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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 - Nov 19, 2005 4:46:53 pm PST #4927 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

It's not realistic, but fantasy (in this case the fantasy of perfect, true romance) is sometimes the only thing that gets you through the night.

Makes sense, and more power to them. I'm not dissing it - I'm just saying I'm not usually in that particular section of the bleachers. Might be my own history talking, but I keep wanting to ask, guys? What happens when your sweetie hits forty and grows ear hair? Do you put on a chastity belt and wait for (ack pTOOee!) Fabio to show up?

I don't know. Maybe I'd sleep better at night if I could buy into it for more than a few minutes at a time. But truth to tell, I didn't have any more sense of it at sixteen than I do at fifty one.


erikaj - Nov 19, 2005 5:06:45 pm PST #4928 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I like a happy ending, but I don't need it. Even if I expect the Watson case to come out different every time.


Typo Boy - Nov 19, 2005 6:24:26 pm PST #4929 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Hi all. I know this is mainly a thread for fiction writers - but:

I've now received feedback from an editor on my book. The verdict was:

1) Content great 2) Style - amazingly well written and lively 3) Organization - sucks. (I paraphrase)

Still that's not bad is it? I mean that means another shitload of work, but if the content is good, and the individual paragraphs are good, they are just in the wrong order that's not all bad. Please tell me this is the time to get stoked, not discouraged.


deborah grabien - Nov 19, 2005 9:57:27 pm PST #4930 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Nothing at all to get discouraged about, TB. Organisation is mainly cosmetic. Were there suggestions about arranging it?


Allyson - Nov 19, 2005 10:32:55 pm PST #4931 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I have a rough draft of a piece from my new book, if anyone has time to beta. I'm feeling that it's a bit hackish in that it doesn't seem fluid to me. I don't think I'm making my point well, never mind eloquently. And I've been beating the shit out of this thing all day. Seems time for a fresh pair of eyes.


Amy - Nov 20, 2005 6:24:54 am PST #4932 of 10001
Because books.

I'm not dissing it - I'm just saying I'm not usually in that particular section of the bleachers.

Oh, I know. I was just saying, I have to be grateful for them.

Please tell me this is the time to get stoked, not discouraged.

Definitely be encouraged! Rearranging isn't as hard as it seems.

I have a rough draft of a piece from my new book, if anyone has time to beta.

Happy to, if you want to send it to my profile address. What's this one about?


deborah grabien - Nov 20, 2005 6:39:49 am PST #4933 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Allyson, you know I'll beta anything you want to send. Yes, please.

I wrote three thousand words on London Calling last night. Started out as clues and plot stuff and became a very complex interweave of undercurrents between the characters, including Patrick Ormand (there are those here in the Patrick Fan Club), and JP's realisation why he's never going to be able to trust the guy completely.

Nic liked it. I got two hours, back and forth to feed our feral cat colony in San Jose, about why the chapter works on different levels.

I love it when that shit happens subconsciously. I also love it when I type a word like "subconsciously" and then wonder why it looks misspelled, no matter what I do to it.

Amy, BTW, have you got more for me to look at? Am reading erika's at the moment, in between holiday stuff, so things are taking me a bit longer than usual.


Amy - Nov 20, 2005 6:51:31 am PST #4934 of 10001
Because books.

Amy, BTW, have you got more for me to look at?

Not at the moment. I started work on the new under-contract book, but I don't really need feedback on that. Or not yet, at least.

I want to revise some of the last thing you read -- the chick lit thing -- and maybe add a prologue, and then do the next chapter, but that won't be until maybe over the weekend. Then I'd love for you to read it. If the Epic thing doesn't fly, I want to send the chick lit out next.

I love it when that shit happens subconsciously.

Me, too. I had a lightbulb moment with regard to the characters in the new book, as I lay in bed the other night. Was just mulling the theme, and what connects them (and also where they conflict), and had that "Aha!" moment where I totally got the thread that ties everything together.

At least, I hope it does.


deborah grabien - Nov 20, 2005 6:53:46 am PST #4935 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

I had a lightbulb moment with regard to the characters in the new book, as I lay in bed the other night. Was just mulling the theme, and what connects them (and also where they conflict), and had that "Aha!" moment where I totally got the thread that ties everything together.

At least, I hope it does.

My sister!

You know what's nuts-making? When you have an entire scene in your head, all there, how it works, the why, the language, the voice in place, it's a huge crashing major moment in the book....

And it's for two books up the line from the one you're working on.

GAH.


Amy - Nov 20, 2005 7:11:01 am PST #4936 of 10001
Because books.

And it's for two books up the line from the one you're working on.

See, with me, it's for books I don't have a contract for. Yes, I'm supposed to be writing them first, and yes, I did start the first one, but in my head, all the really good stuff is brewing for the Epic book, and the chick lit book, and this YA book I've had on a back burner for about four years now.

Which probably means those are the books I *should* be writing, but I've got to take my money where I can, you know?