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The I'm Writing Thread.... Celebrate your pages written etc
Lanodantheon:
--- Quote from: The Deposed King on May 09, 2012, 04:54:21 AM ---I say finish it as is. Of course that depends how far you are into the word count. But honestly, I wouldn't let others stop you. Pump out the product. You can always go back and edit some of the more egregious stuff out if its truely full of the suckage.
Pearls and Swine. Pearls and Swine.
My 2 cents anyways.
don't let anything stop you,
The Deposed King
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I agree. Just finish it. Get the entire manuscript done as a first draft. There is nothing more satisfying for projects as big as a novel.
Good Fortunes to you, Darkshore. 8)
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Lanodantheon on May 09, 2012, 12:46:07 PM ---I agree. Just finish it. Get the entire manuscript done as a first draft. There is nothing more satisfying for projects as big as a novel.
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I would politely beg to disagree.
Finishing a through draft is really good, granted. Having an established writer whose work you deeply respect read it and say "wow, that's genuinely good" is better, IME. And I have a ticking suspicion that having an editor actually buy one of the things might feel better again.
Also, from my observation of writers, getting a Hugo nomination also seems to be up there as a candidate for most satisfying thing that can happen with a novel-sized project.
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on May 09, 2012, 01:55:41 PM ---I would politely beg to disagree.
Finishing a through draft is really good, granted. Having an established writer whose work you deeply respect read it and say "wow, that's genuinely good" is better, IME. And I have a ticking suspicion that having an editor actually buy one of the things might feel better again.
Also, from my observation of writers, getting a Hugo nomination also seems to be up there as a candidate for most satisfying thing that can happen with a novel-sized project.
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I do believe you are confusing the issue with facts my good novelist.
Besides for a person stuck in the mud at the bottom of a hill, knowing that the next three hills are even greater rushes to climb...
Not sure if it has that delightful ra-ra-re spin at the end of it, to help encourage completion of that very first hill! Which I will maintain is a big accomplishment.
The Deposed King
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: The Deposed King on May 09, 2012, 06:04:49 PM ---Not sure if it has that delightful ra-ra-re spin at the end of it, to help encourage completion of that very first hill! Which I will maintain is a big accomplishment.
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Oh, absolutely and utterly, and I do not mean to diminish that for an instant. Sorry, just being OCDish.
cenwolfgirl:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on May 09, 2012, 06:56:20 PM ---Oh, absolutely and utterly, and I do not mean to diminish that for an instant. Sorry, just being OCDish.
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Just so long as you leave my spelling out of your OCD then we will be fine ;D
oh and your old :P ;D
and i just did (five maths questions) and 200 words in my little side project
the latter was more fun
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