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AllyM84
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1536 and still plugging away. The story is getting a little away from me but I think that's ok. I just write until it leads me somewhere then I go back and fix the rest to lead to that spot. I am a little nervous but not too worried yet. Fantasy is harder than I thought it would be, though. I am sticking to fantastical elements within our world to avoid building a whole new world. Hopefully, that flies...
Hoping my ramblings lead me somewhere solid, soon.
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Tynnyt
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500 words and I'm at point Scrap-It-Start-Again.
May have to implement Plan Wine this evening to get things going...
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r.arora
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This is not a bad idea. My nice quiet house has been invaded by my family back from their outing. I may be implementing Plan Wine very soon. Or Plan Pack All My Notes, Notebook, and Computer and Get the Hell Out of the House. |
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kylesolo
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I'm doing much better than last time, where I had written my idea out and was quite far into it - before I scrapped it all the day before it was due and barely got my work in on time. This time, at least, I stuck with my idea and got it down on time. But that doesn't mean my story is any good, of course.
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Trails
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Joining you all on the wine! Having to write a rom-com is killing me.
Got 1700 words done but half of it is awful and one paragraph is just floating at the bottom of my page because it's funny but it doesn't really fit in anywhere. Actually it would be great if someone could settle a contextual worry for me: in the Sates, if an old person falls over are they described as having "had a fall"? There's a real unconscious distinction in the UK - young people fall over, but old people "have falls". One of my jokes centres around this idea so I want to check it won't get lost in translation! Thanks! Tom |
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De Chelonian Mobile
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 28 Jan 2017 Location: Gordon GA Status: Offline Points: 655 |
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I would kill to have RomCom!
I would need to see the whole joke in context to see if it makes sense. We don't really use the phrase "had a fall" in the US, but it still might be fine in context. If you want to email me the paragraph I'll give it a look. I'm a long time comedy writer. jonclarkshow@gmail.com |
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Trails
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Excellent, thanks a lot!
Email on the way.. |
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readingrid
NYC Midnight Newbie Joined: 23 Jan 2017 Location: Missouri Status: Offline Points: 89 |
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Either would work. I could read "My grandma had a fall" or "My grandma fell over" and interpret them more or less the same.
Or, like, "I drank too much wine because I had one day to go until the deadline and nothing to show for it, because I was assigned Romance and I have never read/written/had romance and because I worked all day yesterday and half of today and because Romance is dumb and because my first draft hurt it was so bad so I scrapped it, and that evening I had a fall/fell over." Like that! |
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readingrid
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(I guess there is a slight difference in the connotations of "had a fall" vs. "fell over," depending on the context, but I would say not drastic enough to ruin a joke?!?!! But don't listen to me, I've had sooooooo much coffee! )
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Trails
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Ha! Excellent. Thanks very much :) You're struggling too then, yeah? |
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