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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.


Gudanov - Jan 27, 2010 8:12:17 am PST #3028 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping

Congrats Seska! Excellent Job!


Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 27, 2010 8:19:02 am PST #3029 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

Thanks all! I should be pleased, rather than immediately worrying about the next thing, right? :D


erikaj - Jan 27, 2010 8:22:23 am PST #3030 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!

I'm doing that right now, aifg.


Amy - Jan 27, 2010 8:24:27 am PST #3031 of 6690
Because books.

Be pleased, Seska! But looking forward is always a good thing, too.


Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 27, 2010 8:25:15 am PST #3032 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

I'm doing that right now, aifg.

Heh.


erikaj - Jan 27, 2010 8:50:13 am PST #3033 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!

I think of those times as "Billy Walsh moments" after this screenwriter/director on "Entourage. Billy's mental, but most writers are a little like him in that we ping-pong between pride and self-loathing so frequently. Billy's an extreme case in that his poles are "The next Marty Scorcese" or "Writes shit unfit to be seen by humans" but, I think, on a smaller, less assy, level, we've been there.


Gudanov - Jan 28, 2010 5:28:22 am PST #3034 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping

I'm still pounding away at 48. I might already be done depending on where I want to break the chapter. I'm going to go to the end of the next scene and see if I want to break before it or after it. I'm 2,000 words into 48 and it seems like not a lot has happened, but I suppose there are two revelations and there's a bit of background about one of the newer character.


Burrell - Jan 28, 2010 5:29:55 pm PST #3035 of 6690
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Congrats, Barb!


Gudanov - Jan 29, 2010 4:58:53 am PST #3036 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping

Awesome Barb!

I've decided to cut off 48 before the next little bit, so that makes me done with 48 for this time around. Not exactly done, I'll need to do some fixing up.

It does mean I'm into 49 now. I didn't want 48 to go unusually long and I realized I was trying to stuff too much into too few words in order to fit events into 48.

I have a bad feeling this means 56-57 chapters instead of 55 and may 135k instead of 130k word count. Still getting close though. I hope there's a lot to tighten in the next revision.


Gudanov - Feb 01, 2010 5:20:43 am PST #3037 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping

I just have a little fixing to do in 49 and I'm well into 50 hopefully I'll have both of them wrapped up by mid-week.

That will get me to 51,52,53 which are a block of related chapters.

Then 54,55 which will set up the conclusion and 56, 57 will be the conclusion. Then a short epilogue and the revision is done. At that point I'll probably be down to 135k wc. Still too much, but down 43k from the rough draft.