And yay, technique!
Speaking of which, been meaning to drop you a line. I took your advice on that paragraph in "Nihilist Chic," and it didn't take much retooling at all to make it work without being awkward. Thank you!
Well, look at you. All dressed up in big sister's clothes.
Faith ,'End of Days'
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
victor infante - Sep 09, 2003 7:31:07 pm PDT #6513 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
deborah grabien - Sep 09, 2003 7:34:54 pm PDT #6514 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Victor, dude, I'm totally glad that worked. The scene, what she was seeing and thinking, was so powerful, it really needed to be there, just not as her thoughts at the moment.
I'm loving the story, BTW.
victor infante - Sep 09, 2003 7:39:36 pm PDT #6515 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Victor, dude, I'm totally glad that worked. The scene, what she was seeing and thinking, was so powerful, it really needed to be there, just not as her thoughts at the moment.
I quite agree, although the deeper you dig into Karen's head, the more apparent it becomes that it's a weird, weird place. Still, I put that section away, and then looked at it again later, and it pretty much came down to taking away the quote marks and tweaking a bit. Sometimes the solutions are simple when you step away for awhile.
I'm loving the story, BTW.
Thank you. It's fun to write. I think I dig Karen too much, which is a shame, because I have to do mean things to her.
deborah grabien - Sep 09, 2003 7:42:42 pm PDT #6516 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I think I dig Karen too much, which is a shame, because I have to do mean things to her.
I had to write a horrifying scene between the two protagonists in my series, for the third book. It turned my stomache.
You should hear Neil Gaiman on the subject. Hoo boy.
victor infante - Sep 09, 2003 7:49:22 pm PDT #6517 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
You should hear Neil Gaiman on the subject. Hoo boy.
Heh. I can imagine. You really do develop feelings for some of these fictional folks, and you really want it to work out for them but, well, it doesn't work that way. Sooner or later, the guy in the hockey mask's gotta do SOMEONE in, or else there's just no story.
deborah grabien - Sep 09, 2003 8:03:47 pm PDT #6518 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Sooner or later, the guy in the hockey mask's gotta do SOMEONE in
Aint it the truth? Putting it rather crudely, all foreplay and no orgasm makes Reader a dull girl/boy.
victor infante - Sep 09, 2003 8:10:15 pm PDT #6519 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Aint it the truth? Putting it rather crudely, all foreplay and no orgasm makes Reader a dull girl/boy.
Oh yeah. Besides, gleefully inflicting trauma? Fun.
deborah grabien - Sep 09, 2003 8:17:12 pm PDT #6520 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
No argument here, although I'd honestly rather read the trauma than have to inflict it on my own people.
victor infante - Sep 09, 2003 8:18:50 pm PDT #6521 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
No argument here, although I'd honestly rather read the trauma than have to inflict it on my own people.
Heh. I think, if I had a therapist, s/he and I would have many, many interesting conversations about the things I simultaneously love and hate doing to fictional people.
deborah grabien - Sep 09, 2003 8:34:24 pm PDT #6522 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I think, if I had a therapist, s/he and I would have many, many interesting conversations about the things I simultaneously love and hate doing to fictional people.
"I will kill you, sir, in the most unpleasant and violent way imaginable." A fictional author, Paul somethingorother, telling Nero Wolfe that he was going to make him the murder victim in his next book