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przed.livejournal.com

It's time for this week's writer check in.

Inspired by

merentha13's suggestion of an online slang dictionary, I thought I'd include a few other Brit checking resources:

List of British word not widely used in the U.S. (Pretty much as advertised, a big long list of Brit-specific words)

U.K. vs. U.S. spelling (For when you're debating using "ise" or "ize")

Dictionary of English Slang (This one's my personal fave)

And inspired by my own incipient panic, how about a poll on how we're all doing:
[Poll #1737374]

Bodie and Doyle are very curious to hear how you're all doing...

draycevixen.livejournal.com

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I’m sure we have at least a few writers who are already basking in the afterglow of having their rough draft whipped in to shape ~~Say my name story! Say. My. Name!~~ *tips hat to you*

But I’m guessing that many of us are just now hitting the What the hell was I thinking when I signed up for this? stage of the game. So, I thought for this week’s check-in post we’d take a little breather and perhaps share the things we can’t do without when we’re writing... or drawing, doing manips or vidding for that matter (I know our artists haven’t started yet but this question is still valid). It might be something as esoteric as prayers in the original Sanskrit or something as easily available as inspirational *cough* pictures of the lads. Perhaps you only want to snack on pretzels handmade by Belgian monks or you need Yma Sumac warbling in the background if you’re to write anything.

In addition, if there’s a question you’ve always wanted to ask the Big Bang writers or artists/your fellow Big Bang writers or artists, go ahead and post one in the comments. None of the writers/artists are obligated to answer but as talking about the work is ~~another great way to procrastinate~~ always a pleasure, at least some of them might answer it.

Oh, and finally, if you’d rather just simply check-in and let us know how you’re doing at this stage of the game, then this is your chance to do that as well.

sineala.livejournal.com

Hi everyone! How's the Big Bang writing going, authors? (Artists/vidders, or people who would like to be artists/vidders -- remember, you can still sign up for art! Right now you can, um... stare at pictures of Bodie and Doyle and call it research!)

Apologies for the very late post this week, but this time I'd like to talk about... plotting. You know, that thing that your story needs to have if you want to make it to 20,000 words. (Well, the thing I need to have, anyway.)

Got any plotting tips? Tricks? Stuck on any scenes and need some help? Not sure where it's all going? Are you planning it all before you start, or making it up as you go along, or some combination of the two? Or maybe you're still working on that outline? (*coughs, raises guilty hand* My outline is 5,000 words, though! Actually, wait, I have 300 words of story done.)

My personal tip -- and I don't mean to be selling anyone anything, I just think the program is amazing -- is that Scrivener has absolutely changed my ability to plot and write long stories. In a good way. (It's $45 for Mac; the Windows/Linux version is in public beta, so it's currently FREE if you don't mind that it might be a little buggy.)

( Putting my Scrivener praise under the cut-tag )

So how do you write? Is anyone with me about the excellence of Scrivener? Or maybe you just use Word or your other favorite text editor? That's fine too. (Or maybe... on paper?) How do you go about plotting? Do you write linearly? Or, hey, maybe you're already done with your story and this isn't even an issue! Let me know! Or talk about anything you'd like! Whatever!

(And please, someone else say they've barely started. It'll make me feel better!)

Current Mood: hopeful

saintvic.livejournal.com

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.

norfolkdumpling.livejournal.com

Apologies for the lateness of the post this week. A combination of LJ shenanigans (I am shaking my fist at those DDoS attackers as I type) and unprecedented busy-ness on my part, means that this is the first proper opportunity I've had to do it!

So. We're really getting along now, and I think it may be time for a little teaser. Have you got a tantalising little snippet of your story that we can salivate over? A teeny bit of dialogue? An intriguing piece of description? Something juicy from your notes or outline? Nothing, of course, that would give away the plot or make your story obvious to artist claimants....just a tiny bit to get our hearts racing and our pom poms shaking. Let's say no more than two lines to be on the safe side.

Go on and share....you know you want to. Better out than in, as my Grandma used to say. *g*

Look...even the Lads are waiting with baited breath to find out what you've got in store for them!

What do you mean, they look worried...? *g*

przed.livejournal.com

By now, hopefully we're all at some stage in the writing process. You're planning your masterpiece, or getting stuck into the actual writing. Some lucky few of you might be halfway through or even--gasp--approaching the end.

For today's check in, I thought it might be fun to look at what motivates your writing, what keeps you going, and what helps you out when you run into problems. I was inspired by this article, Ten Rules for Writing Fiction, in the Guardian. The article asked a number of British, Irish, and Canadian writers for their ten rules for writing fiction.

( Here are a few of my favourite responses. )

My one personal rule for writing is this: If a scene isn't working, it's probably the wrong scene.

So what about you? What's the rule or guideline or suggestion you always try to follow when you're writing? Or are you the sort who doesn't believe in rules?

And how are you all doing so far? Confident that it's all going to come together? Panicking because none of it's coming together? It's time to share your triumphs and commiserate over those little bumps in the road.

sc-fossil.livejournal.com

Hello peeps! It's time for a weekly

( check in post )

saintvic.livejournal.com

A big hello and welcome to the weekly check in post.

To start with here is a link to a web page with some word count progress meters.

And here is my current word count:

Although I have to report that my 200 words are all “Bodie” and “Doyle” and nothing else. Still the names have to written at some point *g*.

Next a few pics to help the inspiration kick in although I’ll admit I got very distracted finding them last night and wrote nothing *hangs head*.

And lastly, as always, let us know how you are getting on in the comments, whether you thinking, planning, plotting, writing, editing, cheerleading, or already planning your escape to a remote island.

Current Mood: productive

draycevixen.livejournal.com

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So, now that we have this year’s Big Bang writers all signed up we thought we’d check in.

[Poll #1716086]

No, really, how’s it going? Still trying to beat your idea in to shape with a little help from Macklin? Have the whole thing drafted out and now you just need to start writing it? It’s already done and you’re working on the sequel? Still have research to do on the history of codpieces in Bognor Regis?

~~Bring out your dead~~Check in, BBers.

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saintvic.livejournal.com

Hi everyone and welcome to the second check in post *waves*.

And as the deadline for the writers sign up looms ever closer, less than a week now, let me start this post off by giving you the links to all the sign up posts and doing lots of encouraging pom pom waving *g*:

Writers sign up post
Artists and vidders sign up post
Beta sign up post
Cheerleader sign up post

Secondly I thought I would post a few of my favourite, but rather random, links in the hope that you find something useful/interesting/incredibly distracting in them. And in the name of distracting my first link is to:

TV Tropes

This is a ridiculously addictive website that may also spark the odd idea or two for a story.

Next we have an article in The Guardian which has various writers listing their:

Ten rules for writing fiction.

My third link is to 750 words, an online tool that gets you into the habit of writing 750 words a day.

750 words

And for my final link I thought we would go for some sex *cough*. Well a link to one author’s guidelines for writing sex:

Writing Sex by Steve Almond

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

Current Mood: giggly

saintvic.livejournal.com

Welcome to the first regular check in post of the 2011 Pros Big Bang.

This is where you all have chance to chat about how you are doing, flaunt your word count, wring your hands in despair, ask questions, make plans to run off to exotic lands as the deadline looms, celebrate when you reach that goal, show off your pom poms, and generally have fun.

But to start with a quick reminder that all the sign up posts are up and running so whether you fancy writing, joining in as an artist/vidder, offering your beta skills, or becoming a cheerleader you can go over to the posts to join in.

And there is now less than 2 weeks until we reach the deadline for writers to sign up. So without further ado here are the links for all the sign up posts:

Writers sign up post

Artists and vidders sign up post

Beta sign up post

Cheerleader sign up post

Right then, to get us started how about a little poll I do enjoy a good polling *cough*. Let’s say you've signed up, you have an idea for your plot, and you are ready to go, where do you start when you take that plunge and put pen to paper or fingers to the keyboard.

[Poll #1704787]

Current Mood: good

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