Tweet-tweet, shush-shush, now now, come come.

[triedunture]

• 13:25 Shouldn't be fiddling with the fic while in the office, but I'm on lunch break, dash it! #
• 18:10 Have successfully rescued P&P&Z from post office! :D #
• 19:00 We're gonna need a montage! (Montage!) We need to condense the narration a bit and show everyone what's going on! (Montaaaaage!) #
• 20:28 Done watching Top Gear, the British Leyland episode. I do love it when James wins challenges. He gets so bouncy. #
• 20:41 It's pouring rain outside. And it's raining in my story. This makes me pleased. #
• 21:17 List of hackneyed lines I'm not allowed to use under pain of death: "How could you say that to me?" "Don't you dare speak to me that way." #
• 21:35 I think my next LULZ Writing Advice essay should be about confidence and self-motivation, now that I think of it. #
• 21:48 Ohhhhh, final scene in progress. I'm getting all nervous about how it should end up. #
• 22:25 OK, that's a good place to stop tonight. 21K, and here's the last line coming atcha: #
• 22:26 'I loved him, yes, but only because he's a part of you.' #

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Comments

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

From lots of people's tweets and postings, I get the feeling the confidence is the #1 problem facing fic writers today.

[georgeodowd.livejournal.com]

I find that to be true about a lot of non-fic authors as well. Lack of confidence makes you awkward with language, which makes for lame prose and dialogue. Of course, no one gets confident without actually writing first. I need to take this one to heart.