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hobgoblinn) wrote2008-05-25 03:38 pm
hobgoblinn) wrote2008-05-25 03:38 pm
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Lazy Sunday
Holiday weekend has been a welcome respite from the craziness of my work lately. One of the cool things I did yesterday afternoon was walk down to Starbucks (much easier with my shiny new lighter laptop and backpack) and work on importing all my writing into Scrivener projects. I only have Pages on this machine for another couple of weeks, so I need everything I'm going to want to keep converted to Word before then. And as long as I'm converting, I may as well also import the files into my new noveling software.
Also had just sent part 8 of In Loco to betas. So I felt justified looking at some of my other WIPs as I was importing and organizing my files. After all, Summer of Giles is almost here. I went back and read through the first part of my 06 Nano Novel, both the original and the one taking![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gillo's beta comments to heart. I'm surprised how not horrible either version is (though the second draft is considerably better than the first.) It was also kind of fun to imagine what sahiya and research_girl would say if they could see this mess, and how POV and other errors really jump out at me now in a way they didn't two years ago.
I didn't realize I'd managed to do the whole first part of the 06 Nano Novel in Willow's POV alone. Not sure how I'm going to remedy that-- Giles and Ethan's POV will come to be important later (particularly when Ethan's off doing his own thing on his way to instigating some action in Part 2.) But 8,948 words in a single POV like that establishes a lot of expectations. Problem with adding alternating POV now is Giles has been so cut off from everyone and nobody knows what's going on with him, and adding his POV would mess that dynamic up-- much of Willow's POV revolves around her observations and trying to figure things out as it is.
I still need to post a long treatise on the work situation, but I can't bring myself to do it now. It's too peaceful and lovely out now to dredge it all up. Wee Hob and I have a Parade tomorrow with the Scouts, then Indiana Jones now that we've almost finished watching the originals (Wee Hob had never seen Raiders. Ever.)
Say, has anyone else gotten a private message from ajonah8079 saying something about having something for you? They sent a PM and then followed up with a journal comment. But I have no idea who or what this person is. When they first posted, I went to their journal to see if I could figure it out, and there was nothing. Now there are a couple of generic music I like posts. It's just strange, is all.
I said "Lazy Sunday" but I sang this morning and need to get ready to go back again. Hope everyone has a lovely day/ holiday.
Also had just sent part 8 of In Loco to betas. So I felt justified looking at some of my other WIPs as I was importing and organizing my files. After all, Summer of Giles is almost here. I went back and read through the first part of my 06 Nano Novel, both the original and the one taking
gillo's beta comments to heart. I'm surprised how not horrible either version is (though the second draft is considerably better than the first.) It was also kind of fun to imagine what sahiya and research_girl would say if they could see this mess, and how POV and other errors really jump out at me now in a way they didn't two years ago. I didn't realize I'd managed to do the whole first part of the 06 Nano Novel in Willow's POV alone. Not sure how I'm going to remedy that-- Giles and Ethan's POV will come to be important later (particularly when Ethan's off doing his own thing on his way to instigating some action in Part 2.) But 8,948 words in a single POV like that establishes a lot of expectations. Problem with adding alternating POV now is Giles has been so cut off from everyone and nobody knows what's going on with him, and adding his POV would mess that dynamic up-- much of Willow's POV revolves around her observations and trying to figure things out as it is.
I still need to post a long treatise on the work situation, but I can't bring myself to do it now. It's too peaceful and lovely out now to dredge it all up. Wee Hob and I have a Parade tomorrow with the Scouts, then Indiana Jones now that we've almost finished watching the originals (Wee Hob had never seen Raiders. Ever.)
Say, has anyone else gotten a private message from a
jonah8079 saying something about having something for you? They sent a PM and then followed up with a journal comment. But I have no idea who or what this person is. When they first posted, I went to their journal to see if I could figure it out, and there was nothing. Now there are a couple of generic music I like posts. It's just strange, is all.I said "Lazy Sunday" but I sang this morning and need to get ready to go back again. Hope everyone has a lovely day/ holiday.