Erika, I don't think that's obnoxious at all. I just do it because it helps me--if it doesn't help you, then I wouldn't do it either.
Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.
Oz ,'Beneath You'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Pix - Nov 28, 2004 11:05:00 am PST #8279 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
erikaj - Nov 28, 2004 11:19:06 am PST #8280 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm not sure if it would help or not, Kristin. I just get as far as "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges." And that's it...it really blows my mind that I ever for one second was an apple-polisher or a grade-grubber, but I can't deny what my friend calls my Pinkie period. (Because I wrote something and wrote(blush). L&O fandom is overrun with like the Drabble Police(Ha!) And they piss me off.Munch could take 100 words to take the trash out. And another 100 to bring her home. Bad Dum pum.
dcp - Nov 28, 2004 11:53:14 am PST #8281 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Now I'm wallowing in nostalgia about that old house. I put up some pictures here.
Connie Neil - Nov 28, 2004 12:06:05 pm PST #8282 of 10001
brillig
I decided to do my drabble on my old, dear Smith Corona because I'm tired of reacting only with melancholy to the drabble subjects. I'm trying to think of how to keep a drabble about our new library, which was put into the old school buildings down the street, down to something around a hundred words. I don't count either, but go for what looks like the right number of lines.
deborah grabien - Nov 28, 2004 12:25:49 pm PST #8283 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I just write. I don't count until I'm done; I don't start out with a key theme. It's a picture, or a memory, or a story, or just a moment gone, and then it's on paper. If it's too short, I leave it or expand it. If it's too long, I either prune it or expand it. It depends on the bit in question.
erikaj - Nov 28, 2004 1:04:03 pm PST #8284 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Do you think I should try to write 2500 words for a contest by the end of December?I'm a little tempted.(But I lose a lot)
Pix - Nov 28, 2004 1:19:01 pm PST #8285 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Do it Erika!
deborah grabien - Nov 28, 2004 1:20:45 pm PST #8286 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, definitely do it.
Pix - Nov 28, 2004 1:32:07 pm PST #8287 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Deb- I'm tweaking that essay based on the comments we'd discussed via email. In about fifteen minutes or so, might you have a second to reread and see if the revisions fix the problem?
erikaj - Nov 28, 2004 1:40:22 pm PST #8288 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
The only prompt for that one is a single word. "Cut" as a theme. One of the judges writes for "The Wire"...we may have Sensibility Issues from the other end.Cause I'm just a dumb white girl from Glendale, apart from the brain damage thing. And another entry fee I can't really afford...it's not very big, but still. It's not like it's guaranteed, for sure. I'm about zero for five.