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I am probably going to drop to the regular timetable group, since i have not sent out a first draft yet; I just keep rewriting.
I think I am freaking out; make that I am freaking out! LOL
However, I have been critiquing and am happy to continue, I finished looking at Sabrina's yesterday (not sure of the Hatrack moniker) and will finish AWSullivan's today.
I will mosey over to the regular timetable and let them know that I am dropping in.
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It's okay, it's early yet. I'm still hammering out my draft. I might join up the other group, too. Or I might just solicit one crit. But we still have time!
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Now, let's see if I have this right. I'm supposed to sent my draft to-- Writer Dan darklight Icared Kay Ti Patrick James JenniferHicks
I've been working on it and it's still not right. I feel the ending lacks punch and the main plotline is just not really solid. Plus I keep finding typos.
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Did my story make across the ether intact to you guys? Is there anyone else out there who would like to help check it out?
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Arriki - if you want another look, go ahead and send it to me. I haven't gotten any stories from anyone, so I've got plenty of time to look at it.
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It's such a relief to get away from that story for a while. I've been concentrating on it for ever so long.
Now I'm starting back to finish "The Girl With the Gold in Her Eyes." Desperately needs a better title. It's another first person space adventure. I love those. Hmmm...it's also another Mars Born story.
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Guys...I seem to have not cut off some notes to myself after the "the end" of my story. Ignore them. Thanks.
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Well, I'm not going to be able to get mine off any time soon. I've decided it's better for me to spend the time that I need working on my first draft, than rush it out and try to squeeze a second round of crits in.
I'm still available to crit people's stories, but I think I'll just try to solicit crits on my story sometime around the end of the month.
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Thanks, WriterDan and LAJD. You guys are the best! I'm done a bit earlier than expected (read: decided to cut my losses for the moment) so will send it off now.
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Hey folks - it has occurred to me that WOTF might have my last quarter entry mixed in with this quarter's entry. Does anyone have any way to contact them other than the email addy linked from the WOTF blog? I've sent a message (two, actually) and have heard nothing back. I'd really like to find out if last quarter's entry has been judged or not. It would solve the mystery of the missing manuscript, since I haven't received my bonged MS back in the mail. It might also alleviate the pressure I feel for 4Q2008 because, you see, if they haven't judged my last Q story, I could just have them keep it for 4Q or have a chance to revise it and resubmit (which would not be a bad thing. That story never did benefit from workshopping.)
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annepin, send me a copy, too. I seem to be temporarily caught up with my group's. I can send you mine, if you like, also.
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Kay Ti, in the first quarter when I sent Redlight in, they sent me an email informing me that they were going put it not in the first quarter, but in the second. I imagine they'd do that to you, too.
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Thanks guys. I sent a copy off to WriterDan, BoredCrow, and Arriki. Send me yours whenever you like.
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So, I got a new draft of my story done. The only one I have an open invitation to send it to is Annepin. So, I'm going to do that. Anyone else up to read my most recent incarnation? It's probably 15-20% different than my first draft.
Speaking of, the deadline for general second round crits is coming up. Just a week away. Nov 7th. A while ago Patrick suggested some new groups. For your ease in remembering them:
Group 1 Writerdan darklight KayTi JenniferHicks AWSullivan LAJD TheOnceandFutureMe
Group 2 Arriki Icared Patrick James BoredCRow Annepin Zero
I think we can keep these groups for this next round. Usually lose a few people between the first and second crits. If you're out for this round, just take your name off the list and re-post. Hope everyone's stories are coming along smashingly well. Thanks everyone.
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I'm going to be concentrating on Nano for a while, so not bothering with another critique on my story until the beginning of December, and since I have a few days off around the middle of next month (November), I'll be able to do some critiques from the 14th to the 18th. Feel welcome to send your stories on if you're not needing a reply for a couple of weeks.
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I will probably be like a week late for the second drafts, but I am always available for reading yours. Annepin and arriki, if you still need critiques, I will be happy to have a look at your stories.
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Well, I'm not on the HM list. Sigh, I think.
It's that little smidgen of backstory I tried to slip in there on page two. I cringe. It's so close to the opening. It could be the place where when reached it, they dropped my story into the return-to-sender pile.
I hope I could have handled the backstory better now. Hope, hope.
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quote:Well, I'm not on the HM list. Sigh, I think.
It's that little smidgen of backstory I tried to slip in there on page two. I cringe. It's so close to the opening. It could be the place where when reached it, they dropped my story into the return-to-sender pile.
I hope I could have handled the backstory better now. Hope, hope.
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Isn't it too early? I mean, this is only the first round of HMs. There were at least three last time. Maybe four. And yes, if you're not an HM, you could still be a semi or finalist!
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I am. Who's out there willing to reread Cory's story with some added bacstory and a lot of details cleaned up I hope.
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I'll read, arriki, I'm interested to see what you've done with it. And anyone else too who needs another crit, send it over. Can't promise a hugely fast turnaround, but a week tops should do it.
I hope some of you guys will give mine another look around the beginning of next month.
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Thanks so much, annepin. Once I get this NaNo thing out of the way in the next couple of weeks, I'll be giving my WotF story a good edit. I'll be sending it off to you then. I don't think I've read yours either, so please send it over whenever you need a crit.
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Sorry guys, I'm out this quarter. My last quarter entry turns out to be entered this quarter, so for once I'm an early entrant!
I hope to have some critting time in December, though, so keep me in mind. I can't promise anything in the next few weeks, Nano is eating my soul and I'm way behind on my slush pile reading.
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I sent my story off to everyone in this group __________________________________ Arriki Icared Patrick James BoredCRow Annepin Zero ______________________
Two days ago, for second round crits. If you haven't got it please let me know. I know you got it Arriki and Icared.
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I got it, Patrick. Hopefully telling you here counts. I've been putting off sending mine out in hopes of receiving some of my first round crits back still. I'll wait until Sunday night and then send it out to the second-round group.
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I think it's done with UBB (universal bulletin board) code, which is the straight up and down brackets -- not the curly ones, not the angled ones. THese ones ] and it's cousin [
Typically the way you do it is stick a tag for what you want to have happen to the word(s) in the straight brackets *before* the word, then *after* the word you do this again with the brackets, but include a forward slash before the tag
I'll try an example with curly brackets, because if I use the straight ones the bulletin board software will just try to parse the tag.
{b}make this text bold{/b}
then using the straight brackets
make this text bold
Italics are done with "i", to quote someone else's text you can write QUOTE in there, then paste the text you want to quote, then do /QUOTE inside the brackets after the text you want to quote.
I also use the URL tag, which is URL=yourwebaddresshere with brackets around it. Then in the space between that tag and the "closing" tag you write the "friendly text" for the web address. that's how you can get those clickable links that make sense, like "Go to CNN" instead of www.cnn.com.
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Arriki, when you post, look to the left of the text field. You'll see an underlined phrase saying "UBB Code is ON". If you click on it, you'll get to a page explaining all about the code.
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I just sent my story off to everyone in my group (except for you, anne - there have only been subtle changes since you last read it. Maybe, if you don't mind, I can send it along at another time?)
I'm feeling really good about how this story is turning out. There is definitely room for improvement, but it's getting there. How has everyone else been doing lately?
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My second draft is going incredibly slow. I am hoping to get it over with this weekend, but I don't know how improved the story is . Anyway , I have arriki's, BoredCrow's and Patrick's stories right now and will try to get the critiques as soon as possible. Would be happy to comment on any other stories as well.
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May I send out to all and sundry willing critiquers an updated version of my story?
You see...I had this flash of inspiration. It's a subtle change. Reading, you might not even notice. It ties the Cory of the opening more strongly to the one who emerges at the end. May even make him slightly more understandable if not even a little sympathetic.
Thanks, annepin, for the link. I printed off the instructions. Now I HAVE them to refer to. Thanks, again.
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