le n, that bites.
Yay for Nilly baby!
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
smonster - Feb 26, 2013 11:08:51 am PST #26753 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
le nubian - Feb 26, 2013 11:09:47 am PST #26754 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
if the tech had bit me, it would have felt more honest.
billytea - Feb 26, 2013 11:23:45 am PST #26755 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Congratulations, Nilly family!
Typo Boy - Feb 26, 2013 1:25:14 pm PST #26756 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
OK - I've run into a block on a novel I'm working that I don't think I can overcome on my own. I just can't plot that long. I have the beginning, the end, the world, the main character, some other characters, some really good scenes.
The offer I'd like to make to another writer: you look at what I've got. You come up with a fairly detailed outline (a page or two per chapter). I'll do a first draft. And when it comes to further drafts, we divide the labor the way you choose.
Question: is this a fair offer? Am I asking the other person to do much of the work? Am I monopolizing the fun of writing?
Hil R. - Feb 26, 2013 3:05:16 pm PST #26757 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I get to bring the doggy home tomorrow after work. Tonight I need to dog-proof the living room, set up the crate, and figure out how to attach the dog car seat to the seats in my car. Also, take the tags off all the dog toys I bought.
Amy - Feb 26, 2013 3:21:16 pm PST #26758 of 30001
Because books.
Aw, happy homecoming, Hil.
Typo, I think what you're asking is essentially what a ghostwriter would do, but he or she would be paid. If you and a friend wanted to collaborate on an idea, that's one thing, but asking someone to outline your idea for you, for free, seems a little unlikely.
Typo Boy - Feb 26, 2013 3:31:59 pm PST #26759 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Well I was thinking partnership, but from what you are saying it is not really partnership, it is ghostwriting. So way too much of ask of in a 50/50 relationship.
askye - Feb 26, 2013 3:32:07 pm PST #26760 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Happy Doggie Proofing Hil!
So my nephew is getting a bunch of fillings done tomorrow. They are having to sedate him, but hopefully he'll be a trooper.
Amy - Feb 26, 2013 4:49:36 pm PST #26761 of 30001
Because books.
It's not really a partnership unless you collaborate on the idea. Although it could be if found someone to agree to it. In my experience, though, most writers either want to be part of the creative process, or they want a work-for-hire gig that pays.
Typo Boy - Feb 26, 2013 4:53:14 pm PST #26762 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Ah if they had their own input into the idea then it would be a more standard partnership? But I'd still need them to come up with almost all of the plot, probably in outline form, so that is still not a partnership.