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NJC - Good luck and feel better!!
amy wrote:I might buy a picture for one of my coworkers because she doesn't know how to cover her walls with art.
I am soooo not guilty of this. 
amy wrote:I'll have a room so I can put the mansion in so I can walk around it from all sides. Then, I'm going to change out the furniture and have a Christmas house, change it to a Halloween house with drapes over the furniture, and then have a Batcave under the house with platforms that rise and put the different vehicles into place. (when there aren't any holidays to decorate)
This sounds freaking awesome-tastic.
And here I was thinking my pacing was too fast and needed a breather. 
I've come to the conclusion that I am simply a chaotic writer who throws characters into a room at random and cackles like an evil witch when things blow up.
I've also come to the conclusion that it is difficult to write descriptive scenes while also simultaneously learning Cisco & HP terminal commands. Argh...
That is really neat, K. I think I've actually been trying to do that type of outline in my head, but with each character individually. (Madame has been running rampant in my mind for about two days) I can't write in a character without knowing all their "why"s and once I start on the "why", my imagination takes over and before I know it, there's a whole plot centered around them.
Trying to put my focus back on Maya & Merrin (next chapter), but it isn't working out so well. I think I might follow Amy's example and go write some of Vierra and Noi's Madame-related scenes.
I'll play it safe and use the wall for my notes. 
I seem to write a lot like you do, Amy. I write whatever pops up in my head and fill in the blanks later. Problem is, my OCD kicks in and screams for order in the chaos and then I end up pulling my hair out trying to figure out what to do.
I have decided that I need an office with dragons everywhere and one big blank wall for post-it notes, etc... Now, if only that were possible in my teeny tiny apartment. 
I was making fairly good progress in writing, but then I had a fantastic idea regarding plot and now I've been pulling my hair for two days trying to sort out the pieces. My notebook is slowly filling up with random notes...
Out of curiosity, how does everyone else outline their work? So far, I haven't been able to find any sort of outline process that works for me, the biggest problem being that I am practically incapable of summarizing. I don't even outline my chapters before I write them.
-Elisheva
So much better! And Tir is no longer Houdini. 
I have no complaints, so I'll leave any further poking and prodding to the experts.
-Elisheva
My first impression is that everything is so darn short. Sentences, paragraphs, events. It's such a neat chapter, I want it to be longer. Especially the last scene with Tir. That character pulled a Houdini and popped up out of nowhere (I think he did that last time I read chapter one, but it didn't seem as bad). Overall, I think I like the original better than the rewrite.
Also, your formatting makes for lots of space between lines. Not sure how that happened.
Do I get my cookie now?
-Elisheva
Read That Hideous Strength. Research Wolf Park in Indiana. Got it. In the meantime, I think I'm just going to change that line so bears and wolves aren't involved.
-Elisheva
It could not think or feel as she did.
If we want to get all technical about that line, then a wolf or bear's feelings and thoughts probably aren't the same as a human's. I see your point, though.
-Elisheva
amy s wrote:Man, you are near Calgary, Janet is in WA state. I need to arrange a meet. I have a goal. Within a year? Work has to thin out so that I can take time off, but that is on my goal list. I wanna drink some Aussie wine and laugh a lot.
If you ever find yourself in WA, I'd be happy to buy you coffee after your night of wine.
-Elisheva
Now there's another chapter to mull over. I like this one much better than the last one, but I'm sure there are still quite a few things to poke at.
-Elisheva
Gah! I'm such a slowpoke... New chapter is up, though I can't say I'm entirely satisfied with it. 
Two more chapters to follow, hopefully within a week. *crosses fingers*
-Elisheva
amy s wrote:I've been updating my master copy with reviews. I've officially done 80 and only have about 600 more to go. Why didn't I piecemeal this instead of leaving the entire lump for 'later'?
The reason I'm writing this is because Elishiva is doing what I did and saving her reviews for later revisions. Don't make my mistake. Do it now. Save yourself the pain.
A
Eek! I'll do my best. Been a bit of a slowpoke with the writing lately, though.
-Elisheva
Gah! I was so close to getting it all figured out and then I realized that I had to rearrange things because there were too many coincidences. Then I also had the sudden urge to re-do the intro for the next chapter... *sigh* I guess I'll be on the cattle prod list for a while longer...
-Elisheva
amy s wrote:In return, maybe you can consider writing some Fantasy. Maybe a ghost mystery placed in the same time period as NS?
Oooogh.... Janet, pretty pretty please!
-Elisheva
I don't think I have any choice but to take my time. I've been distracted for a couple days so my writing has suffered a bit. Not to mention, I keep wanting to write future scenes instead. Of the next three chapters (which are basically the same scene from three PoV's), only two have about 1000 words while the third is lagging behind with only 300. Action scenes are hard...
I think it's about time to get myself a bottle of wine and blast some music for a few hours.
-Elisheva
Eeeeek! I've been prodded! I'm still working through the kinks, but I'm hoping to have it up soon.
-Elisheva
Bleh... and I was hoping to avoid it until the end. You guys are a constructive pain in the rear. I suppose I should adjust my summary after I get through my next few chapters, then.
-Elisheva
njc wrote:amy s wrote:Elisheva, go to bed :-)
This is our time of day!
I don't even get off work until 10pm.
As far as the summary goes, I've decided to deal with it once I'm done with the first draft. Until that point, most of the plot is subject to change anyhow.
-Elisheva
K. wrote:Twin girls and a pair of dragons find themselves caught in a political vortex, as mankind and elvenkind teeter on the brink of war.
Appreciate the assistance, K, but this is waaaay off. I'm not 100% on all my plot details yet, so most of it is subject to change. But hey, at least someone likes my crappy summary. Thanks, Norm!
-Elisheva
Ack! I suck at summaries, but here goes...
Twin girls Maya and Vierra and young Dragons Noi and Dea find themselves at the center of a war where all may not be as it seems and their very existence could mean the difference between victory and genocide.
As for yours, Unbar, I really like K's version. Either way, it makes me want to read the book.
-Elisheva
AJ Reid wrote:On another note (180 degree change in subject), I found two possibilities to play Matthew in the movie (that NEEDS to happen as I would love to meet them LOL) ...
#1 Sullivan Stapleton (Aussie Aussie Aussie)
Might have to darken his hair, but that's doable vs changing his eye colour
But he might be too old by the time I finish writing LOL
#2 Tyler Hoechlin
Good alternative, very close to #1 ...
And saw Rose Leslie in The Last Witch Hunter ... I think she might work pretty good for Catherine
So now I just need to write the books, sell 50 million copies and wait for the movie deals to roll in! LOL
Bring out the pompoms and I'll cheer while you write, 'kay?
-Elisheva
Rebecca Vaughn wrote:Agh! I hate Huck Finn!
I can't change the grammar for Prince Drest who would have learn Brythonic as a child by the best tutors, but I could for Queen Muiredach who was born a commoner and had to learn Latin as an adult. It would read like this:
You are going to Pictland, Pendragon?
Would be:
You go-later to Pictland, Pendragon?
Haz you met a Pictii besides myself?
Would be:
You meet-before Pictii not me?
We are strange ones to you Britannae. Not alike at all. You do not speak /Maetae/ do you?
Would be:
We strange to you Britannae. Not same. You speak not /Maetae/?
You do not speak Pictish.
Would be:
You speak not Pictish.
Is this more clear? To hard to read?
I agree with Amy and Janet. This not difficult to read and it's immediately obvious that it's an accent. Love it.
-Elisheva
Hmm... All very good points. The predator doesn't necessarily have to be bigger if it's clever enough. Thanks, Amy & NJC!
-Elisheva
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