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.
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
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.
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.
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.
Volans - Oct 31, 2007 1:59:03 am PDT #9463 of 10001
move out and draw fire
There's a great line in William Gibson's new book, about how the protagonist's mother viewed her (the prot's) musical talent as something like an unfortunate but not debilitating condition, and the money that she made from her musical career as disability pay.
The protagonist says that echoes her own sentiments about the relationship of art and money, but unlike her mother knows that you can have the condition without getting the pay.
Laga - Oct 31, 2007 11:13:14 pm PDT #9464 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I've done 1300 words already but I can't see where to log my progress on the NaNoWriMo page. Maybe they don't know it's November 1st yet.
edit: nebbermind, found it.