Below are links to a three-part collaboration by some people whose blogs I check pretty regularly. A good story, well told, I think. I laughed. I cried.
Part 1: [link]
Part 2: [link]
Part 3: [link]
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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.
dcp - Dec 27, 2007 2:44:05 pm PST #9622 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Deena - Dec 28, 2007 8:10:04 am PST #9623 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Gar, I hope you write it. I'd love to read it.
Typo Boy - Dec 28, 2007 8:14:43 am PST #9624 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.
I think I'm coming closer. Also I'd love to see what Laga does with her spider queen - a different direction than I'm taking, but there is more than one possible goth nutcracker.
Deena - Dec 28, 2007 8:16:22 am PST #9625 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Oh definitely. The spider queen idea is creepy-good. You guys write them, maybe we can put them in an anthology somewhere.
Toddson - Dec 29, 2007 6:23:08 am PST #9626 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Re Nutcracker - it's Mother Ginger (danced by a man) who has all the children under her skirt.
Laga - Dec 29, 2007 11:04:58 am PST #9627 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
thanks, Toddson.
Miracleman - Jan 03, 2008 8:25:19 am PST #9628 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Know what I hate?
When I can't start.
I got two or three stories I think would be great...or at least peachy-keen...and I have no idea how to start them.
Blank Word doc just hanging in space, looking at me, pleading to be filled with words...
Fuckcake.
lisah - Jan 03, 2008 8:34:18 am PST #9629 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I got two or three stories I think would be great...or at least peachy-keen...and I have no idea how to start them.
Then don't start them! Begin at the end or the middle or do a sort of an outline if you know basically what your plot will be or do character synopsis.
Connie Neil - Jan 03, 2008 9:37:53 am PST #9630 of 10001
brillig
Blank Word doc just hanging in space, looking at me, pleading to be filled with words...
It can sense your fear. Try a pen and a piece of scratch paper. Nothing as significant as a full "sheet" of Word doc.
I like Wordpad and Notepad these days, too. It feels more intimate than firing up the full word processor.
SailAweigh - Jan 03, 2008 9:40:19 am PST #9631 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Fear of blank white space is what keeps me writing drabbles. I usually compose those in my head on my commute home. Too few words or too many are easily fixed once I'm home - 100 words is cake.