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   Yay! 1001 views as of today! Thank you to everyone who's looked at my blog and hopefully they'll be some nice new posts up soon once mock exams are over! :)

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Fanfiction

   Not too long ago, there was a Divergent Fanfiction competition on Movellas. I love Divergent but I've never tried fanfiction before, so this competition was a good way for me to try something new. I didn't win but nonetheless I had fun writing it (though I'll probably avoid fanfiction from now on - trying to do Roth's world justice was so hard!).

   Have you had a go at fanfiction? I know a lot of people who started writing fanfiction and then moved on to original fiction as well as quite a few who haven't tried it at all before. I'd say give it a go! As long as you're stretching yourself and enjoying it (fanfiction should not be used for financial gain or publication so you must state that the original ideas are from the original author and not your own.) then it's a great thing to try. It can push you through writer's block or just a fun exercise. Your fanfiction might even poke you in the right direction for your own original work!

   Here's the first part of my own fanfiction for the competition. I had to cut it down a lot for the 5,000 word limit of the competition so in that way I felt perhaps I would have liked to have developed the storyline a lot more but take a look and tell me what you think :)
  

   The Truth is Deadly

   This fanfiction is based on the Divergent series written solely for entertainment and is not part of the original storyline. All the original ideas and rights belong to Veronica Roth.

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     “Andrew!” I hissed as a headlight trundled past our hiding place. As usual, he had a death wish. I tried to slow my heart as the engine died out.
     “This is so...” I spat out some words.
     “Dauntless?” He smirked, wiggling his eyebrow piercing.
     “Reckless.” I rolled my eyes, stopping as his gaze met mine. Even after all these months, I still can’t suppress a blush.
     The wind knocked a pine cone from a tree, landing on my foot, making me jump. I clutched Andrew’s hand, which had slithered through my fingers moments ago.
     “You’re not normally this jumpy...” his tone was strong like his grasp.
     “Well, we don’t normally go this far.” I sighed back. Hastily glancing over to the rails, all I could see was darkness. My breathing was still rather fast, increasing the more I thought about the dark. “Do we have to do this? It’s dangerous and it’s against the rules...”
     “Aren’t we against the rules?”
     “Frowned upon.” I pouted. He mimicked my expression.
     “It’s just to spice things up around here for us.”
     “What? Meeting up in secret isn’t enough for you?” I teased him by loosening my own grip and pulling back slightly. He pounced back, his face so close to mine I could lose myself in his chestnut eyes. Being so full of surety they scared me sometimes.
     “Come on, for me?” His gaze turned to match a puppy’s, “It’ll be fun.” He began pulling me back.
     I sighed, “Fine.”
     His lips quickly pecked my cheek, “That’s my Stiff.” And, before I had a chance to smack him, we began running again.

    My eyes were locked on the ground. You’d think with the amount of adrenaline in my veins at this point I’d turn into some sort of speedy super human, but still I was as slow as the minutes were ticking by today.
     I was desperate to ask where we were heading to, but the night was so still that my ragged breaths were disturbing it enough.
     Every dying bush seemed to lurk over our path. Every crack in the pavement seemed to be a hole into oblivion. My hands were tingling like they were on fire and my feet were howling.
     Andrew stopped. I slapped into the back of him before freezing my steps too. Pushing me backwards, we dropped down to the ground, hidden behind a broken wall as long as we remained flat.
     A man was on his knees, hands on top of his head in front of us. Someone with a gun in their hand was holding the victim in place whilst someone else stood back, observing the scene as a shadow. That’s all I saw, and all I wanted to see, before plunging down.
     Andrew dared a peek, his black clothing aiding his camouflage. This that kind of thing didn’t occur in the factions. Our way of life brings peace.
     This man must have disturbed that peace, but we were told that those who do this become factionless, not-
    My thoughts were interrupted by the dreaded shot shaking through the air.




The rest can be read by clicking here: http://www.movellas.com/book/read/201312292130085331-the-truth-is-deadly-divergent-fanfiction


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New Year!

   Happy New Year everyone! I wish you a pleasant 2014 full of new chances and fun!
  
 And today is Sherlock season three day!!!!! 9 o'clock can't come quick enough!!!

   Hope you all enjoy/enjoyed your new year and are looking forward to 2014.

 
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