Pass the smelling salts, as I shall faint.
/drama
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
'Dirty Girls'
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 - Sep 28, 2009 10:58:30 am PDT #2400 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 - Sep 28, 2009 11:19:21 am PDT #2401 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
My plan with comments is to collect everything and go through all of them with every chapter in my second revision. If there are enough general problems though, I might have to rethink that second revision strategy. I'm hoping that I'll have things in good enough shape to spend the second revision picking away at paragraphs and sentences, clearing up confusing parts, removing adverbs, removing adjectives where possible, finding better words, punching up dialogue, eliminating out of character moments, and generally fixing stuff up but not making big changes to plot or characters.
Well, that and generally looking for recurring problems that I might start keeping a lookout for on my current revision.
Revision, it's going to take awhile.
Amy - Sep 28, 2009 11:24:38 am PDT #2402 of 6690
Because books.
Allyson, don't make me speak sternly to you.
In the meantime, why don't we figure out what we're doing with this collection thing? Should we make a poll for the theme?
Allyson - Sep 28, 2009 12:05:50 pm PDT #2403 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
That's a good idea, Amy. It will keep my mind busy.
Amy - Sep 28, 2009 12:06:50 pm PDT #2404 of 6690
Because books.
You know that was a kidding, "Don't make me turn this car around" tone, right?
But yes! I mean, I'll help, too. I want to get this rolling.
Ginger - Sep 28, 2009 1:02:09 pm PDT #2405 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
What if it sucks? What if it needs another rewrite? What if it's an epic fail?
It most emphatically does not suck and is not an epic fail. If it needs another rewrite, you rewrite.
You could also be spending your time turning it into a script for Pixar, which it would be perfect for.
Gudanov - Sep 29, 2009 5:25:18 am PDT #2406 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I've got 14 and 15 read through. I'm done with Edmund extraction revising and back to regular revising!
Of course, since we are replacing all the windows in the house, it may be Thursday before I have time to get to the regular revising.
Edited because I made 'windows' a proper noun when I meant for it to be a regular noun. We're replacing the glass things one looks through, not computer operating systems.
Beverly - Sep 29, 2009 6:28:38 am PDT #2407 of 6690
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Refurbishing the fenestration?
Gudanov - Sep 29, 2009 6:34:41 am PDT #2408 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Refurbishing the fenestration?
Some of it at least. 19 new Low E windows.
Once everything is back in place, I'm on to chapter 17 and 18. The plot twists should start hitting in chapter 18, so I'm looking forward to that part of the revision.
Well, there is also the matter of painting the house, that will be a bit of work too.
Amy - Sep 29, 2009 11:16:40 am PDT #2409 of 6690
Because books.