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[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
We have an old tub in our apartment. But, it was painted pink, and the paint is pealing. And, it has those little footie turtles partially stuck to the bottom, and it's just gross. No taking baths for us. Bathtub is used for showering only.
Good morning! I slept 11 hours last night. That helps make up for the basically no sleep I got the night before. Yay! But, I'm still sleepy. Coffee. Coffee will help.
Silly Owen!
Poptarts:
PC, last night I sent you an e-mail with my cell phone number. Will you just let me know that you got it?
On assignments where we had to turn in an outline, I wrote the paper first, then made an outline of it.
I am Susan. I'm also waiting for someone to give me a deadline for a novel.
I love the Owen story. Owen, I'm afraid life is just a series of getting into things you don't know how to get out of.
Outside it is very sunny, the sky is very blue and it's 20 frelling degrees.
Owen pulled himself to the standing position in his crib. At 3:00 a.m. And then couldn't figure out how to get out of it. I had to get up and rescue him.Hee, I remember my kids doing that, although I don't think (and I should kiss them for this) that it happened at 3:00 a.m. But they'd rise to standing and you could see them thinking, "How do I get out of this?" It's one of those if-babies-cussed moments.
Ginger, your novel deadline is October 2, 2005. Get cracking.
On assignments where we had to turn in an outline, I wrote the paper first, then made an outline of it.
I always make an outline first. I rarely stick to it completely, but it really helps me get my thoughts in place. I wasn't always that way. It used to be easier for me to just sit down and write the paper. But since the ECT and seizures this summer my brain works quite a bit differently.
My parents got me Inspiration [link] as an early Christmas present this year. It helps me A LOT. I do my outlines there, map my planning, map thoughts and ideas, etc. It's really wonderful software. I also do therapy homework in it. My therapist is always impressed when I come in with these detailed, typed and pretty chain analyses.
I have a really hard time making an outline for anything, but fiction in particular. I have an even worse time keeping to my outlines. I was firmly in the write first/outline after camp, when I was in school.
PC, last night I sent you an e-mail with my cell phone number. Will you just let me know that you got it?
I got it, vw, thanks!
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I got it, vw, thanks!
Great! Thanks for letting me know!
I have an even worse time keeping to my outlines.
I don't always stick to my outlines, but they give me a place to start. If I don't make them these days, I tend to stare at a blank screen forever, which doesn't really work when you've got deadlines...especially multiple deadlines in the same time period.
I think it is important to teach the process of doing outlines in school. But, after a certain point, I think *requiring* them is ridiculous. People have different writing styles, and they should use what works for them. Requiring something like an outline may actually make the process much worse for some people. Anyway, that's my two cents.
I think it is important to teach the process of doing outlines in school. But, after a certain point, I think *requiring* them is ridiculous.
I had a teacher that not only required them, but didn't allow you to veer from them. That might be what got my hackles up about them. It is natural, during the course of writing, to be inspired by a better idea. With fiction, it is almost guaranteed to happen. With non-fiction, if the outline is required really early on in the process (before the full research is complete) it's almost as certain.