That, and world building, character defining, are what I can do fairly well. But I can't find a story to tell, or sustain one.
I suffer from this syndrome as well. We should start a support group.
Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.
'Harm's Way'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Miracleman - May 08, 2008 7:24:40 am PDT #124 of 6681
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Wolfram - May 08, 2008 7:57:05 am PDT #125 of 6681
Visilurking
We should start a support group.
looks at thread slug
Isn't this?
Beverly - May 08, 2008 8:46:43 am PDT #126 of 6681
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Heh, and now I'm looking for that corner. The one where the guy in the Sesame Street trenchcoat hangs out, "Psst. Hey kid! Wanna buy a story?"
JZ - May 08, 2008 11:38:52 am PDT #127 of 6681
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Didn't The Believer (another one of the McSweeney's magazines) have a section for a while of orphan stories? Plot bunnies that various authors had running around in the hutches in the backs of their brains that they knew they'd never have the time or energy to attend to, so they were putting them up for adoption? I've been seriously thinking about rooting back through the archives, because some of those orphaned bunnies were kind of appealing.
Typo Boy - May 08, 2008 11:49:01 am PDT #128 of 6681
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I think Dead Alice may be a character bunny. I mean I think the piece stands alone as a piece of Flash Fiction. (That may be ego talking.) But I really like her as a character, and would love a better fiction writer to adapt her and do something with her.
javachik - May 08, 2008 1:08:37 pm PDT #129 of 6681
Our wings are not tired.
From wayyyyy back:
Teppy:
I don't believe for a second that she misspoke, just as I don't believe that Obama misspoke back when he made that sexist "periodically when she's feeling down" comment about her.
I seem to recall that this was actually not his comment. That he said, "periodically, when she's down...." and he meant "down in the polls". I shall run off and try to find evidence of this as context. I could be wrong, though!
Amy - May 08, 2008 1:14:24 pm PDT #130 of 6681
Because books.
java, did you mean to post that in here? (GWW)
javachik - May 08, 2008 1:35:59 pm PDT #131 of 6681
Our wings are not tired.
Um. no!
Sorry!!! That's what I get for hitting "read new" instead of "recent"!
Amy - May 08, 2008 1:38:42 pm PDT #132 of 6681
Because books.
No problem, love!
Susan W. - May 10, 2008 8:58:15 pm PDT #133 of 6681
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Crossposted pretty much everywhere I talk writing because I'm feeling so gloaty...
Guess who just reached 300 pages on her WIP? ME, that's who!
That's 300 pages in Courier New, because I like the old-school typewriter look of the font. Makes me feel part of the great continuum of storytellers extending back in time, somehow. Actually, I'm at 302 pages, 66,875 words by MS Word's counter, to be exact.
I'm shooting for a 500 page draft, give or take, something between 100K and 125K for a word count. (One of the reasons I'm happy to be writing historical fantasy instead of romance is that writing short doesn't come naturally to me, and AFAICT you're actually allowed to go over 100K!) And...you know, the end is in sight. Finally. I've got some thorny plot hurdles to overcome still, but I do know where I'm going. I just have to figure out how to get there. I can do that. The hope is to have the rough draft finished by August 15, which should be doable. Then maybe a week off, and a month or so of hardcore editing to try to whip this thing into marketable shape.
And then, unless my agent asks for major revisions...I may actually have a book on editors' desks seeking its fortune by the end of 2008! Woo! I'm so ready to get my work back in the market!