About a chapter(or two) from finishing the second draft of novel.It's good in places, not terrible overall--I mean, after about two years I wish I were totally in love with it, but it's long and it actually has a beginning, middle, and end, which were stumbling blocks in the past.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
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.
erikaj - Feb 25, 2014 12:44:41 pm PST #5934 of 6687
Always Anti-fascist!
Polter-Cow - Feb 25, 2014 1:19:01 pm PST #5935 of 6687
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's great!
-t - Feb 25, 2014 4:08:17 pm PST #5936 of 6687
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Go erika! Finishing the second draft and not hating it thoroughly sounds pretty awesome to me.
erikaj - Feb 25, 2014 4:39:44 pm PST #5937 of 6687
Always Anti-fascist!
There are bits that I might hate later, but mostly not. It's just that, for the time I spent, I wish it were spectacular(but it might get there, still, right?) Yeah, I'm pleased.
Burrell - Feb 25, 2014 5:43:15 pm PST #5938 of 6687
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Finishing the second draft is huge, erika!
Amy - Feb 25, 2014 5:45:32 pm PST #5939 of 6687
Because books.
It is huge, erika! And you may feel differently about it after you let it rest for a while. Work on something else for a bit or read something of a completely different genre, and give your brain a break.
I was out to dinner with fellow local writers tonight, and I can't even say how good it was for me. Whenever I'm with other writers, it always recharges me. I need to do it more.
To sum up: Writers groups for everyone! They're a good thing!
hippocampus - Feb 25, 2014 6:47:43 pm PST #5940 of 6687
not your mom's socks.
Go Erika! That is huge. And Amy is wise.
erikaj - Feb 26, 2014 12:35:17 pm PST #5941 of 6687
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, hate was a bit strong, but you know what it's like when you only see the flaws or that you don't have a nifty case file to draw from like Michael Connelly. To use a completely fictional example that my friend told me about. Besides you people, haven't had a good group since college, though I tried a few times. Mine had too many old guys who hadn't read anything new since the Godfather came out.
hippocampus - Mar 05, 2014 7:20:22 am PST #5942 of 6687
not your mom's socks.
meep. I have a very fast deadline for the first round of edits on this book. I shouldn't even be here. Meep.
-t - Mar 05, 2014 1:51:28 pm PST #5943 of 6687
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
EDIT LIKE THE WIND