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[liptonrm_backup]

Thankfully was not sacrificed to a pagan god at the cider mill on Saturday. Of course, the downside to that is that there weren't any Winchesters to rescue me, either. Oh well, them's the breaks.

I think I might be giving up on Heroes, you guys. I spent a lot of last night's episode bored and disinterested. I guess I just don't care enough about any of the characters to continue plowing through episodes that captivate me so little.

Maybe I'll give it another chance. We'll see how I feel next Monday.

This would seem like the ideal place to discuss character-based vs. plot-based storytelling. And also why keeping Sylar alive at the end of the first season was an idiotic move. But I don't feel like putting that much time and energy into the subject.

Speaking of storytelling, I'm halfway into the second chapter of the longest, most complex story I've ever attempted. It's kinda ... overwhelming. Just had to completely scrap 4 handwritten pages when I realized that they were boring and pointless. I must remember that all of the times I've pep-talked people I think are the awesomest writers ever and apply that advice to myself. I might think it all sucks now but I'm sure it'll all turn out well. *crosses fingers*

Unless, of course, I really am as sucky as I think I am. don't be a freak, don't be a freak don't be a freak ... *eyeroll*

Okay, I think that's just about my entire allotment of self-pity for the week. Moving on. ;-)

Not much else to report. Spilled cereal all over myself and my couch last night. I guess I was performing prop comedy to an audience of no one (hee). That book I was reading, Spellbinder, fell apart before the end, unfortunately. Found pumpkin ice cream at the grocery store (awesome).

Most importantly, NEW SUPERNATURAL AIRS THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!11!1!!1!! \m/

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[manzanas-verdes.livejournal.com]

I too have those problems, I guess most writers do. So I spam my poor, poor regular betas emails asking for advice and hand-holding, writing reduces me to a five-yr-old all over again, yet I can't quit it.

Hehe. I spilled soup on my boyfriend the other day, he's still not trusting me with anything liquid.

OMGYAY! finally someone going all !!!111!!!!!1!!!1 on S3 premiere like me! I was worried over here. Silly me.

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

It's funny, isn't it? There are very few things that make me more self-conscious than writing and yet I'm always finding new stories to tell. Masochists, the lot of us. ;-)

I suppose what I need to do is branch out and find new people to harrass when I'm feeling this way. I have two regular cheerleaders and when one of them is busy and can't hold my hand I go a bit nuts. Perhaps the fangirl gene really does lead to insanity.

OMG, S3 premiere!!11!1 If I could hold my breath till Thursday I totally would.

[hiyacynth.livejournal.com]

OMG MOST ANNOYING WORST DAY EVER. Please to let it be ended now, thanks. Also, please let's just skip tomorrow and go straight to THURSDAY when Winchesters return to me (um, "us").

On the upside, the newly identified fangirl in my office (Doctor Who's her fandom; I'm putting out feelers to see if she dabbles elsewhere) is most likely on LJ somewhere. I used the term "fangirl" today, and she said, "Yes! Fangirls! So you understand... You know about squee." To which I replied, "Oh, hell yes." And we flapped our hands and went back to our cubes. I feel sure I was not alone in congratulating myself on not having said "teh squee."

OMG, Tuesday, please die already.

Love you (you, you, not Tuesday).

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

OMG, so sorry for your no good, horrible, very bad day. Thank goodness it's only a few hours from being over and done with.

I hope ice cream helped.

You have such awesome fangirl finding skills. All lesser mortals must bow before such amazingness. (HAHAHAHA, teh squee!!!:)

[dotfic.livejournal.com]

Heroes confuses me. I should absolutely be in love with this show, everything in my make-up as a fangirl points towards this show. And yet the love...I feel it not. And I can't even decide if it's character-driven or plot-driven but it seems plot-driven, perhaps, but the characters are the real centerpiece. I haven't watched this week's yet but I feel too indifferent towards it to care.

But when Heroes started, I was SO excited about it, I loved it at first. What happened?

[alchemie.livejournal.com]

I apologize for zeroing in on this but ... PUMPKIN ICECREAM? *covets*

Thursday and SPN can't come soon enough!

ahh...

[bookgrl.livejournal.com]

The question for the ages: character driven v. plot driven.
It's one of the hardest things in the world to work out, and then once you figure it out? How do you make it work. Because let's be honest...I don't care how great the characters are, if you have no plot I don't want to read it. On the flip? If you have a wonderful plot it doesn't matter worth jack if you don't have good enough characters to pull it off.

That being said, keep writing!!!

[shanghai-jim.livejournal.com]

John Irving said to just imagine your characters into as real a bunch of people as you can, and what they do is your plot.

On the other hand, sometimes Irving's books can wander.