Of writing.
Can I be any more wishy-washy? D:
I was going through a box of old papers and happened across my Tryphonius story. There's only twenty-five pages or so written, but the 'story' itself is complete. It has a ton of plot holes, gaffes, WTF, and all-around YUCK, but picking it up again after letting it sit for a few years has been refreshing. Especially after spending so much time in a science fiction fandom.
I think I'm ready to rewrite and complete it for publication. I've decided to play to my need for science-y details and have written a few 'codex' blurbs as chapter introductions to help me get into the universe. The story currently reads like a romance so there's a lot of wording that needs to be changed to fit it into the science fiction-horror genre. Still going to give it a 'happy' ending though. Well, bittersweet anyway. The protagonists are going to get raked over the coals and my anti-hero is the subject of unwanted alien experimentation and genetic manipulation.
Also, for those who don't know, I'm now a co-mod with rose_in_shadow at concritters, which is a private writers' group for critique of original stories. A few of the things we'll be doing are a brainstorming thread, weekly critiques of each others writings, writing resources, and general writing discussion threads. If this is something anyone is interested in, please come by and check us out. :)
EDIT: 8/7/12 - Too many plot holes and generic plot points in the Tryphonius story (which I renamed temporarily to Hephaestus to help with a theme) to fix and I've packed the handwritten notes for the move. I've decided to continue to work on The Rose Petal Journal and post it to concritters once we get settled at the new place, though I'm not sure if I want my first published story to be a fantasy. I'd much rather submit a science fiction story for publication so I'm not sure what to do. I do know if I don't write something, I'm going to be unhappy.
Ugh. Feel like I have writer's ADD or something -- if that's even a thing, which I doubt, and it's just me being weird. Maybe it's all the boxes and clutter. I cannot wait to close on the new house and finally get moved. Living out of boxes sucks. ;_;
public post is public. I didn't realize that I made this friends only the first time I posted it. Come check out concritters, y'all. Though we want to keep the community small, we could use a few more people to participate in the Talky Bits Tuesdays and Insane Challenges on Saturday. :)
I was going through a box of old papers and happened across my Tryphonius story. There's only twenty-five pages or so written, but the 'story' itself is complete. It has a ton of plot holes, gaffes, WTF, and all-around YUCK, but picking it up again after letting it sit for a few years has been refreshing. Especially after spending so much time in a science fiction fandom.
I think I'm ready to rewrite and complete it for publication. I've decided to play to my need for science-y details and have written a few 'codex' blurbs as chapter introductions to help me get into the universe. The story currently reads like a romance so there's a lot of wording that needs to be changed to fit it into the science fiction-horror genre. Still going to give it a 'happy' ending though. Well, bittersweet anyway. The protagonists are going to get raked over the coals and my anti-hero is the subject of unwanted alien experimentation and genetic manipulation.
Also, for those who don't know, I'm now a co-mod with rose_in_shadow at concritters, which is a private writers' group for critique of original stories. A few of the things we'll be doing are a brainstorming thread, weekly critiques of each others writings, writing resources, and general writing discussion threads. If this is something anyone is interested in, please come by and check us out. :)
EDIT: 8/7/12 - Too many plot holes and generic plot points in the Tryphonius story (which I renamed temporarily to Hephaestus to help with a theme) to fix and I've packed the handwritten notes for the move. I've decided to continue to work on The Rose Petal Journal and post it to concritters once we get settled at the new place, though I'm not sure if I want my first published story to be a fantasy. I'd much rather submit a science fiction story for publication so I'm not sure what to do. I do know if I don't write something, I'm going to be unhappy.
Ugh. Feel like I have writer's ADD or something -- if that's even a thing, which I doubt, and it's just me being weird. Maybe it's all the boxes and clutter. I cannot wait to close on the new house and finally get moved. Living out of boxes sucks. ;_;
public post is public. I didn't realize that I made this friends only the first time I posted it. Come check out concritters, y'all. Though we want to keep the community small, we could use a few more people to participate in the Talky Bits Tuesdays and Insane Challenges on Saturday. :)