fandomhigh | Creative Writing; Monday, First Period [05/25].

Sometimes, teaching a class based on old notes you found somehow still in your old apartment, probably through the magic that was Fandom, was a bit of a trip down memory lane, especially when you didn't remember half the classes you taught back then nor did you remember actually ever taking notes...

But Shunsui had a good laugh for about five minutes when he dug up this particular note last night when preparing for class (what? You didn't think he actually prepared more in advance than that, did you?), because he'd forgotten about it entirely and it was a real gem.

So as the students got settled and ready to create, he passed around the usual drinks and wondered how long until they noticed that there was actually some music playing today.

"Welcome back, ducklings ♥," he said. "Last week, we talked about character, and we're going to be moving on to things like plot and action and something to write a story about or have your characters do ♥. Sometimes, one writes a story to answer a question: what is they mystery of life ♥? What is love ♥? What is life, death, war, peace, etc, etc, etc, so on, so forth ♥? But today, we'll all be focusing on answering one question in our stories, and it's a very important one.

"Take a moment, if you will" he continued, "to listen to the song I've got playing ♥. This passionate ballad is sung by the rather...er, commanding presence of one Meat Loaf, in which he declares with dedication that he would do anything for love....but he won't do that ♥.

"So your writing assignment for the day is to answer the question: well, what is that ♥? Take some time to brainstorm and consider, by yourselves or with each other, and then write a story, in whichever fashion you see fits it best, about what you, or your character, characters plural, whoever, won't do for love ♥

"Any questions ♥? If not, I'll let you get started, ducklings, and I have copies of the lyrics available as well if the song alone is not enough to spark your inspiration ♥."

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Doing anything. For love!

Astrid Magnussen

Tisarwat

Which isn't much of a lecture, doesn't talk anything about learning how to write a plot, but it does have a lot of Meat Loaf.

Tisarwat had never heard this song before...or maybe she had, but just didn't notice it...but, considering that she not only worked at but also lived under a music store, with a musically-inclined spaceship, she was definitely intrigued and tried her best to pay attention to it, though she wasn't sure how inspirational it would be.

And the question had her thinking deeper than she expect, too, trying to remind herself that this wasn't a question about what she wouldn't do for love (and it would seem, as she thought about it, she would do an awful lot for love, if that's what it really was), but rather some fictional character in a story, which...seemed a bit harder for her, because, in the true spirit of the Lord of the Radch, she just couldn't help putting herself into other people....

Dismantle the lyrics to an excrusiating degree, fly off the seat off your pants, workshop a few ideas with your peers, take a nap...

There are really no wrong answers in this class!

What did you come up with? Feel free to be as vague and handwavey or lyrically descriptive as you'd like, but you should probably at least turn in something with the one thing (or even several!) that a character of some sort won't do for love.

Who has not only earwormed the class, but also himself.

Ohgod, how did I forget about the "Anything for Love" class?? What a discovery to start the morning with XD

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