Three Things Make A Post

[loaded_march]

Huh.  It's the second time I've used the exact same subject line.  Or third?

Anyway!

1. I wrote 1,000 more words this morning and am now officially finished Draft 0 of part 9.  Very, very rarely do Draft 0's ever get released into the provincial park (i.e., betas), and even a controlled, tagged attempt at acclimatizing the Draft for public

Comments

[charma_10]

Perhaps run through a summary with your beta or a friend...that way, they can de-spoilerfy it for you :)

And then we get to read it!

*is selfish*

XD

[loaded_march]

That's a great idea! I emailed my beta to see if I could inflict it on them, and she said absolutely, yes, right now. Except I have to write it first.

oops!

[eaardvark]

Oooh, a post about dialogue would be cool as I have me some issues in that department, and YAY you're signing up for the Big Bang which equals more fic from you which equals 'a good thing'. This is now officially a good morning :)

[loaded_march]

I realized there is a downside to signing up to the BB. It'll be like 6 months before it gets posted...

[etharei]

1. Woot for Draft 0! I know the feeling - I used to hate letting anyone see my work before posting, which is a bit of a conundrum when you need to get something beta'd. It's taken me forever to be okay with it. But I still won't let someone read the raw, freshly-typed stuff.

I'm co-writing something now and we all work in one gdoc file, and it's my slowest writing yet because I can't turn my inner editor off (because omg there are people reading it as I type) so I have to sound out every sentence in my head. If it's a discrete scene, I usually work on it on my own and copy-paste it in when it's done

[loaded_march]

But nobody sees my draft 0. My beta(s) get draft 1. Draft 2 is usually the version that gets posted. Draft 0 is... no. Just, no.

I've always wanted to try the gdoc thing for collaboration writing, but, yeah, need to find someone to write with... Yeah, I can totally see why it would be slow writing, because I would be mortified at someone seeing my zero draft in action.

Dialogue is not easy for me, but once I have the characters in my head and get them talking, it flows pretty easy. Getting the trick of it, well. I'll get to that in the dialogue post :D I'm glad to hear Arthur and Merlin have distinctive voices though!

Also, ouch. I am joining. As soon as I don't put together a basic description that's too generic!

[bookscrazygirl]

Wow... So we'll get the fic tomorrow or the day after? If I remember correctly, once you let your inner editor out, it tends to run rampant.

Looking forward to it, can't comment much more, I think my brain is about to go on strike. Tells you what kind of week I've been having

[loaded_march]

argh. Sorry to hear about your week. Do you get the weekend off at least?

And maybe Sunday or Monday at the rate it's going (as mentioned in another comment). I won't have much time for reviewing it tomorrow, unfortunately.

[bookscrazygirl]

It is currently Saturday and I'm typing this before running off to work.

Looking forward to it ^_^ Everyone is stalking your LJ in hopes it'll come out earlier.

[loaded_march]

I sent it to my beta last night, so we'll see how fast she gets through it!

[tambear13]

I actually clapped and squealed in delight when I read the first part of this post. I may be asked to leave the very crowded computer room now... Oh well, yay! Best of luck with the editing :)

[loaded_march]

Oops! I hope you didn't get kicked out!