No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.

Early ,'Objects In Space'


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.


SailAweigh - Apr 22, 2015 11:27:43 am PDT #6205 of 6724
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I know. I miss having prompts. Maybe if we called it flash fic, instead, with a 500 word limit? Or, post a bunch of prompts all at once and peck away at them over a month or so? It was a lot of fun when we had a lot of people doing it on a weekly basis, but I think a lot of those folks have either dropped off the board or quit writing.


Connie Neil - Apr 22, 2015 11:30:37 am PDT #6206 of 6724
brillig

I'm still here, still writing (praise be), but I do think a lot of the audience/participants are elsewhere.


-t - Apr 22, 2015 11:32:50 am PDT #6207 of 6724
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I just don't have the time or energy for drabbling. Wish I did, that was fun.


Wolfram - Apr 22, 2015 12:13:00 pm PDT #6208 of 6724
Visilurking

Maybe if we called it flash fic, instead, with a 500 word limit? Or, post a bunch of prompts all at once and peck away at them over a month or so?

Or some combination where some prompts are reserved for drabble and others for flash fic.

I would participate. Selfishly. Writing in front of this talented group of writers forces me to be better.


SailAweigh - Apr 22, 2015 12:53:59 pm PDT #6209 of 6724
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Exactly. And it's go at your own pace, you don't have that pressure to DO IT NOW. Well, that may have just been me.


Amy - Apr 22, 2015 2:24:11 pm PDT #6210 of 6724
Because books.

Mondays are my day off -- I'm happy to post prompts on Monday, some for flash fic and some for drabbles (although I think drabbles work better for this board particularly). I miss writing them, too, although I'm never as good at it when I'm the one prompting!


-t - Apr 22, 2015 2:40:03 pm PDT #6211 of 6724
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

You know what? I will make an effort. Mondays could use some kind of structured break to think about not-work.


Connie Neil - Apr 22, 2015 2:49:48 pm PDT #6212 of 6724
brillig

I'd be happy to knock out a few drabbles.


Zenkitty - Apr 22, 2015 2:56:55 pm PDT #6213 of 6724
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'd participate. I need a shove to get going on writing again.


Amy - Apr 22, 2015 3:04:08 pm PDT #6214 of 6724
Because books.

I'll brainstorm prompts during work tomorrow.

If they're all related to butter, sugar, or bread, I plead not guilty.