First of all, all of you "real" novelists...new respect here.(Well, I always respected it, but I'll stop asking "Why doesn't Writer X get on with it and write a new book, already?) Plot Question: My character has just been caught in a Big Lie, and worse she came between a mother and her daughter to do it(I know. Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!) But the kid begged her to keep her secret, so she did. And it came out. And I want them to work it out, but not in a phony afterschool special way.
Buffy! If I wanted to fight, you could tell by the being dead already.
Glory ,'Potential'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
erikaj - Nov 08, 2003 8:03:37 am PST #2650 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
deborah grabien - Nov 08, 2003 8:10:22 am PST #2651 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, two questions to ask yourself, that may help:
1. Which of the characters (it can be all of them) is your main traveller here?
2. What's at the end of the road you want them to take? As in, what do you want to happen to them/enlighten them/obfuscate them/get them to learn?
erikaj - Nov 08, 2003 9:41:41 am PST #2652 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
When I started, I was much more sure that I knew the answer...I may have to write a few versions or something.
deborah grabien - Nov 08, 2003 10:01:03 am PST #2653 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, drabble the scene. Write 100 words and just let it flow; write a few of them and see which version sings at you, or feels true.
Nilly - Nov 08, 2003 9:46:46 pm PST #2654 of 10001
Swouncing
Whoo, Deb! Yay for the beauty! Yay for the reality of the book in your hands!
What Liese said.
sumi - Nov 09, 2003 7:07:02 am PST #2655 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Deborah -- I requested your book for my local library!
(I intend to buy it too, of course.)
deborah grabien - Nov 09, 2003 7:14:55 am PST #2656 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Woot!
I looooove library sales. The books stick around....
Consuela - Nov 09, 2003 8:50:52 am PST #2657 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Deb, I'm going to order your book from the bookstore around the corner from me and talk her into buying a few extras as display copies. Um, if I can, of course. *g*
deborah grabien - Nov 09, 2003 9:36:50 am PST #2658 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
'suela, if she wants autographed, I'll be delighted to drive over and sign as many copies as she wants.
Going to offer something up in Beep Me over the next few days: Nic's designing a totally fictional tour jersey for my protagonist's totally fictional traditional music band. First person with a verified store sighting of the book will win the shirt.
Liese S. - Nov 09, 2003 5:23:06 pm PST #2659 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Cool! I've been pestering my chains here. But I forgot about the library! I'll have to go do that. (Any excuse to go to the library!)
Also? I suck. Because I put novel priority behind newsletter priority, in order to motivate me to write newsletter. And now I am heartily procrastinating both newsletter and novel.
However, I did cook our favorite casserole dish, wash the dishes, clean the kitchen, go grocery shopping, check the post office, bake bread, sort the laundry, register my domain names, look for shoes, and buy a doghouse. So yay for procrastinating. How else would I ever get anything done?