Heh. Brynn, I was about to comment - that's a charming piece of work, there. One word is puzzling me, though: the mention of "our" reduced lives. Everything else in the piece is at a distance, so was that sudden inclusion of self deliberate or accidental?
Love makes you do the wacky.
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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deborah grabien - Feb 08, 2005 10:42:18 am PST #9837 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Brynn - Feb 08, 2005 10:49:09 am PST #9838 of 10001
"I'd rather discuss the permutations of swordplay, with an undertone of definite allusion to sex." Beverly, offering an example of when your characters give you 'tude.
Deb Hmm. I didn't even realize I did that. Probably, I missed it when I was converting the perspective from a first person memory piece, since distance seemed more fitting. I could cut the "our" having it read "to sustain reduced lives" instead? Now I'm noticing weird comma stuff. Not usually a comma gal, but I think I'm wordy and the drabble format has me doing a bit of syntactical contortion to fit everything in.
Gus - Feb 08, 2005 10:51:50 am PST #9839 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Sure, DG, that will teach me to be flippant.
I think I was referring to that editor who is not real, the one that lives in the mind of the first-time writer, the one who stomps on every word choice and scene setting.
That editor can bite me.
The distinction between input from the editor you describe and input from a writer's group (situated anywhere) must be readily apparent, no?
deborah grabien - Feb 08, 2005 10:55:56 am PST #9840 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
That editor can bite me.
Dude. The one in the head, who tries to eat newbies?
Should be killed on sight. I'm with you.
The meatspace editor who not only knows what they're doing, but who respects the work and the voice?
Anything he or she wants. Dancing girls, groupies, cocaine, chocolate, anything at all.
erikaj - Feb 08, 2005 11:02:08 am PST #9841 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
OK, that Editor, Station manager at KFKD. Bitch.
Beverly - Feb 08, 2005 11:19:28 am PST #9842 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
And then there's my crew, with the machetes and the weedwhackers. Love them.
Nutty - Feb 08, 2005 11:45:08 am PST #9843 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think we call Gus's version of an editor a superego.
The other kind does not fall into a Freudian category.
erikaj - Feb 08, 2005 11:47:17 am PST #9844 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I think you're right, Nutty.
Gus - Feb 08, 2005 12:04:50 pm PST #9845 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
What is the Freudian category for "Mom"?
Electra notwithstanding?
I dont think that guy liked mothers, so much.
deborah grabien - Feb 08, 2005 12:18:06 pm PST #9846 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Sometimes the desire to simultaneously strangle and have sex with one's mama is just a cigar...