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And outline #2...
Is in the can. Mostly. I may tweak it and add a couple more concrete characters to it besides the protag and the Thing, because it needs that (a Sidekick! That will be fun), but that won't take long at all ( Read more... ) -
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...still have not rebooted my writing brain. This is getting ridiculous. This morning, I looked at the notes the Hubby made for the ghost ship story and I'm just... bleh. I know how to fix it, but fixing it is going to require a good two thousand more words and I'm kind of tired of writing fiction that's not marketable because it's too damn long. ( Read more... ) -
Snippet Saturday!
From Ghost Ship:
"Take us baaaaaaack..." Its voice was a growly quaver. Charlie snapped off a shot, but the energy bolt had no effect on it, passing through and spattering harmlessly against the bulkhead. "I am beyond your puny weapons. Take us back or face my wrath"Yes, yes, very frightening," said a dry voice. Russ spun around and ( Read more... ) -
Headdesking so hard right now.
I've got notes on the Ghost Ship story. They consist, when boiled down to their essence, of "SUCK LESS." So that's awesome. I've decided that I'm just goofing off today. I've got a meeting with my Writing Buddy for the Won His Soul story, and I'll be putting a final polish and edit on it starting either tonight or tomorrow. Today, I'm giving my ( Read more... ) -
Mmph.
Well. I poked the Ghost Ship thing again this morning.
It's more broken than I thought it was when I read it over yesterday.
A major part of the problem is the climax. Or the ending. Whatever. It doesn't sizzle. It fizzles. It feels rushed, and there's not enough there there ( Read more... ) -
Well. That's interesting.
I just re-read the Ghost Ship story. It's about 5500 words long at the point I quit and decided it was broken beyond repair ( Read more... ) -
And CONduit is over for another year.
I had a wonderful time seeing most of the Usual Suspects there. I found out about Salt City Steamfest, in July, which I will certainly be attending, if only to gawk at costumes and get ideas for something of my own. My brain is full, and I'm not sure that sleeping in was actually good for me this morning, since I'm feeling very tired and not quite ( Read more... ) -
OMG we're home.
Fun was had, but I've got Human Interaction Overload.
Also, the Ghost Ship story is Broken like a big broken thing. So is Ben, poor fellow.
Saw "Avatar." Visually stunning, weak weak weak story and characters. A high schooler could have written a better script than that. There's not a single "twist" I didn't see coming five miles away, and it ( Read more... ) -
I've said it before...
and I'll say it again.
I have a weird S&M relationship with my own writing, and half the time, I have no idea who the sub is.
Today? It's me. I should make an icon, because damn.- I finally got a "your story sucked" letter from Writers of the Future, which, I guess, means that I can send the thing off to the next place. I guess I should, you ( Read more... )
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It is entirely possible...
That I have an end game in the Ghost Ship story.
Ply me with enough booze, throw a hard enough deadline at me... and, yeah ( Read more... )