Fay! Firefly! wibble
Doesn't matter that we took him off that boat, Shepherd, it's the place he's going to live from now on.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
SuziQ - May 03, 2004 9:18:19 am PDT #9093 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Gris - May 03, 2004 12:06:07 pm PDT #9094 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Wow, Fay, that was very good.
I come here for help. I have a plotline in my mind, for a fic I want to write. But I've never written fic before. How do you guys recommend I start? Should I just start writing, from the beginning, and go until I'm done? Or should I plan breaks before I begin? Should I start with characterizations, thoughts, putting my mind into the mind of my subjects?
Basically, I'm wanting of help. =)
erikaj - May 03, 2004 12:07:42 pm PDT #9095 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Just see what comes out,NC. Although I'm new to it as well.
Gris - May 03, 2004 1:59:49 pm PDT #9096 of 10001
Hey. New board.
deborah grabien - May 03, 2004 2:06:59 pm PDT #9097 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
(blinking)
Nova, not sure if it's you or me, but it's coming up on my machine (chapter one) as incredibly horizontal: a very looooong line that goes well beyond the width of my screen. I'm assuming it's a browser issue.
One thing jumped out, a typo you might want to fix pronto:
She fell prostate, sobbing,
ProstRATE. Not prostate.
Will try this again, and see if I can get the text to wrap.
edit: nope, I give up. It appears that my browser is reading this as a single long line that stretches on forever.
Formatting suggestions? I'd like to read it, but can't, not set up this way.
Gris - May 03, 2004 2:09:08 pm PDT #9098 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Wow, thanks Deb. Amazingly, I had prostrate first and "corrected" it backwards.
I'll see if I can't hard wrap the chapter for you, most browsers would wrap it but if it doesn't...
ETA: fixed it. It should be more readable now. Sorry 'bout that.
Hil R. - May 03, 2004 2:10:25 pm PDT #9099 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
IE isn't wrapping it, either. I've seen this problem before with .txt files, but I forgot what the fix is.
Gris - May 03, 2004 2:14:26 pm PDT #9100 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I just made them into html files. Probably a good plan, anyway, as Fic is typically published online. =)
ETA: the problem with the text file was almost certainly caused by my computer being a Mac, and your Windows machine getting confused by the different style of line breaks.
deborah grabien - May 03, 2004 2:20:06 pm PDT #9101 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
There we go. Readable now. Thanks, Nova.
It's a very promising beginning, in terms of story. How deep an edit were you looking for, and would you rather wait until there's more of it to wortk with?
Gris - May 03, 2004 2:23:37 pm PDT #9102 of 10001
Hey. New board.
If you have any hints about writing style, now would be a good time for them, before I dig myself too deep. I'm not looking for typo-style editing yet, that can certainly wait for more writing to be done, but if something feels wrong to you, tell me now.
If it's too early to tell that sort of thing yet, that's fine, I'll go ahead and write some more (though probably not right this second).
And thanks.