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Ultimate Author Excuses: Add Yours !

Discussion in 'Fan Fiction and Writing Resource' started by SpiritofEowyn, Aug 17, 2006.

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  1. NYCitygurl

    NYCitygurl Manager Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Darth Real Life.

    I was grounded.

    I had exams.

    The relatives came to visit.

    I was too busy playing the House Cup game.

    I was betaing too many things at once.

    The awards took all of my time for two months.



    And I'm sorry to say that those are all actually things I've said.
     
  2. Eleventh_Guard

    Eleventh_Guard Jedi Master star 5

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    That's a perfect one for me, since slowly and carefully re-reading YJK, NJO, DN3, and Betrayal takes a lot longer than watching a movie :D Next post should be ready by December. In 2009.

    Just kidding, I think.

    Here's a related one:

    I'm waiting until Book 9 of Legacy of the Force so I don't accidentally contradict anything.
     
  3. oqidaun

    oqidaun Manager Emeritus star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Excuses...

    My inbox ate my will to write.
    Too busy wandering the Earth like that guy in Kung Fu--you know setting wrongs to rights and all that.
    I have 120 hormonally challenged miscreants who need to be amused.
    I'm still waiting on that check Ale said he'd send me if I would use the "It was all just a dream..." ending
    I ran out of marzapan.
    I'm so behind on my reading I'd feel guilty updating before I've reviewed all my friends stuff.

    The last one is true. Must go read.

     
  4. DarthIshtar

    DarthIshtar Chosen One star 10

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    [face_laugh] [face_laugh] [face_laugh] [face_laugh] [face_laugh] [face_laugh] [face_laugh]

    Oh, how I sympathize!
     
  5. JadeSolo

    JadeSolo Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I tihnk its sitll borken. Udmb comptuer.
     
  6. jackyyy17

    jackyyy17 Jedi Master star 4

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    I left my handwritten first draft at work.

    Its was too cold, and my fingers got numb.

    I would, but I need to do my homework first (And then procrastinate on doing homework)

    My favorite episode of the Simpsons are on!
     
  7. DaenaBenjen42

    DaenaBenjen42 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    It takes twenty minutes to PM everybody and I wanna make it worth it.

    My CEU's ate my brain. (not yet...)

    I've got 300 original characters and they all had a fight on who would appear, and now I've got writers block because they killed eachother.

    I got my certification, yes, and then I got a new and shiny case of writers block to go along with it. (true)

    My mom wanted me to do her paperwork and sort through this HUGE pile of papers... should be done sometime next month or so... (actually it was a week...)
     
  8. Eleventh_Guard

    Eleventh_Guard Jedi Master star 5

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    My OC is upset that I didn't buy her a pony, and she won't come out of her room.
     
  9. ShadowofLures

    ShadowofLures Jedi Master star 3

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    we should have a contest to see who's excuse is better. :D [face_devil]

    i'm rather boring when it comes to excuses; same old, same old stuff.
    i'll give it a go anyway, though:

    i had a chance to meet GL and was so concentrated on getting that chance
    that i said, "oh, to heck with that", and didn't feed my plot bunnies;
    so all the plot bunnies died, and i never got to meet GL. :(

    Dam.

    :D that was fun. :D

    -Lures @};-
     
  10. SilSolo

    SilSolo Jedi Knight star 5

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    I'm on a field trip to the GFFA and I forgot to bring my computer.
     
  11. JadeSolo

    JadeSolo Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    [face_laugh] [face_laugh]


    It was Friday night - I got distracted by Monk, Psych, and House.

    I was getting my hair cut (no, I really was!).

    The space monkeys got me!! :eek:
     
  12. Jedi Trace

    Jedi Trace Former RSA star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    After being accosted by rabid plot bunnies, my muse entered the Witness Protection Program.



     
  13. 1Yodimus_Prime

    1Yodimus_Prime Jedi Master star 4

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    I just got a call, and it's bad news. Turns out a lot of crap just went down. Everything's a mess over here, and it's taking up all my time. It's really just been way too hectic to concentrate on anything. I have no idea, for instance, if the package simply didn't arrive, or if my informant flat-out doublecrossed me. Not that it matters - I have to be on a plane to Italy to explain myself by tomorrow. I'd tell you more, but the boys wouldn't like that, and I already owe them a favor. With everything I need to patch up, and all the new hits I'm gonna need to put out on dilinquents and snitches, don't expect an update anytime soon. See ya in a month or two. Wish me luck.



    Face, ya kill me! Get to writin' those excuses you lazy bum!
     
  14. LadyLunas

    LadyLunas Jedi Youngling star 3

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    Aug 31, 2005
    Well, I wouldn't say it's ultimate by any means but:

    I've had five works-in-progress in two fandoms and real life. Two I've completed, two I'm working on, and one needs to be rewritten. Of the two I'm working on, one's an actual novel and the other is the fanfic that has been fighting me tooth and nail ever since I posted the first part. Strange, really. All my works-in-progress like doing that to me.

    Oh, and did I mention Darth Real Life?
     
  15. karebear214

    karebear214 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Work

    School

    Writer's Block

    Dragged into countless D&D and Vampire:The Masquerade and Rifts games

    World of Warcraft

    That major project I had 14 weeks to finish and haven't started and 14 weeks is now 1.

    Playstation 2

    Prison Break.
    1. Watching the TV show
    2. Planning one.

    I can't afford to buy a notebook and pen and all of mine are full, dead, or lost.

    That receipt I wrote on the back of went through the washer and I can't remember what I wrote.

    My computer deleted my file.

    I can't find the right inspiration.

    There are only 24 hours in a day. I can't work under this kind of pressure.

    That viral sore throat I have is interfering with my ability to think.

    My laptop is out of battery charge, and I lost the charger.

    My laptop is out of battery charge, and there aren't any free outlets.

    My laptop is out of battery charge, and I'm too lazy to plug it in.

    I'm moving again and (will) have limited internet for a few weeks.

    I have stuff to do.

    I'm working on stories in other fandoms.

    I'm having dinner with a friend and/or family member I haven't seen in forever.

    My OCs moved to a tropical island and all I got was this stupid postcard.

    I went on vacation and my OCs wouldn't stop fighting, so I left them behind at the rest stop.

    I went to the beach. And you know... sand. I was concentrating so hard on hating it that I didn't actually write anything.

    ...

    Wow. I really have used an incredible amount of excuses.
     
  16. Drabba_the_Hutt

    Drabba_the_Hutt Jedi Master star 4

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    Two words: Explosive diarrhea.

    Two words almost as useful: Turkish prison.

    I did post it, but the mods removed it and banned me after I accidentally posted the version with all the graphic violence, hardcore sex, and obscene language still in.

    I was flying back to work on it and there were snakes! On the plane!

    The boy who owned me got scarlet fever, and I've been thrown away.

    Curse you, Mr. Bond!

    My beta has decided I must die.

    I wanted to hear the whoosh.

    It's a lot harder to type now that I'm a ghost.

     
  17. darkladypurplepencil

    darkladypurplepencil Jedi Knight star 2

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    I'm still laughing about how horrible Snakes on a Plane was, and my handwriting's a little shaky because of it...
     
  18. Handmaiden_Azul

    Handmaiden_Azul Jedi Padawan star 4

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    My plotbunny refused to be written

    I was to busy reading others' fanfics to actually write mine!
     
  19. rebel_cheese

    rebel_cheese Jedi Master star 4

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    My cat mauled the plot bunny.

    The dog mauled the cat and ate the bunny.

    Darth Real-Life just put his red lightsaber at my neck and told me to mow the lawn/do homework/get a job, etc., etc.

    Too busy writing a vig that's driving me crazy. (That might actually become an excuse.)

    I was watching the Star Wars movies. Yes, there were actual movies before fanfiction! :p

    A group of fellow writers decided to go slay the evil plot bunnies, and, unfortunately, I was the Bors in that group.

    I was too busy thinking of excuses.
     
  20. DaenaBenjen42

    DaenaBenjen42 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I'm helping someone to create an RPG.

    My beta gave up fic writing entirely without warning and everyone else went on vacation. (in the same week!)

    I think I left my muse on Mount Lassen.

    My muse took a mini-vacation without warning and now I can't write anything. (this was true)
     
  21. rhonderoo

    rhonderoo Former Head Admin star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    One word: Communications



    :p
     
  22. JadeSolo

    JadeSolo Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    [face_laugh]

    My motivation donned a red shirt and guest-starred on an episode of Star Trek.

    My muse is still waiting in a line at C3.
     
  23. Jedi Trace

    Jedi Trace Former RSA star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    My corneas were seared by a blinding white computer screen. That "Microsoft Word" program should come with a warning label...or sunglasses.


    [Edit]

    [face_laugh] [face_laugh] [face_laugh]


    The line for Inspiration was capped. :oops:



     
  24. Alishu06

    Alishu06 Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Mar 29, 2005
    I can't connect to the internet... ;)
     
  25. Drabba_the_Hutt

    Drabba_the_Hutt Jedi Master star 4

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    Commandos from the future told me robots would take over the world if I posted it.

    My translator is full of eels.

    Did you know there's an area on the internet where you can see naked people?

    I've joined the French Foreign Legion.

    I lost it all when someone shook my Etch-A-Sketch.

    Th stt f Nw Yrk hs bnnd ll vwls.

    I'm doing the story as an interpretive dance instead.

    I've discovered that if I don't count the socks of my other personalities, I have no readers.

    The Emerald City doesn't have WiFi.

    I've been banned even though I'd be 42 in human years! This is so speciesist!

     
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