Comments on: The end is nigh http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/03/the-end-is-nigh/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:41:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Diana Pharaoh Francis http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/03/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-2885 Diana Pharaoh Francis Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:10:21 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/03/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-2885 Marie: Uhuh. Amen. Exactomundo. I'm glad it's not just me. Now if I could only figure out the maze . . . . Marie: Uhuh. Amen. Exactomundo. I’m glad it’s not just me. Now if I could only figure out the maze . . . .

]]> By: Marie Brennan http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/03/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-2883 Marie Brennan Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:45:36 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/03/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-2883 I sometimes think how much easier my life would be if I didn't have this penchant for dual protagonists. Multiple povs are one thing; multiple pov characters who ought to be equally important to the end of the story are a much larger problem. Who gets to watch the climax happen? How many times can I swap out viewpoints before my reader throws the book across the room? I sometimes think how much easier my life would be if I didn’t have this penchant for dual protagonists. Multiple povs are one thing; multiple pov characters who ought to be equally important to the end of the story are a much larger problem. Who gets to watch the climax happen? How many times can I swap out viewpoints before my reader throws the book across the room?

]]> By: cindy http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/03/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-2882 cindy Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:15:18 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/03/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-2882 diana, 'tis true. i am procrastinating now! haha! i think i just need to get used to the idea of writing under contract and for pay. it's not for sh*ts and giggles any more. *gulps* diana, ’tis true. i am procrastinating
now! haha! i think i just need to get used
to the idea of writing under contract and
for pay. it’s not for sh*ts and giggles
any more.

*gulps*

]]> By: Diana Pharaoh Francis http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/03/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-2881 Diana Pharaoh Francis Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:46:22 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/03/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-2881 Cindy: Well, at least the deadline forces a finish. I sometimes think I'd wander aimlessly as a cloud if I didn't have to hit a deadline. I'm an expert in procrastination at times. Cindy: Well, at least the deadline forces a finish. I sometimes think I’d wander aimlessly as a cloud if I didn’t have to hit a deadline. I’m an expert in procrastination at times.

]]> By: cindy http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/03/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-2879 cindy Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:45:17 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/03/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-2879 good luck! i think i had to revise 4 times before i knew what my ending was. then i revised the ending once with crit friend comments. the notion of writing under a deadline makes me queasy, tho. i am skeered. good luck! i think i had to revise 4 times before i
knew what my ending was. then i revised the
ending once with crit friend comments. the notion
of writing under a deadline makes me queasy, tho.

i am skeered.

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