We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


The Great Write Way  

A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.


Polter-Cow - Oct 09, 2004 3:36:48 pm PDT #7130 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Ooh. NaNoWriWee.


Betsy HP - Oct 09, 2004 3:38:46 pm PDT #7131 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Yup. 72 hours, take no prisoners. (It was originally Labor Day Weekend, but we rewrote it so it was a choice of Labor Day or Columbus Day.)


Topic!Cindy - Oct 09, 2004 3:43:07 pm PDT #7132 of 10001
What is even happening?

Oh do it, Betsy.


§ ita § - Oct 09, 2004 3:47:24 pm PDT #7133 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So the novel you'd write in the weekend is the same novel you'd write at a leisurely pace?

Why not just write another novel? The bar is set pretty low -- there are two things you need to accomplish -- word count, and deadline. If you try and do it with something dear to your heart, it can't but make you anxious.


Allyson - Oct 09, 2004 3:50:35 pm PDT #7134 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

How many words are in a novel? I'm 2000 words into a 4000 word essay, and feel like I've written War & Peace.


Betsy HP - Oct 09, 2004 4:05:38 pm PDT #7135 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

So the novel you'd write in the weekend is the same novel you'd write at a leisurely pace?

No. Not so much.

The novel I wrote in the weekend is guaranteed to suck, except that I will have written it in a weekend.

The novel I write in a more leisurely fashion will not suck. God, I hope not.

The idea is that you edit the NIWITW until it doesn't suck.


Betsy HP - Oct 09, 2004 4:06:31 pm PDT #7136 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

An actual novel is around 100,000, I think.


§ ita § - Oct 09, 2004 4:06:45 pm PDT #7137 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The idea is that you edit the NIWITW until it doesn't suck.

Is that a primary goal? I'd think just getting the words out (sort of like The Artist's Way morning pages) would be useful in and of itself.


Betsy HP - Oct 09, 2004 4:08:05 pm PDT #7138 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

That's what I thought, ita. Now I am rethinking.


Susan W. - Oct 09, 2004 4:09:01 pm PDT #7139 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I think you start calling it a novel rather than a novella somewhere around 40,000 to 50,000 words.