"Aspire to be someone other than Dan Brown."
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
"You cannot lie to yourself and put the truth on paper."
Yup yup yup.
No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
deborah grabien - Jun 17, 2005 7:51:27 am PDT #2783 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Amy - Jun 17, 2005 7:58:50 am PDT #2784 of 10001
Because books.
What would you tell them?
"Write the story you'd love to read."
erikaj - Jun 17, 2005 8:17:50 am PDT #2785 of 10001
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
AmyLiz took mine. "Everyone has a story. It's up to you to find it."
Amy - Jun 17, 2005 8:19:28 am PDT #2786 of 10001
Because books.
Oooh, but that's a good one, too, erika. Awesome way to look at characterization.
Scrappy - Jun 17, 2005 8:20:08 am PDT #2787 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"What matters is the final draft--what doesn't matter is how many rewrites it takes you to get there."
Steph L. - Jun 17, 2005 8:20:39 am PDT #2788 of 10001
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
What would you tell them?
It's a lot like Connie's, but I've long believed it -- "Tell. The. Truth."
Topic!Cindy - Jun 17, 2005 8:23:25 am PDT #2789 of 10001
What is even happening?
I hate nuts in my brownies and chocolate chip cookies.
(That's for *both* topics)
Pix - Jun 17, 2005 8:23:46 am PDT #2790 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
One line, and one line only.
"Write what you know, not what you wish you knew."
ChiKat - Jun 17, 2005 8:24:23 am PDT #2791 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I hate nuts in my brownies and chocolate chip cookies.
My sistah!
erikaj - Jun 17, 2005 8:25:19 am PDT #2792 of 10001
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
I've written so truthfully, I'll either be a big star or make people hate me.Maybe both. And I really like nuts. But they don't make me, you know, die. If they did, I wouldn't. Probably. (I do have that Plath fangirl part of my past and "death is my gift" so who's to say.) There is a place on the ritzy side of town that makes the best brownies ever...lots of variety, stuff like that. Mostly they are second-string desserts. Ooh, death, nuts, and what I like to put in my mouth...How long till I'm LKH?