Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
But a novel? I am adrift.
I don't know. I'm one of those irritating "organic" writers. I figure I'll stop when the story's told. If it's too short for one editor, it probably won't be for another one. If it's too short for all of them, I'll take another look then.
Erin, send it along! The more porn snark, the better.
Sky Writing
The breeze off the water cooled my sweaty skin. I’d been at this for a couple of hours. The radio, instead of blaring rock and roll or wailing blues, my usual fare, soared in a crescendo of piano runs composed by Chopin. The sweeping strains of music helped me with my writing. As the music rose to a peak, I pulled in my right arm, relaxed the left, letting the straining lines unwind. With a final flourish, the kite bowed over the crowd, its tails whistling over their ducking heads, putting the final punctuation on my poem in the sky
Ooh, nice one, Sail.
Erin, a friend of mine took 7 years to write the last third of his novel. His fans got a wee bit impatient. His affectionate name for it was Tree Killer, since it was so long.
How much time does it take to paint a picture? Sometimes inspiration keeps you up all night, sometimes it's taking a long vacation in napsville. I've given this a great deal of thought, and as hard as I try to churn out 2000 words a night, it just doesn't work that way, for me. I can churn out 6000 in a sitting once a story has my brain in its teeth.
Some writers write on a schedule, and their brains turn on from 2pm to 8pm, some write when the iron is hot. You'll find your own pace and become comfy with it.
Allyson - if I understand your deadline properly you only have to do ~500 words a night (counting from the time you first discovered you were 9,000 short) to make it. Don't know if a tiny fragment every day fits into your style either.
I kinda figured it would be an arbitrary answer -- which is obscurely comforting.
t- and Sail, insent!
Thanks, Bev! I had fun with this one.
I'm looking forward to the update, Erin. Unfortunatley, after work I have to take my car in to have the brakes looked at. Stoopit car, needing maintenance and shit.
::light bulb pops on--bright!::
Erin, could you send it to my work addy? ellen dot morin at etcconnect dot com? Then I could print it out and take it with me. Yes!
Sail, insent to the work addy too.