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Manga Shoggoth

Member Since: Fri Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 391
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Scott

Location: Southwest US
Member Since: Sun Sep 02, 2007
Posts: 326
Subj: Re: My thoughts
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 at 04:27:19 am EDT (Viewed 321 times)
Reply Subj: My thoughts
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 08:56:22 pm EDT (Viewed 367 times)


> ...I’d like to think my friends here would be glad IF I ever became successful enough to write professionally.

And until then we get to make snarky comments about your work. When is the next review?

> I have no fricken clue if Annabelle will make it. I’m not full of myself and I don’t set out to take away your reading pleasure. I should’ve said something about Justin. I should’ve finished Crisis proper. I should’ve written that final Trickshot story, or closed up my characters. I should’ve stayed around and watched the newbies to the PV grow as writers. I should’ve laughed and shared with my friends in the last three years of stories. Do I want to see if Jay finally gets happiness? Yes! Do I want to see how things turned out with Vish and Hallie? Yes! Do I want to see if the Hood ever came back, what the deal was with that ancient version of Vish, how the Juniors came back, what new twists have happened in Dream’s or Yuki or Dominic’s lives? YES! Do I want to laugh with Chad and Ronnie? YES!

As has already been said, concentrate on the job in hand. Caption the Pic keeps us amused.

> But I cant. It hurts me to, guys. I miss you so much I want to cry and scream but I still cant. Why? Because I’m STILL working on the same story I started in 04 and finished in ’06. I wrote another but as Chris will attest, it’s crap. It needs more work. I cant, though, because I’ve got to remove all the “stiffness”, “unnatural” and “stilted” narration and dialogue.

...Hey! Remember my commnets about "first draft"?.

How are you getting on with the map, by the way?

> Guys, how would you feel if you were STILL working on the same PV story from ’06? Would you reread and reread and reread it? Change it again and again, dropping big parts and adding new ones? I used to just write something, spell check it and post it then move on. In my PV heyday I could post up to five stories a week. Of course it cost me my job, but still! Now I’m on edit 7 or 8 or whatever the hell it is and I KNOW it’s still not ready. I’m tired of this novel! I HATE this novel!

That's exactly the position I am on with the Apostate Knight. Except the bit about writing it.

> Yes, you’re probably right. I’ve thrown away my PV life, kept you from some ok, so-so stories written by me. And when I’m 60 or 80 it’ll all be in vain. I could’ve imitated more DC and Marvel stories or created all sorts of my own stuff.
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> But what if these feelings are right? What if those couple agents, who wanted it EXCEPT for the stiffness, what if there was a reason they wanted it? What if those 6th graders were right about it? I feel like I can almost touch the sky. Just a little bit farther and unlike Indy in his 3rd movie, I don’t have to let it go.

When you are 60 or 80 your perspectives will have changed several times anyway. At least if you publish you will have accomplished something.


> Who matters? Who will wind up in novels and short stories by me?
> Annabelle, Roland and the characters in their stories.
> Justin Tyme and his evil girlfriend.
> Desert Rose and her weapon.
> That’s it.

Noted.






As is always the case with my writing, please feel free to comment. I welcome both positive and negative criticism of my work, although I cannot promise to enjoy the negative.
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