Zoe: She shot you. Mal: Well, yeah, she did a bit... still --

'Serenity'


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.


Amy - Feb 27, 2012 6:14:09 am PST #5143 of 6690
Because books.

That sounds great, Gud. I like your heroines a lot.

Drabble prompt:

leap


Consuela - Feb 27, 2012 3:16:53 pm PST #5144 of 6690
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Gud, that looks very fun!


Gudanov - Feb 27, 2012 6:03:14 pm PST #5145 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping

Thanks. I got the thumbs up from my daughter, so it looks like it'll be a go. As long as she enjoys it, anything else is just gravy.


Amy - Feb 28, 2012 3:42:02 pm PST #5146 of 6690
Because books.

I need a protagonist's name. For once, I have a title, I have the other characters' names, and I have no idea what this girl is called. Going around in circles and coming up blank.

I could pull a Rebecca? No?


Typo Boy - Feb 28, 2012 4:01:39 pm PST #5147 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.

Tell us a bit about the book, the character and the other characters.


Amy - Feb 28, 2012 4:04:18 pm PST #5148 of 6690
Because books.

I don't want that to matter, though. You know? I hate it when the teens are supposed to be believable and are named, like, Cinnamon, or Storm, or something.

She's just a contemporary teenager. Although I will say she comes from a marginal family -- parents' marriage is unhappy and now broken, father is an alcoholic, they have very little money. She has an older brother, too, and his name is likely going to be Michael.


Typo Boy - Feb 28, 2012 4:12:00 pm PST #5149 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.

OK, knowing her age tells me something and her borther's name. Around here, and not super typical town, a lot Amys, though I don't suppose you want to give her your name. Cindy is fairly common. Also two separate women I know named their kid "Sage", but I gather that is the kind of thing you want to avoid. One Rachel. One Anna-Marie. One Carmen. One Sonja. One Brenda.


Typo Boy - Feb 28, 2012 4:14:03 pm PST #5150 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.

Oh and one Megan and one Elizabeth. Tanya. Teresa.


Jesse - Feb 28, 2012 4:20:04 pm PST #5151 of 6690
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Emily? Amanda? Picked from glancing at the Name Voyager for popular names in the 90s/2000s. [link]


Amy - Feb 28, 2012 4:23:12 pm PST #5152 of 6690
Because books.

That's what I'm thinking -- either a popular name when she would have been born, or a crappy name she hates and uses a nickname based on her last name (or something) instead.

I'm thinking maybe something like Melissa but she goes by Mel, or similar.

But I don't know! Wren came out of nowhere, and it worked! Argh.