And yes indeed, poem was wonderful.
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.
deborah grabien - Feb 28, 2003 9:39:26 am PST #592 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2003 9:40:30 am PST #593 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Thank you, erika and Deb!
erikaj - Feb 28, 2003 10:37:34 am PST #594 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I could relate to it too, in a first short hair in a long time way.
Theodosia - Feb 28, 2003 11:04:50 am PST #595 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Deb, I'm really torn, because much of it is just over-the-top silly. The high-concept description is pretty much "What if Armistead Maupin Wrote the X-Men?" which is indeed about as silly as it sounds. But I do enjoy it so much....
erikaj - Feb 28, 2003 11:15:50 am PST #596 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
sounds fun, I'd buy it.
deborah grabien - Feb 28, 2003 11:53:35 am PST #597 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
What's wrong with over the top silly?
Hey, I gave the Perry family The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai DVD for Christmas. One of my alltime favourite movies.
Silliness? It's what's for dinner.
Betsy HP - Mar 02, 2003 1:50:42 pm PST #598 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
My online writing list suggested this, and damn if it doesn't work.
First drafts are a lot easier for me written longhand. When I do them on the computer, I go all lapidary and edit and re-edit and re-edit before I have a paragraph done.
Freehand, I finish the para and move on. I strike through the occasional line, but that is it.
Shitty first drafts rule. Making it impossible to micro-edit makes it easier to birth the work.
Your process may vary.
P.M. Marc - Mar 02, 2003 1:52:11 pm PST #599 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Betsy, the best part about writing out longhand is that you end up doing a lot of clean-up/editing when you're typing it in, so it makes the first COMPUTER draft a lot cleaner.
I love it.
Betsy HP - Mar 02, 2003 1:56:46 pm PST #600 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
The thing is, without longhand, my first computer draft tends to be so clean that it's only one perfect paragraph long. NOT good.
Connie Neil - Mar 02, 2003 1:56:48 pm PST #601 of 10001
brillig
My wrists won't me do longhand anymore. Well, my wrists and the arthritis in my fingers. I used to love doing longhand, the shape of the letters themselves would affect the way the story flowed in my head.