I got 15,000 words and a plot I'm really happy with; I took an idea I'd been toying with at bedtime, and it turned out to have legs.
So by my standards, yeah, I won.
Not by theirs, of course....
Willow: Were there dolphins? Tara: Yes. Many dolphins at the pound. Willow: Was there a camel? Tara: There was the front of a camel. A half-camel.
'Selfless'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Betsy HP - Dec 02, 2003 3:06:06 pm PST #2924 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Betsy HP - Dec 02, 2003 3:06:49 pm PST #2925 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Also, last month was the Migraine Month from Hell, the Week That Topamax Ate My Brain, and other unpleasant stuff. So excuses? I got lots.
erikaj - Dec 02, 2003 3:12:36 pm PST #2926 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I got about 15K too...Impressive for me, but not 50,000 words/month.
deborah grabien - Dec 02, 2003 3:29:30 pm PST #2927 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I like the fact that people came out of it with plots, and the seeds for new ideas.
Consuela - Dec 02, 2003 3:41:00 pm PST #2928 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, Betsy, that's great! Glad to hear it.
erikaj - Dec 02, 2003 3:57:53 pm PST #2929 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I definitely did. And I'm really going to get serious and stop treating it like this faintly embarrassing hobby...but not too serious. And I did write something every day...although I think maybe I had too many balls in the air...probably sometimes literally, writing so much fic and that too, but I have to feel like I'm taking time away from something or it won't happen. Right?
deborah grabien - Dec 02, 2003 4:02:35 pm PST #2930 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, the switching between fic and fiction gave me a genuine taste of what juggling several brightly coloured, rather heavy balls in the air above my head must be like.
But I'm all about you treating it seriously.
erikaj - Dec 02, 2003 4:08:03 pm PST #2931 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Maybe I need to feel like a cheater or something.(Don't mind me...sometimes I think I gave up therapy a little abruptly.;))
Susan W. - Dec 02, 2003 9:55:49 pm PST #2932 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm writing again!
I'm still doing the background research to feel comfortable tackling the Peninsular War segment of Novel 2.0 (henceforth to be referred to by its working title, Anna and the Sergeant), but the not-writing was starting to bother me, so I'm writing around the martial bits. Got in 900 words tonight. Not much, but it's a start. I'm having to adjust to third person after writing Lucy in first, and find the right voice, but it feels good to be back in the saddle.
deborah grabien - Dec 02, 2003 10:05:47 pm PST #2933 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Susan, huzzah! I'm trying to polish off the last of chapter 4 of The Eden Tree, then down the home stretch for Matty, with tour stuff in the middle.