Status of the writer
Sep. 26th, 2010 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apocalypsosFor the record, I know that everybody's been asking lately who wants to be on their NaNo filters, and I just wanted to put out the blanket statement that yes, I want to be on all of your NaNo filters. I'll be doing NaNo myself and it helps to know other people are putting themselves through the same sort of hell.
Those of you who've been around for a while know I don't have a NaNo filter. You're here, you're reading, you get to suffer along with me. Or laugh at me as I suffer, in any event. ;)
I cannot WAIT for NaNo, by the way. I had something like seven or eight vacation days from work and no reason to use them, so I took the first two days of November off and I'm pretty much off for the last week and a half of the month as well, interrupted only by the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving and possibly Black Friday (we still don't know if we're getting that off yet).
As for my NaNo idea itself, I'm still worldbuilding. I still haven't figured out if I'm going AU or post-apocalyptic future or how this is going to work, but there are a LOT of rules to go over and I've got a month to work on it.
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Aaaaaand then there's Yuletide.
I think I know what I'm asking for:
The Shawshank Redemption -- Lately I've been kind of thinking that I'd like to see an AU where either Red or Andy, or even both of them, never go to Shawshank, but still manage to become friends somewhere along the line.
2012 -- Oh, my God, you know what I want every time I watch? I want to see a postscript where these ships filled with so many incredibly rich white people land in Africa for a place to live, and the Africans turn around and say, GO FUCK YOURSELVES. And I'd kind of like to see all of those rich people having to work to rebuild society and realizing that they're actually going to have to, you know, WORK. Basically, I want to see all of these uber-rich people who bought their seat to a new life knocked down about twenty pegs by the reality of their situation.
Knowing -- This one I may not do, but I kinda want to see what happens after the movie with all of the kids who get saved and grow up and basically have to repopulate the species.
The Replacements -- This one I also may not do, but I've asked for Deaf Quarterback/Ditzy Blonde Cheerleader fic a few times now and I'd really like some.
There's also the possibility I may pull another "Misc. Actors - Give me CRACK!" prompt like I did way back when. We'll see what happens when the time rolls around.
*
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand then there's fic. Which I am writing. Er, right now.
We'll see if I actually get it finished today.
*
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand then there's my original stuff.
Aside from NaNo I've got a couple of short stories I want to work on and some other novel ideas I've put aside for a rainy day. Writing the fanfic that I've got open right now is part of that, because I seriously need to stretch my writing muscles.
Here's hoping I can get something done this weekend, though. I could use the pick-me-up, quite frankly. (My mom's taking me clothes-shopping for my birthday, which is nice and I appreciate it and I could certainly use new jeans, but at the same time I'm disappointed I won't be getting an eReader. I can't really afford to buy one for myself, especially with Christmas coming up, and I'd rather have a new netbook for Christmas because I need one with school coming up since the one I currently have hasn't been working right for a while. And I certainly don't expect my parents to splurge on more than one expensive piece of electronic equipment at a time, nor will they. Sooooo, no eReader for the girl with three paperbacks in her purse at any given time then. Ugh, me and my First World problems. *sigh*)
Those of you who've been around for a while know I don't have a NaNo filter. You're here, you're reading, you get to suffer along with me. Or laugh at me as I suffer, in any event. ;)
I cannot WAIT for NaNo, by the way. I had something like seven or eight vacation days from work and no reason to use them, so I took the first two days of November off and I'm pretty much off for the last week and a half of the month as well, interrupted only by the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving and possibly Black Friday (we still don't know if we're getting that off yet).
As for my NaNo idea itself, I'm still worldbuilding. I still haven't figured out if I'm going AU or post-apocalyptic future or how this is going to work, but there are a LOT of rules to go over and I've got a month to work on it.
*
Aaaaaand then there's Yuletide.
I think I know what I'm asking for:
The Shawshank Redemption -- Lately I've been kind of thinking that I'd like to see an AU where either Red or Andy, or even both of them, never go to Shawshank, but still manage to become friends somewhere along the line.
2012 -- Oh, my God, you know what I want every time I watch? I want to see a postscript where these ships filled with so many incredibly rich white people land in Africa for a place to live, and the Africans turn around and say, GO FUCK YOURSELVES. And I'd kind of like to see all of those rich people having to work to rebuild society and realizing that they're actually going to have to, you know, WORK. Basically, I want to see all of these uber-rich people who bought their seat to a new life knocked down about twenty pegs by the reality of their situation.
Knowing -- This one I may not do, but I kinda want to see what happens after the movie with all of the kids who get saved and grow up and basically have to repopulate the species.
The Replacements -- This one I also may not do, but I've asked for Deaf Quarterback/Ditzy Blonde Cheerleader fic a few times now and I'd really like some.
There's also the possibility I may pull another "Misc. Actors - Give me CRACK!" prompt like I did way back when. We'll see what happens when the time rolls around.
*
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand then there's fic. Which I am writing. Er, right now.
We'll see if I actually get it finished today.
*
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand then there's my original stuff.
Aside from NaNo I've got a couple of short stories I want to work on and some other novel ideas I've put aside for a rainy day. Writing the fanfic that I've got open right now is part of that, because I seriously need to stretch my writing muscles.
Here's hoping I can get something done this weekend, though. I could use the pick-me-up, quite frankly. (My mom's taking me clothes-shopping for my birthday, which is nice and I appreciate it and I could certainly use new jeans, but at the same time I'm disappointed I won't be getting an eReader. I can't really afford to buy one for myself, especially with Christmas coming up, and I'd rather have a new netbook for Christmas because I need one with school coming up since the one I currently have hasn't been working right for a while. And I certainly don't expect my parents to splurge on more than one expensive piece of electronic equipment at a time, nor will they. Sooooo, no eReader for the girl with three paperbacks in her purse at any given time then. Ugh, me and my First World problems. *sigh*)
