Elaine Vivian

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since	: 07-19-09, id: 2014608, Profile Updated: 08-22-12
country	: USA

Author has written 43 stories for Newsies, Les Misérables, Jekyll & Hyde, Aida, Misc. Plays/Musicals, Les Miserables, Elixir, Hilary Duff, Misc. Books, Newsies, and Aladdin.

If you're Defying Gravity, and no one can pull you down, copy this into your profile.

I'm a bit obsessed with Newsies. I've seen it twice and you can bet I plan on seeing it again.

Newsie. Revolutionary. Mutant and proud. Redhead. Theatre/musical/Broadway geek. Singer. Writer. Also, I'm Jewish, and if you have a problem with that then you can just leave this page right now. Because if you don't like me the way I am, then you don't deserve to be friends with me.

You know you're a writer when...

1) You carry a notebook and pen wherever you go, even though you might never use it.

2) During math, you have a relentless desire to doddle a poem or figure out an entire story on your graph paper.

3) The doctor tells you that you have a terminal illness and you think, "I can use this."

4) You can remember the name of your characters, their personality, their quirks, the colour of their favourite jacket...but not where you had last put your glasses.

5) You believe in living with intention.

6) The book is *always* better than the movie. (Excluding Alice In Wonderland)

7) You have an impulse to lie and create a story whenever relating an incident to someone such as, instead of telling your friend that you saw your ex at the mall, you would simply say that you met said ex and he so wanted you back.

8) You spend an afternoon writing and rewriting a breakup note in which you say nothing about your feelings but come up with some dazzling wordplay. By the end, you can't remember why you were so mad. You send the note anyway, because who wants to waste all those great lines?

9) You think that the people in your head are much more interesting then real people.

10) If (God forbid) you're not writing, you do something crazy, such as invest in Uranium or weave a room-size tapestry.

11) You not only fall in love with a fictional character, but one you create even though you know all his flaws as you created them.

12) You talk to yourself whenever and wherever you are, even though you know you're within earshot of complete strangers.

13) You talk to yourself asking why the hell do you talk to yourself (Why do I talk to myself?)

14) You take coffee as water.

15) You laugh out loud while reading 'Twilight' (The book is a mockery of all well-written prose thus far in the universe.)

16) You read out loud to your dog

17) You'll never forgive your parents for your happy childhood.

18) You find the setting all around you as a perfect world for your characters

19) You get cranky if you don't get to write.

20) You have constant bags under your eyes, your purse is stuffed with at least five pens and random pieces of paper napkins on which you’ve made notes for the next chapter of your novel, you are constantly on a caffeine high, you never back up your material, you wake up nightly with cold sweats from a free-floating anxiety wondering if anyone is going to buy your book. The only thought that keeps you relatively sane is: if all else fails, you can always run away, never to be heard from again.

The Only 12 1/2 Writing Rules You'll Ever Need

1. If you write every day, you'll get better at writing every day.

2. If it's boring to you, it's boring to your reader.

3. Get a writing routine, and stick with it.

4. Poetry does NOT have to rhyme.

5. Resist stereotypes, in real life and in your writing.

6. Writers read. Writers read a lot. Writers read all the time.

7. Make lists of your favorite words and books and places and things.

8. There doesn't always have to be a moral to the story.

9. Always bring your notebook. Always bring a spare pen.

10. Go for walks. Dance. Pull weeks. Do the dishes. Write about it.

11. Don't settle on just one style. Try something new!

12. Learn to tell both sides of the story.

12 1/2. Stop looking at this list. WRITE SOMETHING!

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(='.'=) This is Bunny.
(")_(") Copy and paste Bunny into your profile to help him gain world domination!

I'm into THEATER & ART, so I MUST be a homosexual
I'm a VIRGIN, so I MUST be a prude
I WEAR BLACK, so I MUST be a goth
I'm YOUNG, so I MUST be naïve
I'm SOUTHERN, so I MUST be white trash
I SPEAK MY MIND, so I MUST be a bitch
I'm a good actor/actress, so I MUST be a liar
I LIKE TO BE MYSELF, so I MUST be cocky and arrogant
I'm a MUSICIAN, so I MUST not be doing anything with my life
I have GOOD GRADES, so I MUST be a nerd or suck-up
I'm DIFFERENT, so I MUST just want attention
I'm an ACTOR/ACTRESS, so I MUST be mean
I HAVE A LOT OF GUY FRIENDS, so I MUST be dating them all
I'm SINGLE so I MUST be ugly.
I WEAR WHAT I WANT, so I MUST be a poser.
I'm IRISH, so I MUST be an alcoholic
I'm a JEW, so I MUST be greedy
I LOVE RENT, so I MUST be an emo lesbian with AIDS
I'm AMERICAN, so I MUST be an overweight pig with no boundaries
I'm a GIRL, so I MUST suck at all guy sports
I’m not the most POPULAR person in school, so I MUST be a loser
I like CARTOONS, so I MUST be IRRESPONSIBLE.
I like READING, so I MUST be a LONER.
I have my OWN spiritual ideology; therefore I MUST be WRONG or MISGUIDED.
I WEAR GLASSES, so I MUST be a nerd
I can't help pointing out mistakes so I MUST be an over-controlling perfectionist
I DON'T LIKE to talk about my personal life so I MUST be having problems
I'm a TEENAGER, so I MUST be rebellious
I'm NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, so I MUST be a loser
I'm an ONLY CHILD so I MUST be spoiled.
I'm INTELLIGENT so I MUST be weak.
I'm a DEMOCRAT, so I MUST not believe in being responsible
I am LIBERAL, so I MUST be gay
I don't like the SUN so I MUST be an albino.
I don't like to be in a BIG GROUP, so I MUST be anti-social.
I have a DIFFERENT sense of HUMOR, so I MUST be crazy.
I tell people OFF, so I MUST be an over controlling bitch.
I'm a PERSON, so I MUST be LABELED
I'm ALWAYS SMILING AND LAUGHING, so I MUST have a great life
I DRESS IN UNUSUAL WAYS, so I MUST be looking for attention
I HANG OUT WITH GAYS, so I MUST be gay too
I COPIED AND PASTED THIS INTO MY PROFILE, so I MUST be a plagiarist
I HAVE STRAIGHT A'S, so I MUST have no social life.
I DISAGREE with my government, so I MUST be a TERRORIST.
I'm a JEW, so I MUST hate all Germans
I am POLITE to TEACHERS, so I MUST be a teacher's pet
I don't have a SOCIAL LABEL, so I must just be Emo.
I'm a YOUNG WRITER, so I MUST be Emo.

RESIST THE STEREOTYPE
BE YOUR OWN PERSON

You know you're a writer...

-If you talk to yourself.
-If you talk to yourself about talking to yourself (i.e. ‘I wonder why I talk to myself so much?’)
-If, when you talk to yourself, you sometimes speak as if talking to another person (i.e. ‘Okay, so have you ever noticed that the word ‘deliver’ could mean removing someone’s liver?’)
-If, after uttering a profound piece of wisdom like that above, you stare at the cookie in your hand in awe and say, ‘Wow, this is good stuff for sugar highs!’
-If you live off of sugar and caffeine.
-If people start to notice that you tend to check your e-mail every day for a week, then suddenly disappear off the face of the planet.
-If your e-mails tend to be pages long and incredibly random.
-If, when replying to someone else’s e-mail, you are sometimes so random that you fail to address the original message altogether.
-If you tend to collect the Bic Stics people leave lying around, kind of like picking pennies off the ground.
-If, no matter where you are in your room, you never have to so much as get up to reach a pen/pencil and paper.
-If the letters are starting to wear off on the keys of your keyboard.
-If people think you might have A.D.D.
-If you think it’d be cool to have A.D.D.
-If you start constantly talking in third person, past tense.
-If you think about making lists like this, and start giggling for no ‘apparent’ reason.
-If your friends don’t even bother to look funny at you anymore when you start giggling for no apparent reason.
-And finally, the number one way to tell if you’re a good writer: If you worship English 101.

Copy and Paste this if you're a writer.

Elaine: My hot chocolate is no more
Josh: YES!!!!
Elaine: That's not very nice
Josh: i know...im sorry :/
Elaine: Yeah, you better be -_-

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1. Sometimes
Josephine reflects on her own life and Oscar's.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 518 - Published: 4-8-13 - Oscar D. - Complete

2. Cross Your Heart
This one's for Otter... BarneyxDelia.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 410 - Published: 4-6-13 - Complete

3. Apologize
Maybe it's not too late.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,208 - Published: 4-6-13 - Morris D. & Oscar D. - Complete

4. King O' The World reviews
Katherine and Jack celebrate a wonderful occasion.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 463 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-6-13 - Jack K. & Katherine P. - Complete

5. A Rose By Any Other Name » reviews
Rosalind Perth has quite by accident fallen in love with someone she really shouldn't have. But when a secret about her life is revealed, what will become of this love?
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 5 - Words: 2,737 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 1-7-13 - Published: 12-25-12 - Bill & Darcy

6. Of the Star reviews
A star is born, or rather, the son of one.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 546 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-3-13 - Morris D. & Henry - Complete

7. Fault reviews
The fault lines are blurring and all he wants is to take the blame.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 612 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-2-13 - Morris D. - Complete

8. Us reviews
It was all she wanted. She didn't want to believe what anyone else thought. She didn't know what would happen, but she knew one thing, at least.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,583 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-20-12 - Oscar D. - Complete

9. I'll Be Seeing You
They walked about the park together, telling stories and people-watching. And of course, they played a little hide-and-seek.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 495 - Published: 10-6-12 - Knobs - Complete

10. Red reviews
He was a snake until he met her. But was she really that important to him, did she really make a difference?
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,137 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-6-12 - Oscar D. & Morris D. - Complete

11. Golden reviews
Jack Kelly comes home from war, though not all in one piece.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,849 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-6-12 - Jack K. & Katherine P. - Complete

12. Make Me, O Lord reviews
The women see their men off to war.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,344 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 10-4-12 - Katherine P. & Jack K. - Complete

13. He Knew The Things He Knew reviews
Most people just see an old man and think of the wrinkles and grandfatherly way he looks at them. But sometimes there are things that old men know that no one else does.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,157 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-23-12 - Morris D. - Complete

14. If Hearst's Son Can Do It reviews
Katherine asks for Darcy's help in printing the Newsies Banner during the strike.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 491 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-23-12 - Katherine P. & Darcy - Complete

15. If I Tried
Barney Peanuts grew up in the circus and decides to visit his old family when the circus comes to New York. He might have been there to see his parents, but an old friend adds to good time.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,399 - Published: 8-22-12 - Complete

16. The Star & The Stone » reviews
A set of stories chronicling the individual events leading up to one very important event for Stars and Morris. R&R
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 4 - Words: 3,676 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 8-4-12 - Published: 7-28-12 - Morris D.

17. Worse Than That reviews
Morris hasn't seen Stars in days, and now he knows something's up. But when he finds out what it was, will anyone else have anticipated what was coming? *trigger warning* just in case also no death involved
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,556 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-22-12 - Morris D. & Henry - Complete

18. What Makes You Think You're Done? reviews
Henry and Piper go to a Christmas party with the rest of the Newsies and have a surprisingly pleasant and eventful night! R&R
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,149 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-18-12 - Henry & Jojo - Complete

19. No Matter What
Set the night of "A Fateful Encounter," Stars and Morris spend time together on the rooftop, stargazing. R&R
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 622 - Published: 6-17-12 - Morris D. - Complete

20. Just Maybe reviews
Piper can't stand being ill & stuck inside all day, so she's happy to have a visitor, even if just to talk to. Rated T for talk of abuse. Mostly Fluffy. R&R
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 774 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-17-12 - Henry - Complete

21. A Fateful Encounter reviews
Stars goes out in the rain trying to escape her troubles and runs into more trouble than bargained for. T for attempted assault. R&R.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,500 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-16-12 - Morris D. & Oscar D. - Complete

22. All We Can Be reviews
Set during the strike... Stars confronts Morris about what he and Oscar did to Crutchie. R&R
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 721 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-15-12 - Morris D. - Complete

23. Fireworks reviews
Morris and Stars share a moment on New Year's Eve on a rooftop where old memories surface and things can be forgiven. R&R
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 660 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-14-12 - Morris D. - Complete

24. A Star In The Sky reviews
Stars was just out and about when Morris Delancey gets in her way. They're both just trying to take care of what needs to be taken care of, but will the past get in the way of what needs to be done or will things just go as they were? R&R
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 809 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-14-12 - Morris D. & Oscar D. - Complete

25. Romeo & Juliet reviews
Romeo falls for a girl, and for the first time in his life, he's really falling. Oneshot. R&R.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,153 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 4-23-12 - Romeo - Complete

26. I Never Planned On You reviews
Songfic during "I Never Planned On You" from the show... Jack thinks to himself about Katherine and the strange things she does to his heart. Oneshot. R&R
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 359 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-6-12 - Jack K. & Katherine P. - Complete

27. His Boys reviews
Kloppman has always taken care of the newsboys. But why? Oneshot about Kloppman's origins. Rated for death/suicide.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 805 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 4-1-12 - Kloppman & Jack K. - Complete

28. Goodbye, Emma reviews
A tragic backstory for our beloved Specs... written out of love, boredom, and a little inspiration from the musical which I saw . T for a bit of suggestiveness, nothing graphic at all. I'll change the rating if I have to. Oneshot. R&R. re-uploaded
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Family/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 496 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-1-12 - Specs & Jack K. - Complete

29. The Fiddler Queen » reviews
Bridie plays her fiddle every morning on the corner to make a little money, but she isn't so keen when a newsboy begins selling across the way. R & R... T for violence.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Mystery - Chapters: 7 - Words: 8,433 - Reviews: 28 - Updated: 1-16-12 - Published: 12-12-11 - Spot C. - Complete

30. The Night » reviews
Various Les Mis mourn and rejoice in what they are losing and gaining by fighting for the people at the Barricade.
Les Misérables - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,455 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 9-5-11 - Published: 2-19-11 - Complete

31. The Boy Who Wished: A Retelling of Aladdin reviews
Aladdin is the boy who lost everything, had nothing, & was given his heart's desire. Rags to riches! But when old terrors come to claim his wealth & love, what side will he choose-his own death, or submission to the evil of his past? R&R. ON HIATUS
Crossover - Misc. Books & Aladdin - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 801 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-2-11 - Aladdin

32. The Many Faces of Ben reviews
Originally a little story for my friend and I to defend Ben's actions, a little insight on the many incarnations of Ben.
Elixir, Hilary Duff - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 657 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 4-24-11 - Complete

33. I Feel My Soul On Fire reviews
Marius saw her once- he didn't know her name, or anything about her. He just knew that he loved her.
Crossover - Les Miserables & Les Misérables - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 454 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-18-11 - Marius - Complete

34. Why Regret What Cannot Be reviews
Two people in the entire world control the actions of Eponine. One with innocent intentions, and one who only wishes to have his demands met.
Les Misérables - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 616 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-17-11 - Complete

35. Those Who Falter and Those Who Fall reviews
Javert is the law. They are two separate entities, functioning as one. Yet one is set in stone, while the other is made of stone.
Les Miserables - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 616 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 2-14-11 - Javert - Complete

36. Fuming and Fear reviews
At The End of the Day from the Foreman's POV. It will make more sense if you read my fic "At The End of The Day". Rated T for clear suggestiveness. Crime because of the focus point.
Les Misérables - Rated: T - English - Drama/Crime - Chapters: 1 - Words: 911 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-13-11 - Complete

37. The Pirate Queen: A Bargain Made reviews
"The Pirate Queen" fic; Grania, Donal, and Tiernan reflect on promises made and actions carried out. Rated T to be safe for very little language use.
Misc. Plays/Musicals - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 331 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-8-11 - Complete

38. The Moments When We Smile, And Those Between reviews
Amneris reflects on her young life after aging and being Pharaoh of Grand Egypt for many years. Oneshot.
Aida - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 446 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-7-11 - Complete

39. Good 'n' Evil reviews
Lucy's philosophy seems to be-and she states- "Good is evil, and therefore all evil is good." How did this come to be? A oneshot on the inner-workings of Lucy's mind.
Jekyll & Hyde - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 261 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-6-11 - Complete

40. At The End of The Day reviews
Helene watched as the foreman let his hands wander over Fantine, and then saw her reject him. She had been close to that before. But would she be as brave as Fantine to reject him?
Les Misérables - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,082 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 2-5-11 - Complete

41. One Day More » reviews
One Day More until so many things change, until so many things begin to live and finish dying. From each character's point of view, what the coming day will mean to them.
Les Misérables - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 6 - Words: 1,219 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 2-4-11 - Complete

42. How the Newsie got his Name and his Papes reviews
The title is pretty self-explanitory. Just a writer's block oneshot about how a newsie became a newsie and a little insight of his earlier life.
Newsies - Rated: K - English - Family/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 492 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-22-10 - Bumlets & Jack K. - Complete

43. Anywhere But Here reviews
Oneshot- I wrote this when I had writer's block. It's about Pie Eater and his sister reuniting and planning to flee NYC... 2nd Place Winner of the 2010 NYNA award in the Family category!
Newsies - Rated: K - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 541 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-20-09 - Pie Eater - Complete