Yay Kristen! Keep in the game!
Okay, um, I'm lost. Uh, I'm angry, and I'm armed, so if you two have something that you need to work out --
Mal ,'War Stories'
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victor infante - Jan 01, 2004 12:47:41 pm PST #2997 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
deborah grabien - Jan 01, 2004 5:45:10 pm PST #2998 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
What Victor said, Kristen. And if you need beta reading, or confabbing, or someone to vent at, you have my email.
Victor, I stopped writing for about ten years. Not writers block - deliberate. Feels good to not be stopped anymore.
erikaj - Jan 01, 2004 5:52:58 pm PST #2999 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I've decided to take some time off from fic after I finish this one, hoping to give my people a chance to speak...I tried to do both this winter and it was eh...
deborah grabien - Jan 01, 2004 5:54:24 pm PST #3000 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, as much as I'll miss the fic, I can hardly wait to see you getting down to some original work again.
erikaj - Jan 01, 2004 6:00:00 pm PST #3001 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
This fic is looking long again, though. But I'm not going to say...depress myself by writing Crosetti's letter to his daughter or something...talk about dead horses, huh? Insent, Deb.
deborah grabien - Jan 01, 2004 6:07:38 pm PST #3002 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, I just backsent.
erikaj - Jan 01, 2004 6:14:30 pm PST #3003 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I think the fic will help though, written as it is with a spirit of "Then what happened?" I will stop writing stories that are people drinking coffee and snarking. And nothing else.
deborah grabien - Jan 01, 2004 6:17:59 pm PST #3004 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I seem to have it in my head that we have a couple of writers who are happiest - and generally sensational - with dialogue and exposition, but nervous of dealing with action.
I like action. I like dialogue and exposition, too, but I like action, I like the illumination that even a simple break between spoken words - "He turned to regard her, one finger tapping the table, in a rhythm she recognised but couldn't name" - can bring to everyone concerned. It's so very telling, by way of being so very showing. And it's such fun to play with.
erikaj - Jan 01, 2004 6:30:15 pm PST #3005 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
In my case, you're not wrong. I thought it was more of case of difficulty in describing physicality, but since you said "writers" plural...it's a writer thing, not a crip thing.
deborah grabien - Jan 01, 2004 6:33:54 pm PST #3006 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, definitely a writer thing. Because physicality is only one tiny, possible aspect of action.
So,
"I looked at her, and saw a small gold ring around each iris. What in hell? Had those always been there? I'd never noticed them before."
This is an action sequence. The physicality involved is no more complex than looking at another character. But both characters are illuminated for the reader, one physically, one mentally/emotionally.
It's a pity I suck as a teacher, unless thinking about a specific question at any given time.