Watching my friends become published authors isn't inspiring me to action like it should be.
wrod
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Connie Neil - Sep 23, 2015 11:39:10 am PDT #6379 of 6686
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erikaj - Sep 23, 2015 11:59:12 am PDT #6380 of 6686
Always Anti-fascist!
Ok, maybe they don't quite say that, although I swear I read one that did, once, but they are all kinds of glittering generalities that don't really tell me what they are looking for, except preferred length, and, possibly"limited violence" or the ultimate "No, duh!" "No fanfic." I mean, I know they are trying to leave room to be blown away by something unanticipated, but I have no idea where to go next.
Yes, I read a lot of short stories, but they aren't great *guides" to markets. Like, if I notice a lot of divorced women in a mag, does it help or hurt to give my character a divorce? Should I write a single man by way of contrast?(Not to sound like a story generator...I do write about stuff I care about, but if I could make it more widely appealing, I certainly would.)
I thought I'd have a breakthrough and this would get easier, but even EQ didn't really open doors like I expected.
-t - Sep 23, 2015 3:17:16 pm PDT #6381 of 6686
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Would it help at all to take a break from submitting for a little while and just write something you love that you don't care if there's an editor who is looking for it? As a sort of vacation.
erikaj - Sep 23, 2015 5:04:59 pm PDT #6382 of 6686
Always Anti-fascist!
I do that, too, but I thought if I stopped I'd never really get back to it, and I keep hoping to toughen up about rejection(I mean, if I were trying to skate, or ride a bike, I wouldn't quit if I fell, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.)OTOH, once you get out of college, there really aren't writing training wheels, either.
-t - Sep 23, 2015 5:40:16 pm PDT #6383 of 6686
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That totally makes sense.
Strix - Sep 24, 2015 8:23:37 am PDT #6384 of 6686
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
P-C!!! Woooooo! The same edition as James Gunn, whose brother I hung out with all night at a jazz club at PlanetComiCon in Kansas City without knowing that Sean Gunn was in Guardians of the Galaxy and Gilmore Girls and that he is James guns brother. That was my geek highlight so far. Congratulations! I am so proud of you.
Polter-Cow - Sep 24, 2015 1:40:57 pm PDT #6385 of 6686
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The same edition as James Gunn
Different James Gunn, alas.
erikaj - Oct 28, 2015 12:35:29 pm PDT #6386 of 6686
Always Anti-fascist!
OK, a little detail question: Have a TV executive character who works for a cable network...has the kind of background where his parents might think "Harvard" nut he's not really as competitive as those people...where would he have gone to college?
Strix - Oct 28, 2015 1:02:10 pm PDT #6387 of 6686
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
NYU or Columbia?
Toddson - Oct 28, 2015 1:06:31 pm PDT #6388 of 6686
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Perhaps Stanford, if he's from the West Coast.