I'm using it right now (well, not right now, right now) and it's very useful.
Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.
'Shindig'
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 - Mar 01, 2012 4:24:04 am PST #5162 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Amy - Mar 02, 2012 11:45:01 am PST #5163 of 6690
Because books.
So I've been looking at my own prompt all week, and nothing. I got as far as vaguely thinking about Rapunzel wanting to leap from her tower. Feh.
In better news, I did something called Word Wars with a friend online last night -- you set a time limit and write as much as possible within it, and whoever writes the most words wins. We did it for thirty minutes, and I wrote 515 words, which is excellent, because I haven't been writing except for the drabbles here at all.
Sadly, now I'm staring blankly at where I left off.
SailAweigh - Mar 05, 2012 11:09:58 am PST #5164 of 6690
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Welcome to Word Wars, Amy! I do that at least once a week with my Star Trek peeps. I wrote 700 words yesterday, thanks to them.
Amy - Mar 06, 2012 6:16:16 am PST #5165 of 6690
Because books.
Missed yesterday in a haze of blah and sick. Here's this week's prompt, a line of dialogue:
"I just can't decide."
dcp - Mar 06, 2012 3:09:45 pm PST #5166 of 6690
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
my Star Trek peeps
I was skimming. This phrase caught my eye and took me to an Easter place. I imagine the jousts could be very entertaining.
SailAweigh - Mar 06, 2012 3:11:48 pm PST #5167 of 6690
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
The Spock peep would attempt to nerve pinch all the other peeps with his beak.
Amy - Mar 12, 2012 5:52:33 pm PDT #5168 of 6690
Because books.
Completely forgot about a prompt today. If anyone has suggestions for future prompts, please shout.
Prompt:
stars
Gudanov - Mar 13, 2012 9:16:52 am PDT #5169 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I've been overwhelmed with things to do and it's kept me from sending out a lot of queries (or anything else for that matter). But I got another partial request (in less than 12 hours from sending it) and my query included sample pages so they've presumably seen a little bit of my writing before the request.
So far I've sent out eight queries that have resulted in two form rejections and two partials. Three of the others are still inside the response time given in their info. The last didn't have a response time given. My first partial got rejected though :(.
Typo Boy - Mar 13, 2012 10:23:41 am PDT #5170 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.
Believe me, being asked for partials is really a hopeful sign. It usually takes a lot of rejections to get an acceptance. Some writers deal with this by papering a well with rejections. In terms of coping strategy, naturally your goat will vary.
Amy - Mar 13, 2012 11:15:03 am PDT #5171 of 6690
Because books.
Being asked for partials is a great sign, Gud. And rejection is just par for the course, which I know you know -- just keep sending stuff out as you can.
I need a working title for this new project. The only thing that's sprung to mind is The Blackbird Crown, which sounds cool, except I have zero idea what it would have to do with the story.