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lkh_lashoutsGoing Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back to Sep. 13...
http://blog.laurellkhamilton.org/2007/09/taking-break-and-follow-up.html
(LKH in italics, me in normal font)
Sorry about the italics going berserk. LJ seems to loooooooooooove doing that to me. :P
http://blog.laurellkhamilton.org/2007/09/taking-break-and-follow-up.html
(LKH in italics, me in normal font)
Taking a break, and the follow up
Wasn't getting anywhere on the book yesterday. Yeah, it was just a read through, but my head felt like cotton wool, and worse yet, my attitude towards the book was going ugly.
Um... LKH! That's a sign that you should cry, scream, restart the book, and delete the DoomCrotch! LKH?!
I've gotten to where I can spot a bad mood that's going to effect how I see the book.
Malapropisms for the win. And perhaps, you could funnel that into your writing, and have Anita be angry over something NOT involving the ardeur/arduer? Ah, who am I kidding.
If I can simply step away for awhile, then it'll be fine,
NO! Listen to the little voice of Mr. Zeeman saying "ENOUGH OF THE DOOMCROTCH! *emo* I want a DoomCrotch-less life baaaaack!"
but when your head goes too ugly you need to stop doing anything to the book. If you don't step away, you may end up cutting things you'll need later, or doing more damage than good.
And that, LKH, is why you SAVE MULTIPLE COPIES. Oh, wait, you're a techniphobe. PRINT multiple copies!
So, I called my friend, Robin. Sometime during the conversation I realized that my head wasn't going to get any better without an hour or two break.
Yeah. Hour... two hours... three hours... a day... look, I've done fanfiction. I know that you lose the motivation to work if you don't force yourself back, while you still have ideas...
Oh, who am I kidding? She'll plug any inspiration-free holes with DoomCrotch discharge. *hands out bleeprin to all Blogflog readers for that mental image*
So, I talked to Jon, and we went out to see a movie in the middle of the day. We saw SHOOT 'EM UP. We both enjoyed it. It's a fun movie, but with a few warnings. If graphic violence bothers you, don't go see it.
Uh oh... if you substituted "Sex" for "violence"...
You, also, must not pick at the story.
This is like a bad scifi story, with all the parallels...
You must suspend disbelief almost from the opening frame and keep your belief in limbo until the closing credits.
O_O I think this must be an alternate universe counterpart to the AB: Vampire Humper series... Where Anita kills everything in sight, instead of screwing everything in sight...
If you think too hard, you will not be able to stop yourself from catching the impossible. Things that could never happen, well, as long a Newtonian physics is still the rule.
Substitute "human physiology" for "Newtonian Physics"...
But the previews do not lie. It is action, it is outrageous. It is fun. It is mindless violence. With some good performances scattered throughout.
Again, substitute sex for violence. Except that AB:VHumper is not fun. And supposedly, there are SOME good performances... scattered throughout, and smothered by the Weredongs of Doom.
Paul Giamatti is delightful as the main bad guy. Deliciously evil.
OK, forget about it. This now has no resemblance to AB:VHumper.
You will come out of this movie believing thatcarrots Doomcocks are one of the most dangerous foods around.
...Sorry, I just HAD to...
The best bits are not in the previews. There are plenty of over the top and down the back action still to see.
AAAAGH WHY MUST MERRY GENTRY BE A SECRET PLEASURE OF MINE, WHY MUST I HAVE GOTTEN THE IMAGE OF KITTO RUNNING HIS PEEN UP ANITAURELLY's FRONT AND DOWN HER BACK - *cleans off Capslock and returns to Molly Weasley*
But a movie where I didn't have to think very hard was perfect.
...Snarks itself...
{snip, it was Darla's day off, and she and her husband were ALSO going to see that movie at the same time}
Great minds
WHERE?! *looks around*
and all that. Vacation days in the middle of the week, seem to work for all of us. Maybe we'll make it a tradition.
Oh NO... I see a Quadumirvate coming up... DX
I came back to the desk this morning refreshed. I finished the read through, and found where the rabbit hole opened up and tried to swallow my plot.
Sweetie, don't insult rabbits. That's the DoomCrotch.
I've lost nearly a hundred pages, but I'll save the ideas in them for another Anita book.
UH... you know, the books have no coherency as-is. You could just do what I did with that book I tried to write when I was.... 10-12 (not a good idea, by the way), and shoehorn it in no matter what.
It worked. I was actually getting some sembalance of a plot near the end. Admittedly, it all makes me want to rip out my eyeballs now (literally), but it couldn't be too much worse than "One day of orgies=One book".
The concept is very cool, but for another book.
USE IT!! Damnit, you have no coherency - don't pretend otherwise! Just shove it in! I don't care if it has to be shoved in with soap for lube, just USE it and see what happens!
One of the best things about writing a series is that if something has to be cut from one book, you always have a chance to use it later.
AAAIAAAIAIIAAGAAAGAHAHAGAAHHHHHH START ANOTHER SERIES!!!! If it doesn't fit, it - DOESN'T - bloody - FIT!!!!! Don't sacrifice another book to adding a new Peen to the collection you have polished and organized yourself, or adding a perfectly realized DoomCrotch power to the mix!!! Get it over with NOW!
A little rewriting and the book, though not exactly going where I'd originally envisioned,
*hopefully* It's not going straight into the DoomCrotch?
is much closer to the original idea.
*siiiiiiiiigh* It is.
I'm happier. My characters are happier.
SO, did you FINALLY listen to poor Mr. Zeeman and remove the DoomCrotch?
I think the book will be a little shorter and definitely more linear, tighter, wetter, OH MY GOD SOOOOOOO TIGHT FUCK ME NOWJON MICAH -.
...Sorry. That was me at the end.
Stay on target, stay on target.
I would be happy if that didn't mean "Make Celebrian seem celibate".
Maybe I should just post that over the desk for the next hundred pages.
I think that would "accidentally" fall behind the desk...courtesy of Jonboi
Um... LKH! That's a sign that you should cry, scream, restart the book, and delete the DoomCrotch! LKH?!
I've gotten to where I can spot a bad mood that's going to effect how I see the book.
Malapropisms for the win. And perhaps, you could funnel that into your writing, and have Anita be angry over something NOT involving the ardeur/arduer? Ah, who am I kidding.
If I can simply step away for awhile, then it'll be fine,
NO! Listen to the little voice of Mr. Zeeman saying "ENOUGH OF THE DOOMCROTCH! *emo* I want a DoomCrotch-less life baaaaack!"
but when your head goes too ugly you need to stop doing anything to the book. If you don't step away, you may end up cutting things you'll need later, or doing more damage than good.
And that, LKH, is why you SAVE MULTIPLE COPIES. Oh, wait, you're a techniphobe. PRINT multiple copies!
So, I called my friend, Robin. Sometime during the conversation I realized that my head wasn't going to get any better without an hour or two break.
Yeah. Hour... two hours... three hours... a day... look, I've done fanfiction. I know that you lose the motivation to work if you don't force yourself back, while you still have ideas...
Oh, who am I kidding? She'll plug any inspiration-free holes with DoomCrotch discharge. *hands out bleeprin to all Blogflog readers for that mental image*
So, I talked to Jon, and we went out to see a movie in the middle of the day. We saw SHOOT 'EM UP. We both enjoyed it. It's a fun movie, but with a few warnings. If graphic violence bothers you, don't go see it.
Uh oh... if you substituted "Sex" for "violence"...
You, also, must not pick at the story.
This is like a bad scifi story, with all the parallels...
You must suspend disbelief almost from the opening frame and keep your belief in limbo until the closing credits.
O_O I think this must be an alternate universe counterpart to the AB: Vampire Humper series... Where Anita kills everything in sight, instead of screwing everything in sight...
If you think too hard, you will not be able to stop yourself from catching the impossible. Things that could never happen, well, as long a Newtonian physics is still the rule.
Substitute "human physiology" for "Newtonian Physics"...
But the previews do not lie. It is action, it is outrageous. It is fun. It is mindless violence. With some good performances scattered throughout.
Again, substitute sex for violence. Except that AB:VHumper is not fun. And supposedly, there are SOME good performances... scattered throughout, and smothered by the Weredongs of Doom.
Paul Giamatti is delightful as the main bad guy. Deliciously evil.
OK, forget about it. This now has no resemblance to AB:VHumper.
You will come out of this movie believing that
...Sorry, I just HAD to...
The best bits are not in the previews. There are plenty of over the top and down the back action still to see.
AAAAGH WHY MUST MERRY GENTRY BE A SECRET PLEASURE OF MINE, WHY MUST I HAVE GOTTEN THE IMAGE OF KITTO RUNNING HIS PEEN UP ANITAURELLY's FRONT AND DOWN HER BACK - *cleans off Capslock and returns to Molly Weasley*
But a movie where I didn't have to think very hard was perfect.
...Snarks itself...
{snip, it was Darla's day off, and she and her husband were ALSO going to see that movie at the same time}
Great minds
WHERE?! *looks around*
and all that. Vacation days in the middle of the week, seem to work for all of us. Maybe we'll make it a tradition.
Oh NO... I see a Quadumirvate coming up... DX
I came back to the desk this morning refreshed. I finished the read through, and found where the rabbit hole opened up and tried to swallow my plot.
Sweetie, don't insult rabbits. That's the DoomCrotch.
I've lost nearly a hundred pages, but I'll save the ideas in them for another Anita book.
UH... you know, the books have no coherency as-is. You could just do what I did with that book I tried to write when I was.... 10-12 (not a good idea, by the way), and shoehorn it in no matter what.
It worked. I was actually getting some sembalance of a plot near the end. Admittedly, it all makes me want to rip out my eyeballs now (literally), but it couldn't be too much worse than "One day of orgies=One book".
The concept is very cool, but for another book.
USE IT!! Damnit, you have no coherency - don't pretend otherwise! Just shove it in! I don't care if it has to be shoved in with soap for lube, just USE it and see what happens!
One of the best things about writing a series is that if something has to be cut from one book, you always have a chance to use it later.
AAAIAAAIAIIAAGAAAGAHAHAGAAHHHHHH START ANOTHER SERIES!!!! If it doesn't fit, it - DOESN'T - bloody - FIT!!!!! Don't sacrifice another book to adding a new Peen to the collection you have polished and organized yourself, or adding a perfectly realized DoomCrotch power to the mix!!! Get it over with NOW!
A little rewriting and the book, though not exactly going where I'd originally envisioned,
*hopefully* It's not going straight into the DoomCrotch?
is much closer to the original idea.
*siiiiiiiiigh* It is.
I'm happier. My characters are happier.
SO, did you FINALLY listen to poor Mr. Zeeman and remove the DoomCrotch?
I think the book will be a little shorter and definitely more linear, tighter, wetter, OH MY GOD SOOOOOOO TIGHT FUCK ME NOW
...Sorry. That was me at the end.
Stay on target, stay on target.
I would be happy if that didn't mean "Make Celebrian seem celibate".
Maybe I should just post that over the desk for the next hundred pages.
I think that would "accidentally" fall behind the desk...
Sorry about the italics going berserk. LJ seems to loooooooooooove doing that to me. :P
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