Thank you for saying so. This is one of my favourite stories to work on, and the one that flows easiest at the moment. I don't often write longer stuff, so it's also stretching my writing muscles a bit. :D
I think I do have a little trouble with the ages -- mainly because I don't recall them being pinned down hard enough in canon. xD I think the "studying for medicine" bit comes from my mum being a doctor and saying "when I was studying for medicine...". I hadn't really thought about Simon's age before, either. I think originally I meant to make it sound as if he's seventeen-nearly-eighteen, and being a geek (in the best way possible) and reading up in advance. Which doesn't quite work with the idea of it being in summer, unless his birthday is in the summer. :/ I might go through the previous chapters and fix it up a bit, because it deserves cleaning up and clarifying -- if I can do it without bending things too much, anyway. xD If I can make it sound like he's doing his A Levels, that would make more sense, I think.
I don't think it's necessary, but I like it -- possibly because I've spent time with family who don't notice when they're doing it and it just sort of clicks as normal, for me. I'm glad to know I haven't put too much in, though: I certainly want to avoid that.
I'm going to see whether I can find and listen to that song now -- thank you! :)
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Thank you for saying so. This is one of my favourite stories to work on, and the one that flows easiest at the moment. I don't often write longer stuff, so it's also stretching my writing muscles a bit. :D
I think I do have a little trouble with the ages -- mainly because I don't recall them being pinned down hard enough in canon. xD I think the "studying for medicine" bit comes from my mum being a doctor and saying "when I was studying for medicine...". I hadn't really thought about Simon's age before, either. I think originally I meant to make it sound as if he's seventeen-nearly-eighteen, and being a geek (in the best way possible) and reading up in advance. Which doesn't quite work with the idea of it being in summer, unless his birthday is in the summer. :/ I might go through the previous chapters and fix it up a bit, because it deserves cleaning up and clarifying -- if I can do it without bending things too much, anyway. xD If I can make it sound like he's doing his A Levels, that would make more sense, I think.
I don't think it's necessary, but I like it -- possibly because I've spent time with family who don't notice when they're doing it and it just sort of clicks as normal, for me. I'm glad to know I haven't put too much in, though: I certainly want to avoid that.
I'm going to see whether I can find and listen to that song now -- thank you! :)