Friday Rants and Raves - March 7

[sarillia]

It's that time again! Made any progress lately? Anything exciting happen? Got something to vent about? Let's hear it!

This week's picture is from an artist known as De Es Schwertberger. You can click on his name to visit his website and see more of his work if you're interested.

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[sarillia]

I was recently reminded that Camp NaNoWriMo is coming up next month. The Camp months have never gone as well for me as the main event but I keep signing up anyway and I'm looking forward to next month. I have an idea that I'm really excited about.

But until then I have another idea that I'd like to try to finish by the end of March. I've already mentioned it to some of you who are waiting to read it. I'm working on it.

[agilebrit]

I swear to Dad, I am going to beat this story to death with my bare hands. It's now on its third iteration, I'm having to murder darlings I adore, and I'm afraid it still sucks. Plus I want to write something to sub to the UFO3 anthology, and I have a vague idea for that, but nothing is coming together for anything.

I'm at that writing stage where I think everything I do is terrible and I feel stuck and dumb and like I've been spinning my wheels for the last three months even though I finished two stories and am nearly done with a third.

And I know what I need to do--I need to open Write or Die, put on a soundtrack, and just start scribbling. And yet I don't. Gah. Someone kick me.

[splinteredstar]

This has been a frankly awful week due to irl things, but I did some brainstorming on an old idea. I've always been fond of it, even as I swore violently at it. But I did stumble on a potentially brilliant change to the idea, which also opened up a potential philosophical challenge. Which I will post on here, later tonight, probably. (short version: sometimes I freak out over writing female characters)

[lunabee34]

My writer's group meets tomorrow, so I finished a short personal essay I'd written about being a shitty Tooth Fairy for my kid. LOL I've read and responded to two of the four submissions and will finish reading those tonight.