Six]

[cuff-me-once.livejournal.com]

Because we don't want the world to end before Rick's RPF novel (http://abc.go.com/primetime/castle/index?pn=castlebook) is released.