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Eating brains by the light of the moon
Jul. 8th, 2011 09:00 pmI've written 3,000 words today, completing a very rough first draft of "Red" (formerly "Red is the Color", and may become something else). It didn't so much end as go pear-shaped and stop, but hey. If I can get an emergency critique from my stalwart writing buddies, I may be able to squeak it in by midnight to make a deadline. (Or maybe before I go to sleep, which makes it still mostly today, even if it's two in the morning tomorrow.) That would be kind of awesome.
This makes the second work of short fiction I've finished this year. I may dig out "Flood" and see what it's doing these days.
ETA: I realized a transition was missing between my last entry and this one. Despite some truly above-and-beyond assistance by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kafkonia, I couldn't get "Needlepoint" into shape in time. It had an entire plot, but the worldbuilding was facile and generic, lending itself in turn to generic plot points. I will now set it aside for a bit and try to develop some clever, thoughtful background. After a mild freakout, I woke up yesterday with the burning certainty that I could finish "Red" as a last minute substitute. And I did. The end.
This makes the second work of short fiction I've finished this year. I may dig out "Flood" and see what it's doing these days.
ETA: I realized a transition was missing between my last entry and this one. Despite some truly above-and-beyond assistance by
kafkonia, I couldn't get "Needlepoint" into shape in time. It had an entire plot, but the worldbuilding was facile and generic, lending itself in turn to generic plot points. I will now set it aside for a bit and try to develop some clever, thoughtful background. After a mild freakout, I woke up yesterday with the burning certainty that I could finish "Red" as a last minute substitute. And I did. The end.
