Writers' Round Table

[Mistress of Darkness]

That's how I do it, at least lately. It doesn't mean that you have to do it that way. It's actually very useful for characters that are so minor that it's the spelling, not the name, that is most important.

Thanks EUOL and Saint for the ideas.

[EUOL]

11 pages, one hour of editing, plus two or three hours of inputting my editor's changes to ELANTRIS.  Not my most productive night, but I feel pretty good about it.

What about you guys?  How's writing been for you lately?

[stacer]

I've been really proud of myself. I've been writing on my lunchbreak about 3 or 4 times a week, at least a half hour. That's a lot more than I had been working on it, so I'm pretty excited about it. I'm working on consistency first, then I'll worry about increasing the time.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Essentially I've been reading. Almost to the point of when I wonder where all of it comes from. (The book tree's are my guess. Someone planted a few, birds moved the seeds, and some more started to pop up.) But yeah, between War & Lit and Creative Writing I've gotten lots to read. In my Creative class we're doing workshop, which is essentially "grading" other peoples works that they submitted for the workshop classes. I have fun though.

Only 2 more weeks till this semester is over and I finish my first year. Yeah...

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

writing has been sputtering. I did get almost 600 words yesterday, but I overcame two stops instead of just one. the real reason I stopped was because I was still weary from being ill, which is easier to take than "I can't hack it for tonight"

Lunch breaks have been primarily reviews, which usually run a few hundred, so I suppose I can add those in.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Oh this reminds me, I was looking through my NaNoWriMo project from November and I found that it was atrocious. I can't believe I wrote some of that stuff. I'll probably reuse some of the stuff (gotta love recycling) since the idea(s) are good. Just... ewww...

[Mistress of Darkness]

Yes, but NaNoWriMo is all about quantity, not quality, so don't feel bad.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Do I have to post a bit?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Stacer, you on for a bit? Wanna hop on a chat forum so I feel like i have someone to talk to while I write? can't promise a lot of attention, since I'm watching the kids alone today, but it'd boost my productivity a little.

nm. It looks like i'm going out for a bit.

[stacer]

Sorry, couldn't help you anyway. I'm at the Family History Center this morning, till about 1. But I'll be home by 2 or so and will probably be on off and on through the afternoon--also will be rearranging my room so I can't guarantee anything. I have a party tonight but may end up staying home if I get too lazy to leave, and so it's a slight possibility I'll be on tonight.

(My roommate who's leaving is leaving me her old bed, which is SO much nicer than my old one. It's got cushioning so that you can't feel the springs! Yippee! So I'll be doing some manual labor this afternoon, and installing air conditioners. Air conditioners, already! I realize this may be something you said in Virginia a month ago, but still! It's really warm here.)

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

actually, in Northern Virginia, at least, we have central AC.

[stacer]

That would imply that you're living in a building less than 400 years old, I guess.

Okay, maybe not, seeing as you could be in "colonial" VA. At any rate, most of the places around here in the Inner City Ghetto, as we like to call it, have window units.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

no, the house i'm in is about 5 years old, tops. we like civilization more than history i guess. That's what Williamsburg is for.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

and all those state parks....

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

nearly 1800 words tonight. hardly a EUOL accomplishment, but pretty good. I've got to go back through and add some things to this scene. and it probably needs a re-write, but at least it's written down.