I finished revised chapter 6 . . . and fail. I had to dump the whole thing. Try again tonight.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Gudanov - Aug 04, 2009 5:26:28 am PDT #1919 of 6734
Coding and Sleeping
Beverly - Aug 04, 2009 10:20:58 am PDT #1920 of 6734
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I hate when that happens.
I should be able to look at the last bit you sent me tonight, and get back to you. Sorry for the late.
Gudanov - Aug 04, 2009 11:10:12 am PDT #1921 of 6734
Coding and Sleeping
No need to be sorry.
I'm going to cut most of what was in six and move the parts I need into other places. The good part of this is that I'm going to reconnect to my rough draft very soon now. The first 16,000 words of the rough draft pretty much got thrown away.
Allyson - Aug 04, 2009 11:15:18 am PDT #1922 of 6734
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I am not a hack. I can finish this book. I am not a hack. I can finish this book.
Oh dear. I think I am broken.
Laura - Aug 04, 2009 11:25:26 am PDT #1923 of 6734
Our wings are not tired.
Allyson is not a hack. She can finish this book.
Gudanov - Aug 04, 2009 11:25:50 am PDT #1924 of 6734
Coding and Sleeping
I concur.
Beverly - Aug 04, 2009 11:28:19 am PDT #1925 of 6734
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Far from a hack, Allyson. You can finish that book. Do you need a reader? I can be late getting back to you, too!
erikaj - Aug 04, 2009 11:37:13 am PDT #1926 of 6734
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
I am a hack AND broken. I win?
Barb - Aug 04, 2009 11:52:06 am PDT #1927 of 6734
“Not dead yet!”
I finished revised chapter 6 . . . and fail. I had to dump the whole thing. Try again tonight.
I do hope that by "dump the whole thing" you mean, "copied it into a file labeled 'Deleted scenes/chapters' and saved it because you never know when it can come in HANDY."
::ahem::
I may be a bit testy about these things.
And dammit, I'm not a hack-- publishing's just stupid.
Gudanov - Aug 04, 2009 12:00:52 pm PDT #1928 of 6734
Coding and Sleeping
I do hope that by "dump the whole thing" you mean, "copied it into a file labeled 'Deleted scenes/chapters' and saved it because you never know when it can come in HANDY."
Probably not a bad idea, but I'm pretty sure this won't come in handy. The chapter turned into a pile of things that have to happen and stuff that needs to get conveyed with some stilted dialogue and clunky narrative to paste it together. It turned out icky. I tried to spice it up by moving another event forward, but it fell flat. I'm going to chop it up, redistribute, and flush the paste.