Dear [INSERT]. Because everybody except us has this thread.

Dear Tashi,
I'm sorry that you're fifteen. It was the only way that I was going to be able to make the story about what I wanted. I promise when this is all over I will write you a proper love scene or something to go alone with Aeryni. Well... If I remember.
Author

Dear Safiri,
Don't fall for Paka!! I know you will, because she's pretty and empathetic, but don't fall for her! It's going to lead to all kinds of heartbreak and I don't want that for you. I actually kinda like you.
Author

Dear Lena,
Where are you hiding?! I created you as a character, now show me where the heck you live so I can have Tashi meet you!
Author

Dream
Plot
Written
Inspired
Fifty Thousand Words
Thirty days of Self-Infliction

Dear Anya,
Please write your scholarship essay for this special college that specializes in Arts & Humanities.
- A.R.

Dear Noah,
Please stop invading Anya's dreams.
- A.R.

Dear Logan,
Talk to Anya, she's cool. Stop being shy.
- A.R.

Dear Mackenzie,
Stop looking at all shiny pointy things longingly. It's not healthy and it's weird.
-Author

Dear Michael,
Stop being a donkey's butt. Seriously.
-Author

Dear Bee,
If you smoke that much it will kill you one day. I don't care if you don't want to grow old. You're not going to reach twenty at this rate.
-Author

Dear Deacan,
I know you are about to go to court for killing Angela in that accident, but it's not running away if you are trying to save the world from vampiric emos. Redemption could await.
Author

Dear Scott,
I know you saw me die and I can see you scars. I understand how much you hate Deacan but he is in trouble and I need your help to save him.
Angel (Angela)

Dear Angel,
It sucks to feel this way about two guys, especially sine one of them has already killed you once.
Author

Jeff.

*feels a bit campy, but oh well*

Dear Laurel,
Be brave, braver than me, okay? I know it's hard, but this story will be a lot shorter if you're a wimp.
--Author

Dear Melody,
Be nicer than I think you are, that will make things go a lot more smoothly.
--Author

Dear Novel,
Don't even think about it.
--Author

Dear Author,
Sanity is a good thing, please try to remember that.
--Author

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Script Frenzy 2007: Silent Truth 22,185/20,000 FINISHED FIRST DRAFT!

Dear MC,
I just found you in my head - I can't help being excited! And here I thought I would be writing a Star Trek Fanfic. But then you walked in and kind of messed that up.

Could you please tell me more about yourself? What are your goals? I know you have something to do with the rainforest; or at least I think you do. I know you are an adventurer.

So, MC, tell me your life story. Let it pour out... I think I'm ready.
Author

"The piano it sounds like a carnival
and the microphone smells like a beer
and they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
n' say "man, what are you doing here?""

My blog: www.knitonequilttoo.typepad.com/chloe

Lyric from Piano Man, by Billy Joel.

Dear Kattaina,
Please be less unpleasant to all the people you like. Benedict will never fall in love with you, and then where will you be? Unemployed, unwanted and alone.
Author

Dear Benedict,
Please forgive Kattaina. She's had a bad seven years, and she really does like you. Just try to be a little more obvious when defending her honor, all right?
Author

Dear Isabelle,
Don't be an idiot. Hurry up and run away so I can tell the flipping story.
Author

Dear Brain,
Please accept my humble offering of caffeine and chocolate. I'm hoping you're about to give me a mild yet supercreative manic swing. That would be lovely.
Author

I was whirled and tossed into delicious dancing
up
UP
with the pale important
stars and the Humorous
moon

Dear Skylar,
You can never go home again. Accept fate.

Dear Kyla,
You are a wicked, wicked girl! How could you do this to Skylar? Isn't his life already tough enough?

Dear Author,
You have a terrific story... please write it.

Dear Critic,
Shut the heck up so I can write.

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Dear Verity: Please stop trying so hard to dislike Nico. She's really not all that bad, just VERY self-absorbed.

Dear Nico: Please do not get snakebite piercings and wear that vinyl tube top to the Obama rally. Verity will like you even less, and that's a problem as she's going to have to rescue you from the hospital.

Dear Ashen: Please don't turn out to be a big emo wuss. Nico needs your loyalty. Verity needs your street-smarts.

Dear Vincent: Please be more slick and smarmy. Be totally hatable with your bad fashionable amoral self. You're the only villain I've got.

I think it's probably a good thing to be considered stable, but with a capacity for madness. -Wayne Coyne

Dear Scott,
Keep using your talents to help yourself - that way it'll make sense when I turn the tables on you! Also, spend more time with your Dad - you enjoy that, remember? It's true! Step up to the plate, MC!
With mixed emotions,
NLF

Dear Joel,
You're quiet unless you're in your element, and I like that about you. Keep up the pop culture references :) But, I need you to share how you really feel about Scott at some point. Around November 17. That's gonna be a hard week.
Keep the plot moving,
NLF

Dear Krystal,
Your English teacher adores you. Most of the girls wish they were you. Most of the guys lust after you. But Scott hates you, and because of that, you just might not die.
In need of a hatable classmate,
NLF

Dear Isaac,

Sorry I'm going to have to kill off your surrogate father figure before the climax of your story. I know you already lost one set of parents, and this is going to be hard for you. But, you need it in order to come into your own. You know what happened to Dumbledore, right? It was sad, but necessary, and this is just the same.

Author.

Wiry Fellows
A lively tale of adventure on the Pony Express trail. Because the mail MUST go through, no matter what.

Dear Random General Who Is Most Likely Leading An Army Against Iolia.....

Umm.. really, the whole issue is in that title. You have no motivation except "Ooh! Shiny pretty place that's made out of perfect balance... teehee..." Could you please manage to create some kind of existence before that so that I don't have to make up too much when we get into the thick of things. You know that I'm not going to be too good at that and, to be honest, it kind of worries me. I need a good villain. I really kinda do. So, work on that, yeah?

Thanks!
nibo

Dream
Plot
Written
Inspired
Fifty Thousand Words
Thirty days of Self-Infliction

Dear Kira, I know James seems like he is worthless and just a pesky little brother. But, be nice to him you are going to need his special talents before the end.

Dear James, She loves you; she just won't realize it for a few years yet. In the meantime, go with her. You will get your fill of fairies and you get to save your sister (sisters hate that -- bonus!).

Dear Annika, I don't know what you are doing here. It just seemed like Kira was going to need a friend. I am sure we can find a real role for you someplace. Till then, can you keep the peace between the other two, keep up the funny asides, and try to act as if you know why your here.

Dear Anika,
I know that it's so totally awesome that you're the MC of this story, but if you want to keep it that way you're going to have to actually do something. Like be a major part of the scene and do something instead of just look pretty. Okthanksbye.

Dear Finn,
You're awesome, but not that awesome. Bring it down a notch, will you? Thanks.

Dear Sam,
I know you have balls somewhere. Hopefully I'll find them sometime before the end of the book. Hugs and kisses.

Dear Ivy,
More mysterious, less crazy. Got it?

Love you all lots and lots,
Jen

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* Nano 2006 ~ Three Wishes for Sadie (winner!) *
* Nano 2007 ~ Blood Sister (winner!) *
* SF 2008 ~ Flight of the Falcon (winner!) *
* Nano 2008 ~ Sewell Saga II: The Tides of Elphenlan (we'll see!) *

Dear Clytemnestra Pamela Jackson:
Your name is super unwieldy. Please let me know how many siblings you have ASAP. And who your friends are. And why you won't talk. And pretty much everything I might need to know in order to actually write a story. Kthnx.
-Love, Flute.

NaNo Project '07 - Crescendo in C (YA)
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Dear plot nr. 7
Please don't leave me.. I promise to write everything you say....

Dear Camel
Yeah yeah I promise to turn you into a man so you can make your dream come true.. should it be with Victor? ;p

Dear Victor
I'm sorry for what I may have to do to you It's not my fault she's in love with you

Dear author
What the hell are you doing... Poor Characters... You're not good to them

Dear Helena
Please can you just for once do your homework and show up in school? Believe me it's way more important than figuring out why that squarrel keeps pulling another squarrel up the three by draggin it in the tail...

Dear Brigitte
Please do the same as Helena... I know you don't think about (or see) the squarrel, but still... Do your homework and show up when there's classes...

Dear Jimmy
I'm sorry for her being unfaithful, but I hope you will still have her. She can't live without you... Litterarly... She loves you with all of her heart.

Dear Lasse and Lars
Sorry she has to dump you... You just aren't up to Jimmy's level...

XOXO the author...

"Ordinary Is Boring, Let's Be Original" by T_ffe

Dear Author,

Here I am.. I went to the University of the West in Bredic Point and spent a spring break out in East Haven where I met Tashi and helped her come to terms with her parents accepting that emissary job. Also, we're now writing letters to each other a lot and, what the hell, why don't you have her drag Aeryni, Paka, and Safiri to my house and put me in danger when they get out west. We can all hide at the University and I can take them down to the ocean outlook from Bredic. Sound like a good plan? I know you liked me... You should use this idea. Also, it lets Tashi be in control for a little while and gives her a reason to be the BWOC... Yeah....

Love and Kisses,
Lena

Dream
Plot
Written
Inspired
Fifty Thousand Words
Thirty days of Self-Infliction

Dear Story,
Could you please help me find a plot?
Author

Dear Protagonist,
What's your name? Oh, and I apologize in advance for all the stuff I'm going to put you through.
Author

Dear Dictators,
Please have a flaw, because otherwise Protag isn't gonna be able to have a happy ending. And he absolutely needs a happy ending. Sorry, but you're not my priority.
Author

Dear Leon,
What is wrong and what is just against society? Just the same, it's time for you to start liking girls your own age. She's just too young.
With love and a touch of reality,
Author

Dear Lisa,
I'm glad you came out and accepted yourself. Life will go better for you someday, hopefully, because quite frankly, this is an autobiography.
Author

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Dear Seth,

sorry you don't know what's happening around you and that you don't know anything about a life. I guess you just got a new one. I hope your life will be better than your previous. Don't think a lot about the past and keep your eyes to the future! Try to speak to people more, instead of only staring at them. You're making them nervous.

Yo Damian,

Music rocks the world and keeps it alive. Please, don't do drugs and keep doing your homework because I already know you're ignoring me. Keep in touch with Seth because you mean a lot to him. You help him to function in the world. Don't ignore him that much, even if you think he's a puppy, he isn't!

Hey Lucy,

Do you feel better, now that you're having a new brother. He's quite different than the other one. I hope your next boyfriend will be as nice as your third because you deserve that. I hope your friends will support you, even when you're having a bad time. keep up the music and rock the world.

Dear Aidan,
I know that you can be very capricious, but that doesn't mean you can get up and leave half way through the first chapter and not return until December. RAWR. Go do something with your boy.

-Author

Dear Dames,
Keep him in line.

-Author

Dear Plot:
IF YOU LEAVE ME AGAIN, I WILL BE SO MAD. You assault me in my brain, soooo...
I think you get the picture..
-Author

Dear Anna,
Why do you never talk to him? He's not a bad person; you'd get along fine! I mean, how do you know he doesn't like you?
Author

Dear Caden,
Bump into Anna or something next time you're going to third period, because she's never going to talk to you otherwise. But you didn't know you wanted to talk to her, did you? She's the one with the dark brown hair, always wearing the blue sweatshirts. Did you know, you both unconsciously write in cursive sometimes?
Author

Dear Yue,
Cardcaptor Sakura doesn't need you anymore. I'll help you grow. Remember, remember how this was you when you were a kid? Come on. Caden needs you!
Author

Dear Sarah,
Ugh. Get out of Anna's life. GET OUT. I hate you!
Author

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It was very, very quiet downstairs . . .

Dear Emerson,

Thanks for giving me the first sentence to your story a few seconds ago. But I still need more. I'll lend you my ear, my mind, my freaking HANDS THAT WILL FALL OFF AFTER THIS MONTH...just give me your story. The novel can't write itself without the protagonist's clear voice.
-Author

Dear Jakob,

I've got nothing from you, basically. That's cool. I'm fine with surprises, I should probably expect it from the 'I'm-legally-an-adult' person. But don't give me something to go on, I will make you my own. If that makes any sense.
-Author

Dear Harrison,

You seem like the good guy in my head, for some reason--the polished, refined type of guy. Is that really you, though? You gotta speak to me somehow.
-Author

Dear Kelsey,

Dang, girl! Done with the cliches yet, or what? Give me something original, something quirky about you!
-Author

Dear Jessica,

You're supposed to be Emerson's best friend, but you're hiding out in the corner back there. Don't be shy, you have a part in the story! I can't do it on my own, though. *holds out hand to you* Come on, get up here to the front of my mind and say something!
-Author

NaNo 2007: Lessons in Understanding (YA Novel)

Dear Virginia,
Stop being so ridiculously awesome all the time. Your sister is supposed to the awesome one. Don't make me kill you off! You're a sibling, after all. You should know by now that siblings aren't safe from heroin overdoses, AIDS, stillbirth, cancer, miscarriages leading to poorly done surgeries, et cetera. So unless you want to join a whole slew of other characters in the NaNoWriMo cemetery... Stop making me love you.
Sincerely,
Author
PS: Thank you for saving your sister's life and being the levelheaded one and all that. You really are just too amazing for your own good.

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." - Jules Renard

http://toloveher.blogspot.com

Dear Elle -

I know I'm about to dump a ton of stuff on you, and some of it is going to be tough to deal with, but, it's really not my fault - it had to happen eventually. Your parents were the ones who decided to send you to boarding school, after all. Blame them. But don't worry, you won't be alone - I have it on good authority that you're going to make some good friends. Just stick with them and they'll help you through it.

Never surrender,
The Author.

PS Beware of Tall Dark and Handsome! He's not a lost cause, but it won't take much to push him over the edge.

Dear Jackson, Danni, and Max -

Would you please make up, already? Elle, the new girl, is really going to need your help. She's one of you, although she doesn't know it yet. It will be better for everyone if the three of you reconcile.

Thanks much,
The Author.

Dear Eric -

So... well... if you can try not to wreak too much havoc, that would be great. I'm cautiously optimistic, but I guess we're going to have to wait and see how it goes, yeah?

Be good!
The Author.

Dear Roman:
You being a senior rather than a junior makes way more sense. Thanks for that. Now, my question is why did you talk to Mel when she was a sixth grader?
Love, Flute.

Dear Mel:
Sorry your best friend is going to totally ditch you over the course of your freshman year. She's kind of a bitch. But you get a better best friend and a boy in the end, so it'll all be worth it, I promise.
Love, Flute.

Dear Jamie:
Sorry you're kind of a bitch.
Love, Flute.

Dear Rachel:
You have the best outfits ever. I'm glad I thought of you.
Love, Flute.

NaNo Project '07 - Crescendo in C (YA)
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Dear Mattie,
I love you. You're adorable. I hope if I'm lucky enough to have a little girl some day that she's as spunky and sensitive as you. Oh, and good job putting up a fight for Archibald; he's going to surprise you. I think. Keep your big brother in line.

Big hugs,
Your cuddly author

P.S. Could you please tell me how old you are? You started off at 11 but I think you might be more like 6. You're cute and all, but just pick one already.

Dear Stanley,
Who the hell are you? You're awkward as all get-out, that's for sure, but I mean that most endearingly. I think your little sister's more brazen than you are, but work with her, man - you've got brains! Common sense. Gimme a break here.
And get some personality. I know it's in there, but you're hiding it because you're shy and awkward. If you're going to be my main character, you'd better step up before your sister steals the spotlight (because she's so stinkin' cute).
One more thing: you're totally going to bury those guys who've been picking on you at school. Don't worry about them. You've got bigger fish to fry.

With tough love,
Your exasperated author

P.S. I thought you were older too, but I’m thinking 11 might be good for you.

Dear Papa,
You are awesome, but what the hell are you building in your library? It's something really cool, I know it. Are you going to give it to Stan? Is Stan going to find it? Are you even still alive in this story? I hope so because I like you and your eccentricity, and you and Gran are still adorably in love after 57 years.

Dear Gran,
You're wise and gentle and strong and I hope I can be like you when I get old (no offense). You've dealt with pain and loss and all that in order to really be wise, so please tell me what all that is very soon. I think it has to do with Auntie Z. Oh, and what's up with the lily? I could use a little wisdom here...can you help an author out?

Wish I were your granddaughter,
Your admiring author

Dear Plot,
I am trying to fend you off and keep you fuzzy until I start writing because I am afraid I'll suffocate you by planning too much. Please try to understand. It's for your own good. Believe me, I'd like to know what the hell is happening too.

With the best of intentions,
Your blurry author

~Frenchie~

Calvin: You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
Hobbes: What mood is that?
Calvin: Last-minute panic.

Dear narrator girl who is currently unnamed:

Get yourself a name! Tell it to me! I need to know!

Your loving author

Dear main character,

Would you just reveal your name to me already? I know you think this is fun, deliberately being secretive and all, but be nice to me and I would give you more random scenarios to be in, deal? Also, please show me a flaw or two in you? I really like all the quirks you have shown me thus far, but seriously, you wont survive in your world if you have no flaws at all! Also, would you like to end up with a guy or not? Make up your mind soon ok! Oh, and do choose who you like soon or else i just might go crazy.

<3 from me.

Dear Sean,

You really want to be the most cliched guy ever dont you? Tell me more about yourself yeah? Or else how am i going to get my dearest main character to even take an interest in you? And you do know that if she doesnt like you, you would be abandoned yeah? Now, im sure you wouldnt want that.

awaiting more from you,
me

Dear main character,

Would you just reveal your name to me already? I know you think this is fun, deliberately being secretive and all, but be nice to me and I would give you more random scenarios to be in, deal? Also, please show me a flaw or two in you? I really like all the quirks you have shown me thus far, but seriously, you wont survive in your world if you have no flaws at all! Also, would you like to end up with a guy or not? Make up your mind soon ok! Oh, and do choose who you like soon or else i just might go crazy.

<3 from me.

Dear Sean,

You really want to be the most cliched guy ever dont you? Tell me more about yourself yeah? Or else how am i going to get my dearest main character to even take an interest in you? And you do know that if she doesnt like you, you would be abandoned yeah? Now, im sure you wouldnt want that.

awaiting more from you,
me

Dear Grace and Sheryl,

Where did you two come from? Anyways, do tell me why you are here ok?

with much love,
me