I feel like I should give you all my number and you can text me at regular intervals to say, "are you writing? WHY AREN'T YOU WRITING?"
The whole earth may be sucked into Hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho?
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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.
Allyson - Aug 18, 2009 6:38:19 am PDT #2037 of 6690
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
Gudanov - Aug 18, 2009 6:39:31 am PDT #2038 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
What are you doing posting here? Aren't you supposed to be writing?
Atropa - Aug 18, 2009 9:35:44 am PDT #2039 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I feel like I should give you all my number and you can text me at regular intervals to say, "are you writing? WHY AREN'T YOU WRITING?"
Only if you promise to do the same to me.
Gudanov - Aug 18, 2009 5:19:48 pm PDT #2040 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I'm rather dubious of the section of dialogue I just inflicted upon my word processor. At least this isn't supposed to be the final revision.
SailAweigh - Aug 18, 2009 11:00:03 pm PDT #2041 of 6690
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Anybody up for a beta? I've got a 3500 word Star Trek crack!fic up for grabs, if you're in the mood for Kirk/McCoy wedding hijinks.
Gudanov - Aug 19, 2009 5:25:35 am PDT #2042 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Maybe I can knock out revised chapter 10 and 11 tonight. They are in the reading over phase. Then I really need to do a bit of work on revised chapter 3 before getting on with 12.
I've been bleeding words like crazy. The end of 10 corresponds to the end of chapter 4 in the draft. My revised word count is about 19,000. The word count in the draft is 29,579. Scenes are going down in flames everywhere.
I think only about three sentences survived chapter 4 more or less intact. It is so much tighter in the revision.
Gudanov - Aug 19, 2009 5:48:47 am PDT #2043 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Shoot I just realized there is a continuity error at the end of 9 / beginning of 10. Very minor, but it won't sync up with the end of 10.
Gudanov - Aug 19, 2009 6:27:12 am PDT #2044 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I have a massive bookshelf in the same room, but it's not right next to me. My 28" monitor has probably ruined me for using a laptop, especially when revising.
Amy - Aug 19, 2009 6:34:20 am PDT #2045 of 6690
Because books.
I like the differences -- some spaces are very clean, some are totally cluttered. I'm not counting books as clutter, though.
I like writing on my laptop, but I also started writing longhand, so I'm used to writing wherever I want to. And I still like that.
I actually like writing with headphones on, and in the midst of some kind of activity, like at a bookstore or down on the porch with the kids in and out. When it's too quiet and I'm alone, it's too easy to lose my focus, weirdly.
SailAweigh - Aug 19, 2009 6:56:15 am PDT #2046 of 6690
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
For whatever reason, I've discovered I do better if I start writing out the story longhand for the first page or so and then I'm good to switch over to a keyboard. Not sure why that works, but it's what I end up doing every single time. The only time I ever did everything longhand completely was when I was writing research papers for school. Also, I do my best writing after midnight, of either kind.