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(LJ users: This has been cross-posted from DreamWidth, come find me there!)
Well, this study doesn't bode well for my story. Harrumph. Guess I'll be hand-waving another bit of science away, along with the possibility of faster-than-light travel and, you know, androids actually existing. Sigh.
2 query letters submitted this week. Another one will go out tonight (as long as I stay focused). Fingers crossed.
Well, this study doesn't bode well for my story. Harrumph. Guess I'll be hand-waving another bit of science away, along with the possibility of faster-than-light travel and, you know, androids actually existing. Sigh.
2 query letters submitted this week. Another one will go out tonight (as long as I stay focused). Fingers crossed.
In the world of fic, I want to write all the things for all the fandoms but I have none of the headspace and none of the time. Sigh again.
(LJ readers, this has been crossposted from Dreamwidth. Find me there!) :-)
So the optimist in me was like, "Sure, I can post a couple of times a week! No problem!"
Now the realist in me is like, "Wtf, it's been almost 20 days and I have to make ANOTHER post? Jesus."
I really have nothing to report from a writing standpoint.
Editing. Editing is happening. Sort of. I'm focusing on little, tiny things now, and less on the plot itself. There was a great post I saw on Tumblr a while back (wish I'd bookmarked it) that challenged you to go through your story and remove as many instances of "said Character A" as you could. Not in the sense that you would replace "said" with a more interesting synonym (that is bad advice, don't do that, it gets distracting after a while), but either eliminate "said Character A" altogether or make the character do something or show their emotion instead. So like:
"I have to go," Bill said.
or
"I have to go." Bill took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose wearily.
Kinda like that. I'm paraphrasing from the actual post, but hopefully you get the idea. It seemed like good advice and now that I'm implementing it in my story, it's really pulling scenes together. So that's cool. I like how I'm always learning things about writing that I didn't know I knew. You don't always think about these things when you're just reading a book for fun.
I did have someone on Tumblr a couple of weeks ago tell me that I shouldn't bother trying to publish my own original work, which was the kick in the pants I needed to finally start really digging into Manuscript Wish List, looking for agents who match what I've written. I've also been polishing and customizing my query letter to fit each agent. I need to start submitting things, which I'll probably do sooner rather than later now. Thanks, anonymous person, since I know you're reading this as well! *waves*
Anyway, on to more serious stuff.
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So the optimist in me was like, "Sure, I can post a couple of times a week! No problem!"
Now the realist in me is like, "Wtf, it's been almost 20 days and I have to make ANOTHER post? Jesus."
I really have nothing to report from a writing standpoint.
Editing. Editing is happening. Sort of. I'm focusing on little, tiny things now, and less on the plot itself. There was a great post I saw on Tumblr a while back (wish I'd bookmarked it) that challenged you to go through your story and remove as many instances of "said Character A" as you could. Not in the sense that you would replace "said" with a more interesting synonym (that is bad advice, don't do that, it gets distracting after a while), but either eliminate "said Character A" altogether or make the character do something or show their emotion instead. So like:
"I have to go," Bill said.
or
"I have to go." Bill took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose wearily.
Kinda like that. I'm paraphrasing from the actual post, but hopefully you get the idea. It seemed like good advice and now that I'm implementing it in my story, it's really pulling scenes together. So that's cool. I like how I'm always learning things about writing that I didn't know I knew. You don't always think about these things when you're just reading a book for fun.
I did have someone on Tumblr a couple of weeks ago tell me that I shouldn't bother trying to publish my own original work, which was the kick in the pants I needed to finally start really digging into Manuscript Wish List, looking for agents who match what I've written. I've also been polishing and customizing my query letter to fit each agent. I need to start submitting things, which I'll probably do sooner rather than later now. Thanks, anonymous person, since I know you're reading this as well! *waves*
Anyway, on to more serious stuff.
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More of a test post than anything else... *taps screen*
Taking the shiny new blog out for a spin! Hopefully this crossposting thing works and this appears on LJ, too.
Anyway, hello. Been a while. I had this great long life update post planned out in my head, but now I'm home from work and tired/lazy. I also started this post five days ago, so you can see how well that's gone.
More life stuff behind the cut:
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Taking the shiny new blog out for a spin! Hopefully this crossposting thing works and this appears on LJ, too.
Anyway, hello. Been a while. I had this great long life update post planned out in my head, but now I'm home from work and tired/lazy. I also started this post five days ago, so you can see how well that's gone.
More life stuff behind the cut:
( Read more... )
