I still like the idea, but maybe fleshing out two women's motivations in under 1,000 words is truly a tall order or at least, I haven't mastered it.
Murk: But you're a God! The Sacred Glorificus! Glory: I'm a God in exile. Far from the Hellfires of Home and sharing my body with an enemy that stabs my boys in their fleshy little stomachs!
'Dirty Girls'
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.
erikaj - Apr 21, 2015 4:57:19 pm PDT #6201 of 6734
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Gudanov - Apr 22, 2015 10:01:10 am PDT #6202 of 6734
Coding and Sleeping
Short fiction is tough. At least it is for me.
I wish I could work on some writing, but it just isn't in the cards right now.
Wolfram - Apr 22, 2015 10:35:37 am PDT #6203 of 6734
Visilurking
I like short fiction, but that's because I'm lazy and put off writing anything substantial.
I miss the prompts and drabbles we used to do here.
Amy - Apr 22, 2015 11:11:52 am PDT #6204 of 6734
Because books.
We tried them again and no one came.
SailAweigh - Apr 22, 2015 11:27:43 am PDT #6205 of 6734
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I know. I miss having prompts. Maybe if we called it flash fic, instead, with a 500 word limit? Or, post a bunch of prompts all at once and peck away at them over a month or so? It was a lot of fun when we had a lot of people doing it on a weekly basis, but I think a lot of those folks have either dropped off the board or quit writing.
Connie Neil - Apr 22, 2015 11:30:37 am PDT #6206 of 6734
brillig
I'm still here, still writing (praise be), but I do think a lot of the audience/participants are elsewhere.
-t - Apr 22, 2015 11:32:50 am PDT #6207 of 6734
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just don't have the time or energy for drabbling. Wish I did, that was fun.
Wolfram - Apr 22, 2015 12:13:00 pm PDT #6208 of 6734
Visilurking
Maybe if we called it flash fic, instead, with a 500 word limit? Or, post a bunch of prompts all at once and peck away at them over a month or so?
Or some combination where some prompts are reserved for drabble and others for flash fic.
I would participate. Selfishly. Writing in front of this talented group of writers forces me to be better.
SailAweigh - Apr 22, 2015 12:53:59 pm PDT #6209 of 6734
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Exactly. And it's go at your own pace, you don't have that pressure to DO IT NOW. Well, that may have just been me.
Amy - Apr 22, 2015 2:24:11 pm PDT #6210 of 6734
Because books.
Mondays are my day off -- I'm happy to post prompts on Monday, some for flash fic and some for drabbles (although I think drabbles work better for this board particularly). I miss writing them, too, although I'm never as good at it when I'm the one prompting!