The Weekly Check-in post... 13 days to go until rough drafts are due.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

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How's it going?

Already done and roughing out *next* year's Big Bang story?

Everything coming along nicely?

Pondering changing your name to Arthur and hiding out in Bognor Regis until the heat cools off?

Time to check in.


And, while you're at it, on a somewhat sillier note and IF you want to play, I was wondering if there might be a song or three that leap to mind when you think about your story.



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Comments

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

My story's songs:

#1 Crush -- Garbage (http://youtu.be/Z0X8W6E5xeU)

And yes, my sense of humour is a little off:

You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man -- Loretta Lynn (http://youtu.be/Cz1cPKtayNM)

Obviously the blokes in red are MI5 agents, look how unfocused they are, you know Cowley would never tolerate that. *nods*

[inlovewithboth.livejournal.com]

ready to roll, just say the word!

And my song has been on my mind from the first day I started writing the story - Stand By You by The Pretenders.

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

I'm over the line! although there's still some writing to be done (though it's more or less outlined within the draft).

I went to print my 70 pages, and the printer said "no" - I managed to drain three ink cartridges, LOL.

(But the draft needs WORK. Big time.)

It doesn't have a song (although the fic was originally inspired by a picture). If it did, it would be in a different language, and speak of the pain of love... maybe. LOL!

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

We are making progress! Writing today in fact. (This is called "a break." Otherwise known as "procrastination". *g*) We are fine for the rough draft, but there is still an awful lot to write.

I"ve just asked EOS and she agrees with me: we are hopelessly songless. Although she's been quoting poetry in her section, apparently.... *g*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

That's what we like, enthusiasm. *g*

I think that's the way it works sometimes, that a story develops its own theme tune.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

*\o/*

Ouch! I'm glad my uni grants unlimited printing privileges.

"Love Hurts" sung in Serbo-croatian perhaps? Or some Vogon love poetry, that hurts everyone. *g*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

*\o/* 8\o/* <--- That's two, one for each of you and as you can see, one is getting ready to peel spuds for floddies.

As long as it's not Vogon poetry... unless it's a torture scene.

13 days to go ...

[judesmk.livejournal.com]

Not much progress recently though ILWB has done a lovely check on the first 4 chapters. Still need to re-write the first half of chapter one and that's niggling at me as I think I need to get much more written before going back. Still I will have a summary and an outline ready at the end of the month. Oh and the 4 chapters are 8,300 words so not doing too badly as the aim is around 12/13 chapters.

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Oh, great. Now EOS is threatening Vogon poetry, given that it's a scene that reflects on a bit of torture... *g*

8\o/* = ♥

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

You must take evasive action. Stuff cheese in your ears and wrap your head in a towel for your own safety.

Alternatively, buy a spud gun and use some left over potatoes from the floddies to defend yourself.

Re: 13 days to go ...

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Hey, four chapters are not to be sniffed at particularly when you already have 8,300 words in hand. *\o/*

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

EOS: "Leftover? What is this concept?" *g*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

She doesn't keep a spare spud around for home defence?

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

Stressing about the idea of having to write up a summary and outline since I cannot even write on the story this week with the girlchild underfoot, but we're going to Disneyland on the weekend, so there is fun to be had, if no writing!

I've got Bodie and Doyle ordering dinner at a restaurant, so at least they'll be fed while they languish waiting for me to return.

Songs...? I sing to myself all the time (literally, as Kat will attest to) but a song that's specially for Bodie and Doyle? Nothing springs to mind...will think on it.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Don't get too stressed out, it sounds like you have the story well in hand and the summary doesn't have to be that long.

I hope you have fun in Disneyland.

I actually meant a song that makes you think about the themes of your story more than anything, but hey, you can't really think about that without Bodie and Doyle, right? Right. :D

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I'm finished with a good, thorough rewrite. Now it's up to the editors (love you guys!) to take their red pens and pokey sticks and beat the crap out of this story to get it into shape. It's currently (gulp) 55,000 words.

My story is inspired/based on a verse of a song, and my title is the song's title. *g* I dont' mind saying what it is but I wasn't sure if I was stepping out of bounds. :) I actually like using song titles for story titles and have done so many times.

I always check as many places as I can to be sure my title hasn't been used before.

[inlovewithboth.livejournal.com]

I even put one of the lines into the story, it got inside my head so much!

[inlovewithboth.livejournal.com]

*I've got Bodie and Doyle ordering dinner at a restaurant, so at least they'll be fed while they languish waiting for me to return* ROFL!!!!

[inlovewithboth.livejournal.com]

55,000 words. OMG. Wicked!!

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I once stayed up very late writing and went to bed chuffed 'cos of the line I'd just written. When I got up the next morning and went to edit it I realized I still thought it was a brilliant line... and had thought so the first time I'd read it in one of Oscar Wilde's plays. *headdesk*

Re: 13 days to go ...

[inlovewithboth.livejournal.com]

You can do it, mate, you've got a great story there, can't wait to see more!

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

You might want to keep the title a secret for now if you're planning on posting it with your anonymous story summary... Y'know, for those people who haven't guessed what you're up to yet. *g*


55,000 words? So *you're* the one who's been hoarding them all. *stern eyebrows*

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

The song that entirely triggered my ENTIRE NEW PLOT FROM SCRATCH is (and honestly I don't think this will give much away) 'Die Another Day' by Madonna.

Yes. Seriously. Entire plot landed in my head in about ten seconds of listening (which was accidental in itself since I'd just downloaded it in a James Bond themes album...)

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Well, if Madonna is going to bring me Halo fic I may have to re-evaluate my opinion of her. ♥

Hmmmm... Perhaps this is the answer to my BB dilemma, I should shop amongst the James Bond themes for plot ideas. Yes, perhaps Thunderball... or Goldfinger. Ahem...

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Thanks!