... now I have a new nightmare.
you and me both, Todd.
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?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
hippocampus - Nov 16, 2010 4:42:14 pm PST #3730 of 6706
not your mom's socks.
Wolfram - Nov 17, 2010 2:10:38 pm PST #3731 of 6706
Visilurking
Indirection
One labcoat was shouting numbers, while another handed various shiny items to a third. Something kept beeping. Shifting white figures huddled over her, on the inside of the pale blue partitions. I strained to see my wife, but could only glimpse tiny swatches of paisley hospital garb. I sat and waited for someone to tell me what to do.
I was handed the baby. Swaddled, with eyes half-open. I looked up to catch the younger nurse looking away. The doctor came over to say she was so sorry. I nodded and waited for someone to tell me what to do.
erikaj - Nov 18, 2010 10:04:51 am PST #3732 of 6706
Always Anti-fascist!
Chapters: Should I think long or short or what?
Gudanov - Nov 18, 2010 10:12:57 am PST #3733 of 6706
Coding and Sleeping
I don't think there's a right size for a chapter. Long enough to end in places that make the reader want to say "Okay, one more chapter."
erikaj - Nov 18, 2010 10:24:59 am PST #3734 of 6706
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't know where that is.
Amy - Nov 18, 2010 10:29:56 am PST #3735 of 6706
Because books.
A chapter's sort of like a paragraph. You want it to be one logical, complete thought.
erikaj - Nov 18, 2010 10:42:04 am PST #3736 of 6706
Always Anti-fascist!
Ok, something to keep in mind. Maybe I should write it and break it up later...maybe people with more sequential minds don't have to do that, but it might be an LD thing.
hippocampus - Nov 18, 2010 11:33:22 am PST #3737 of 6706
not your mom's socks.
Wolfram, that's intense!
Typo Boy - Nov 21, 2010 7:30:49 pm PST #3738 of 6706
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.
I have never seen the Vampire Diaries, but I think the talk about it here kind of seeped into me by osmosis. So not fan-fiction, but I think in the spirit of the show. Sung to the tune of "The Lady is a Tramp". And oh yes I did
The Lady is a Vamp
She knows liquid diets are good for her weight,
Eats boors who enter the theater late
Opposes long lives for people she hates.
That's why the lady is a vamp!
She's never worked nor coaxed nor complained.
Her lovers end with bodies and bank accounts drained.
Their deaths leave her completely unpained.
That's why the lady is a vamp!
She loves the fresh night wind in her hair,
Life without care.
She's cold, but its OK.
She hates sunlight, garlic and real silverware.
That's why the lady is a vamp!
She hates thugs armed with long wooden stakes.
Priests with large crosses give her the shakes.
She keeps native earth in all her estates!
That's why the lady is a vamp!
Gudanov - Nov 23, 2010 6:25:44 am PST #3739 of 6706
Coding and Sleeping
Congratulations on release day, Barb!