Wolfram, insent.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
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.
SailAweigh - Mar 20, 2009 9:10:11 am PDT #1319 of 6690
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Wolfram - Mar 20, 2009 11:29:05 am PDT #1320 of 6690
Visilurking
Thanks Sail!
Gudanov - Mar 27, 2009 8:56:24 am PDT #1321 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Congrats Jilli!
I've started writing a book even though I have no business writing a book, but I come up with ideas for stories all the time and I want to try writing one down.
Wolfram - Mar 30, 2009 7:35:26 am PDT #1322 of 6690
Visilurking
First rejection. I'm disappointed, but not terribly. On to the next mag.
Gudanov - Mar 30, 2009 9:03:17 am PDT #1323 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I hope the next one goes better.
I find that my old nemesis, lack of time, has become my greatest obstacle.
Gudanov - Mar 31, 2009 9:21:25 am PDT #1324 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Last night I finished chapter 1. I can think of many parts I'd like to adjust (inadequate description, questionable time passage, character saying something that violates my rules for that character), but my plan is to avoid getting mired in revision by just charging ahead and get through the whole story first leaving the occasional "fix this" note.
Amy - Mar 31, 2009 9:41:15 am PDT #1325 of 6690
Because books.
Gud, what kind of novel are you writing?
Also, GOOD CALL on not self-editing too heavily this pass. Just write it, and change it later. My two cents only, but it works for me.
Beverly - Mar 31, 2009 9:43:46 am PDT #1326 of 6690
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh good lord yes. If you *can* sidestep the constant sanding and spackling of revision until you finish your draft, by all means, forge ahead.
Signed, revised myself out of more than one story before they were ever finished.
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2009 9:51:25 am PDT #1327 of 6690
brillig
I'll be the contrarian again and say that if something is annoying you like a rock in your shoe as you move along, go ahead and fix it. If you're a third of the way through and you realize an action in the first 10 pages has been completely negated or you've thought up something to put in the first 10 pages that will make something later on even better, go ahead and put it in/take it out. I figure it takes as much time to actually do the fix as it does to write down a full enough note so that you'll remember what you wanted to do.
Gudanov - Mar 31, 2009 10:01:41 am PDT #1328 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Gud, what kind of novel are you writing?
Fantasy Fiction
I ground though about 120 pages many years ago, before being knocked off the rails by baby arrival. I did plenty of backtracking and revising as I went and I felt that wasn't the way to go for me this time around. Also, it was sucking something fierce.