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Imogen |
Sep 21 2003, 06:40 PM
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On a mission with a pen
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It's getting nearer now and I've got this horrible squrmy feeling in my stomach that I'm just going to make a mess of this and fall flat on my face. My plot is sorted but there are so many shaky details that I'm twisting myself inside-out with nerves. How am I going to magange this much writing in so short a time? Imogen
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After her O.W.L.s Hope had managed to persuade her dad to give her a crash course in what he laughingly referred to as “Parseltongue for tourists”. Being in Slytherin, she’d thought it had been the epitome of cool to return to school with such useful snakey phrases as “Can you pass the apple pie, please?” and “Would you be good enough to tell me what time the train to Madrid departs from Platform Two?” . ~ A Pensieve Affair ~ Now being posted...
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Imogen |
Sep 21 2003, 06:53 PM
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On a mission with a pen
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NaNoWriMo is 50,000 words in a month and I'm an editing fiend. Every chapter of mine you see has been edited several times, so the thought of posting something 'raw' is terrifying. I know how bad my first drafts are! Anyone else scared out of their wits? Imogen
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After her O.W.L.s Hope had managed to persuade her dad to give her a crash course in what he laughingly referred to as “Parseltongue for tourists”. Being in Slytherin, she’d thought it had been the epitome of cool to return to school with such useful snakey phrases as “Can you pass the apple pie, please?” and “Would you be good enough to tell me what time the train to Madrid departs from Platform Two?” . ~ A Pensieve Affair ~ Now being posted...
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Isabella |
Sep 23 2003, 09:34 PM
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Through the mirror
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Shamelessly awful, unabashedly dire... you name it, that's what I'm going for! (Sorry, I've just really missed that emoticon!) Imogen, I know what you mean about the editing. One of the reasons why I'm such a slow writer is that everything I write has to be word-perfect and phrased exactly right, virtually from the start. That's one of the reasons why I'm going to have a go at NaNoWriMo, to force myself simply to churn stuff out and actually write, without all the obsessive editing! I'm quaking in my boots.
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ancarett |
Sep 24 2003, 03:06 PM
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Professor Binns in training
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Plot, who needs a stinkin' plot? I'm thinking of giving this a whirl, even though I am essentially a non-fiction writer. And in that capacity I often write 3000 words a day, so I know I can write that much in quantity.
But quality? Geez. That will be tough, especially with fiction, where I'm much less self-confident. I would prefer to have the luxury of one good edit before I post online, but we'll see.
Now I'm off to dabble some more with my plot ideas while preparing a Powerpoint presentation for my Western Civilization class. Good luck everyone, we'll do it, I know we will.
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Enna |
Sep 24 2003, 07:33 PM
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Puzzling things out
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Jenni, I did that last year. I only found out about NaNoWriMo a couple of days before November, but I really wanted to give it a go, so I just wrote what came into my head. I got a really good plot out of it (never mind that it'd already been used before ), although it needed work. I'm still undecided on whether to use it this year or not. :/ I'm also nervous about posting online...I'm normally really unhappy with my writing, even after I've edited it and left it for a while! -Enna
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b4zookajules |
Sep 25 2003, 10:32 PM
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Stealing socks
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I'm the same, Imogen - I read back through every line as soon as I've finished writing it, and edit everything to bits. >< I've always said I'm pickier than the world champion nose picker's finger. XP So for me, that'll be tough to just *ignore* the bad bits. I doubt I'll be able to, but I'm going to give it a go. And yeah, I've got a few butterflies in my stomach, as well as a handful of cornish pixies. I'm a bit more comfortable now because I totally scrapped my old plot and started again (and that's making me feel comfortable?! ), and now have a plot which requires next to no research, and is more ... writewhatyouknowish than the other one. ^_^ *swats butterflies* But yeah, I'd agree with Enna - PLAAANN. XD I don't know, but for me personally I'm thinking 1500 words every day is enough, without wasting time sitting there thinking your way through the plot. If you wanna have an even huger challenge, don't plan. But I reckon you should have at least the beginning, middle and end sorted. -Jules. xxx
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