ci5_boxoftricks | Pros Big Bang Weekly Check In

Hi everyone and welcome to the weekly check in post. Just a few links for you this week, hopefully you’ll find them ~~distracting~~ interesting. So to start with a couple of pages with quotes about writing: Quotes about writers and writing and More quotations about writing

My fav of the quotes is: "Every novel should have a beginning, a muddle, and an end." (Peter De Vries).

Next to give us all something to avoid and have a giggle, and maybe an occasional wince, over here are links to some of the winners / contenders for Literary Review’s annual bad sex in fiction awards.

Passages from the 2010 winner, past contenders, a few more, and the 1994 - 2004 winners

And lastly, as I am currently impersonating the chicken in this cartoon:

A couple of links to posts about writer’s block: Hack your way out of writer‘s block and Symptoms and Cures for writers block (for assignments but has some useful tips).

And, as always, please chat about anything you like, ask us questions, and let us know how you are getting on with your planning/writing/curing your amnesia.

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Sorry chaps and chappesses, but I think I'm going to have to stop dithering and make the break... yup, I'm dropping out now rather than taking it all the way to the wire and then letting you all down. *sigh*

It's not so much a missing muse as sheer bloody knackeredness! (I think. At least, that's what I keep telling myself.) I started back at work a couple of weeks ago, and even though I've adjusted back to the shift working and so on, I am so damn tired when I get home that writing is just... no. It's all I can do to keep up with what's afoot on lj, never mind actually doing summat, you know, creative!

On the good side - I take early retirement at the end of the year (working on the principle of 'jump before you're pushed *g*) so for next year's Big Bang... hey, I should be well up for that!

Especially as I'm determined to keep pecking away at the two stories I've got started in the meantime, so by next year I may even have some idea of where they're going.

I'm so sorry, folks - but what with the thyroid, and a numb mouth from the wisdom tooth paralysing a nerve, and not one but two hospital visits in the offing... I just can't settle to writing anything - not even the lads.

Feel free to burn me in effigy at the next pool party and hopefully I'll be back all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed next year...

*disappears into nest and hides at the back*

I'm so sorry to hear that you're still having health problems and I can only guess how exhausted you must be right now.

To be clear, you haven't let anyone down. Your health and sanity comes first, natch, and fandom is supposed to be fun, NOT feel like one more thing beating you down.

But, just in case, PLEASE do bear in mind that as you did sign up on time you do have until the rough drafts are due on the 28th of June if you should rally, inspiration suddenly strikes... or something like that. *g* That's ultimately the date at which anyone else would be inconvenienced if you dropped out after it as that's when the artists get to choose their story and start their work.

Again, you haven't inconvenienced anyone and get well soon. ♥

I'm so sorry to hear you're having health issues, plus knackered from working. No worries. If you want to consider yourself out, that's fine. But as Drayce said, you do have plenty of time if something should strike before the end of June.

I was looking forward to your story but I understand how things go sometimes. Or don't go, as the case may be.

Take Care!

Hey, just wanted to echo what the other mods have said. Am so sorry to read this but looking after yourself is the most important thing.

So sorry to hear of the problems but the early retirement is good news - believe me from one who did it - and you have now made a start for next year so yay!! Much better to opt out now and not add to your stress!

Aw - I'm sorry to hear that, but your health must always be your priority - and you've been through the mill lately so I'm not surprised you're completely knackered.

Best wishes for recovery (and I can sympathise with the numb mouth thing after having a wisdom tooth out - it took 3 months for one side of my mouth and jaw to get feeling back - but it does come back) and I'm looking forward to next year already!

Awww, sorry to hear that you're having to drop out, but your health is definitely more important. Lots of rest and tea and hopefully you'll be all well and raring to go next year. *hugs*

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