Weekly check in *waves at everyone*

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s check in post.

And as the deadline for the writers sign up looms ever closer, just over a week now, I wanted to start by sharing the links to all the sign up posts and by doing some encouraging pom pom waving *g*:

Writers sign up post

Artists and vidders sign up post

Beta sign up post

Cheerleader sign up post

And I have a few other things to share as well.

First for everyone who likes to keep track here are some links to various word count meters like this one:



Writertopia: writing meters

Progress Bar

NaNoWriMo Word

Second here is a link to a post about Kurt Vonnegut’s tips for writing short stories. I admit I rather like this one:

Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them-in order that the reader may see what they are made of.

But then I am evil like that *g*.

And lastly a link to lots of other links, well that made sense to me anyway. This post has gathered together tips for fiction writers from lots and lots of blogs and put them all together for you to take a look at. This is a link to part 1, parts 2-4 are linked at the bottom of the post.

101 of the best fiction writing tips part 1

And lastly, as always, please chat about anything you like, ask us questions, and let us know how we can talk you into signing up.

Comments

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

I was writing and writing the other night, and I thought I must have written a couple of thousand words or so.

No.




WHERE DID MY STORY GO???

I suspect I may have spent rather more time surfing the net than actually writing :-P And now of course, I have all these links to check out...

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

So there is the mystery of the disappearing words to be solved :D

However I say 3% already, that is bloody brilliant.

And now of course, I have all these links to check out...
Well I do like to be distracting helpful

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Who stole my words? And will they be putting them back?

I blame the Government.

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

I think this might be something the lads need to investigate, well unless they are to blame as they know what you are going to do to them.

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

But I only do nice things to the lads.

Mostly.

[hutchynstarsk.livejournal.com]

Where did you get that adorable icon? :D

Is there a larger version? :D

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

It's one of my most favourite Pros icons and made by the lovely norfolkdumpling.

[hutchynstarsk.livejournal.com]

It's lovely! Thank you!

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

Isn't that the way? It's in your head, all glorious, and won't come out. At least you have started. yay.

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Wellll, I've started one. Whether it will be the final BB story is anybody's guess :D