how writers write (really)

[lagilman]

on the useage of [brackets of wisdom]


[15:28] mjbutler: Mine included: [insert funny joke here]
[15:28] pooks: different times of day.
[15:29] di: Every so often I'll get a 5K day, but it's rare
[15:29] pooks: Not just sit down and churn out that many words at once.
[15:29] mjbutler: [insert major plot point here]
[15:29] pooks: mj, I plotted Karma Accountant with "she saves him in unexpected but brilliant way"
[15:29] pooks: And was surprised to get to that point and find out I still had no clue what that would be.
[15:29] lagilman: [shit happens. people die. rocks fall]
[15:30] mjbutler: [insert novel here]
[15:30] lagilman: *dies*
[15:30] lagilman: *blogs that*
[15:30] pooks: [insert novel here] The End.

Comments

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Where's the sequel?

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Heh. Pretty much.

[climactic space battle here]

I use that one even when I'm not in space.

[out-totheblack.livejournal.com]

[shit happens. people die. rocks fall]

That's what I need to do!

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Somehow there's a lot less silly-tired than I expected there to be.

[lagilman]

I edited out the incriminatingly punchy.

[rosefox]

I was just looking through dances I choreographed a couple of years ago and came across one that says "[insert other half of dance here]". I was very amused.