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I finally get to post in here!
I finished my first draft of my first 'novel' ever earlier tonight! SO happy. I never thought I would do it. I've started quite a few 'novels' but never finished them, written plenty of stories/poems and have always kept a journal, but never have I written an entire 'book'.
I'm actually proud of myself. The book sucks, but I'm happy
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that's what everything I write sounds like.
MilkChocolate, one of my characters is currently named Engelbert Humperdinck because I didn't know what the hell to name him and it was the first thing that came to mind.
...I hope I remember to change it.
And that I think of a name as awesome as Engelbert Humperdinck.
I'm trying to print out a hard copy of my 'book' so that I can revise/destroy it physically with a big red pen, but I have no money and my sister's printer is an asshole so I haven't accomplished that yet.
So I've been editing my novel on the computer. I've realized that I suck even more than I ever thought possible. I overuse commas and the word 'that' and don't use enough conjunctions.
Also, I accidentally named one of my characters 'Michael Jackson.' Seriously. If i miss shit like that then I must suck exponentially. It wasn't a main character, but I referred to him as 'Michael Jackson' for a number of pages. Took days before I realized that this could be a problem. F***!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm trying to print out a hard copy of my 'book' so that I can revise/destroy it physically with a big red pen, but I have no money and my sister's printer is an asshole so I haven't accomplished that yet.
So I've been editing my novel on the computer. I've realized that I suck even more than I ever thought possible. I overuse commas and the word 'that' and don't use enough conjunctions.
Also, I accidentally named one of my characters 'Michael Jackson.' Seriously. If i miss shit like that then I must suck exponentially. It wasn't a main character, but I referred to him as 'Michael Jackson' for a number of pages. Took days before I realized that this could be a problem. F***!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PTBHPTHPTBTBHTTHTHPTHTPHTHT
PTBHPTHPTBTBHTTHTHPTHTPHTHT
that's what everything I write sounds like.
MilkChocolate, one of my characters is currently named Engelbert Humperdinck because I didn't know what the hell to name him and it was the first thing that came to mind.
...I hope I remember to change it.
And that I think of a name as awesome as Engelbert Humperdinck.
Glad I'm not the only one. Apparently I love 'that'. I removed 1,000 of them. Seriously. And there's still plenty in there. Even from the parts I've already edited.Ahhh, overusing the word "that" is one of my worst writing habits! I don't even realize it when I do it, but search for it and I just go along taking out all of them. I feel your pain.
Lol to the Michael Jackson thing. I spend so much time naming my characters and yet I miss little things like that too that should be blatantly obvious from the beginning.
Thank you! Yeah, mine has WAAYYY more than 200 typos. You're a genius in comparison to me. Well, all of you are. Cause you're actually intelligent and can write intelligently. I'm scared shitless of trying to sell this garbage to anyone. I'm envious of those of you that have the balls to do that and are good enough to actually get published.Don't give up. Keep at it. The problems you mentioned are not problems you can't overcome. If it was your first draft, heck, you should see my first drafts. The more you write the better you will get. My first novel was released with 200 typos in it (thank you very much). A novel is a work in progress. It isn't supposed to be perfect when you first write it. Writing the novel is not the work, editing and trying to sell it is. Read alot and write alot. That's how you learn.
Yeah, MilkChocolate, listen to them guys who know. I didn't realize how many times I wrote "THAT" until a certain squirrel started x-ing 'em out in red, yikes.
Sometimes printers suck, right now mine prints out
one.
page.
at.
a.
time.
maybe. If I hold the corner of the paper and shove it just so. Even then, it's a crap shoot, it sucks in or gets jammed up in there. No way can I print out a manuscript so I have to pay exorbitant sums of money to Office Max or whatever. What did Buz say?
Exactly.
Hey, first draft, right? You're working it. We are all in the same boat, same ocean anyway. But not adrift alone, you're floating amidst a bunch of kindred spirits. . . we writers stick together, we go through all kinds of crap to get our stories out 'cause we love it 'cause we're crazy. . .
On my mind about my writing? I just realized I'm past 65K on ALBERT. OMG. For real this thing is poised to end. In my lifetime. I hope.
I think you're being a bit hard on yourself - there's definitely some recognisable words in it. Although mainly ones that revolve around penis bones and donkey scrotums, it must be said
Lol, I never made such a connectionWhy? they obviously didn't bother doing so in the Princess Bride...
I did think perhaps Zanglebert Bangledack or Slutbum Walla, but there's a certain air of dignity and honor about this character that I felt was suited only to "Engelbert Humperdinck"...hmmmmm
On my mind about my writing? I just realized I'm past 65K on ALBERT. OMG. For real this thing is poised to end. In my lifetime. I hope.
I love that name, personally. It's fantastic. Why would you change it?
Oh, well! But you made him a doctor!Also, I'm assuming your character's moniker was intentional whereas I seriously wrote the name Doctor Michael Jackson like five times
Please; you have no idea...Thank you! Yeah, mine has WAAYYY more than 200 typos. You're a genius in comparison to me. Well, all of you are. Cause you're actually intelligent and can write intelligently.
*sniff* I suppose you're right...*sigh*
Lol, I never made such a connection
I did think perhaps Zanglebert Bangledack or Slutbum Walla, but there's a certain air of dignity and honor about this character that I felt was suited only to "Engelbert Humperdinck"...hmmmmm
Badcrumble, perhaps.
Go baby go.
I'm thoroughly stuck at 60K but that's about the norm (every scene is a difficult pointy sanguine shit and every third of the novel brings horrific constipation). It doesn't feel good.
Well the character has a sort of a beard fetish and ends up partially disemboweling himself and dying...I wouldn't want to sully the Humperdinck name.
Oh, well! But you made him a doctor!
Please; you have no idea...
On my mind about my writing? I just realized I'm past 65K on ALBERT. OMG. For real this thing is poised to end. In my lifetime. I hope.
Yay! Keep going!
I haven't even technically started my second draft yet. But I did make some prep progress, or what have you: I woke up this morning telling myself the backstory, so I ate breakfast at my desk while I wrote it down. 1,700 words covering thousands of years, and now I'm at the part where the story begins. Now if only I understood how my magic system works....