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December 30, 2012 10:59 pm  #1


Wow. Just got addicted! Also need a kind Britpicker

I just started watching episodes 11 days ago, and have gone over the top into the fandom vortex here.  What an amazing show.  Reichenbach Fall might be my favorite television viewing, ever.  The acting and music are absolutely sublime.  And it only took a few hours for me to go from "That lead actor is bit strange-looking" to "Oh, my, he's simply, simply beautiful!" 

Any adult British fans out there who love fanfic care to Britpick a post-RF story that flowed out of me this week?

Here's some incentive: it's a sad, sad story but holds out hope for a happy ending.  Told from John's POV, so angst abounds.  You might cry.  Teaser snippet:

Eight weeks and he has not yet ticked off the half-life of violent memory. He has not gone one hour waking without the loop: the black shape falling you and the roaring in his ears and the metal smell of blood yours on red pavement.

In every shop the papers sell your eyes your coat collar your hair



I'm looking for an adult reader, someone who can not only point out things like "crisps" instead of "chips," but also pick up on flow and more subtle language differences between the US and Britain.  (There's a certain tone - a formality - to language on the show and in educated British adult speak that goes beyond vocabulary and slang.  There are speech patterns and word orders and obscure things like that.)

I'm a fairly experienced writer and vicious self-editor, so never fear.  You don't have to critique the characterization, pace, etc. (though you'd certainly be welcome to).  I really just want someone to catch me if I'm making silly American errors in usage.  And, hey, you can read a sad-John story while you're waiting for new episodes.

Thanks in advance if anyone is willing to take this on.  You can contact me at fillyjonk at verizon dot net.

Fillyjonk


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December 30, 2012 11:05 pm  #2


Re: Wow. Just got addicted! Also need a kind Britpicker

Welcome, Fillyjonk, nice to have you here. You fanfic sounds very good. Would love to read it when it's finished as I'm no Brit. I'm sure you'll find someone to help you. 


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"To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes

"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)

“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)



 
 

December 31, 2012 7:03 am  #3


Re: Wow. Just got addicted! Also need a kind Britpicker

Hello and welcome to the forum.


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December 31, 2012 10:56 am  #4


Re: Wow. Just got addicted! Also need a kind Britpicker

Hi welcome from me as well 


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January 24, 2013 12:41 pm  #5


Re: Wow. Just got addicted! Also need a kind Britpicker

Hey there and welcome to the forum.

I'm a native Brit and would be happy to read your story once it's done then give you any tips on the Anglicising of words.


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