115. fic. just open up and sing.

[ellot]

just open up and sing.
the social network. mark/eduardo. pg. 1390 words.
mark misses the signs of eduardo's presence in his life. or alternatively, mark drinks mountain dew, reads post-its, and misses eduardo.

Comments

[zeraparker]

I really think this story is good, but the lack of capitalization makes no sense to me.

[ellot]

thanks. um, there's really no hidden meaning behind the lack of capitalization. i just like writing that way. i blame e.e. cummings.

[zeraparker]

I see. But honestly (and I don't want to be mean), it makes it very hard to read. Not capitalizing in short texts like comments, tweets or whatever is okay, but in long paragraphs (at least for me) it makes my head ache, and if this story had been longer I wouldn't have bothered starting to read it, because I know I wouldn't have been able to finish reading it.

I hope you don't take this wrongly, because I really don't want to insult you and I do think your writing is pretty good, but it's a shame because I fear quite a few people won't read your stories because of lack of capitalization.

[ellot]

i find that for me, typing fic and online things is easier in just lowercase because it just flows. i don't know if that makes much sense (to someone who's not me, obviously). when i type up things in an academic context, it's easier for me to use capitalization since i'm actively concentrating on what i'm trying to put across the page. not that i don't think about it in my fic, but it's somehow different when i'm thinking in terms of source textbooks, etc.

i know that some people won't read my fic. and i can understand why they won't. but i mostly just write for one friend and then post it on lj in case anyone else would like to read it as well. and she doesn't mind reading in lowercase. anyway, i hope that explains it somewhat. and i'm not really offended. :D thanks for reading anyway. ♥

[fuocotanzer]

I really want to read this story. I honestly do. But if you aren't going to use proper capitalization, it makes me think that you don't care about your own work, so maybe I shouldn't.

[ellot]

i'm sorry you feel that way. but it's my choice how i want to write my fics and i choose to write in lowercase. if you don't like it then you don't have to read it. seriously, i really don't mind.

[ellot]

god, i wish i could convince myself that my dissertation is more important. :P thanks for reading and for this lovely comment. ♥ we'll see if i manage to write more in the future, if not in this verse then something else.

[ellot]

ahaha. oh man, between dissertation times i've already started writing another fic. unfortunately, not in this same universe. but hopefully still good. :P

[learnthemusic]

Oh, this is so wonderful. So well-written. You managed to say a lot with so few words. I can't get over Mark touching Eduardo so reflexively and Eduardo - guh. Of course he's there! Definitely wasn't expecting that.

Also, the post-its are brilliant. I could not help but laugh out loud at them. Fantastic job!

[ellot]

thank you so much. %hearts; you know, i've tried to write using a lot of words but it's never really worked for me so i'm really glad you thought this style works. i keep saying it but really, this fic almost seemed to write itself after kla and i talked about her prompt a bit on msn. i wasn't sure how eduardo was going to come in and then he just popped up. :P but really, he's been missing mark's presence in his life too.

the post-its! i was trying to think of what eduardo could've done and i felt that i needed something to lighten the mood a bit. i tried to put actual post-it images up but i couldn't really work out how to do it. but now that i think of it, it might've interrupted the flow of this fic if i did.

and sorry, this comment is a bit of an essay. but i have to give credit to my momma who does on occasion call my sister to ask her if i'm dead (or have a boyfriend) and if that's why i haven't called her. she is my inspiration in so many ways.

[melkerr]

Ah this is great! This really does speak volumes with very few words. And the emoticons! Oh Eduardo!
*happy sigh*

[ellot]

i'm really happy that you liked it. :D i'm glad that the almost minimalist style i wrote this in works. (and ahaha, the emoticons. i felt that i had to include something a bit happy in there.)