Gilgamesh1138 wrote...
LOL! I live in Texas and it can get over 120 degrees here. We haven't yet...*knocks on wood*
Okay I will have trouble with the high kicks too, and splits are out. But I am willing if Slim will show off his Templar shuffle.
Sarah1281 wrote...
I wouldn't mind so much but I was about halfway finished with my chapter and I lose a ton of motivation when the stats go down because I don't know how long it will be for and I can't bring myself to update while it's broken.
Maria13 wrote...
LadyAly wrote...
*takes a fan and a iced coffee and watches*
Can I join you? It's about 40 here in Spain, too. I'm actually too hot to be pee'd off, I need to retain all the moisture I can...
Miri1984 wrote...
SurelyForth wrote...
So, has anyone else ever been writing along happy as can be and thought, "Wow, the ending I have planned for my fic is way too easy"? Well, I did last night and now I've started speccing out tweaked endings and analyzing them in terms of what percentage of the main characters' lives would be hopelessly screwed up. I doubt I'll change anything, but one idea is incredibly enticing and I would love to write it but, it is way on the bitter side of bittersweet.
Now, I know there's a market for bittersweet endings and I know I'm biased in the case of your fic, but be wary of NOT giving readers what they expect almost as much as you should be of giving them what they expect. There's something really satisfying about having things tied up the way you want - or if not in the way you want, then in a way you want.
Maybe write an AU short story of your alternative ending?
:unsure:please make Anders happy:unsure:
ETA: It's up to you though. Really.
Modifié par Sagacious Rage, 14 juillet 2010 - 02:26 .
Of course, that can be really annoying when your characters insist on being stupid and too proud for their own good...Sagacious Rage wrote...
Miri1984 wrote...
SurelyForth wrote...
So, has anyone else ever been writing along happy as can be and thought, "Wow, the ending I have planned for my fic is way too easy"? Well, I did last night and now I've started speccing out tweaked endings and analyzing them in terms of what percentage of the main characters' lives would be hopelessly screwed up. I doubt I'll change anything, but one idea is incredibly enticing and I would love to write it but, it is way on the bitter side of bittersweet.
Now, I know there's a market for bittersweet endings and I know I'm biased in the case of your fic, but be wary of NOT giving readers what they expect almost as much as you should be of giving them what they expect. There's something really satisfying about having things tied up the way you want - or if not in the way you want, then in a way you want.
Maybe write an AU short story of your alternative ending?
:unsure:please make Anders happy:unsure:
ETA: It's up to you though. Really.
When I started writing my story I planned to have Maebh kill Loghain. I had it all in my head, her sneering at Anora as she chopped his head off. Glaring at the Bannorn with a kick-ass Oren Ishii "If ANY of you sons of b*****s got ANYTHING else to say, NOW'S THE F***ING TIME!" sort of attitude. And then her and Alistair going on to be horrible and ruthless together.
But that didn't work because that's not who they are. I had to let the characters do what they wanted to do. Go with the ending that makes sense for who your characters are. Just listen to them, they'll tell you what they need to do.
Gilgamesh1138 wrote...
LOL! I live in Texas and it can get over 120 degrees here. We haven't yet...*knocks on wood*
Okay I will have trouble with the high kicks too, and splits are out. But I am willing if Slim will show off his Templar shuffle.
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EtteStarz wrote...
So, what famous writer do you write like? Find out at: I Write Like
soignee wrote...
EtteStarz wrote...
So, what famous writer do you write like? Find out at: I Write Like
I did this yesterday and copypasted Hamlet act one scene two and it came out with Vladimir Nabokov :3
I am having a bad day. So very bad. I am getting mopey about DDW and what to do about it, and would quite like to restart the whole damn thing from the beginning and undo the fail, but... feh.
This chapter is just- feh. it's horrible and overwrought again. I wanted it to be less angst due to the last three chapters being full on, but I can't really go:
"and then Missa got a crown and crowned bhelen and there was a party."
I can't skip the anvil and the Broodmother, and Branka/Oghren interactions. But I'm so very conscious I'm goiing to ****** readers off.
Meant to be working, whoooopssss. *skedaddles off to draw vomit flowers*
EtteStarz wrote...
But I thought I'd share a cool site I came across this morning.
So, what famous writer do you write like? Find out at: I Write Like
Hopefully, this will help inspire your writing...okay, going back to post more stuff to analyze.
Creature 1 wrote...
It says I write like H.P. Lovecraft, and I know that's not true!
Sagacious Rage wrote...
When I started writing my story I planned to have Maebh kill Loghain. I had it all in my head, her sneering at Anora as she chopped his head off. Glaring at the Bannorn with a kick-ass Oren Ishii "If ANY of you sons of b*****s got ANYTHING else to say, NOW'S THE F***ING TIME!" sort of attitude. And then her and Alistair going on to be horrible and ruthless together.
But that didn't work because that's not who they are. I had to let the characters do what they wanted to do. Go with the ending that makes sense for who your characters are. Just listen to them, they'll tell you what they need to do.
Sagacious Rage wrote...
**** the readers. Just write! Also apparently I write like Dan Brown. FML
Surging out of the murky depths, the ancient cephalopod rises! Beware! Beware! Flee hence, all you who would not be bisected by its savage beak! *chugs tea, does her best to challenge Lovecraft on only 15 mg of caffeine*soignee wrote...
Creature 1 wrote...
It says I write like H.P. Lovecraft, and I know that's not true!
...the octupus strikes again.
soignee wrote...
This chapter is just- feh. it's horrible and overwrought again. I wanted it to be less angst due to the last three chapters being full on, but I can't really go:
"and then Missa got a crown and crowned bhelen and there was a party."
I can't skip the anvil and the Broodmother, and Branka/Oghren interactions. But I'm so very conscious I'm goiing to ****** readers off.
MireliA wrote...
Sagacious Rage wrote...
**** the readers. Just write! Also apparently I write like Dan Brown. FML
If you had Dan Brown's money, I'm sure you'd make yourself write like Dan Brown...
Corker wrote...
But specifically, for your story with Missa, I think that climax (maybe that's the wrong word?) and major resolution is happening now, in the Deep Roads. This is the crucible for her; she's going to come out of it ready for the Landsmeet and the battle. Take it down as deep as it wants to go, down to the heat and pressure where coal becomes diamond, and then let it rise back up.
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