Feb. 3rd, 2014

scribblemyname: (raining story and song)
This entry is part 56 of 56 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

So I wrote a lot and did a lot, even though I definitely didn't write enough. Ah, well.

Lessons Learned

  1. Apparently, it takes me a while to really fully recover from heavy emotional blows.
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  3. Publishing slows me down if I mix it in with writing. I knew that but forgot it. I didn't even finish getting Dowse and Bleed published and will have to rethink how I fit publishing in the schedule.
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  5. Layering in on top of stuff I've already written pretty much requires me to go into a bubble. Writing a quick, rough novel draft goes much faster if I can bounce it off of someone else whenever I hit a wall. Writing a quick, rough short draft pretty much requires knowing too little or too much; it's that semi-ignorance that stops me cold.
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  7. Reading to 2 o'clock in the morning is a very bad idea. Stop picking up novels at 11 p.m.
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  9. Reading can radically alter which story I can write. Be very careful of what you read when.
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  11. I had forgotten my old style of story creation when I was just a wee thing. It went like this: I had certain kinds of stories I liked, which usually involved special powers and often romance. I would create a premise and plunk in my favored pairing of the moment and all their family dynamics with others, then play it all out in my head for weeks on end. Eventually, I got too good at this. I could play through an entire story in a couple of hours because my brain had dissected the inevitable path. If you'll recall my rule of story process:

    Know your characters, the rules of your world, and a handful of outside factors to fling at them. The rest will be unpredictable—even to you, but inevitable.

    The instant of predictability killed the story for me because it would wrap too quickly. So I got very, very good at adding more twists, more obstacles, more cultural or biological issues to get in the way, more trauma, more angst, until I could still play out my stories for weeks because I had backed my characters into some awful corners and inescapable difficulties.

    Which means that outlining kills a story for me because the instant of predictability, I lose all interest in a story unless I've already hit the home stretch of writing, from the end of the middle through the climax and denouement. Which is also why I tend to sketch instead of fill out a story the way I ought to. :headdesk: Lesson learned.

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  13. I write waaay better and more if I do not browse the industry blogs first. I write waaaay better if I do not read someone else's fiction first. New rule of thumb ought to be, Write first.
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  15. Self-discipline is a virtue. Learn it!

Word Counts

January 31, 2014

  • Fiction: 0 words
  • Poetry: 85 words | 21 lines
  • Blog: 33 words

January Totals

  • Fiction: 17,392 words
  • Poetry: 498 words | 102 lines
  • Blog: 8030 words

Completed Pieces

  1. Poem: "Before My Eyes," 220 words | 47 lines.
  2. Fanfic: "Mistakes," 1397 words.
  3. Poem: "Writer's Social Therapy," 32 words | 4 lines.
  4. Poem: "Blanket Statements," 8 lines| 48 words.
  5. Poem: "Friends Like These," 24 lines | 121 words.
  6. Poem: “Empty Spaces,” 7 lines | 20 words.
  7. Poem: “The Soundless Scream,” 5 lines | 22 words.
  8. Poem: “Like a Light,” 9 lines | 43 words.

Originally published at Liana Mir. You can comment here or there.

scribblemyname: (calligraphy)
Dear Author,

Off the bat, I’d like to simply say thank you for writing a fic for me! Below, I shall attempt to write a little bit about what I love about these fandoms and what I’d love to read.


Ai-Naidari Mythology (fictional mythology)

So the Ai-Naidar are a part of M.C.A. Hogarth’s Kherishdar series. I love anything Ai-Naidari just about.

While I’m perfectly happy to see something about any of the Ai-Naidari mythology, I’d especially love the aridkedi of the Parable of the Broken Pot. I love the various iterations of the Parable of the Broken Pot and wondered what one true story might have inspired all of them.


Averil's Atonement — Anne Shirley (fictional book)

Everyone was disappointed that Anne killed Maurice Lennox and wanted him to marry Averil. I want to read that fic where he gets the girl. But then I don’t mind learning more about Robert Ray or Percival learning not to moon or seeing the best scene of all where Averil makes the cake.


Eddisian Mythology (fictional mythology)

Eddisian mythology appears extensively in Megan Whalen Turner’s Queen’s Thief series.

Eugenides and Hephestia are just begging for fanfic of them. Also I loved the Hespira/Horreon story of their myth and wouldn't mind reading/writing more about that either. Also there are some great myths mentioned/quoted from by Eugenides in the King of Attolia when he's complaining about the poetic messages the gods brought vs. what they tell him: stop whining and go to bed. So plenty of material there that's just hinted at.


Galaxy Quest (fictional TV show)

More from the second series we fans clamored for for years before they gave it to us. The Security Chief and Tech Sgt. Chen shooting the breeze. The Taggart/Madison romance we always KNEW was going on before we got vindicated. Tawny Madison's secret life AS the ship (we always knew she didn't just talk to it). Alternatively, how about a peek into how the communications officer passes along the "mail" and what she really thinks about it. Really, there's very little I'd be unhappy with seeing, but please no major profanity, gore, or slash. Huge plus for seeing the omega 13 in action or its side effects.


The Horn of Joy — Matthew Maddox (fictional book)

The Horn of Joy by Matthew Maddox is mentioned by Madeleine L'Engle in A Swiftly Tilting Planet and it's a book I would have loved to read. Seriously.

I particularly love the idea that Madoc prefers the People of the Wind to his own culture and since Gaudior appears in the book, that too fascinates me. Would love to see more of his thoughts about everything or some serious time-travel meta. Anything really would probably make me very happy.


Manticoran holodramas (fictional entertainment)

I love the idea of Emily Alexander's being a famous holodrama actress and more the idea of her playing a Queen or Stephanie Harrington. RPF would be fun too. To be honest, I'm wide open on this one, though treecats are always a plus.


Thank you kindly!

the scribbler
scribblemyname: (scribbles)
This entry is part 57 of 57 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

Picking myself up. A bit. I got a gift sent and an end of January scribble post done. I haven’t finished my end of January reading post just yet. Signed up for the Invisible Ficathon, but still have to write my letter/prompts for it.

I didn’t actually decide to write a fanfic, but I did write a fanfic, so. Started on Tracing Trouble at 2569 words. We’re getting somewhere. Ended at 2857.

Finished my letter/prompts.

Accidentally wrote another 879 words. A poem snippet came to me and it opened a story I'm not supposed to be writing right now! But then, I have been wanting to work on something truly still in the abyss, without considering the parameters. I have a theory about plot and my thinking process, but I'll share more about that later. Updating word counts.

Word Counts:

  • Fiction: 1950 words
  • Blog: 1079 words

February Totals

Pieces Started

  • Fanfic: "Wholeness of Self," one-shot.
  • Fiction: Hear the Stars, novella.

Completed Pieces

  • Fanfic: “Wholeness of Self,” 783 words.

Originally published at Liana Mir. You can comment here or there.

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