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NaNoWriMo anyone?
Murphy's Stunt Double:
--- Quote from: Kali on November 15, 2009, 12:00:02 AM ---This is not the holy water/hypothetical corn dog scene, but I amuse me and I'm getting a little punchy. I've realized that if I hit 50k today, then I'll make goal in exactly two weeks. I'm goin' for it.
In the meantime, I crack me up.
--- End quote ---
That's awesome, Kali! I can't wait to see it finished!
Kali:
50069 with 7 minutes to go! That's 12,500 words in one day. A new record for me!
Ow. My wrists hurt, my fingers feel funky. I need Aleve. Tomorrow is very much a day off.
Edit: Also, MSD, because I like you I will not let you read it. Parts of it lose all track of subject-verb agreement. Other parts of it are a ping-pong match of "I said/He said". I have to take out the police detective's partner entirely and reword her stuff so it comes out of his mouth. The illusory carnival/library/African Savannah scene needs to come much earlier, but if it does it'll mess up some stuff that comes after so that has to be fixed. Jo needs to show up at least a couple more times, and there need to be more little fights with the vampire so the big one doesn't just come outta nowhere.
But that's all for December.
Or maybe January.
Kris_W:
I have a very large sign on my desk, a gift from a friend. It says -
EDIT LATER
KevinEvans:
Do you torture your players? I have one that has been beaten to a pulp, a prisoner, but now he knows the secret....
I might kill him before he can tell any one. (REG)
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Regards,
Kevin
Kali:
You have to beat up your characters. It's your job. My sig around here used to be this great David Gerrold quote... *rummagerummage*
Ah, here it is:
--- Quote ---The job of the storyteller is to put the hero up a tree and then throw rocks at him. Surround the tree with rabid wolves. Light it on fire. Put a helicopter above with bad guys firing laser-sighted explosive rounds. Have an earthquake. The volcano blows up. Drop an asteroid on the planet. Aliens invade. And the tree has Dutch elm disease.
--- End quote ---
This quote has become quite famous in my circle of friends. "And the tree has Dutch Elm disease" is one of those things we'll periodically tack onto the end of any tale of woe. Like in a recent email from a friend of mine, wherein she said:
--- Quote ---I blew the clutch on my car. Today, I went to the mechanic to confirm the vehicle diagnosis and I was partly right - yes, it was the clutch. It was also the front brakes, the rear brakes, the wheel cylinders, the rotors, and oh yeah, the lube/oil/filter I'm two months overdue for. And the tree has Dutch Elm disease.
--- End quote ---
So heck yeah, I torture the people in my books. Rachel hasn't slept in three days, she's been sorta eaten by a vampire, kidnapped by werewolves, arrested, threatened by a neo-Nazi fascist asshole, had to listen to twenty-four straight hours of "Fell On Black Days" over and over, and gotten her ass kicked by a sixteen-year-old. And the tree has Dutch Elm disease.
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