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Any cantinaites from Boston? I met a very nice Boston exchange student today .
Not from Boston, but from the state
Any cantinaites from Boston? I met a very nice Boston exchange student today .
Ugh, why am I not editing? COME ON.
Can someone whip me into editing shape?
I got up nice and early today, had a hot shower, made coffee... I'm defrosting a bagel. That's how we're rollin' this Sunday.
Just got the phone call. Mom's coming home!!!!!
And here I am still using MS Word and ZenWriter for my writerly needs...
I left Pages for Scrivener. We're still in the honeymoon phase. Pages tells me he'll be here. Just sitting in the corner. Whenever I need him.
Notepad++ mocks Scrivener, steals Microsoft Word's lunch money, and beats up OOffice...
<--- yWriter and Scrivener
What are your all's thoughts on Time Travel stories? Done to death?
Whining aside, sparring was super fun. There will likely be a writing application to it that will develop into a blog post.
This is a very appropriate conversation for me. I've been using Word 2011 for Mac and it's a crash monster. Recorded a dozen crashes yesterday during edits. I'm now looking into other programs since there is no way I am writing a story with it. I shall research ALL THE WRITING SOFTWARE!
You got it, lady.
Now, I need to get to drafting...
I was going to make a coherent post but then I saw Kweei's avatar and I djhdsafjek fjd fsljl.
This is a very appropriate conversation for me. I've been using Word 2011 for Mac and it's a crash monster. Recorded a dozen crashes yesterday during edits. I'm now looking into other programs since there is no way I am writing a story with it. I shall research ALL THE WRITING SOFTWARE!
This is a very appropriate conversation for me. I've been using Word 2011 for Mac and it's a crash monster. Recorded a dozen crashes yesterday during edits. I'm now looking into other programs since there is no way I am writing a story with it. I shall research ALL THE WRITING SOFTWARE!
This is a very appropriate conversation for me. I've been using Word 2011 for Mac and it's a crash monster. Recorded a dozen crashes yesterday during edits. I'm now looking into other programs since there is no way I am writing a story with it. I shall research ALL THE WRITING SOFTWARE!
There's a really famous story about a character going back in time and becoming his own father, then having a sex change and becoming his own mother, and... it gets very complex very quickly. That, to me, is the definition of timey wimey.
Not from Boston, but from the state
Just got the phone call. Mom's coming home!!!!!
(...)I'm starting to think it was this chapter that caused it. I'm usually so good at writing fight scenes but this one is killing me. Too many characters to place. I just want to move on in the worse way.
IOON: If anyone here like Cadbury Creme Eggs (I don't, sadly) you might enjoy this. It's a friend of a friend's recipe.
What are your all's thoughts on Time Travel stories? Done to death?
A comment by Bettie made me think about this. I have a time travel story idea (well, characters and set up) in my notebook that has literally been there for 18 years, waiting. One of these days I'd like to trot it out and use it.
Well a solution sort of just presented itself to me while I was preparing to further expand the scene. Sort of a "Oh, yeah. That does make more sense," solution. I'm still not thrilled with the chapter but at least it's progressing. But now I'm burned out. When I struggle, I can only write in short bursts before I need to recharge. This is why writing takes me forever.Why not just write a little bit of place-holder text and come back to it later instead of feeling stuck? (Epic battle here. Character Y dies. Everyone is sad except the bad guys, who laugh like it's funny. Jerks.)
I can't eat a whole one without feeling a little sick because they're so sweet, but this might be all right without the egg on top (or maybe just half o' one)... *wanders off pondering milkshake recipes
But now I'm burned out. When I struggle, I can only write in short bursts before I need to recharge. This is why writing takes me forever.
I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn't mind trying one of the mini eggs either.
Mom's home. She's still a little confused, but feeling perky.
I, on the other hand, am less than perky. They've radically modified her diet, and that means I must revamp all my recipes, or toss them out in favor of new, low sodium, low carb recipes.
Any cantinaites from Boston? I met a very nice Boston exchange student today .
It's still crashing? Ugh. Have you tried reinstalling? Not sure what else to try if you've done permissions and updates and such.
I used to want nothing to do with anything else than Word. yWriter is the way to go for me now. One of its neatest options is the typewriter sound, which is awesome. For some reason, though, I still start stories in Word. But after the first couple of pages, I transfer to yW (which is super easy).
Would you be able to complete edits in another program, or would you only switch for composition? With as many horror stories as I hear, I'm constantly afeared that Word is going to eat my, er, words.
This is why I've stuck with 2008 at work and here. Sad to hear it's still crashing. Is that even with service packs? Which version of MacOS are you running? Just wondering whether I should even try to upgrade people at work or just skip over that version all together and wait for the next one...
*smokes cigarette following hot Internet date*