Ah Gud, don't be discouraged. I know you've made me interested in reading it just from the bits and pieces you've mentioned on the board, and I've read so much fantasy it's kind of hard to grab me.
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Deena - Dec 10, 2009 7:41:25 am PST #2910 of 6690
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Gudanov - Dec 10, 2009 10:14:22 am PST #2911 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Thanks. I'm sure the discouraged phase will pass. Partly, I'm just in a difficult part. I've got a mostly new character to introduce, some new setting, and a new culture. Trying to do that without burning through a lot of words is hard.
Gudanov - Dec 11, 2009 8:07:59 am PST #2912 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Did a bit of work last night. Knocked out my critique and made progress on 36 and 37. Still not far into 37, I haven't even gotten to the intimate scene yet.
erikaj - Dec 11, 2009 8:30:27 am PST #2913 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
Do you feel like you picked the form you write in, or do you feel like it picked you? Because I think I could do good work in several, but I'm starting to feel like if I want to do one right, I might have to choose. (Maybe that's not true?)
Gudanov - Dec 11, 2009 9:54:38 am PST #2914 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I guess I feel like I picked the form since it was the only form I was really interested in. Whether I can do it well or not remains to be seen.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Dec 13, 2009 11:41:44 pm PST #2915 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
erika - I can only write non-fiction. I think I write it very creatively. But fiction and me are un-mixy things.
Today I am working on my journal article. I must get published or PhD funding chances start shrinking. Erk. Fortunately, it is mostly written, with mainly editing left to do.
erikaj - Dec 14, 2009 4:44:05 am PST #2916 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
I do both, although maybe not either as well as I could...it's tough to know when to come out as bitextual.
Gudanov - Dec 14, 2009 5:11:36 am PST #2917 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I didn't have a lot of time to write this weekend so I'm still working on 36 and 37. I just introduced a new minor character that I hope the reader will recall in a few chapters.
Gudanov - Dec 15, 2009 4:52:44 am PST #2918 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Did more work on 37, though I'm still not very close to being done with 36 & 37. I've introduced another new minor character, the POV's sister. Now I just need to get the POV character back to have one more small conversation, get back to his cabin, and play out one more scene. It's going to go a bit too long unfortunately.
Gudanov - Dec 16, 2009 6:04:28 am PST #2919 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
It's now 36, 37, & 38. I've decided to add another scene to kick off the following and final scene of this sequence. Dude made it back to his cabin, now to finish up the action there (and thereabouts) and I can get to cleaning up these three chapters. It'll run a bit long, but the storyline is important so I'll go with it. I'm going to have to find places to cut in the next revision. Freeing up words is going to be the next challenge.
I find I sometimes do stuff like this.
"I don't like this." He felt a sense of apprehension claw into his mind.
Hopefully there's enough of those to knock out a bunch of words.