Now I'm wallowing in nostalgia about that old house. I put up some pictures here.
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The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
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.
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.
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)
Do it Erika!
erika, definitely do it.
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?
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.
Erika, this is a cliche, but still true: if you never try again, you will always be zero for five. Keep taking that risk. You inspire me.
erika, what's the problem? Happy to beta. You just go write it, please.
Kristin, I'm just out of the shower, but you bet, send along.