A Healthy Dose of PMS ~#

[Psychotic Maniacal Sanity]

And mine!  

[DesertRoseFallen]

Haha!
I find I always do wayyyy to much description. I just hate to think it might put off readers.

 

[Psychotic Maniacal Sanity]

I know what you mean. It's a horrid thought that I might have to cut it out, and yet that's what I do end up getting rid of in the edits. D:  

[X-Morphine-x-Kisses-X]

Details are good, but I agree there can be such a thing as going too far with it. I tend to get bored if the whole story is just the author describing everything to the point of every little detail.

I am getting better at death scenes lately, but I envy you if you can write a decent fighting scene. I can't write about war or fighting to save my life... Which is ironic since my book has a war in it. *ponders on this* My writing just plain contradicts me! >.<

Seriously, I wish you luck with it though. It sucks having to cut things out after putting so much time and thought into writing them.  

[Psychotic Maniacal Sanity]

My death isn't war-related, not really. Mostly I'm lucky since the death is murder or suicide, which is much easier to write than war. I'm not really good with action, or war technology or anything like that, which is why I tend to avoid it in my novels. :3

My description isn't overly superfluous. I think I cut it out mostly because I feel like it somehow won't be appreciated, and would rather keep it a secret, just for me. ninja I know I'll appreciate it. XD  

[Chanthar]

Yeah my editor has commented on a certain quirk of mine..
Don't stop the flow of the story to describe things.
Rather than having a block of text describing things, have the characters interract .. like the main character brushing his hand through his hair. Make it 'he ran his fingers through the curly blonde locks' .. heh I try to pay attention to that but.. 's hard to get out of a certain mode of writing

Big fighting scenes and war I'm not so good with..
now, one on one combat that's easier to do .. I have a good portion of it in Destiny in a Mask
I tend to slide back and not describe all that much with weapons and technology. I'm going to have to delve into weapons a lot more with Law of the Horde .. then tech with Metal Man .. -sigh- oh well, something new is a learning experince ^^;

I hate having to chop out scenes and stuff D=
I had to do that with Betrayal of Trust .. and I know I'll have to do it with Project Chanthar .. -whines- I don't wanna..

I hope you can get all you want into it and get published without too much change  

[X-Morphine-x-Kisses-X]

Chanthar

Yeah my editor has commented on a certain quirk of mine..
Don't stop the flow of the story to describe things.
Rather than having a block of text describing things, have the characters interract .. like the main character brushing his hand through his hair. Make it 'he ran his fingers through the curly blonde locks' .. heh I try to pay attention to that but.. 's hard to get out of a certain mode of writing

Big fighting scenes and war I'm not so good with..
now, one on one combat that's easier to do .. I have a good portion of it in Destiny in a Mask
I tend to slide back and not describe all that much with weapons and technology. I'm going to have to delve into weapons a lot more with Law of the Horde .. then tech with Metal Man .. -sigh- oh well, something new is a learning experince ^^;

I hate having to chop out scenes and stuff D=
I had to do that with Betrayal of Trust .. and I know I'll have to do it with Project Chanthar .. -whines- I don't wanna..

I hope you can get all you want into it and get published without too much change

I always thought that was a good thing? I had to literally break myself of the habit of breaking descriptions down into blocks. I thought it was better to do things that way, where you describe while stuff is happening. I think that makes a story better. It seems to be what ALL the successful writers do. I'm not sure if I'd trust someone's judgement if they told me that. A bit weird. I mean I think the way you are doing things is the way people are supposed to write..... Just what I've always been taught and seen, by looking at the popular books vs. the unpopular ones.  

[Chanthar]

I dunno ...
-shrugs-
I just write how I feel it should go, how I've seen it over my years of reading many books
If we're supposed to write all description of characters/scenery (only, nothing else) in a single half page block .. that's what I used to do .. but I've been told not to do that .. so I'm trying to work the descriptions in to the story rather than stopping with it  

[X-Morphine-x-Kisses-X]

Chanthar

I dunno ...
-shrugs-
I just write how I feel it should go, how I've seen it over my years of reading many books
If we're supposed to write all description of characters/scenery (only, nothing else) in a single half page block .. that's what I used to do .. but I've been told not to do that .. so I'm trying to work the descriptions in to the story rather than stopping with it

Yeah that's what I mean, I've always seen it done that way too. I don't think you're doing anything wrong.  

[Psychotic Maniacal Sanity]

~Friday 6th March, 2009.

Now playing: Imogen Heap - The Walk

It's not meant to be like this, not what I planned at all. I don't want to feel like this...

So, it's been a while since my last update (I know, I know, sorry!) but I've been incredibly busy and it's been a tough couple of weeks. Along with a guy who's stalking me and won't leave me alone, school and all those horrendous essays, and the writing contest I still have to judge, I feel I'm getting totally swamped with very little time to write. I guess I just have to keep going, really. I wrote very little last night (perhaps a hundred and fifty words) and only five hundred the night before, but I suppose in some respects that's okay because I've been doing other great things, like baking and homework. xd

But, tonight I've tried my hardest, and though it's taken me something insane like eight or nine hours to get focused, I've finally gotten around to hitting one of my land-mark word count goals! 100,000 words on this novel! Yay! It's been tough getting here, I'll admit that, and I've still got a long way to go, but this makes me feel a little better about things that have been going on recently. It also means I have perhaps 60,000 more words to go. It only gets more depressing from here on out, and the storyline goes downhill (both in quality and in the metaphorical-plot-related sense) but at least I'm getting somewhere with it. : D

Anyway. It's time I got to bed, because I have my NaNoWriMo monthly catch-up meet tomorrow, which I'm looking forward to! And then I'll have a lot of homework to do as well since I've not done any of it tonight. >_>;

Words written today: 1,171

Word count: 1oo,o6o / 16o,o

Lines for today:

Her bedroom was cool and quiet, the silence punctuated only by an occasional shuffle heard downstairs, or night animals outside her window. She wondered briefly if the Lyeletts were still living nearby, or if they had disappeared along with Nor and the others - but in the end it didn’t matter: she would probably never seen one again. The birds couldn’t live in desert country. Medina didn’t even know if she could.

Trouble losing control; primary resistance at a critical low. On the double gotta get a hold. Point of no return, one second to go.

 

[DesertRoseFallen]

It's okay, we forgive you haha.

How is sixth form coming along?

Great extract by the way smile

 

[Psychotic Maniacal Sanity]

Sixth form is horrible. xd I just realised I have six weeks until my history exam resit, and not very long at all until the other exams. I'm terrified, which is making things a whole lot more stressful. I'm coping, though. :] How about for you? Sounds busy from what I've read on your journal. =O

And, thanks. I'm glad you like the extract. =D I'm beginning to like this novel a little more, again, which is always good. >_>

I found some new inspiring music, you see. : D  

[X-Morphine-x-Kisses-X]

Just dropping in to see how you were... Sorry you're stressed... I think from your extracts that your writing is unique and, it has flair which is good.  

[Psychotic Maniacal Sanity]

Thank you. =O I'm glad you think so.

I don't hear that very often. xD  

[DesertRoseFallen]

Oh Sixth Form...well I spend all free time at school trying to finish my DT work. The exams are coming up so fast! Damn.
Also, Ive been trying to finish English and Media work...ugh!

But you know me, writing comes first xD