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Fruity20
Jul 28, 2018

Do you believe in magic, Tenno?
i'm gonna prep for nanowrimo, wish me luck.

and this story got alien dragons in it

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avshalemon
Jun 28, 2018

my nano book is about an ageing married professor having an affair with his glorious young student. his name is ian mcgregg. her name is cherylene badwitch. she has tiny tits like a dog's but with huge nipples, walnut-brown, hard as river pebbles, and when she's aroused they pulse like tiny hearts. baboom! baboom! that's the noise they make. there's only two problems, one is that ian is married and the other is that cherylene cannot stop farting. she is a perpetual fart machine. when they're having sex, on his desk, in his car, in his apple orchard, her rosebud anus keeps up a chorus of melodic poot! peep! paaaaarps! in perfect response to all his bon mots and his incisive comments about the millennial generation. when she's defending her phd, at the worst possible moment her sweet rear end (that ripe peach rear end that only he knows the inner contours of) gives off a noise like a flock of angry geese and reduces the supervisors to tears. he comforts her with his big hard dick. being a literati his dick is very large. his wife, pam, is plain and fat, but caring; she loves his enormous dick, that gentle python that curls up perfectly inside her lax loving circus tent of a vagina, and she bakes him cookies and sends him off to university every day with a packed lunchbox of lettuce sandwiches and apple slices (this is all he can eat due to his type 2 diabetes. i, the author, also have type 2 diabetes due to my monstrous obesity, and i also fart constantly and have a massive vagina and have had numerous affairs not only with my teachers and students but also with my doctors, my lawyers, my postman and the many policemen who are called to my place of residence due to noise complaints; i believe in writing what you know, it is essential to furthering the art of literature.) anyway i'm getting off track but anyway the story goes like this, ian and pam have been married for forty-five years and have three strong sons but cherylene is just so sexy and so fragrant and when she's aroused by his intelligence her nipples pulsate so

Phil Moscowitz
Feb 19, 2007

If blood be the price of admiralty,
Lord God, we ha' paid in full!
I’m glad for the titty description, and also the anus

Terrorforge
Dec 22, 2013

More of a furnace, really
Fiction Writing Advice and Discussion: I’m glad for the titty description, and also the anus

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!
You can't spell 'literature' without 'real tit'.

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









Paladinus posted:

You can't spell 'literature' without 'real tit'.

truth

Fruity20
Jul 28, 2018

Do you believe in magic, Tenno?

Paladinus posted:

You can't spell 'literature' without 'real tit'.

more you know.

on a serious note, i'm using october as a chance to outline my novel in depth. can't be always writing on the seat of your pants. :). i did get the general idea of the conflict i settled with. let's say it's playing with the whole "im adopted" thing.

Axel Serenity
Sep 27, 2002
https://twitter.com/FernRiddell/status/987786459267633152

Djeser
Mar 22, 2013


it's crow time again

she had deep, dark circles under her eyes, like a racoon ready to gently caress

Axel Serenity
Sep 27, 2002

Djeser posted:

she had deep, dark circles under her eyes, like a racoon ready to gently caress

Well, it had been a while

crabrock
Aug 2, 2002

I

AM

MAGNIFICENT






anime was right
Jun 27, 2008

death is certain
keep yr cool

Djeser posted:

she had deep, dark circles under her eyes, like a racoon ready to gently caress

now thats some trashy romance

Bayham Badger
Jan 19, 2007

Secretly force socialism, communism and imperialism types of government onto the people of the United States of America.

i'm the "permanent" lack of sleep

REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS
Oct 3, 2003

What do you think it means, bitch?

Hubbardologist posted:

i'm the "permanent" lack of sleep

Be careful, someone might mistake that look for a sexual invitation. Possibly yourself.

Fish Noise
Jul 25, 2012

IT'S ME, BURROWS!

IT WAS ME ALL ALONG, BURROWS!

REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS posted:

Be careful, someone might mistake that look for a sexual invitation. Possibly yourself.
Possibly a raccoon.

Watch out for brain worms. Eugh.

ravenkult
Feb 3, 2011


She looked at herself in the mirror, seeing her breasts for the first time ever.
''Wow look at those knockers, am I right guys?''

Stuporstar
May 5, 2008

Where do fists come from?
Speaking as a woman, my entire internal monologue is a constant stream of, "My boobs are sagging, my boobs are sagging, Oh God I'll never be loved again cause my boobs are sagging..."

Screaming Idiot
Nov 26, 2007

JUST POSTING WHILE JERKIN' MY GHERKIN SITTIN' IN A PERKINS!

BEATS SELLING MERKINS.

Stuporstar posted:

Speaking as a woman, my entire internal monologue is a constant stream of, "My boobs are sagging, my boobs are sagging, Oh God I'll never be loved again cause my boobs are sagging..."

:same: but for my balls



And my breasts

Antivehicular
Dec 30, 2011


I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

Stuporstar posted:

Speaking as a woman, my entire internal monologue is a constant stream of, "My boobs are sagging, my boobs are sagging, Oh God I'll never be loved again cause my boobs are sagging..."

"At least I've still got eyes, hair, and skin, each described with their own unlikely set of adjectives!"

The Sean
Apr 17, 2005

Am I handsome now?


Screaming Idiot posted:

:same: but for my balls

The big promotion was within his grasp. As long as he didn't stutter during his presentation or trip over his abnormally-sized balls this was in the bag. He walked up to the podium, all three legs in unison, ready to impress the big boss. Withstanding the gravitational pressure of his generous package, he stood confidently, remembering his pre-interview pep-talk in the restroom mirror: The phrase "come to bed eyes" slipped into his head. He gave a bitter laugh; it had been a while.



Seriously, though, I've been making strides in writing my novel. Like, so many strides it's a sprint or marathon or whatever. Except I loving hate myself and all of my logic. I've tried to stay positive in wondering "is this really believable" by concentrating on those youtube videos about movies I like that are "33.5 minutes of why Deadpool 2 is written poorly" and still liking Deadpool anyways. Like, my novels going to have some poo poo wrong but that's how writing works.

The Sean fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Oct 9, 2018

feedmyleg
Dec 25, 2004
Yeah it's so interesting how the book I'm ending up writing is very different than the one that I started out writing, despite the fact that structurally they're very similar. It has so much vestigal DNA of the former version's plot, characters and themes that is impossible to cut out at this point, so I'm just having to recontextualize moments and scenes to work within the new version. It'll probably lead to some wonkiness here and there, and starting the same thing from scratch I would simplify the story, but, well, too late now :shrug:

FormerPoster
Aug 5, 2004

Hair Elf
I may have mentioned this a while ago in the thread, but last year I signed with a small press to release my debut novel, a paranormal thriller called Listener's Remains. Excitingly enough, it came out this week! If anyone wants to take a look, it's on Amazon in both print and kindle and you can find it right here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1949340902

I got my copies of my books in yesterday for a launch party I'm having and boy was it weird to hold the thing. Still feels pretty surreal, but it's a lot more real now that I can stare at the thing!

Exmond
May 31, 2007

Writing is fun!

Nae! posted:

I may have mentioned this a while ago in the thread, but last year I signed with a small press to release my debut novel, a paranormal thriller called Listener's Remains. Excitingly enough, it came out this week! If anyone wants to take a look, it's on Amazon in both print and kindle and you can find it right here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1949340902

I got my copies of my books in yesterday for a launch party I'm having and boy was it weird to hold the thing. Still feels pretty surreal, but it's a lot more real now that I can stare at the thing!

Congratulations! Is this the weird novel where the guy killed another dudes mind, but the dude escaped and is now looking for revenge?

Oh it is! Definitely picking it up!

The Sean
Apr 17, 2005

Am I handsome now?


Nae! posted:

I may have mentioned this a while ago in the thread, but last year I signed with a small press to release my debut novel, a paranormal thriller called Listener's Remains. Excitingly enough, it came out this week! If anyone wants to take a look, it's on Amazon in both print and kindle and you can find it right here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1949340902

I got my copies of my books in yesterday for a launch party I'm having and boy was it weird to hold the thing. Still feels pretty surreal, but it's a lot more real now that I can stare at the thing!

I enjoyed this part of your bio:

As a way of pursuing her passion for fiction, she earned a bachelors in English Writing from UPitt. She also earned an MBA at DePaul, as a way of pursuing her passion for paying the bills.

Djeser
Mar 22, 2013


it's crow time again

I had to write a bio for the one time I got a short story published and it came out as the most awkward and dorky thing, but I have no accomplishments related to writing or anything so all I could say was like "I like mountains".

FormerPoster
Aug 5, 2004

Hair Elf

The Sean posted:

I enjoyed this part of your bio:

As a way of pursuing her passion for fiction, she earned a bachelors in English Writing from UPitt. She also earned an MBA at DePaul, as a way of pursuing her passion for paying the bills.

I've gotten a lot of compliments on that, mostly from people who made equally-poor undergraduate choices.

REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS
Oct 3, 2003

What do you think it means, bitch?

Nae! posted:

I've gotten a lot of compliments on that, mostly from people who made equally-poor undergraduate choices.

I’ll add mine to that list. Well done, you passionate bill-payer, you.

Pham Nuwen
Oct 30, 2010



Djeser posted:

I had to write a bio for the one time I got a short story published and it came out as the most awkward and dorky thing, but I have no accomplishments related to writing or anything so all I could say was like "I like mountains".

Make sure to mention your ample breasts in your bio.

Djeser
Mar 22, 2013


it's crow time again

Pham Nuwen posted:

Make sure to mention your ample breasts in your bio.

I have no accomplishments regarding my breasts either.

Stuporstar
May 5, 2008

Where do fists come from?

Djeser posted:

I have no accomplishments regarding my breasts either.

I would personally go with: My two talents have gone heavily underutilized in my life, and I decided it time to finally put them in action.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



quote:

“She went back into the main car and changed into sleep clothes. They were getting too big for her, again. Her breasts dangled half-empty on her ribs; her belly no longer sagged from fat but from loose skin and flaccid musculature; her legs were no longer firm. She knew her face had thinned down in the same doughy manner, its warm bronze yellowed and fading into the shade of her dull eyes and hair in a nondescript spectrum of brown. She looked older than she was.”

Excerpt From: Karin Tidbeck. “Amatka.” iBooks.

:heysexy:

Phil Moscowitz
Feb 19, 2007

If blood be the price of admiralty,
Lord God, we ha' paid in full!
Some might say her breasts were half empty, but personally I like to think of them as half full. It’s just the kind of guy I am.

ALFbrot
Apr 17, 2002
Hello, thread. I have a question about tools that, hopefully, some people here might be able to answer.

I'm looking for a tool that will allow me to outline in an index card style, but with a twist: I'd like to be able to have the same set of cards laid out differently in separate views. For instance, I'd like to be able to make a column for each character, with each nugget added as a card below. Then, I'd switch to "subplot" view, and have a column for each ongoing subplot in the story, with all the cards from the character view returned to a bin, from which I could drag the cards back out into each subplot column. Then, I could switch to "chonological" view, and all the cards would again return to a bin, and I could grab them and pin them up onto a timeline.

This would allow me to ensure that certain threads or characters do not go over- or under-served, while also giving me an overview of the linear story.

Is there a piece of software that does this? I like how Amazon Storybuilder works, for the most part, but the multiple views isn't possible.

Chicory
Nov 11, 2004

Behold the cuteness.
I believe that is possible in scrivener using the keyword and collections functions that allow you to arrange scenes, notes, chapters, etc. in various different ways.

ALFbrot
Apr 17, 2002

Ashwat posted:

I believe that is possible in scrivener using the keyword and collections functions that allow you to arrange scenes, notes, chapters, etc. in various different ways.

Excellent! I'd been looking at Scrivener (yes, I did read the OP) and I couldn't tell whether or not that was a feature. Thank you!

Dr. Kloctopussy
Apr 22, 2003

"It's time....to DIE!"
I don't think that Scrivener will arrange things in columns exactly like you are talking about, but I think you can find ways to see the same information usefully, if you are flexible about it, and make good use of Scrivener's meta-data features.

I started to write a long post showing how I might do what you're looking for with a partially-written novel that I've actually entered a bunch of meta-data for, but it turns out I'd have to include pretty long explanations of how meta-data works in Scrivener. That's a lot of work, and I'd probably end up doing a sub-par job of it.

So, may I suggest doing a google search for scrivener corkboard, where people who actually use the corkboard feature regularly tell you actually useful things!

Sigh.

Maybe I should just make the super-long post about boobs I have half-drafted instead :/

Edit: Thanks for reading the OP! This post probably added nothing new other than a link to a google search that anyone could perform for themselves in less time than it took to read teh post, but whatever!

Dr. Kloctopussy fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Oct 18, 2018

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









Do the boobs post doc

crabrock
Aug 2, 2002

I

AM

MAGNIFICENT






i was really confused for a second like "why do i need to do the boobs?"

After The War
Apr 12, 2005

to all of my Architects
let me be traitor

dreadmojo posted:

Do the boobs post doc

This is hardly the thread for planning people's educational tracks.

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FormerPoster
Aug 5, 2004

Hair Elf
I don't even write YA but this is the stuff I'm faced with when trying to submit a drat query letter to a literary agency.

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