Project IV for MCM 102

Here is the article I wrote for MCM 102 about fan fiction. 

What is Fan Fiction?

As I sit down with pen and paper, I begin to think of how best to begin my newest work. How can I change something in one of my favorite movies? This work is not the next big thing in normal fiction, the type I need a publisher to get out to the world. No, this work is to be released on the internet, because this is a work of fan fiction. But most people do not know about this community online.

According to dictionary.com, fan means “an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.” Also, fiction is “the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration.” So fan fiction is fiction based off of something that a person is a fan. This can be movies, television shows, music videos, books, comics, and video games, but there are some authors that do not allow fan fiction based on their works to be published online. Anne Rice, the writer of The Vampire Chronicles, is one such author.

One of the biggest websites for fan fiction is fanfiction.net. It has thousands of users, both as writers and readers. Of course there are people read fan fiction, but are not official users. So there is an known number of fans of the community. I personal am on this site, but it has allowed me to meet people all of the world.

Most of the fan fiction writers begin young. MidnightWalking states, “I started writing when I was in eighth grade, and I did it because I enjoyed it.” I began my writing in the fourth grade. The problem is that until I discovered I had no way to improve my writing. “I could write and post stories that others would read and send reviews on,” states MidnightWalking. Reviews are messages written by readers that express their opinion on the work and are posted for all to see.

But there is a dark side. Some writers and readers hide what they do. Some do not understand the love of fan fiction. For instance, Mickey Caresen states, “I don't really tell a lot of people that I read/write fanfiction, mostly because they think it's stupid.” Yes, we do take characters from works created by others, but we do things to them that some may not have thought of before.

Think of one of your favorite movies. Then think of one of the main plot points. What would happen if the main character choose something else then what they did? Would the ending be the same or would the ending be better in your mind? That's what fan fiction allows a person to do. It is the writers of fan fiction who create these alternate universes. It is we who create an ending for a movie that we wish had ended differently. The writers create sequels for movies that will never happen, but the fans wish existed.

Sorry No updates in awhile

I've been busy and well I sorta forgot about this blog.  Mostly because no one seemed to be reading it.

Why no update this week, and Happy Thanksgiving

For readers of Once Upon A Tweet, I'm sorry that Monday came and you didn't see chapter 4 waiting for you.  I do have the chapter written.  I'll try to get it typed up and send to my beta during the weekend.  So look for it next week.  I have to put school first the last few weeks.  I have a F in one of my classes and I have to work to get it to a C or I'll have to retake it.  I may have to anyway.  I also have an Exam, Article Summary 3, and the final essay for ENG 271.  Then I have to this week type up my article for Project 3 in MCM 100.  I have one last test in that class.  Then I have to work on the Project and study for the final in GEO 100, this is the class with a F.  So I'm going to be busy.  I'll try to get out a short Christmas story to finish up the Halloween story, but well you'll have to wait and see.

Update

I know I haven’t bloged in a long time.  Well I’ve been busy.  I got a 90 on my last Test in MCM 100 and I got a 91 on Project II.  I’ve gotten my Article Summary I up from a high B to a low A.  I got a 99 on my Middle Ages exam.

K.  I almost bloged yesterday.  I watched Oprah.  I normally don’t, but well when it says Backstreet boys I watch.  When I saw Kevin I almost cried.  It was great to see all five guys together.  I loved it when the audience cheered when Kevin sang his solo in “I want it that way”.  I have heard that song sung by them live in person only once, but it was worth it.  Later this month marks the anniversary of when I saw them in concert.  I felt like that 13 year old again, I was still 13 when I saw them, but it was for my 14^th birthday.

Another thing.  I am a Gaga fan.  So when I heard about a college offering a class on her I was like what the ……  I really don’t think it would be a good idea.  A lot of people are taking classes thanks to the Feds, I know I am.  I have a class I would like to take, but my major wouldn’t cover it so sadly I can’t take it.  Any way, I think it’s a waste of time and money for the school.

Celeica Leigh

Aka Leigh_Audra

Aka Audra

Morpheus – the Greek and Roman god of Dreams

It is said he could take the form of anyone in a dream.  Hmm.  Think on that.  So he’s not someone you want to mess with.  He is a leader.  Good.  Now I’m not going to give it away why he’s so willing to help Jareth.  You have to read the story to find that out, but I will give you a peek at him.  None of the artwork I have links to belongs to me.

http://mercuralis.deviantart.com/art/Dream-109273481

 

This panting may seem familiar.  I used it for Kieran in The Return Of The Princess.  But they just seem to work for Morpheus as well.

So I hope that helps.

Just Another Day of Rest

Well I took my brother to school this morning.  It was in the 40s people.  The 40s in October!  Then I came home.  I brought the dog back in and started my laundry.  I walked a bit and then fell asleep off and on till 1.  Had a lunch of Wild Rice and Chicken soup and grilled cheese.  Then typed up answers to the Mod 6.1 Questions for GEO 100.

I put this in an AN on a chapter of Persephone, but not on my blogs.  I’m on Twitter.  I’m CeleciaLeigh, which is my pen name.  Yeah, I know I’ve caved.  But I really just tweet about what I’m doing.  It’s not much.  It is actually easier in my opinion to just read my blog at the end of the day.  I may just use it to post about what’s going on with the stories.

I had to rework a bit of Chapter 15 today.  I had to make it easy for the readers to understand that it was taking place at sunset.  I’m getting ready to start on the love scene, well Chapter.  This is the big one.  I really only do one pre story if I do it.  I can gladly blame Teresa Medeiros.  She’s my favorite romance author.  Of course I’m following her on Twitter now.  I doubt she’s following me.

Anyway, there are still people picking up kids at the civic center.  So unless a cop comes and tells us to no longer park there, or we get something from the school, I and I think others will still go there.  Of course I’m getting there later so I’m not parked there for too long.

K.  For dinner, I had a chicken breast and two roasted potatoes.  I used olive oil and some rosemary and spices.  I liked it.  I also made, for my dad and brother, mashed potatoes and green beans (I make theirs with bacon and the beans are cooked till mush.  I don’t like it this way.  I like them to still be a bit crunchy.).  My dad didn’t like the food, so he made him some bacon and eggs.  My brother liked everything but the chicken.  Ah.  I can’t please them.  Tomorrow night is Chicken noodle soup.  Hopefully it turns out good.

Well lunch tomorrow is another salad and Capri sun lemonade.  I will have another diet Dew with me.  It’ll probably last all day like the last one.  Well that’s all for today.  Until next time.

Celeica Leigh

Aka Audra

Day of Classes

I woke up at around midnight with belly pain. It went away. I feel better now at 9:09 am. I took some Gas X. I got some sleep.

 No real pain. It did show, but it came and went. Mostly I've been fine. I am hurting once again in my lower right belly. It's the same old pain. Nothing new. I did think it might have something to do with the sub I had yesterday for lunch. I think the last time I had the pain this bad was when I had a sub. Oh, well. Lunch today is a salad. I'll eat it near noon.

My MCM 100 professor has added something to Project II. He wants a written info on who I'm interviewing and what's the subject. I can do it. He wants to know where it took place. Well lets see. At my home using yahoo instant messenger, but I'll say phone.

I just have to get together with her and work on it.

I worked on chapter 15 of my ff.net work. I'm typing it up now. I still need to type up my ENG 271 Notes, but I'll do it on thursday. I worked on my GEO 100 project. I stopped when I said I'm heading to Eygpt. I can't find a flight from St. Petersburg Russia to Cario. I need one, I may just make up a flight. If I get it done on Thursday, then I've up todate on where we are in the chapters.

K. My English Professor has it now where when we get to class we now have a quiz. She wants to be sure we are reading the works. Not much else to report there.

So when I was coming home, the road I come home on was blocked. So I had to turn around and go the other way.

I paid the cable, internet, bill. Then picked up my brother.

First Saturday of October 2010

Well I slept late.  All because I was having a good dream and I wanted to get back to it.  Anyway, still don’t know about the Exam in ENG 271.  I wrote up my idea for the radio interview and I’ll turn it in at the next class meeting.

I did update Persephone on Thursday.  I felt good about that.  I’m going to try and work on Chapter 13 a bit over the weekend.  I found my article for Article Summary II.  It’s on the “Song of Roland.”  I couldn’t find anything on the one I wanted to do.  :( 

I’ll start working on as we cover the work more.  Hopefully I’ll get my grade on the first one back on Tuesday.  I got my journal back on Thursday.

I did pretty well, except she got on me because of one entry.  She asked that we write what we had learned that day in class.  Well, when we’re covering Ancient History, I know a good bit about this.  So I used that entry to explain that I knew a lot and did not learn anything in class.  So she took two points off just because I told the truth.  Well next time she ask me to give her what I have learned, I’ll tell her what I know.  Then in a few small sentences give a brief summary of what she went over.

About the parking thing.  I think it was only for Friday.  I mean the signs were these clear plastic things with stick on letters.  They weren’t any official street sign.  I had forgotten that on Friday there was going to be a Fall Carnival at the Civic Center.  So I’ve told my brother I would either be there or at where I parked on Friday.

I am working on the Review questions for Module 6.1 in GEO 100.  I really need to get to work on the project.  I’m going to use the hour before MCM 100 when I’m at campus to work on it.  I should be finished with it soon.  

Quick little AN

Well I posted an AN, author's note, on Persephone.  I explained how busy I have been with school and the fact I'm having an exam and doing the article summary this coming week.  I'll try to post an update soon.  I do plan to work on Chapter 12, I just can't do it at the moment, even though I want to.

The First Day of Fall

Well this morning I made my brother and me bacon and cheese biscuits.  I got a fairly good parking space today.  I’m pretty close to the building I’m in all day.  I went to the library and typed up the two sections of the article for today.  I am already on the 3^rd page.  I still have two more to do and one is really long.  I’ve already gone in and looked to see if there was anything I could remove, and not affect the summary of the article so I don’t go over five pages.

K.  I finally have Test 1 and Project 1 back in MCM 100.  I got an 88/100 on Test 1 and a C+ on Project 1.  He really went on about the fact I didn’t have a quote from a bookstore manager.  Not my fault.  I had tried to contact him, but he never replied to my email.  I feel that if you have given out your email, then you should answer it.  Oh, well.  I’ll post the article I wrote maybe tomorrow.  Well now that we have had our first test, my MCM 100 professor has decided to do open book pop quizzes.  I guess it cause so many of us aren’t paying attention to him since he isn’t really doing anything.  Some are reading the book, others are writing notes from the book, and some are doing other classes’ work.

So after class, which was let out early, like 10 minutes or something.  I went to the library and typed up more of my blog, which is above.  I did debate working on the article summary, but I plan to use the time before ENG 271 to study.

K.  In GEO 100, Quiz 2 opens today.  I plan to take it tomorrow.  I have already turned in the Chapter 5 Review Questions.  I need to work on the Class Project. The project is a trip around the world, money is no object.  I have to visit every section of the world that is covered in my book.  I have my theme.  I’m going with locations of movies.  I plan to go from here to New York, New York.  I will of course visit Ground Zero and the Statue of Liberty.  Then I plan to go to Europe, mostly because it was the first area covered.  I plan to go to either Greece or Italy.  These are two places I really want to go.  I am of course half Italian American so it kinda makes sense.  Then I have to go to Russia.  I will say I went to St. Petersburg or whatever it’s called now.  Blame Anastasia, the Fox movie.  Then I have to decide where I go from there.  I can’t remember right now which area is next.  I have a rough outline.  I plan to go to India, Egypt, Australia, Madagascar, Peru, and Thailand.  I was going to do ancient religions or cultures, but that didn’t’ really work.  I could still do it, but the movie idea works a bit better.

You can all tell me what you think.  I will post a bit of it every now and then.  It’s due in December, but I want to be finished with it before I have to start working on my final essay in ENG 271.  I have a good question, who really thinks that someone can write a 3-5 page paper in two days.  I mean I could, but I like to stretch it out so that it’s not too much on me.  I’ll be finished with this one before Monday.  I’m still studying for the Exam on Ancient World.  I have filled out my index card.  I picked things that I know for sure will be on the exam and some things I may have a hard time remembering.  I will of course tell you all how this all goes.

K. So I went to the library orientation my ENG 271 professor made us go to.  I sat through something that I already knew.  Then we went into the library.  I found out that the article that I have so much done for isn’t going to work.  So now I have a new one and I’m going to work on it.

Also I have to take the quiz, which I changed to today instead of tomorrow.

Last Day of Summer

Well today I started on the article summary.  I should have the summary part finished in two more days.  Then I have to do my response.  I’m hoping that the summary takes up most of the 3-5 pages.  I don’t have much to reposed to the article.  So far I agree with it completely.  I have six parts to cover and I’ve already done the first two.  So tomorrow while at campus I’ll do the next two and then on Friday I’ll do the last two and work on the response over the weekend.  It’s not due till next Thursday, but I feel better knowing that it is done ahead of time.

On another English 271 note, my first “exam” will be on Tuesday, next week, so I’ve printed out my notes and I’ve started to study.  She’s allowing us one 4x6 index card, only one side, for information.  I’m wishing I had just taken this class online.  I would have to write two big papers, but that would be fine cause I would have quizzes and I would have tests that were open book.

I’ve got a rough outline for the GEO 100 project.  I just need to start the research part.

I’ll let you all know about the Test and Project I in MCM 100, when I get info on them.

Well I pooped three times today.  And the last two ended up mushy.  I think it had to be all the apple juice I have been drinking today.  My dad says it makes you go.

Had a little pain in belly today, but not too bad.  My right ankle is still bugging me.  I think it might be tendonitis.  I could ask my cousin.  She is going to school to be a physical therapist.  She would know.

Anyway, that’s all for today.  I may start telling you all what’s going on with my Sims from Sims 3.  I just killed off the parents and had their daughter with her husband get a big house so that his mother could move in with them.  I’m planning to make them have triples so they’ll need all the help they can get.

May Know What's Wrong

Not much to report today.  Except I may have found out what’s wrong with me.  I got some GasX.  Well it seems that all I have had is gas.  I’m not 100% convinced yet, but I’ll give it a few days.

It would be really bad if all it was gas.  If it is I feel really bad.

From Thursday to Sunday

Well I haven’t posted in the last few days since nothing has really happened.  Not much happened today either, but I figured I would let you all know what’s going on.  I got the bill from St. Vincent’s.  It’s over $2,000.  That doesn’t include the $400 and something bill for the CT scan.  So I have to call and try to set up a payment plan.  Anyway, still having pain, but it’s not bad.  It’s just annoying.

Oh, on Thursday, I took my first test in MCM 100.  It wasn’t too bad.  Also I turned in my article.  I never heard back from the manager so I had to write it without him.  I didn’t lie.  I used information I gained by looking at the bookstore website.  The next project is a recording.  So I have to think about what I’m going to do that on.

Well you all know about ENG 271 so I wont’ say anything there.

Mostly for the last few days I’ve been playing Sims 3.  I’ve started on the questions for Chapter 5 in GEO 100.  Also I’m looking over things for the quiz this week in the class.

I haven’t worked on Persephone since I last updated.  I did finally clean up my room on Saturday, aka yesterday.

Not much else to tell you all.  So hope you have a good week.

Venting

I have a few things to vent out today.  I'll go in order that the happened in.

1. In ENG 271, we were once again covering The Aeniad.  Well in it brings up Cassandra.  You know the priestess that Apollo cursed where no one would believe her because she refused to be his bride.  Well someone brought her up and I was trying to explain that little fact, which by the way is in the book, and I got hushed.  She did apologize after class, but I felt like that it was useless.  Cassandra plays a part in what happens to the Greeks.  Because Ajax the lesser rapes her in the temple of Athena, Athena punishes the Greeks.

2. When a county is going to do work on a dead end street, they need to warn the residents.  When I came home from campus at about 2:00 pm, I had to wait for them to move a bulldozer.  I did see someone paint on the yards and things yesterday, but there was no warning.  Did they not think that someone could come home?  I was really worried cause the car was about to over heat and I really needed to get back home.  I almost parked in my yard, but we do have a small ditch.  Not good for my little car.

10 Gal Set Up

Well took my brother to school.  Then came back home and washed clothes.  Played Sims 3 till finished.  Then went to Hobby Lobby and got the cover for Buddy’s tank.  Then went to wal-mart and got me two pairs of jeans.  I can’t fit in my 16s in anymore.  Then got me a footlong from subway.  Then came home ate, sub and study for test tomorrow.

Then started on Buddy’s tank and changing the water in his bowl.  The 10 gal is all set up.  I may have to get a new heater.  Great.  I can’t put him in it until the tank is cycled, which could take up to a month or more.

Not much else to say for today.

The Golden Arrows - Persphone Chapter 11

What are the golden arrows?  Well we all know that Cupid, Eros, used arrows to make others fall in love, well those were the golden arrows.  The lead arrows were used to make hate.  Simple isn’t it.

Jareth’s parents.  I won’t go too far into detail about them.  I plan to cover more about them in the story.  I still don’t have a name for his stepfather yet.  I’m trying to decide on that.  Anyway Volupta was a name for Eros and Psyche’s daughter.  I had a list and chose the one that sounded like someone who would name their son Jareth.  And yes his father name is Greek.  It means honorable.  So that tells you a bit about him.

In this chapter we learned a bit about Jareth’s past.  His mother left him behind because she had become madly in love with someone.  Hmm.  That sounds familiar.  Yes Jareth sees a bit of himself in Toby, but he is really like Sarah.  Both have a parent who doesn’t care about them anymore.  This of course hasn’t happened to me in real life.  Which I have to say makes me lucky.

Well this is chapter 11 and I have 20 planned.  So we now have six days left.

Class Before Test

Well got to campus.  Typed up my article for MCM 100 and then my notes for ENG 271.  Went to class.  Sat there bored.  I’ve noticed that a few people are actually doing work from other classes in this class since he isn’t really teaching us anything.

Then after that class, I typed up what I had written for Chapter 11 in MCM 100 and finished it.  Then I went to ENG 271.  We’re starting The Aeneid.

The guy came to look at the AC, but it seems to be fine.  I got Buddy a 10 gal tank now.  I have to get something to put on the top.  I still need a kit, but I have a plan to get it.

A Day Of Cleaning

Well I should mention that I got no sleep last night.  I did take a maybe 90 min nap.  We cleaned the house mostly today.  I did get Buddy’s filter.  Now I need to get ready to cycle his tank.  I wrote the essay I needed for ENG 271.  Tomorrow I’ll write my article.

Not much to report today.

Oh, wait.  The AC seems to be working, but the guy is coming tomorrow to look at it.

A Sunday With No AC

Pooped twice early this morning.  Everything looked normal in color. 

I slept late again, not good.  AC still seems to be out.  We need a new thermostat and my dad went and got one.  Now the guy that we get to come and check out our system is coming to tomorrow.  I think this is the big one.

Oh, I figured I would live you a link to my recipes blog.  There is only one recipe, but I plan to post others.  I just haven’t written up yet.

http://bamagirlsrecipes.blogspot.com/

I plan to redo my Chicken curry, but I need to make it so I can remember what goes in it.

I know it’s still September, but we’re already coming up with our Christmas lists.  It’s easy for my brother.  For me not so much.  See I don’t really want much.  Now before you go all well that’s nice.  See I would like a laptop for school.  I don’t want one under $500, mainly cause I found one right there that has all I want.  I just know how my family will react to the request.  I really don’t want anything else.  Once they had offered to get me one, but my dad talked them out of it.  Now I would really like one.  I still plan to write my notes, but I can go to the library and I’ll always have a computer and not have to sit and wait for a computer to open up.

Anyway, I posted a blog before this just about my writing of Chapter 10.  I’m doing that for my reading so they can read what’s going on with the stories and not have to if they don’t want to see what’s going with me.  

No real pain today.  A bit in my back, but not too bad.

Well that’s all for today.

Persephone - Chapter 10

Oh, I’m reworking things a bit.  I thought I would explain a bit more about how the Underground was created and why.  It’ll be coming up in a later chapter.  I promise it will help you all understand.  I hope.  I know there is another story on ff.net that using the Greek gods are the creators of the Underground, but mine will be a bit different.

I have hinted at a past in event in this chapter.  The idea is to help explain things about the creation of the Underground and everything and also explain why Jareth didn’t want the High King brought up.  It will work wonderfully I hope.

I may go back and rework some of the story to fit into my new story, but it might work as is.  I have to think about it.  Anyway, I plan for there to be 20 chapters at least.  So with Chapter 10 we’re almost there, but of course things can change.  I’ll tell you more of my thinking at a later time.

Now if you would please leave me a comment on what you think about the info given here on the story.

Oh, I’ve yet to decide if I will do a Halloween story this year.  I may do a Christmas one.  It all depends on what’s going on with me.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6075052/1/Persephone_The_Sequel_to_The_Labyrinth