Wow, okay, I'll do it too then.
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Deena - Oct 18, 2003 5:47:10 pm PDT #2315 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Liese S. - Oct 18, 2003 6:01:58 pm PDT #2316 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
See how handily I started with the whining and excuse-making, before even deciding to take on such an endeavor? Now I can fail, and I already explained why! No pressure!
Deena - Oct 18, 2003 6:04:07 pm PDT #2317 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Liese, do it, do it! It can be crap. They tell you to read Bird by Bird and that's all about the shitty first drafts.
And we'll egg you on, cheer for you, and, um, t frantically casting around for better reasons, I want you to.
erikaj - Oct 18, 2003 6:57:47 pm PDT #2318 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm so embarrassed. I already feel I have nothing to say, but I'm committing myself to a long nothing.
Deena - Oct 18, 2003 7:40:42 pm PDT #2319 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Erika, you've got it in you. You couldn't write those amazing fics if you didn't.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Oct 18, 2003 10:56:05 pm PDT #2320 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I'm going to have a go. No idea what I'll write, but there can't be any harm in trying.
Anne W. - Oct 19, 2003 2:09:34 am PDT #2321 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'll have to try this NaNoWriMo thing as well. Now I've just got to think of something to write about.
Deena - Oct 19, 2003 4:55:21 am PDT #2322 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Anne, Am-Chau, I'm so excited that you're doing it too. I looked and decided I didn't really want to do it with a bunch of strangers, and now all these wonderful buffista writers are doing it.
I figured out that at my usual, comfortable-for-me layout and font (arial, 11 pt., 1" margins), if I write 5 pages a day, then I'll have 5 days for editing.
I have no clue what I'm writing either, though I'm mulling over some ideas. In the profile, where it asked for title of WIP, I put Influx. I'm trying to figure out why, because I kind of like that. I don't think I've ever tried to write something to fit a title before.
Nilly - Oct 19, 2003 5:07:34 am PDT #2323 of 10001
Swouncing
t ignorant What is this National Novel Writing Month all you lovely people are planning on doing? t can't turn the 'ignorant' tag off
Deb, Susan, it's always so wonderful, to lurk in this thread and read your ongoing good news - I'm very happy for both of you (even happier 'cause I've read "Weaver" and loved it a lot, and currently loving FFoSM).
Deena - Oct 19, 2003 5:19:10 am PDT #2324 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Nilly, NaNoWriMo is here: [link]
You sign up to try to write a complete, 50 thousand word story during the month of November, beginning on the first and ending by midnight, November 30. You e-mail them your story and they certify it as 50 thousand words, but don't read for content or quality. If you've got 50 thousand words, you won. You don't actually win a prize (though you can buy a t-shirt), you just have the knowledge that you did it with a whole bunch of other people all over the world. This is the 5th year. So far, from what I understand, 3 people have had, or will have, their stories published.