Copywork, Word Count, and a Little Bit of (Sailor) Nothing (Stephen Gagnes, 2000)
Kind of a disjointed rambling on several topics here. Earlier this year, I started going copywork some nights, especially if I wasn't feeling up to regular writing. It's an old way to practice writing at pretty much all levels. From basic practicing handwriting/typing (the mechanical act of copying) up to doing analysis and practicing your own writing. Basically, pick a piece that you like and rewrite/type it. Handwriting is more traditional, but I mostly type. It's easier to do comments that way, and one of the pieces I'm doing is heavily formatted. I'd have to get a whole stack of different pens or something to try to do it justice. Sailor Nothing by Stephen "Twoflower" Gagnes started in 2000. It was published ~monthly until it wrapped up in 2001. It was a hugely popular fic back in the aughts, that's become controversial with age. Short version: 1. It's fairly graphic in a way that was popular at the time, but frowned upon now. There's som...