Writing Notes

[rsadelle]

I wrote eighteen pages in three days. Eighteen. I know some of you are sitting there thinking to yourselves, "So fucking what?" I never write that much in that kind of timeframe. I'm tempted to think it's because I had a three-day weekend and got a lot of sleep, but I'm not the only one having a particularly productive period. Nette wrote seventeen pages this weekend, and Molly's working on a Dogma story and the sick and wrong threesome smut (yes, that was a compliment).

I also wrote a very short snippet-like thing that's Daniel/Elvis from Kate Brasher. I don't really like it because it feels very "any two guys" to me. The show itself is terrible, so I don't really want to watch it closely enough to get a handle on the characters. On the other hand, I like the idea of Daniel/Elvis.

I'm completely appalled at the egregious abuse of grammar in some slash fic. "Too" is an adverb meaning "in addition" or "excessively." "To" is a preposition. Generally speaking, commas go before the word "but," not after. I think I would feel better about it if I could snipe, "That's what beta readers are for," but these same mistakes appear in stories that have been beta read. I'd be ashamed of myself if I were the beta reader who let such elementary things slip by.

Comments

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I'm so jealous of you all. I've gota few vague story/snippet ideas in my head, but I can't write them. It's annoying. I know exactly what's happening, but they don't want to give me the words to describe it. I am frustrated. Gah.

Also, I read <<I had a three-day weekend and got a lot of sleep>> as <<I had a three-day weekend and got a lot of sheep>>, so obviously I didn't get as much sleep as you. Gah. There is a horse on my keyboard! </random>

And, um, I would love to join you in the bitching about grammar, but i'm sure I've made too many mistakes myself to be allowed to. [Useage of 'too' and 'to' in one sentence sompletely coincidental but appreciated.]

[rsadelle]

Look, if the horse is on the keyboard, how does that impair your reading ability? Unless, of course, the horse is tall enough to block the screen from its position on your keyboard.