Exactly. I could not write at all if I didn't have artificially imposed boudaries. My writing tends to wander all over the place and then kind of peter out having gone absolutely nowhere. With drabbles, it forces me to really see the words I'm using and how to use them to the most effect.
Lorne: Back in Pylea they used to call me "sweet potato." Connor: Really. Lorne: Yeah, well, the exact translation was "fragrant tuber" but…
'Conviction (1)'
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 - May 14, 2008 3:24:10 pm PDT #143 of 6681
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Wolfram - May 14, 2008 3:49:50 pm PDT #144 of 6681
Visilurking
I've actually done more creative writing in this thread in the last two weeks than I have done in, well, years. Should have popped in a long time ago.
Beverly - May 14, 2008 4:18:38 pm PDT #145 of 6681
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
That's nicely done, Wolfram. Now I want to know what happens next.
That's what's been so much fun, and so interesting, about Sail doing her drabbles around the girl and the penguin cookie jar. It's like looking at a photograph album--you only get glimpses, which seem to tell a life story.
Liese S. - May 14, 2008 7:31:06 pm PDT #146 of 6681
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, it's a really wonderful medium. It's a great exercise for me because it refines my lyric-writing quite a bit. I tend to sell short lyrics because I feel like there's so little that can be said, but a drabble is even shorter, so I have no excuse not to pack lyrics to their full capacity.
Plus, I just like the drabbles, because there's no intimidation factor. 100 words? Why sure, I can do that. And then of course it's much harder than I imagined, but there I am, writing, and it's off to the races.
Miracleman - May 15, 2008 11:31:52 am PDT #147 of 6681
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
erika - Just letting you know I haven't forgotten you and I am betaing your stuff. Just been busy.
erikaj - May 15, 2008 1:04:25 pm PDT #148 of 6681
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, well, hurry... don't wanna disappoint my fan. It's okay...really need to temper my feedback junkie ways.
Susan W. - May 17, 2008 3:36:38 pm PDT #149 of 6681
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm looking for a beta reader or two who's willing to take a look at my WIP. It's still rough and 150-200 pages from being finished (it's around 300 pages now), so I'm looking for big picture stuff--i.e. do the characters and story pretty much work, and if not, what might make them work better.
Given the market I'm targeting, I'm looking for a beta who enjoys military historicals and/or historical fantasy, just to make sure I'm hitting that Bernard Cornwell-Patrick O'Brian-Naomi Novik sweet spot.
Lee - May 18, 2008 7:26:23 am PDT #150 of 6681
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The fences prompt is now closed.
The new prompt is medium.
CaBil - May 18, 2008 3:49:48 pm PDT #151 of 6681
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Susan, the email link in your profile doesn't seem to be working...
Susan W. - May 18, 2008 4:27:59 pm PDT #152 of 6681
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I just fixed it. It should be susansw AT gmail DOT com