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pdragon76

Today My Elephant Has Behaved

Nov 25, 2008 17:30

Which is nice, you know? Because when you're on annual leave and your only job is to sit in front of a blank screen every morning and push an elephant up a hill in a rickety wheelbarrow, then it helps when the bastard sits still.

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shakespearebint November 25 2008, 09:53:29 UTC

Well if it helps any, I go through that on an almost weekly basis when I hand over my meager efforts to my workshop group, then sit stoically, trying not to collapse into tears as they tear it apart. (ok that's an exaggeration - they're actually very diplomatic in their criticism). Still trying to come to terms with my tutor's latest comment on my current wip - 'it's well written and all, the dialogue is natural and believable - but I'm just not engaging with your central character. Why exactly should I care about him?' My response - 'emmmm.'

But Richard Ford is in today and Thursday, and hopefully I will learn something just from being in the same room as him :-)
And I have to say I'm very impressed with your word-count - it's certainly more than I've produced in the last 6 months.

pdragon76 November 25 2008, 11:42:54 UTC

OMG. You know, every time you share something about this amazing, courageous leap you have made this year, I am IN AWE OF YOU. I just... the sheer BRAVERY and TENACITY of what you are doing just leaves me breathless and a little bit proud to have you on my flist.

The workshops might sting, but in the words of Penelope Swales...

...can't help but imagine the sort of wisdom you'll be calling forth from this experience...

I hope Richard Ford is everything you hope he will be. :)

When you're feeling less than awesome, my love, please remember there are a bunch of people on your flist who know exactly how much you rock.

lilacsigil November 25 2008, 10:03:06 UTC

FIRST DRAFT! FIRST DRAFT! NEVER LOOK BAAAAAACK!

pdragon76 November 25 2008, 11:36:55 UTC

*covers face with hand, mashes keyboard with palm*

I'm trying. I'M TRYING.

Girl, you is kicking some ever-lovin' ASS this NaNo. *peers at your NaNo page*

*\o/* AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE! OI, OI, OI! *\o/*

lilacsigil November 25 2008, 12:20:08 UTC

...but now I've typed so much that I'm having an attack of tendonitis and the drugs aren't working anymore so I can only use one hand. Ow.

pdragon76 November 25 2008, 12:29:26 UTC

*laughs and laughs and laughs and laughs and pets you*

el1ie November 25 2008, 10:19:35 UTC

WTF IS UP WITH THAT?

Absolutely nothing!

Hehe...that Sammy is a devious little devil though isn't he? Sneaking off having all that hot sex. You know he's always been like that don't you? Just don't tell Dean eh?

**shrieks and runs off**

Oh and if you see the beginning of my Sammy vid lying there on your floor doing nothing? Just kick it on over ok?

Cheers!

pdragon76 November 25 2008, 11:32:22 UTC

Hehe...that Sammy is a devious little devil though isn't he? Sneaking off having all that hot sex.

HOMG. Is that where he is? That sonuvabitch is totally supposed to be in some field digging up a dude named Henry La Butte.

*rolls up sleeves* Why, I'ma gonna...

el1ie November 25 2008, 12:06:33 UTC

Oooh, is it scorching hot and he's all sweaty and shrugs off his shirts..or...or..pouring down with rain and...and... he's all drenched and the fabric is just cliiiinginnng.

No, no, no....don't TELL me...I love surprises. *G*

patita_fea November 25 2008, 10:31:20 UTC

About the same, actually. 'Cept for the elephant. I don't have an elephant.

*points to technologically savvy graph-thingummy* Holy monkey, look at your word count! *cheerleads*

Would it help if you got Sam really drunk and then asked him leading questions? Because I will totally volunteer to mix the White Russians.

pdragon76 November 25 2008, 11:30:05 UTC

Would it help if you got Sam really drunk and then asked him leading questions?

Oh, honey, I think that only works on YOU. *shrieks, claps, runs for cover*

I kid. I KID. *titters into fist*

patita_fea November 28 2008, 01:18:50 UTC

It would work on Sammy too. IT WOULD! Sh'tup.

*blows raspberry*

saberivojo November 25 2008, 12:18:29 UTC

You know, I write so infrequently that I do not deserve to comment. But I do try and the stuff I have posted I don't hate. Why is it that all the shit sitting on my computer is well SHIT. I have bunches of fic that are in various stages of completion and they all suck. So if I read you right, everytime you write it is shit. Is that right? Because the two little fics I wrote felt good when I wrote them. It was not forced. Or hard. They just kind went well. Oh, yeah, they needed revisions and in fact, when I re-read I realize they could be better but they did not suck.

Does this mean there is hope for all the shit clogging up my hard drive?

Keep writting, Missy! I am proud of all those words!

pdragon76 November 25 2008, 12:27:48 UTC

Duuuuuude. Yes. Hope, ALWAYS. Otherwise, why keep going? Why even START in the first place? Your two little unforced fics? They are GIFTS from the writerly Gods, but they are not the natural state of things. The natural state of things is WORDS. And then more words. And then MORE. And then when you have enough words and are feeling very stupid or very brave, or a little of both, you RE-read them. And you cut that. And add this. And shift that. And re-write this. And cross that out. And alter that. And shave here. And change there ( ... )

saberivojo November 25 2008, 18:40:11 UTC

Oh, thank GOD. I was beginning to think I was the onliest one in the world who had yucky stuff sitting around. I thought it should come out kind of good and then get worked on to make it better. Not every time you know, but not one in twenty. Because one in twenty does not sound too good when one is ok and 19 are shit.

Thanks for the help. I think I shall try the Dragon's idea. Write words and words and words and then brave the editing process.

BTW, I am glad Dean has fictitious pants but that just gets my brain jump started in another way all together.

chemm80 November 25 2008, 16:07:42 UTC

Saberivojo, hon, I can't put it better than Dragons did, but I will say that if your two posted pieces were unforced, you should try forcing out some of that stuff lying dormant on your hard drive.

"...pushing an elephant up a hill in a rickety wheelbarrow" is a great way to put it. Or it's like childbirth. It's painful, hard, sweaty work. There's a lot of crying and moaning and complaining, but at the end something exists that didn't before. And maybe it's weird-looking and covered with yuck and maybe it's not the most beautiful bundle in the bassinet, but then you clean it up and it's yours. And eventually you block out how excruciating the whole process was and decide you want to do it again.

Writing is always, always hard work for me. It's the main reason I didn't write for so many years.

"I am scared that my story is dull Yes. Every fucking time. And that first draft is the very worst part, I think, because at least after that you've got something to play with. Trying to make something out of nothing is what I ( ... )

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