No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.

Early ,'Objects In Space'


The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?

A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.


Gudanov - Oct 22, 2009 6:22:08 am PDT #2619 of 6706
Coding and Sleeping

One problem I have is that I'm trying to compare how my stuff stacks up to audiobooks I download from my library, just in terms of flow and dialogue. It's not easy to compensate for text-to-speech vs. an actual person.

I have learned that attributions and physical beats are sometimes awkward. I reuse words in the same paragraph too often. A lot of my sentences have more words than needed. I have a lot of work to do. On the plus side, I think the story is good and my feedback seems to support that so far. I think I have something that can be good, but I need to work on my craft.


Amy - Oct 22, 2009 6:23:33 am PDT #2620 of 6706
Because books.

I think a computer program would drive me insane, but I always find it helpful when we have critique at our writers group and read aloud. You hear so much more than you see.


Gudanov - Oct 22, 2009 6:26:24 am PDT #2621 of 6706
Coding and Sleeping

It's not ideal, but I have to work with the time I have.

Here is a link to the AT&T natural voices demo.

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Gudanov - Oct 22, 2009 7:54:40 am PDT #2622 of 6706
Coding and Sleeping

Familiarity makes the computerized voices sound a bit more natural.

Very true.


Amy - Oct 22, 2009 9:39:51 am PDT #2623 of 6706
Because books.

I talked to my lovely agent! I have a really nice two-book deal with HarperTeen! For my book about a girl with a zombie boyfriend!

I have to go pass out now.


Aims - Oct 22, 2009 9:43:53 am PDT #2624 of 6706
Shit's all sorts of different now.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!


Gudanov - Oct 22, 2009 9:48:03 am PDT #2625 of 6706
Coding and Sleeping

Awesome! Congratulations!


Scrappy - Oct 22, 2009 9:54:44 am PDT #2626 of 6706
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Hooray, Amy!


SailAweigh - Oct 22, 2009 9:54:44 am PDT #2627 of 6706
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Amy, whoohoo and yay and awesomecakes, all in one!


sumi - Oct 22, 2009 10:01:46 am PDT #2628 of 6706
Art Crawl!!!

Woo hoo!!!