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How's it going?
No, really petal, weeping copiously in to your Bodie or Doyle shaped pillow while drinking heavily is a GOOD sign... well, that's what Zed always told me. *nods*
So, would you like to share a bit of what you're writing with us? Perhaps just 3-5 tantalizing lines? After all, we don't want to give too much of the game away before the artists get to pick a story based on your anonymous summaries.
If not so inclined, PLEASE feel free to just check-in and ramble away to your heart's content anyway.
ETA:
moth2fic suggests checking out April Fool novels, a low key Nanowrimo idea for some encouragement in April.
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How's it going?
No, really petal, weeping copiously in to your Bodie or Doyle shaped pillow while drinking heavily is a GOOD sign... well, that's what Zed always told me. *nods*
So, would you like to share a bit of what you're writing with us? Perhaps just 3-5 tantalizing lines? After all, we don't want to give too much of the game away before the artists get to pick a story based on your anonymous summaries.
If not so inclined, PLEASE feel free to just check-in and ramble away to your heart's content anyway.
ETA:
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Date: 2012-03-28 11:05 am (UTC)I'm about to boldly go where my anal bookkeepery mind generally fears to tread. I'm going to attempt to write out of sequence (the horror!) because it's sure as hell not working the way I'm going. *pouts and glares at Bodie and Doyle who are not cooperating at all*
I have 5,758 words... but it's absolute rubbish and will need to be revised before it will even qualify as a rough draft.
Better make that a double.
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Date: 2012-03-28 12:07 pm (UTC)I've been at work for only thirty minutes but totally agree. *g*
Is this where I admit I read "anal bookkeepery" and thought "blimey, that's a new one for Pros!" No? Right, moving along...
Deep cleansing breaths, petal, you know this is the stage of big banging where everything always looks like rubbish.
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Date: 2012-03-28 11:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-03-28 11:11 am (UTC)I've already pimped it on my Wordpress writing blog and as it has come at about the right time for the BB, I'm letting you know. Feel free to do a post about it.
http://www.aprilfoolsnovels.com/index.php
A fan friend (who adores Pros but doesn't write it) told me about this. She usually does NaNoWriMo but says this is more flexible and still operates to kickstart writing and keep it going. You can set your own goals, include fiction/non-fiction and academic writing of various kinds, and get support from others who have signed up.
I'm 80% convinced and by the weekend might well have signed up to get my BB story going.
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Date: 2012-03-28 12:09 pm (UTC)Sorry it was giving you so much editing grief. Thank you, I've added the link to this post.
While I've finished nanowrimo a couple of times I have to admit that
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Date: 2012-03-28 11:52 am (UTC)Bodie woke in hospital and slowly took stock of his condition. Everything was still connected and seemed to be in working order. There were plasters on his arms and face, but nothing seemed too serious. His head ached and his throat was dry. That seemed to be the worst of it. He found the nurse call button and summoned help. He wasn’t really surprised when Cowley entered his room.
“How are you feeling, lad?” It was Cowley’s standard line to injured agents. Cowley handed him the water sitting on the bedside table.
“I’m fine, sir.” He took a sip of water through the straw. “How’s Doyle?”
“He’s just come down from surgery. The bullet went through his calve; they’re just cleaning it up. He took a few cuts and bruises from the explosion,” Cowley sighed. “It’s not his physical state I’m worried about. The children didn’t get out in time, Bodie, all three of them died,”
“And Doyle is blaming himself, as usual...” Bodie sighed.
“No,” Cowley grimaced, “this time he is blaming me.”
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Date: 2012-03-28 12:12 pm (UTC)Well, that looks like a bit more than 3-5 lines but I love your enthusiasm and it is very tantalizing. :D
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Date: 2012-03-28 05:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-03-28 08:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-03-28 12:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-28 12:13 pm (UTC)See, we expect all of our agents to have some personal style and the parrot is a nice touch. :D
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Date: 2012-03-28 12:30 pm (UTC)Okay, sort of like this, then...
Bodie woke suddenly. His head hurt and his back ached but other than that he seemed to be okay. He pried his eyes open, blinking in the light. Cowley rose from a chair and limped over to the high bed. ‘Bodie. How do you feel?’
‘I’m all right, sir. How’s Doyle?’ His boss regarded him steadily. ‘He’s not here, Bodie. He wasn’t in the car when you were pulled out.’
But sadly, no more words than last week.
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Date: 2012-03-28 12:39 pm (UTC)Well, not necessarily. If you wish to be the writer of the first Pros beatnik prose poem we'll support that too. :D
Hmmm, looks like the lads aren't staying out of hospital this time around with the BB either, what with your and Merentha's teasers.
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Date: 2012-03-28 12:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-28 12:52 pm (UTC)Well, now if you've settled on the curtains it's as good as done. *nods*
Also Bodie is somewhat relieved that you settled on curtains. He really doesn't trust *you* with a set of Venetian blinds.
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Date: 2012-03-28 01:37 pm (UTC)I've actually got several, which is a good sign. So here's one:
I wrote this as I was falling asleep while typing, LOL. I just hope the rest of it sounds half as exciting.
But more seriously, this is more about the character than the dialogue. Want to keep this tone up.
In about six hours, I will be on a plane. No portable computer, but at least a copy of the 21 pages (! when did that happen) in my bag. Hopefully I will be away from work long enough to put a dent in this (although someone tried to schedule a meeting ONE MINUTE AFTER THE SCHEDULED FLIGHT DEPARTURE TIME yesterday. I would dial in, but - no. NO).
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Date: 2012-03-28 01:57 pm (UTC)More about character than dialogue? I'm thinking more about action than dialogue. :D
I wish you a safe flight and no baggage pat down by security... If they do, I suggest a dramatic reading, that'll entertain them.
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Date: 2012-03-28 02:20 pm (UTC)Argh.
I'm not sure I'd have had time to turn a story in this year anyhow, but I just wanted to say, I'm sorry for missing registration day, and I really hope BB III goes with a wonderful swing. Best love to all and good luck with your stories! Vive le fandom! (Not that it's getting much help from me.) :-(
Love
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Date: 2012-03-28 03:23 pm (UTC)Of course you're not an idiot, I just thought you were too busy with your jet-setting lifestyle to remember it. *nods*
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Date: 2012-03-28 03:05 pm (UTC)On the minus side - I'm finding it very difficult to write "the boring bits", and I'm thinking of totally changing the viewpoint to see if it flows better.
A small teaser:-
“You’ve got lodgers.” He murmured, reaching over and plucking some dead leaves out of my hair. His hand lingered, twisting a curl around his finger a little and giving it a gentle tug before letting go.
With a hitch in my breathing and heat pooling in my groin, I batted his hand away.
“For God’s sake,” I hissed, hating myself for being flustered. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
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Date: 2012-03-28 03:24 pm (UTC)Well that all sounds very organized. :D
Oooh, nice description.
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Date: 2012-03-28 03:56 pm (UTC)::takes a deep breath, whimpers::
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Date: 2012-03-28 04:48 pm (UTC)I prescribe some serious margarita and cabana boy time. You know, for inspiration. Yes. *squishes you*
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Date: 2012-03-28 05:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-28 05:21 pm (UTC)Then I feel congratulations are in order. *\o/*
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Date: 2012-03-28 07:12 pm (UTC)A teaser:
"That's it, Ray," Bodie said encouragingly.
"Why are you being so bloody helpful?" Doyle snarled.
Bodie grinned, shrugging. "It's my lot in life, keeping you under control."
"Screw you," Doyle snarled, his face pale and his voice breaking. His hands were clenched into fists.
Bodie raised an eyebrow, intent on needling Doyle into some semblance of sanity. "Any time you like."
Doyle stared at Bodie for a long moment before he visibly deflated. "Sorry."
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Date: 2012-03-28 07:39 pm (UTC)Let's here it for your work ethic! *\o/* I also now have the distinct urge to shout "It's ALIVE!!!!!"
I like the intensity of their exchange.
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Date: 2012-03-28 11:51 pm (UTC)Here’s a couple of those very few completed sentences that possibly make some sort of sense!
“Down,” Bodie screamed, but Doyle was already rolling across the dirt, coming to rest beside a rotting wooden box that gave scant protection but was probably better than nothing.
“Get down yourself, you stupid berk!” Doyle’s shouted instruction was punctuated by two more rifle shots and the whistle of a bullet past Bodie’s ear. There was nothing around but clear ground and Doyle’s box so Bodie simply dropped where he stood, diving onto his stomach, gun arm extended, firing off his own shots as Doyle’s gun exploded into action.
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Date: 2012-03-28 11:57 pm (UTC)Hey, 2,000 words are 2,000 words. *\o/*
Well, I definitely like your "completed sentences," very nice action scene and I can certainly see Bodie not thinking immediately to drop himself.
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Date: 2012-03-29 02:07 am (UTC)I am editing. And rethinking. And wondering....
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Date: 2012-03-29 03:10 am (UTC)We're a chatty bunch, once you get us going. :D
Well that all sounds very good.
Here's a small portion of my 30,000+ words: A TEASER
Date: 2012-03-29 02:43 pm (UTC)“Well, I mean, I thought I just saw Bodie go into Cowley’s office. I thought he had resigned. I mean . . .”
The silence in the room was deafening. Although Doyle hadn’t opened his eyes, Hardesty could feel the tension in the thin man’s body. Everyone was staring at Stewart.
Murphy spoke first, “Are you sure, Stewart? Bodie hasn’t been around in more than six months. It must have been someone else.”
Anson added to the level of conversation by asking, “Was he in cuffs?”
Stewart was just about to answer that when Doyle sat up quickly, turned to his partner and said, “Come on partner, we got to go find that grass.”
Hardesty looked stunned for a moment then replied, “Uh, sure.”
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Date: 2012-03-29 03:13 pm (UTC)Well that certainly IS a teaser. Now I want to know what's happening with Bodie. *g*
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Date: 2012-03-29 07:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-29 10:45 pm (UTC)And now there was no sign of him.
Ray looked up and down the road. They’d pulled up in the first space beyond Bodie’s favoured hot comestibles van – less than a hundred yards – and in both directions the main road stretched with any number of parked cars and small shops and, milling between them, the gentle flow of a midday, midweek shopping crowd, mostly pensioners and women with prams. There was a newsagent, and a bookie, or Bodie might have taken a fancy for something else – maybe he needed shoelaces or something.
They didn’t usually just go off. But that didn’t mean that Bodie hadn’t.
No one around looked suspicious or as if they had seen anything even mildly interesting.
There was a slight coldness in his chest now, a slight oppression. Nothing had happened, but if it had, this would be when he would know about it, when he’d always remember, afterwards.
Bodie emerged from the gents hair salon.
“Not feeling sufficiently beautiful?” Ray called, sniping away his emotion. “If the bacon’s cold I’m not getting you another.”
There was something odd about Bodie’s expression. He didn’t smile at the joke, just walked up to the car, getting his keys out of his pocket as if he would have preferred them to be something containing high explosives.
“Bodie? What happened?”
“I needed to use their telephone,” Bodie stated, and climbed into the driver seat, slamming the door behind him.
- - - *mysteriousface*
I'm trying to get it down asap, going to worry about style later once I've tamed the beast in the first place *cracks whip*
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Date: 2012-03-29 10:49 pm (UTC)I do love your fic. Write faster.
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Date: 2012-04-12 06:22 am (UTC)“Morning, Mr Doyle.”
Doyle liked Charlie. He’d been part of the wallpaper of CI5 for about as long as George Cowley, and if the man ever looked up from the Daily Mail, the stories he could tell to the wrong ears would probably keep him in swimming pools and underage blondes forever. Only the man was fiercely loyal and seemingly content with the Daily Mail, a vegetable patch, and Aston Villa. Which made him a good bloke in Doyle’s book, and an occasional enemy in Bodie’s.
Saw this part of the post way too late as usual.::facepalms:: but there is my favourite little bit so far. Don't really know who Charlie is but I have great affection for him already..
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Date: 2012-04-12 10:57 am (UTC)... Well there is a doorman called Charlie, isn't there? Or is it just too early, caffeine free and I'm recalling fanon of some sort?
I do love your bit about what makes Charlie content. :D
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