It's really short, but the one entry on the list says, "Rewrite everything ever." (SOTW)

[apocalypsos]

So I just sat down and made a checklist of stuff I need to edit in Heroine Addiction. It's only half of a page, but it's half a page of "Completely change this plot point" and "Tweak this character from top to bottom" and "Slash and burn this, this and this."

Urgh. One thing at a time, right?

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I only need one more SPN episode and I will have every episode I need to get into the heads of the right characters for my Big Bang. Let's just say it's a good thing I already own season two, because I'm going to need it.

I still haven't started writing it yet, or plotting it all that much. I also didn't do what I'd be tempted to do all day, which is come home from work and write fic -- yes, fic, real honest-to-goodness FIC -- because I was wiped. It'll be brilliant if they finally do cancel the voluntary overtime this week, because as much as I would like to work next weekend and get even further ahead just in case, I've worked every day for the past two weeks and won't have a day off until next Saturday. I won't even know what to DO with myself on a day off, but what I'll need to do is write something.

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Continuing to read the annoying paperback I picked up the other day is aggravating me. It's one of those books that makes me annoyed because while there are some very good things to be had in it, there's also an aggravating lead and unnecessary footnotes to throw in snarky remarks that could just be in the damn story the way they are and insets in case you want to make the drinks the lead is swilling (You probably don't.). Also, commas. I really shouldn't feel the urge to take a red pen to an already-published novel. (I wasn't allowed to be within ten feet of a red pen while reading the Twilight books. I'd be preoccupied FOREVER.)

Basically, it bothers me because, hell, I write better than this. What the fuckity fuck, you guys?

If nothing else, it certainly encourages me to edit HA and GPW. Commas -- they're like sprinkles on sundaes, yay! *eyeroll*

Comments

[baileytc.livejournal.com]

I'm convinced that a large portion of the population believes that commas are decorative.

[elusive-life-77.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I know this is days and days late (I was on vacation) but I swear I know what book you are talking about! Either Happy hour of the Damned or Road Trip of the Damned right?