tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post5225484278449604842..comments2023-04-27T06:14:51.777-07:00Comments on clickthing: Circle Those Wagonsmpclemenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-12175826416969358692009-10-31T14:33:58.538-07:002009-10-31T14:33:58.538-07:00I ain't wrought nothing. Look to strikethru/t...I ain't wrought nothing. Look to strikethru/tiny-dog. It was her idea, a few years back. She's the Deist Deity of the Typewriter Brigade - set the thing into motion and then disappeared (for a while).<br /><br />Would I like to take credit? Darn tootin. But I don't need bad Karma right now.Duffy Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105074089216551597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-83639470478510634292009-10-30T12:28:40.973-07:002009-10-30T12:28:40.973-07:00I'm in as a beta reader and if I every get out...I'm in as a beta reader and if I every get out of a first draft, I'll certainly be willing to share.deekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140131381076720375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-46398329439963960722009-10-30T08:42:18.499-07:002009-10-30T08:42:18.499-07:00@LFP: can't work out a beginning? Sounds to m...@LFP: can't work out a beginning? Sounds to me like your novel is starting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_medias_res" rel="nofollow"><i>in medias res.</i></a> Dramatic, hooks the reader, and lets you delay all that backstory until later.mpclemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-50252812142885505502009-10-30T08:17:01.448-07:002009-10-30T08:17:01.448-07:00LFP: I, also, suffer from intense literary paranoi...LFP: I, also, suffer from intense literary paranoia. I recommend strutting around with a thin veneer of ersatz confidence. Funny thing about it is, is that over time the veneer will soak in and you will start feeling <i>actual</i> confidence.Mike Speeglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648532407369443335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-27187568430339660702009-10-30T07:36:01.609-07:002009-10-30T07:36:01.609-07:00I have plenty of characters and lots of scenes and...I have plenty of characters and lots of scenes and scenarios to write about over the month, but I have *no* idea where I'm going to start writing. Usually I have a first line waiting and ready to go. This year, every time I try to think of one, my mouth goes dry and my brain locks up.<br /><br />I have higher expectations for myself than ever before, and I think I have stage fright in my own mind. And not much time to get over it.<br /><br />Anyone have any mental Xanax or something?Elizabeth H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09161162407130146871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-10479087658472618372009-10-29T22:10:31.220-07:002009-10-29T22:10:31.220-07:00I'm freaking out, looking at my schedule for t...I'm freaking out, looking at my schedule for the first week of November. Egad. If I get behind, there might be no catching back up...<br /><br />Good luck.Julia Effhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12029243317842734202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-23406403398770975402009-10-29T20:49:33.016-07:002009-10-29T20:49:33.016-07:00Oh, I'm in. But yes, first-draft sanity-check,...Oh, I'm in. But yes, first-draft sanity-check, that is an important one.Mike Speeglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648532407369443335noreply@blogger.com