stuff about writing
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The poll tells me I should either finish "Secrets" or "Friends and Neighbors." I will sit down and look at both of them tonight or tomorrow and see which is speaking to me more at the moment.
In other news, when I asked for mini-prompts last week, I was trying to write short things just to get my brain and fingers back in the habit of fiction. Except
rthstewart's prompt kind of turned into this monster thing about how Ilgamuth Tarkaan first met Rabadash, how and why Rabadash gathered his companions, their first battle, their first night in Tashbaan after that minor war, etcetera, etcetera. It is currently 3,400 words long and will almost certainly expand further.
I try and try to write short. Apparently I am just not very good at it, on a regular basis. *headdesk*
Anyway, that IS, in fact, finished in rough draft, but the rough draft is much, much rougher than my usual, because I was writing with no outline (thinking it would be short-short-short) and then just kind of bashed through until I hit something that felt like a conclusion and am now having to go back and fix up everything in the early sections so I am starting the story I ended.
So that is what I've been doing this weekend.
And now I am off to work. Yay for earning money! (Boo for my right foot, which is absolutely throbbing in pain. I feel like I twisted it last night somehow, and it did not get better with a good night of sleep; it just continues to throb and protest any time I move it, let alone put weight on it. *upset* Well, this is what ibuprofen is for, and another good night of sleep. If that doesn't fix it, maybe I will ask MS about her podiatrist.)
In other news, when I asked for mini-prompts last week, I was trying to write short things just to get my brain and fingers back in the habit of fiction. Except
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I try and try to write short. Apparently I am just not very good at it, on a regular basis. *headdesk*
Anyway, that IS, in fact, finished in rough draft, but the rough draft is much, much rougher than my usual, because I was writing with no outline (thinking it would be short-short-short) and then just kind of bashed through until I hit something that felt like a conclusion and am now having to go back and fix up everything in the early sections so I am starting the story I ended.
So that is what I've been doing this weekend.
And now I am off to work. Yay for earning money! (Boo for my right foot, which is absolutely throbbing in pain. I feel like I twisted it last night somehow, and it did not get better with a good night of sleep; it just continues to throb and protest any time I move it, let alone put weight on it. *upset* Well, this is what ibuprofen is for, and another good night of sleep. If that doesn't fix it, maybe I will ask MS about her podiatrist.)
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Date: 2011-11-13 09:56 pm (UTC)I hope you feel better!!
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Date: 2011-11-13 11:11 pm (UTC)