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Little Red
mylittleredgirl
28 August 2011 @ 01:30 pm
Bad.  
I need to become a better bad writer.

See, my het_bigbang/Kiss Kiss Big Bang fic is bad. Not in an 80s slang way - it's just not very good. The emotional development isn't flowing organically, the plot is tacked on and/or nonexistent, and the tone/writing style still hasn't settled down. Am I writing a comedy? A drama? A shopping list? It's hard to tell!

Now, I'm told that this is normal for people who write with multiple drafts. This can theoretically all be cleaned up with editing and rewriting, though that means I need to finish the first draft all the quicker. The problem is that I just kind of suck at pushing through with something bad and saying "I'll fix it later."

(And my neighbors are blasting shitty music and my laptop is really hot and I don't have minions bringing me iced tea. Maybe I should relo to one of the 10,000 coffee shops in this city.)

Okay, I think I just needed to complain. Though should you wish to comment with some variation of "You're soooooo awesome!" or "WRITE BITCH WRITE!" or threatening violence or extolling the virtues of really shitty writing, that would not go awry.

*blows kiss*
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Rose Wilde-Irish: maker unknownrosewildeirish on August 28th, 2011 10:25 pm (UTC)
WRITE BITCH WRITE! ;)
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Little Red: peanuts - rejection slips - alivicwilmylittleredgirl on August 29th, 2011 02:48 am (UTC)
YOUR ICON.

IT IS SO TRUE.
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dark_cygnetdark_cygnet on August 28th, 2011 10:40 pm (UTC)
::cracks whip:: Git writin missy!
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Little Red: peanuts - novel going badlymylittleredgirl on August 29th, 2011 02:49 am (UTC)
I'm over the 10k mark, at least! This is nowhere near where I need to be though!
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Lannalanna_kitty on August 29th, 2011 02:43 am (UTC)
You're soooooooooooooo awesome! But you should write!!! *whipcrack*


but yes x_x I get you so hard. I have n idea what the eff my kisskissbangbang wants to BE. I think I might be doing too much c.c;
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Little Red: sga - shep involved being memylittleredgirl on August 29th, 2011 02:45 am (UTC)
I DON'T KNOW.

THIS IS HARD.

WHY IS THIS NOT MAGICALLY WRITING ITSELF.

THESE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

ALSO WHY DO I NOT OWN A DESK AND CHAIR I THINK THAT WOULD IMPROVE MATTERS BUT WHEN I OWN A DESK AND CHAIR I NEVER USE THEM SO MAYBE IT'S JUST AN EXCUUUUUUUSE.

DAMMIT FIC, WRITE YOURSELF AND BE AWESOME.
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Lannalanna_kitty on August 29th, 2011 02:46 am (UTC)
I KNOW! WHY DONT THESE FICS MAGICALLY WRITE!?! I THOUGHT WE WERE LIVING IN THE FUTURE NOW!!!?????


anyway yeah, once I get going I can write but the problem is DISTRACTIONS x_x
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Little Red: dwts - hines/kymmylittleredgirl on August 29th, 2011 02:50 am (UTC)
My problem is "OH GOD THIS SUCKS!"

And distractions too, I guess, but I'm better at mitigating those when things don't suck.

Why can't I figure out what the heck I'm doing in this fic??
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Lannalanna_kitty on August 29th, 2011 02:53 am (UTC)
I don't know!! that's my problem too :(


does it need to do anything?
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Little Red: peanuts - rejection slips - alivicwilmylittleredgirl on August 29th, 2011 02:58 am (UTC)
I think so since it will have to be posted in a month??? Ugh. I sort of know what it should do, it's just really not coming out that way.
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fyca: Fanficfyca on August 29th, 2011 04:31 am (UTC)
Don't make me drive down to Portland. WRITE!!
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Little Red: potentialmylittleredgirl on August 30th, 2011 08:07 pm (UTC)
Girlfriend I have NO idea how you posted your nano novel as you wrote!!! You have my unending admiration for that! I have churned out lotsa words but they are all so awful I think my second draft will be a total do-over. :-/ Knowing people will READ THIS is le streesful!
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fyca: DRR giddy lovefyca on August 31st, 2011 01:07 am (UTC)
Like my nano novel hasn't been awful! I have, like, two readers and one of them barely speaks English. Anyway, after 6 years of Nano, I have definitely learned how to not care what kind of crap churns out. Standards, schmandards. Quality, schmality. On a related note - 163,162 words!
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anranr on August 29th, 2011 10:59 am (UTC)
GO TEAM YOU!! you can totally do it! :)
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Little Red: sga - sparktobermylittleredgirl on August 30th, 2011 08:08 pm (UTC)
I can, right? Maybe? :-/

(OMG. Sparktober is in like almost a month. I am so excited. We will be revisiting Pretty Hell Day also, yes? Because I think my theme for Sparktober this year for myself might be Finish Everything Goddammit and I never did finish my alphabet fic...)
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anranr on August 31st, 2011 02:57 am (UTC)
ALPHABET FIC?! Do not tease me, woman. It has been a loooooooooooooooong year waiting for this!

(IOW, yes and yes. *g*)
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he is terrible, face-wise: shep/weir: look upleanstein on August 29th, 2011 11:50 am (UTC)
WRITE! WRITE WRITE! *cheerleads*
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Little Red: aw - cj/d *hugz* - natushkamylittleredgirl on August 30th, 2011 08:09 pm (UTC)
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!!! <3

My god, if I ever were to become a Real Actual Writer, I would be so pathetic. I'd be on here every day begging TELL ME I'M AWESOME AND CAN DO THIIIIISSSSS. I'm actually surprised I don't do that just for normal things like taking in the mail. ;)
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