Weekly Check In Post

[norfolkdumpling.livejournal.com]

Apologies for the late check in time this week Agents - don't know where the time has gone! I need a Betty of my own to organise my life. Wonder if Cowley would spare her... :)

How's it all going then? Very much looking forward to seeing what everyone's come up with - not long now!

Feel free to share any progress, triumphs, panics or questions in the comments below. Better out than in, as Cowley's ageing aunt used to say. Probably.

Under the cut are a couple of hopefully inspiring images to be going along with :D

Comments

[marjorammax.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's right. Last year's Big Bang story was the first story I'd ever written. And the word you were looking for wasn't brave - it was foolish (misguided would work equally well, as well as ill-conceived, unwise, stupid, etc - you get the picture).

And thank you for saying you think I pulled it off.

It was one of those things. I'd not long been in the fandom and came across CI5 Box of Tricks just when the announcement went out for last year's Big Bang. At the same time the story came to me virtually complete and I couldn't shake it - it had to be written. I probably would have been better off just writing for myself as it was my first story ever, but I've never shown much sense and having the deadline helped tremendously.

And without the looming deadline this year, those two entries in my journal would remain all that I'd written. What is wrong with me? I have wanted to be a writer my entire life, I love writing, I love plotting, I love developing characters and storylines, I get such a buzz when it all comes together, when something just comes to me out of the blue ... and it's so "right". And yet if the committment wasn't there, I wouldn't write. Why? I think I need help.

Anyway, sorry. Kind of gone off topic there.

Back to this year's deadline - there's still 19 (er ... just over 18) days to go. That's still plenty of time. We CAN do it. Definately.