Out of Control

[amberdreams]

Ok, so I started writing this little story, it was not supposed to be more than 1000 words – a kind of wee!fic about the wee!chesters – and then all this Castiel backstory arrived, and wanted to be written, even if only very briefly, and then all these words came tumbling out describing things and there’s still hardly any dialogue, it feels like its only half way through, I’ve got kind of stuck though I know what the ending is I don’t know how to get it there and it’s  nearly 1800 words long already.

 

So – pah!!!!

And how do I change the font type on LJ?  And why when I cut and pasted from word this time did it not copy my nice font like it usually does?

Comments

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

Don't know anything about fonts, sorry! But if you want to bounce any ideas off of me about the ending, I could give you my two cents worth.

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

Cool! It's the middle to end approach I'm struggling with - I kind of started with the end with this one... I'll PM you!

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

Here are some instructions about changing font type on livejournal: http://community.livejournal.com/howto/24298.html

However, I should warn you that a lot of readers will scroll by your story if it's in a specialized font rather than the default (IDK, it's just a preference I've seen expressed quite often across a broad array of people), so if you're looking for a general audience, sticking with the regular font provided might be the way to go! :)

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

Oh thanks, that is worth knowing - it's just when I don't change the font on my journal type it seems to come out really really tiny so I started changing it.

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

Hmm. If the font looks tiny to you, it might be due to your layout specifications rather than on everyone else's pages. Go to my friends' page (http://deirdre-c.livejournal.com/friends/) and scroll down and see what it looks like. The text of that latest post of yours is the right size to me, but in red. Is that what you're seeing?

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

Interesting - that is much smaller than it is now displaying on my home page in LJ. Which has suddenly got huge since I upgraded to Firefox 4. Never mind, I can live with it :D

[virtualpersonal.livejournal.com]

I use Semagic to post to LJ. It makes formatting, making cuts, links, etc... easy. If you put semagic in the lj search box, or google it, it should get you to the LJ site where you can download the client, if you want.

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

Cool! Thank you!
I love your icon too btw... :D

[ladywillin.livejournal.com]

I'm rubbish at changing font types etc. I just wanted to say I love that your 'little story' has taken on a life of its own, and also how you've gone from their deaths back to their young lives, *giggles*.

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

I know stories do that, but huh! This one seemed such a simple little idea....
And I have to leave death and angst alone for a bit, as I am practicing writing schmoop for the Silverbullets challenge! This is what hellatus's (or should that be hellati?) reduce us to, eh?

[ladywillin.livejournal.com]

Oh good luck with the Silverbullets challenge then. I look forward to reading when you've finished.

Incidentally I'm hoping to do a reccing post in the next few days(weeks or so) and would like to include your fic An Ordinary Death. Would that be ok?

I know! Bloody hellatus, hellati, helluva-long-time-to-be-off-our-screens! I don't know how CW get away with it. You have a very appropriate icon :)

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

Wow I'd love it if you recc'd me, how lovely! And I made the icon special-like :D

[ladywillin.livejournal.com]

Oh good, consider yourself recc'd then :D