Comments on: Lightcross, Shadowcross

By: George from Greece

George from Greece — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:49:21 +0000

Hi dear Lisa and all,
I am a writer albeit for film from Greece developing a screenplay with the working title WHY EVIL.
Can I join you? As I see there is no signing up so here I go.
The manuscript as of today consists of 7790 words. I will let you know about it’s progress.
If I do something anything wrong please contact me at GeoMoiras (at) gmail (dot) com

By: DasteRoad

DasteRoad — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:29:15 +0000

Thumbs up, Kait! And remember to update us on any news

By: DasteRoad

DasteRoad — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:25:24 +0000

Only 169 words on Friday, since there was a bit of an unpredictable mess at the Evil Day Job that robbed me of my usual little writing time during lunch break. But still, a few words is always better than no words, isn’t it?

In the light of the revelation following her prayer, Erthel faces some rather dark doubts about her mother and the whole story behind her birth.

By: Holly Lisle

Holly Lisle — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:43:37 +0000

Synopses never are. Ugh. Congrats on finishing yours.

By: Holly Lisle

Holly Lisle — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:43:15 +0000

That sums it up. I ended up not using all of Lightcross, Shadowcross that I wrote last week, but it’s sitting in a separate file with its own index card, pulled off to one side in case I discover there’s something in those words I want to pull back in.

I didn’t edit or revise anything—I just moved something that my gut told me was a wrong direction out of the way. It’ll be there when I revert to the left-brain logic mode of editing, where I’ll be able to re-incorporate it if I discover the story needs it.

By: Lisa R

Lisa R — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:32:13 +0000

1,523 words for my synopsis. Wow, that was not an easy task.

By: The Pencil Neck

The Pencil Neck — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:46:48 +0000

962 words.

Scene 1: The captain, who was happy to have an escort, isn’t as happy when that escort tells her to open her shuttle bay to take on boarders. And then finds out that the Imperial Corvette isn’t crewed by Imperials at all.

Scene 2: Back at the pirate station, The Princess sells the freighter but refuses to auction off the crew to slavery or give up the military hardware that was the cargo. The Ship-buyer deduces that the Princess is an idealist and involved in some war and offers to put the Princess in contact with the Queen’s Men. Which takes the Princess by surprise. She didn’t realize her mother was still alive.

Worked on HTRYN and resurrected my WordPress account. But didn’t get as much writing as I had planned.

By: The Pencil Neck

The Pencil Neck — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:53:29 +0000

I’m tired and I think that might have come across wrong. Holly usually suggests that you get through the first draft by getting everything out and not going back and revising anything while you’re doing it. You wrote this, let it stay, and move on. When you get to the revision process, if it’s wrong, it won’t last.

By: The Pencil Neck

The Pencil Neck — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:50:39 +0000

You ONLY want to kill things in revision. Let it sit and move on.

By: Deb1789

Deb1789 — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:06:50 +0000

586 words. . .

What I got seemed like a good Idea before I wrote it, but now I’m thinking that it might not be. . . My MC let out some viciousness that I’m not sure I like, and that I’m not sure is useful to the story.
Well, I’ll let it sit. If it’s really useless I can kill it in revision, right?