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I can neither confirm nor deny one of those is what my wife calls me all the time.
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I know this is old and you may not see this, but a romance story that features a superhero called Lobsterman sounds absolutely adorable. My prompts were Historical Fiction, a Shellacking, a latecomer. I always wanted Historical Fiction, but this has definitely been my most difficult story. I usually have a first draft done in the first couple days, but this time I didn't manage to get anything on paper until Thursday...
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My wife is a native Russian speaker. I might disagree about a definition or two, but close enough |
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Deschain
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thank you so much!
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So I have my first draft. I think we hit the brief. Suspense, door to door and a farmhand.
What have I learned. - Suspense is not my forte. The biggest part of the suspense was that even I was in suspense as I had no idea where the story was going until it got there. It is weak at the end. I didn’t want to over explain so I under explained and ran out of words anyway. I will leave it tonight do a quick rewrite tomorrow, submit and wait for the inevitable failure to progress. This was by far the hardest challenge I have had and I thought I was bad at horror.
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Deschain
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thank you so much! i was kind of trying to find an english word with a russian flavor. the original word that popped into my head was "dumpling" (which I now realize sounds good but looks terrible, kind of like "no one" ) but then my mind started wondering if dumplings were specifically Asian cuisine, and maybe they don't have dumplings, or maybe dumplings are called something else. i do really appreciate all the help though with the Russian words. but i think it's going to interrupt the flow too much to use a Russian word in that spot. what i'm really searching for is an English word with similar connotation to sweetie or dumpling, but has a decidedly Russian flavor. if i have time i'll just watch Masha and the Bear for the 20th time with my girls. I'm sure the word I seek is in there somewhere .
I might still use one of those names. i'm starting to care less about the judges and more about my characters, especially Dasha. she's awesome. i don't want her to get sent to bed without some cute epithet from her mom to let her know everything will be alright. Edited by Deschain - 26 Jan 2023 at 6:51pm |
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also i need to stop writing an essay in my head about why "dumpling" sounds good but looks bad.
maybe in addition to the "weirdest thing you googled" thread we can do a "weirdest distracting thought" thread...... |
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Pierogi is Polish, Pelmeni is Russian. Vareneki is a variant. Monte is central Asian. Various people will argue where all those originated, and in fact there was a lawsuit over the origins of Vodka. That's how serious people can get about things that don't matter all that much. |
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