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No I totally did not take the climax to the Doctor Who finale and turn it into story plot bunny. No sir, I did not.

writer brain: watched Boom Town at the gym today. Came away with not one but two fic ideas. ficlets, but still. 

Last night as I was in bed I had another Doctor Who fic idea.

Slightly AU ending of season 3. After everything’s put right and Martha gives the Doctor her phone and good byes she is trying to get back into a “normal” life (which is hard post-Doctor)

But she ends up calling the Doctor sooner than she would have liked (before he meets up with Donna again/Before Voyage of the Damned) because there’s this guy blogging from America about how he still remembers the Year That Never Was. Bit of a conspiracy theorist, bit of a nutter but there are comments who say they remember parts of that year too. He gains a following quickly. (too early for Twitter right?) 

So the Doctor takes Martha over to the Middle of No Where America and does his Time Lord mind meld trick on the guy to find out he’s legit. 

I think in the end he has to erase the guys memories of the last year - which annoys Martha somehow (but she doesn’t tell him. because she’s ashamed that she’s jealous he gets his erased while she still has hers)

pitchblack-the-nightmare-king:

• Having a Beginning
• Having an Ending
• But WHERE’S THE MIDDLE?!?
• HOW DO I GET TO THE ENDING
• WHAT IS A PLOT
• WHAT ARE PLOT DETAILS
• WHAT IS WRITING

mu5icliz:

heirofthelonelymountain:

how to become murderer without worrying about the law in one easy step

• become a writer

thepalaceofawesomestories:

Here are some of the most common openings I see, as they’re almost always a rejection:

• Waking Up: Avoid the first moments of the day, especially if your character is being snapped out of a dream.
• School Showcase: A character introducing the requisite best friend and the school bully
• Family Showcase: Introductions of parents, siblings, pets
• Room Tour: A character sitting in her room, thinking, looking over her stuff
• Emo Kid: A character sitting and thinking about all his problems
• Normal No More: A character lamenting how normal, average, and/or lame her life is, which is the writer setting us up for the big change that’s about to happen
• Moving Van: A character in the car, driving to his new house, hating every minute of it
• Mirror Catalogue: Looking at oneself and describing one’s flaws, usually with a self-deprecating voice
• Summer of Torture: A character lamenting how she has to do something that she doesn’t want to do (live in a haunted house, go visit Grandma, work at the nursery) all summer long
• New Kid: A character worrying about being the new kid on his first day of school or wizard training or the vampire academy
• RIP Parents: One or both parental units kicking the bucket suddenly and tragically
• Dystopian Selection: In the dystopian genre, it’s the day of choosing jobs, getting selected for something awful, being paired with a soul mate, etc.

These are very common beginnings and all I ask is that, if you choose to forge ahead and brave one, make it fresh.

the-beatles-are-my-boyband:

So, there’s this lovely little website called 750words.com, which encourages you to write at least 750 words per day. It’s completely anonymous and completely free and you don’t have to share your writings with everyone. 

It also tells you thinks like how distracted you were, your wpm, your most used words, and your main topics of writing. 

It’s a very nice place for your daily brain dump. And it really encourages you to write. 

SO GO JOIN AND DO WRITING THINGS