05 June 2008 @ 01:59 pm
*kicks stupid internet websites*  
What I hate about writing fanfiction as a German is that omnipresent feeling of not having a clue about what you're doing.

Like...writing about Stanford. What does it look like? Does it have dormitories? What do they look like? Is there a bloody difference between a dorm and a house? How do you get into one of them? Are they on campus or somewhere else? IS WHAT I'M WRITING AT ALL LIKELY?

Then you go to google and try the university website and at some point end up on a website specifically designed for all the dorms and houses WHICH DOESN'T HELP AT ALL because it's only more confusing than it is helping.

And then, you weep.

ETA: *hugs her flist* You guys rock.
 
 
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One Evil Muffin[identity profile] legoline.livejournal.com on June 10th, 2008 08:26 am (UTC)
I was actually thinking about this the other day. I don't know how you guys do it, but most of the time you fake it pretty darn well.


We're acing at fakin' it, w00t! :D (When I have to describe landscapes I either keep it pretty vague or I google for pictures...I'm a nerd :) )

your LJ is a pretty good place for info. I love that crap. :D

My flist is full of awesome people :)
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[identity profile] ewanspotter.livejournal.com on June 10th, 2008 08:37 am (UTC)
I can just imagine me trying to write a story that takes place in Germany. You'd read it and then look over at your friend like, "Do we have giant duck-shaped water fountains on every street corner? That squirt Gatorade?"

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One Evil Muffin[identity profile] legoline.livejournal.com on June 10th, 2008 08:41 am (UTC)
You'd read it and then look over at your friend like, "Do we have giant duck-shaped water fountains on every street corner? That squirt Gatorade?"


*laughs* Probably :) "I didn't know they had the alps up in Hamburg..."

Isn't it getting late/early in the US? ;-)
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[identity profile] ewanspotter.livejournal.com on June 10th, 2008 09:33 am (UTC)
No. No, it is not 4:33 a.m.

>.>
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One Evil Muffin: Supernatural - Dean Sam Fandom Books[identity profile] legoline.livejournal.com on June 10th, 2008 09:44 am (UTC)
O_O

You should be in bed! :)
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[identity profile] ewanspotter.livejournal.com on June 10th, 2008 09:50 am (UTC)
See, but now I'm waiting for your comments.

YOU'RE DOING THIS TO ME. AGAIN.

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One Evil Muffin[identity profile] legoline.livejournal.com on June 10th, 2008 09:57 am (UTC)
Okay.Sorry.

NO MORE COMMENTS FROM ME FOR TONIGHT.
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[identity profile] ewanspotter.livejournal.com on June 10th, 2008 10:01 am (UTC)
:(

4:59 a.m.

I think I shall sleep now. I just wasn't tired earlier. But I'm not doing anything productive (and too tired to DO anything productive).

Good night for me, good day for you. (What time IS it for you, anyway?)
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One Evil Muffin[identity profile] legoline.livejournal.com on June 10th, 2008 10:29 am (UTC)
I guess 5AM for you would be 12PM for me...

Whoa. Sleep well, hon.
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