A farewell to pantsing?
If I look back over the stories I think have been the most successful and easiest to write, they have something in common. A sense of structure. Even before I wrote the first word I had some idea of the story’s structure. It’s a lot easier to write that...Kitty Legal
Because Brian double-triple-dog-cat dared me. EXT.BALCONY – EVENING DENNYCAT and ALANCAT are sitting on the balcony sniffing catnip and eating tuna. AlanCat is also washing, with a smug air. DENNYCAT That was a great trial. We kicked their mangy asses! ALANCAT...Linky Goodness
I have bronchitis and have for two weeks, so in lieu of actual content, you get linky goodness. Max Adams is reading for the Nicholl again. She has advice from the trenches that should be obvious (but obviously isn’t) on brads, humor, and action. Also, Script...I haven’t been plotting enough.
What with all the NaNoEdMo and hurricane story revisions, I must not be doing enough plotting. I’m having really narrative dreams again. Tonight’s was a murder trial, the witness in danger from a serial killer, the people trying to save her life, and...International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day!
In honor of Jo Walton’s International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, I give you Corporate Oversight. Enjoy! (The nifty graphic is by John Scalzi.)Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
I’ll be doing the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading at Wiscon this year. Saturday, May 26, 4:00-5:15 p.m. People reading: Kristine Smith, Jennifer Pelland, Nancy Jane Moore, Katherine Mankiller, Lyda Morehouse, Sue Lange, Anne Harris, Rina Elson, Jennifer Dunne,...Another script query ready to go…
Yes, I’m still a slacker. But this is a really good query! Honest! Quality is better than quantity, although in an ideal world there would be both. I’m also considering not bothering with the SASEs in my script queries. It would be different if they...March Stats
Story sales in March: 0 Story submissions in March: 1 Story rejections in March: 1 Script queries in March: 2 Script requests in March: 0 Script query rejections in March: 1 Script queries with no response written off in March: 11 Script contest entries in March: 0...I take it back.
The hurricane story is not the literary equivalent of a Rorschach test. Out of seven Critters critiques, I had four full groks, two partial groks, and an “Oh, God. Your story is so long and it has so many characters and I give up! I’m not even going to...Subscribe
