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Unlocking Door PG-13 Percy, Snape Gen

thetreacletart has written a gently powerful story about - gah. How do you explain this?

There are so many layers, but I'd say the central core is Percy's transformation from who he is in the beginning of the story, to who he is by the end. But what brings about that transformation, what he experiences, takes you to hell and back -- all in this soft observant voice -- without ever leaving the Ministry. Truly overwhelming, this story is bordering on the profound, with observations that'll stay with you a while. The ending is as comforting as a warm cup of cocoa. *Icarus staggers away... I'm starting to feel intimidated by the talent in this ficathon, intimidated and awed.*

Fannish Mad Libs

Inspired by imbigatroll, isiscolo has taken the silliness to new levels with (drumroll, please):

Fannish Mad Libs

Enjoy!

ETA: corrected imabigtroll to imbigatroll.

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Oooo. New discovery:

singtoangels has a new website hosted at and_love's muse-wanted.com. (Yes, the very one who's hosting the Percy Ficathon site. Hmm. Now how did I find Sing's website, we wonders?)

Sing's web page has a particular treasure trove that I recommend. Lots and lots of writing advice here ---> Sing's writing essays and outside links.

Dig in.

How To Write Poor English

For hp_dungeons I'm writing Percy's slavic lover, Niko Molokov niko_molokov. Yes, I left the RPG but I've kept on a bit as a minor player. Or two.

Today sharp_tongue asked for some ideas on rotten English. I had so much fun with this, I thought I'd pass it along.

Here's a sample of Niko's crappy English:

( Unfortunately I couldn't link to this entry because comments are turned off. )

Niko's poor English comes from my own lousy Tibetan and teaching English as a second language.

To write a foreigner, here's what you want to screw up -

Word order and missing words: ( Leave out articles and prepositions or use them incorrectly. )

Tenses: ( Nouns are easy. Verbs on the other hand... they will use the infinitive )

Obscure words: ( They will look up the exact counterpart to their word in their language. This often lead them to a very obscure words. )

Idiomatic speech: ( They will translate their own idioms into English, or get English ones slightly wrong. )

Misheard phrases: ( A foreigner will hear 'you'll go to jail' as 'you go to jail.' )

Get it right... sometimes: ( Be sure to throw in the random absolutely correct phrase )

Happy gibberish!