I can imagine writing a brilliant first draft of a poem, maybe a short story, but cranking out a perfect 175 page novel in one go is incomprehensible to me.
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
'Potential'
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.
Laga - Oct 29, 2007 9:53:45 am PDT #9453 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
erikaj - Oct 29, 2007 10:15:29 am PDT #9454 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
No, probably not likely. I was just talking about reviews and such.
Zenkitty - Oct 29, 2007 1:49:25 pm PDT #9455 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm toying with the idea of attempting NaNoWriMo. Or maybe it's toying with me. I have an idea for a story, anyway. Except now I'm invested in it, so I don't know if I can write it without caring if it's good or not.
Laga - Oct 29, 2007 2:00:47 pm PDT #9456 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Go for it! Join us! One of us! One of us!
You really do have to turn off the little squeaky mice and just concentrate on typing or you'll never win. Not that I have won. I think I got to 100 pages last time I tried. 100 very crappy pages iirc.
-t - Oct 29, 2007 2:27:52 pm PDT #9457 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Crank it out and edit and polish later, Zenkitty. I'm using it as a way to get the plot all worked out, almost a really really detailed outline.
Zenkitty - Oct 29, 2007 4:02:28 pm PDT #9458 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
That's exactly what my problem is - this would have to be a training exercise in It's Good Enough Dummy Stop Editing Now And Just Write. I can't stop editing long enough to write anything.
Jesse - Oct 30, 2007 11:33:11 am PDT #9459 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It was AmyLiz who had something to do with Big, Spankable Asses, right? Have y'all seen this? [link]
Toddson - Oct 30, 2007 11:47:46 am PDT #9460 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I remember AmyLiz not sure whether to laugh or cry (or just get drunk) when she was writing cover copy for it.
Amy - Oct 30, 2007 12:53:53 pm PDT #9461 of 10001
Because books.
That was me, yup.
I'll write anything for money, baby.
erikaj - Oct 30, 2007 1:13:53 pm PDT #9462 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I usually end up writing anything for no money, too. I need to do something about that.