Holy shit, how did I completely braindaze that?
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Allyson - Oct 25, 2009 11:06:19 am PDT #2687 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
Typo Boy - Oct 25, 2009 11:15:55 am PDT #2688 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Me too. Hec, Jilli sorry both have done awesome non-fiction.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 25, 2009 11:17:19 am PDT #2689 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I've written essays before and loved it, but factual non-fiction makes me shudder in fear. Actually having to know what you're talking about? And back it up with research? No way, dude.
See, I think all of the above is a fair bit easier than making up stories out of your own head. Out of nowhere. Which is a concept that terrifies me.
Compared to that: research? Bit of fun.
And I say this while spending my evening referencing.
Barb - Oct 25, 2009 11:35:49 am PDT #2690 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Making up stories and backing them with solid research is my idea of a good time.
::iz whackjob::
Atropa - Oct 25, 2009 11:44:20 am PDT #2691 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Making up stories = fun!
Getting them out of my head and making them internally consistent = kinda nerve-wracking!
erikaj - Oct 25, 2009 12:14:26 pm PDT #2692 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
I write both, but I am rather the Johnny Drama of the publishing world. Y'all missed the story about the bulimic pedophile, right? Kidding.
Ginger - Oct 25, 2009 12:22:52 pm PDT #2693 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I've sold magazine non-fiction, of course, but I'm working on a non-fiction book proposal. I'm mainly paralysed by trying to figure out just how much information to put in it.
Research = fun!
erikaj - Oct 25, 2009 12:25:32 pm PDT #2694 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
I like looking up things, but I don't think I'm very good at integrating things into my work so far.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 25, 2009 12:42:20 pm PDT #2695 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I've sold magazine non-fiction, of course, but I'm working on a non-fiction book proposal.
Same here (well, similar - my commissions have been a couple of newspaper-based pieces and a fun little column for a BBC website). I'm finding the difference an interesting thing. With opinion pieces, I find the difficulty is in being entertaining and sustaining the style. Whereas the book project is worrying me in terms of sustaining the topic. Particularly where it crosses into areas that I know very little about.
Barb - Oct 25, 2009 12:42:39 pm PDT #2696 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
That's the hardest thing about research-- that urge to put in Every! Shiny! Detail! It tends to doom historical writers more than anyone else, I think (I'm looking at YOU, Diana Gabaldon...) but everyone is vulnerable.
But yeah, it's why I've resisted doing anything hardcore historical, because I'd be like a magpie, distracted by the shiny.