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.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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erikaj - Jun 20, 2025 5:32:53 pm PDT #6706 of 6710
Always Anti-fascist!
erikaj - Aug 01, 2025 10:10:21 am PDT #6707 of 6710
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 6710
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 6710
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.)
erikaj - Aug 21, 2025 1:16:09 pm PDT #6710 of 6710
Always Anti-fascist!
I've been catching up on One Story's craft lecture series(so far a decent value) and today's installment was writing about objects, so I picked one that's kind of defining. [link]