Writerly Ways and a request

[cornerofmadness]

Again not too many thoughts this week. I was too stressed out to do much in the way of writing. Pretty much gave up on the morning pages this week, managed to do a page and a half with them but that's about it. Only made 2,318 new words of original fiction (I'm not counting any of the fanfic I do in this) and next to none of that was from the morning pages (those were dedicated to fan fic this week.)

So instead of whining about what I didn't do any further let's whine just a little about this. I put this up at my writers group but no one including me did it, in spite the interest. i thought maybe putting it back up might spark someone.

This is one of the cards in my Writer's Kit (yeah actually don't suggest buying this. It's a slick packaging deal but really not that helpful) This is one of the few cards I thought might be helpful and interesting to try.

Believable characters, just like real people, change over time. Write a brief description of your protagonist at the beginning of the piece, then a description of the same character at the end of the piece. Is there a difference? There should be, even if it’s only as subtle one. Go through your text and identify how and when your character changes. Do you adequately convey those moments to the reader?

as for the request, anyone up to beta a short (like 2 pages) Ghostbuster fanfic? THanks

yay bred my first colored stripe

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Since nearly all of my protagonists have had some sort of abuse in their lives and part of their stories is realizing that and dealing with that abuse, that would be the change I'd be showing.


Hmmmm...and they all start out rather fighty and teeth gnashy and grow up.

...No wonder I like Ed so much.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that would explain Ed

note most of MY males are the Roy type

but I think that you and I could at least give this a try for someone and succeed with it.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yes, your males are generally the....

wait, Roy = / = Connor. And you have lots and lots of Connor - Spike types, too.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Connor is the other archetype, the messed up boy.

I have the arrogant male (hello Spike) and the messed up boy

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

True, true. And usually the arrogant man was, at one time, the messed up boy.

I was telling Lyra last night about Aidan, speaking of which.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

half angel Aidan?

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yup, dating werewolf Sophie and having to keep it under wraps because of what she is.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

cool...and how did this come up

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

She was watching Ten Things I Hate About You and sent me a clip. :D

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh yeah we were talking about that too. I never mention Aidan.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Aidan is sooo disappointed.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i'm sure

[salomesensei.livejournal.com]

Morning Pages! Wow. I teach Cameron's book in my freshman comp courses. You do rock.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hahah, masqthephlsphr was the one pushing me to it (I'm reading FInding Water right now but I'm not the world's biggest fan of Cameron)

I'm not a morning person. I'd rather write at night so once I'm back teaching 830AM classes I don't know that I'll be able to keep th is up

[salomesensei.livejournal.com]

Re Cameron: Anything that gets my students to WRITE is good by me. But yeah, I have mixed feelings about her. Natalie Goldberg is interesting.

It's all about finding that fit for what you need. :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh i can definitely see your point. I think Cameron is a little too 'ooo look at me I'm great' or at least that's how i perceive her.

I'm not familiar with Goldberg. Though I don't actually get a lot of 'how to write' books. Most of them turn out to be not so helpful to me.

though the 3AM Epiphany by Brian Kiteley looks interesting

[salomesensei.livejournal.com]

Natalie Goldberg's original book is Writing Down the Bones. Worth having :) I look into Kiteley...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

okay i know the title. I'll have to look for it

[mulzrule.livejournal.com]

It's been ages since I was into Ghost Busters so I don't really remember much about it. But if you need a beta I've got nothing to do these days. I still have crappy Open Office so I don't know how you'd want to send anything.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it's small enough I could just post it in to an email. thanks

[mulzrule.livejournal.com]

That would be great. Most of my files get screwed up as attachments anyway.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

trying to remember what i put your email nder in my contacts...

[mulzrule.livejournal.com]

Just FYI, my internet connection is still sketchy and kicks me off for long periods of time. It shouldn't be an issue but just so you know.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i undertand. i've sent it

[mulzrule.livejournal.com]

Got it.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

cool

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

That looks like a very good prompt, I think I'll try it.

Clicked!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

if you post it up i'd love to see it