Pico day 9

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Here is the post for any comments, snippets or thoughts.

May the magic be with us all!

Comments

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Well I guess this is my week for whining. I did sit and write before I opened my e mail :) Managed 248 words but I don't like them. It's not so much that the writing is bad it's that I don't seem to be going anywhere that makes sense. Hmmm. I'm going to have to do some serious thinking about where these characters actually stand in relationship to each other and maybe narrow the focus a bit.

Well, that's what pico is for...

[saki101.livejournal.com]

It is and you implemented your pre-email writing plan, so that and the words are progress. Even if the scene doesn't seem to be going anywhere at the moment, your brain had a reason for wanting to write it.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

You're a very good cheerleader, you know that ;)

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

A can of chicken gravy for you, for resisting the e-mail!

Just keep writing. Even though it seems to be going nowhere, really is. You just can't see it yet.
Think of it as coming into a room and wondering why you're there. Keep looking. It's there, somewhere:)

Ok, enough of this mumbo jumbo. You know what I mean:)

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I worry a bit about your chicken gravy fixation...

I was reading a comment by an author (and of course I forgot the name) who said sometimes when he can't get anywhere he just starts writing nonsense ad sooner or later his brain takes over and says " stop being an idiot, this is what you should say".

I'm willing to see if it works.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Words are words. Just keep squeezing them out - one day they'll start to make actual sense. That's the hope that keeps me going most of the time. Honestly.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

At least pico gives us the opportunity to properly think through where our stories are going.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Doesn't it? We get to mutter and grumble and actual get encouragement rather than just the echo of our own thoughts (I have used - and liked - a private writer's journal but it does get lonely in there...)

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Hey, if whining is what you need to do, then you should whine!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I'm very good at it :D

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

That's the thing about fanfiction, because the audience know and love the characters as much as the writer, the relationships are often more important than the actual plot (which is lucky for folk like me, true...)

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Well done for writing and identifying the problem. Good luck working out where you are going.