Writing and more writing
Jul. 28th, 2003 01:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusIn the works:
Beg Me For It
I think I've finished the next chapter of 'Beg Me For It' - 'Hey You.' (Yes, based on the Pink Floyd song - it is my first songfic, lyrics provided by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
justacat.) tboy has kindly offered to Beta, as CLS is now out of town.
I read the series-thus-far beginning to end, and am not quite satisfied with 'Hey You' as a stand-alone story (explaining what's happened so far is getting unwieldy, and while 'Beg Me For It' stands solidly on its own, and 'Death Eater Rock' wobbles but still holds it own, 'Hey You' I think stands about as well as a three-legged table), but I do like it as a chapter. I just wish I could take Percy's intro out. Or rewrite it with something more appropriate to the mood of the piece and less obvious to people who've read the other parts.
SSFF
I'm working on my SSFF story, which, quite frankly, I've been drawing a complete blank on for weeks. Thank you totradescant whose boredom and prodding (and likewise tinderblast's and her singing tumbleweeds!) provoked this story and provided the mood. Now I just have to figure out what happens next.
Yes, unlike all my other, carefully outlined and plotted stories, this one was written completely off the cuff and I've no clue where it's headed. I very rarely do this, (though Harry and Percy did ambush me on 'Skinny Dipping'), and I find it alarming. Oh no, I think, what if I don't think of an ending? What then? Will I run off the edge of the edge of the earth? *beyond this point there be Dragons.*
I think the SSFF story has been difficult because now that Snape is less-maligned, I've switched camps to defend poor, unloved 'let's-all-hate-Percy.'
I see a pattern, yes I do.
Good Lord That's Huge
Good god I've written a lot though. I printed all my stories out (minus Guy Talk, Rising Sun, Animagick, Skinny Dipping and all the drabbles - you know, the recent stuff), and spiral bound them -- it's about 350 pages. All since November.
I admit, I was surprised, but very pleased.
Whimper, I've Been Flamed
I realise that this is a rite of passage, but this is the first time someone has really let me have it on my writing. My ego's in a sling.
Beg Me For It
I think I've finished the next chapter of 'Beg Me For It' - 'Hey You.' (Yes, based on the Pink Floyd song - it is my first songfic, lyrics provided by
justacat.) tboy has kindly offered to Beta, as CLS is now out of town. I read the series-thus-far beginning to end, and am not quite satisfied with 'Hey You' as a stand-alone story (explaining what's happened so far is getting unwieldy, and while 'Beg Me For It' stands solidly on its own, and 'Death Eater Rock' wobbles but still holds it own, 'Hey You' I think stands about as well as a three-legged table), but I do like it as a chapter. I just wish I could take Percy's intro out. Or rewrite it with something more appropriate to the mood of the piece and less obvious to people who've read the other parts.
SSFF
I'm working on my SSFF story, which, quite frankly, I've been drawing a complete blank on for weeks. Thank you to
tradescant whose boredom and prodding (and likewise tinderblast's and her singing tumbleweeds!) provoked this story and provided the mood. Now I just have to figure out what happens next. Yes, unlike all my other, carefully outlined and plotted stories, this one was written completely off the cuff and I've no clue where it's headed. I very rarely do this, (though Harry and Percy did ambush me on 'Skinny Dipping'), and I find it alarming. Oh no, I think, what if I don't think of an ending? What then? Will I run off the edge of the edge of the earth? *beyond this point there be Dragons.*
I think the SSFF story has been difficult because now that Snape is less-maligned, I've switched camps to defend poor, unloved 'let's-all-hate-Percy.'
I see a pattern, yes I do.
Good Lord That's Huge
Good god I've written a lot though. I printed all my stories out (minus Guy Talk, Rising Sun, Animagick, Skinny Dipping and all the drabbles - you know, the recent stuff), and spiral bound them -- it's about 350 pages. All since November.
I admit, I was surprised, but very pleased.
Whimper, I've Been Flamed
I realise that this is a rite of passage, but this is the first time someone has really let me have it on my writing. My ego's in a sling.
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Date: 2003-07-28 07:49 pm (UTC)"you constantly do this!"
"you always do that!"
"you need a beta reader who is skilled with grammar to go through your story from beginning to end!"
*spittle flies*
Apparently I know nothing about grammar, though I'm to excuse any grammatical errors in the flame because they were writing it in a hurry (there weren't any), and I ignore the basics of sentence structure. The woman noted that as a 37-year-old she might know better... I guess she assumed that meant she was older than me, though I was born in '67, too. Personally I think the college students are generally ahead of us fogeys in the grammar department.
*gulp*
It was well-written enough to really puncture. If it were the usual 'U R SIK HARRY ISNT GAY!!!!!!!!!!' well, I'd just chuckle.
Icarus
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Date: 2003-08-10 12:15 am (UTC)If you haven't responded to this person yet. DO. Email them and thank them for their review, for their "helpful" suggestions, and their concern for your development as a writer. Or whatever fits the email. Actually, having waited awhile, this will probably make it sting more, because it seems like you have more important things to do than bother with their petty complaints.
Be very very nice.
Chances are, this person knows they were acting like an arse and this action will make them feel horrible. I did this to a little girl who flamed be back in the fall. Recently I checked up on her bio at ff.net and she mentioned it, admitted to flaming, and said it made her feel terrible.
Mwa ha ha. Long live Slytherin.
If you already responded, just keep this in mind for the next time you're flamed (knocks on wood) by someone gutsy enough to leave their email and feel like doing something evil.