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Old 11-09-2009, 06:06 AM   #211
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I dragged myself out of that hole this arvo to write to a total of 15232, putting me just above the line again. It's gone a little meta- in there, but it's my novel and I'll cry if I want to. I'm the kind that tends to hear people start talking about artistic guidelines as rules and so determines to beat that rule to death with a well-swung cricket bat. Thus, instead of editing out my developing Mary Sue, I added in a real Mary Sue and then, just for giggles, had a grinning gibbon crown the smug bastard with a cricket bat. Oddly, the Mary Sue wasn't surprised. I then had another character effectively ban him has an abomination. 'Course, the Mary Sue then took an intermission and started reminiscing some crap about old dreams he used to have, but that other character told me that Mary Sue knows nothing about anything, and so I figure not to listen to his crap any more - every time he writes I'm going to stick my fingers in my ears and go "Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala....".

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Old 11-09-2009, 06:26 AM   #212
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ROTFL! Sounds like it's going great, MnM...
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Old 11-09-2009, 06:27 AM   #213
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ROTFL! Sounds like it's going great, MnM...
I know, I so want to read Marc's entry!
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Old 11-09-2009, 07:21 AM   #214
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Hell, I don't know if I even want to read it when it's done. I try write every day, but it's hard when you also have to go out the back every day to dig the deep hole you're intending to bury the manuscript in.

I've taken the attitude of killing them before they get uppity - four down in the prologue (I even ruined a perfectly nice Porsche to do it).
this must be what you writers call "process".

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Old 11-09-2009, 07:22 AM   #215
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(see marc, it's not just me !)
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Old 11-09-2009, 07:36 AM   #216
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this must be what you writers call "process".
There's a process? I'm a writer? You hit the shum with the handle of a what now?

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(see marc, it's not just me !)
Yeah, but do you think I'm going to take the advice of you crazy people? Nosirree, bob! For I am Legion and we've got many certifications of sanity from our pshrynk, so we don't need no second opinions.

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Marc (I don't know why I used that "" emoticon. Maybe Santa Claus told me to do it)
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Old 11-09-2009, 09:01 AM   #217
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Did someone try to load Windows onto him again?



Your use of the word wondering rather than worrying has been noted...



At Swim-Two-Birds?


And to all the contestants, congratulations, and keep going....
Everyone knows that Windows is purely logical and scientific in nature. No, he has Mac OS. The depression comes from being so damned intuitive...
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Old 11-09-2009, 10:15 AM   #218
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Everyone knows that Windows is purely logical and scientific in nature. No, he has Mac OS. The depression comes from being so damned intuitive...
Ahhhh. So all those one and two finger gestures that people keep using to control him are finally taking their toll?
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Old 11-09-2009, 12:06 PM   #219
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Old 11-09-2009, 12:48 PM   #220
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Old 11-09-2009, 03:00 PM   #223
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Old 11-09-2009, 07:23 PM   #224
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Old 11-09-2009, 09:47 PM   #225
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