January 2012
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Forgive Me (a picture story)
I have never been a fan of ice hockey even though I live in Vancouver, Canada. People say I’m crazy. It’s just always been too violent for me. But when you like someone, you tend to do things out of your comfort zone. For me, with Brian, it was going to a Vancouver Canucks game.
We had great seats. I was shivering in the rink and he lent me his sweatshirt. I smiled at him,...
TFiOS Thoughts/review/ whatever you want to call...
I am going to do my best at not spoiling anything for anyone but know that I am horrible at reviewing things. I mean that quite literally too, I have a hard stating exactly why I love or hate anything.
The Fault In Our Stars is probably my favorite John Green novel for the following reasons, I did not have to google anything. While I loved his other novels I had a hard time reading them due to...
TFiOS reaction/review/whatever (no spoilers I...
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
This quote, if you don’t already know, is the origin of the title of the new John Green Novel The Fault in Our Stars. John said at the Tour De Nerdfighting that sometimes fate is unfairly dispersed and there is some fault in our stars. I was raised in a house where you weren’t...
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The Fault in Our Stars reaction (sans spoilers)
Hi readers. I’ve decided to write a casual review, or more so reaction to John Green’s new book. You may have heard about it, it’s called The Fault in Our Stars, it stars a girl and a boy named Hazel and Augustus. The hype for this book was… outstanding, and I must say the book was pretty amazing, but it is not my favorite John Green book.
By the end (no spoilers), I was...
Week 4: TFiOS Break Week
Hello, readers! As you may have noticed, this week we’ll be taking a break in anticipation for the release of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and the NYC event tomorrow. (And if you are somehow here yet not a Nerdfighter, why not check out vlogbrothers and see what all the fuss is about.)
Another announcement is that both Brandon and I failed to post stories last week, so we will...
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An Excerpt From My WIP
Miranda crossed her sneakers and swung her legs forward, as if she were on a swing instead of a set of bleachers in the darkness, our only sources of illumination being the orangey glow of the streetlights that surrounded the elementary school.
“You don’t understand,” she said finally.
Her voice startled me, since she hadn’t spoken at all after she told me to meet her here,...
"Ahhhhhh" is the best I can come up with right...
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!” “What! What’s wrong?” Brian ran into the computer room hearing his longtime girlfriend scream. Seeing she was sitting in front of the computer he jut sighed before taking a step closer to her. He had a feeling he knew what was coming. “Babe, do I want to ask?” “I’m in love.” She staring at the screen trying to contain herself from getting all giddy. “Thanks. I...
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a very prose-y short story: That Summer
Everyone has a summer romance at some point in their lives. Whether or not it’s actually in summer doesn’t really matter. It’s that short lived, bright, intense love. Like a shooting star. It comes, up your life, and then leaves. But what if that summer love never happened. I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like if mine never happened, but this is me...
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What's In A Name (free write)
Fossil McGuire was a man, but his father didn’t think so. At the very least his father could have had a better hand in naming Fossil, but he “wasn’t around”, as Patricia told him many a time in his younger years.
“You’re slow like the dinosaur you used to be, Fossil!” The children were mean, still were. Fossil, you see, works in a shop, which is one of the many reasons why his father...
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Week 3: Wrap-up and Prompt
Hey guys, Brandon here! For this weeks prompt we will writing about changing an event in our past and how it would effect us now a la butterfly effect. Thanks Charlotte for submitting this prompt idea :)
Remember, you too can submit ideas for us to write about in our ask box!
-Brandon and the rest of Nerdfighter Writers
charliehasthoughts asked: O! another one. You HAVE to change one thing in your past, one decision. And whatever you change, the "butterfly" effect will be in play, and you have to think about all the moments in your life connected to that moment, and how it will effect them, discussing what could/would have happened. Would you change something small and try to keep the effect contained, or would you just throw...
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Her Whiteness
(Inspired by Moby-Dick by Herman Melville)
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little to no choice in the matter, my family decided it was best to move from our inland home to that of the sea-kissing town of Nantucket, Massachusetts. It was to be my junior year of high school. As a transfer, I thought it best to try out for the school’s football team....
December 2011
21 posts
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My Vera (Inspired by "To Helen" by Edgar Allan...
“You’re beautiful, Vera,” Alex said, flopping down on the rain-softened sand beside me.
I turned to look at him and blinked my brown eyes. “I am?” I asked. “Really? Did ‘Scarred Face’ become the new chic while I was in the hospital?”
“Lord, no,” Alex chuckled. “They’re still pushing body dysmorphic disorder. Don’t worry. You haven’t missed anything.”
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My Love for You (Inpired by How Do I Love Thee? by...
Laying in my bed my lover laid over me. On top of me doing nothing but staring into my eyes as mine stared into his. Oh how I loved him and he loved me. It always felt that we were like two puzzle pieces that fit perfectly together. His hand felt like velvet touching my cheek and I hoped mine felt the same to him. “Love me, forever.” “Not forever, forever and always.” As our lips touched I...
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My Anna Belle: A (very) short story inspired by...
The waves crashed madly on the shore as I dug my feet in the sand. As I walked I looked up at the stars, reminding me of her shimmering bright eyes. It had been exactly a year since I lost her, my Anna Belle. I can picture her now, the way the wind blew her hair into a tousled mess and how she always looked at me with such admiration. How she would hold my arm closer to shield herself from...
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The Dead (James Joyce inspiration piece)
“Aunt Julie, thank you but we can’t take anymore roast home.” “Are you sure sweetie? It’ll all go to waste if you don’t take this, everyone else ran out before they could grab any leftovers…”
“Alright, alright.” Greg took the roast. He wouldn’t be eating it, but he figured a shelter could use some extra food around the...
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Week 2: Wrap-Up & Prompt
Hi, everyone! We here at Nerdfighter Writers all wish you a very Happy Holidays and hope that those of you who celebrate Christmas had a very Merry Christmas today. Now, Melissa’s here to deliver the prompt:
Give a modern reinterpretation of any classic you so wish; a novel, a short story, a poem, anything is fair game.
Best wishes and again, Happy Holidays!
-Melissa and the rest of...
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The Nutcracker
Clara blamed the recorder.
If it hadn’t been for the 3rd grade requirement to play the recorder, badly, terribly in squeaky-tuned unison, she probably wouldn’t have chosen to play the flute.
Not that the flute was that bad an instrument. She would have chosen it over the noisy trumpet or thum-thumping marching drums. But if it hadn’t been for the recorder and the seemingly easy transition to...
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Yearning for the Sea
Picture this:
It’s the morning of Christmas Eve. You wake up, yet you don’t open your eyes. Instead, you let the magic of the holiday season linger in the pit of your stomach. Next, you feel it coursing through your veins, this delicious feeling that is unattainable any other time of the year.
Eventually, you decide that the feeling is too precious to keep to yourself, that...
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Finding the Spirit of Christmas
Staring out the window she felt hollow. Even with Christmas music, Elizabeth’s favorite type of music playing, she was torn over the thought of going home. She wanted to, oh how she wanted to but with the loaming sense of dread she got from her family back home she felt uncertain. Times were tough she knew that, that was why she left home in the first place, so she wouldn’t be a burden though it...
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Stupid Story is Stupid
Meh, sorry about this story guys, I wasn’t really feeling very inspired. It’s basically a fictionalized version of a memory I had. Anyways, without further ado:
Florida is laughable during the holidays. Pine trees are replaced with palm trees, decked out with green and red Christmas lights and ironic blow-up statues of Santa in a bathing suit are sat out on lawns. Let’s...
Cigarettes and Christmas Lights
Paige sat up on the window seat and removed the barely lit cigarette that hung perilously from her lower lip. She exhaled out of the window, the nicotine smoke combining with her freezing breath to form clouds that danced in the December air before dissolving into the sky.
Paige extinguished her cigarette before returning downstairs to the annual Christmas party hosted by her family. Normally...
whosaysimamuggle asked: Do you guys all know each other personally or do you know each other from NFoNY?
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Lemon Pledge In My Stocking: a short short story
Let me fly you into the scene, dear reader, on this magical sleigh ride of cheer. Christmas with extended family within the maze of a housing complex in Virginia. Nothing but cold ham and doilies with a side of mindless small talk before the kiddies open their gifts and you can help them assemble their brand new, highly overpriced playhouse in the basement as an excuse not to interact with anyone...
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Week 1: Wrap-up and prompt
First off, on behalf of everyone in NerdfighterWriters, we would like to thank you for following us! We have had a successful first week and avoided punishments. So far so good, right? Anyways, like we alluded to in our introduction post, Sundays will be our designated day to post prompts. With various festivities in our horizon, each of us will be posting holiday themed stories this week. ...
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Week 1: Introductions, Bobina
Salutations! My name is Bobina and I’ll be your Saturday, nice of you to stop by!
You may have paused to re-read the first part of that sentence. “Bobina?” you wonder, “That’s a real name?” And my reply is yes, yes it is. Or, at least for the last soon-to-be-20 years, I know it has been. And no, dear reader, it is not inherited. No, it is not borne from some cultural significance (the name is...
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Week 1: Introductions, Melissa
Hi!
My name is Melissa and I’ll be your Friday. I’m a twenty-one-year old college student. Currently, I’m majoring in literature at an extremely subpar community college that shall remain nameless. Nonetheless, I hope that the Spring 2012 semester will be the last one I spend there, as I plan to transfer to Purchase and get into their Creative Writing program.
Even though...
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Week 1: Introductions! Amanda
Well hello there my name is Amanda and I will be your Thursday. And I never meant for this to get posted so late but I started work in Saturday and between that and school I haven’t had a day off since last week so I’m exhausted and it’s taking it’s toll on me. Anyway I am 21 and currently living in New York City and attending the New York Film Academy’s 2 year acting...
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Week 1: Introductions, Brandon aka Hump Day
Hello, I’m Brandon and I will be your Wednesday. As the only male of NerdfighterWriters, it is my job to provide your dashboards with stories filled with testosterone and other manly things. Unfortunately, that probably will not be the case. Instead, I enjoy writing stories that explore themes such as redemption and finding ones self. What do I plan to get out of NerdfighterWriters...
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Week 1: Introductions, Jacqueline
Why hello there fellow Nerdfighters!
My name is Jacqueline but I also go by the name Piper, which is my middle name. Call me what you want, I respond to almost anything. I am a 16 year old high school student from NYC.
I became a Nerdfighter by falling in love. First with Looking For Alaska, then the rest of John Green’s books, and then finally Vlogbrothers 2.0. And if you are...
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Week 1: Introductions, Sasha
Dear reader,
May I present your Monday, myself, Sasha. As Monday I have been cursed with the First: the first to post, the first with something to say. It isn’t really a curse though, it’s just what needs to be done, because otherwise there would be no firsts, and here I go again running in circles in my mind.
As an only child, I am used to talking to myself, or at least having a wild...
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Nerdfighter Writers: An Introduction
Good morning, Nerdfighters (or general populous on Tumblr), we are Nerdfighter Writers! We’re Nerdfighters, all from New York, who like to write. We’ll be posting original pieces here six days per week, based on a prompt given every Sunday, and we’re glad that you stopped by! The schedule* will be as follows:
Sunday: Prompt Day Monday: Sasha Tuesday: Jacqueline Wednesday: Brandon Thursday: Amanda...
