We're still working on a plan, but so far it involves being sent to prison and becoming somebody's bitch.

Fred ,'Just Rewards (2)'


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.

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erikaj - May 25, 2025 12:42:54 pm PDT #6704 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!

ew. as if. Don't want to ruin another writer, but I kind of hope they're, you know, done now. But, maybe not, even though the thought that "Nothing matters" is, in itself, a fearful cliche at this point. And, not to rehash a painful topic, but it still supremely grosses me out that NaNo used ableism/ disability access as a justification for all that. Even as I might appreciate more help with researching or formatting, some of the non-creative bits that still take a fair number of keystrokes I might wish I had one day.


erikaj - May 25, 2025 12:54:10 pm PDT #6705 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!

also, so far, I don't like the way it writes yet. I don't care how many newsmagazine reporters lose their shit that a robot knows who Raymond Carver is. (I agree that we could get to a point where the ethical/metaphysical issues become more intense but to me...maybe we're getting a look at what's in the monkeys-with-typewriters' wastebaskets.) It's just, sort of off. Like a fake phishing e-mail from the bank that almost has you going, but then, mis-spells your name or is all crooked. It's not like I'm some kerning expert, but they get to a point where I think "No bank would send things that look like this."


erikaj - Jun 20, 2025 5:32:53 pm PDT #6706 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!

cereal: Kind of a disembodied feeling to write something, set it somewhere you've never been as a lark and then need research when you don't even know if anyone will read it but you.


erikaj - Aug 01, 2025 10:10:21 am PDT #6707 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!

Looking for a synonym for "punking out" that isn't homophobic, but not as bucolic as "chickening out" I could just go with "being a coward", I guess, but I'm kind of hoping someone here has something cooler for me.


dcp - Aug 01, 2025 10:34:53 am PDT #6708 of 6709
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Hmmmm.

Wimp out. Duck out. Wave off. Turn tail. Tuck tail and run. Flee. Scamper. Scuttle off. Collapse. Flinch. Cringe. Avoid and evade.


erikaj - Aug 01, 2025 3:14:43 pm PDT #6709 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!

OK, some decent options...not sure which I, or my character, might spark to, but I have some time to think about it.(I think it's hard to do submissions in August.)


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