I got about 15K too...Impressive for me, but not 50,000 words/month.
I said I'm sorry. I've made mistakes, but fear was never one of them.
Lilah ,'Conviction (1)'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
erikaj - Dec 02, 2003 3:12:36 pm PST #2926 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
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.
Susan W. - Dec 02, 2003 10:23:16 pm PST #2934 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm going to try to finish Anna by 11/30/04, though allowing myself grace for not knowing how I'll deal with motherhood and all the changes about to come in my life. Eventually I'd like to be able to turn out two manuscripts per year, but this definitely isn't the time to push for that.
And by coincidence I'm getting a chance to write what I know--in the scene I'm working on, Anna is as pregnant as I am now, and the sensory details are flowing more easily than usual.
deborah grabien - Dec 02, 2003 10:27:52 pm PST #2935 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Always a plus - the flow for what you know.
I like the idea of being able to write one per year, then research and start the next one and get that half done. A book and a half, with research included, strikes me as a nice personal balance.