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alternate_ds_c6dY'know how it is, when you're rolling a story around in your head, and you're starting to get some nice little bits of scenes, maybe some dialog, and it's great, except that all those little pieces that are starting to come to you are from the middle or the end of your story, and you're sitting there in front of your computer, or with your pen poised above your notebook, and nothing's happening, because you can't figure out how to start the damn story?
It's like your story is stuck inside a giant crate, and you're pacing and pacing around this thing, with a crowbar in your hand, and if you could just find a chink in the armor, just one small opening someplace where you could jam in the end of your crowbar and shove, you could blow the lid right off this thing, and get at the story stuck inside.
We have a Crowbar Scene for the C6D AU Challenge, people.
Upside: YES! OMG I HAVE BEEN PROWLING AROUND LOOKING FOR THIS DANG MOMENT FOR MONTHS! MONTHS! BREAK OUT THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND THE CONFETTI, I'M SERIOUS!
Downside: I am at work. Stupid work.
But it's okay. I'm not likely to forget by the time I get home. :D
It's like your story is stuck inside a giant crate, and you're pacing and pacing around this thing, with a crowbar in your hand, and if you could just find a chink in the armor, just one small opening someplace where you could jam in the end of your crowbar and shove, you could blow the lid right off this thing, and get at the story stuck inside.
We have a Crowbar Scene for the C6D AU Challenge, people.
Upside: YES! OMG I HAVE BEEN PROWLING AROUND LOOKING FOR THIS DANG MOMENT FOR MONTHS! MONTHS! BREAK OUT THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND THE CONFETTI, I'M SERIOUS!
Downside: I am at work. Stupid work.
But it's okay. I'm not likely to forget by the time I get home. :D
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Date: 2013-04-22 07:55 pm (UTC)(Also, this was probably just a typo, but it does not need to be big bang length. : ) )
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Date: 2013-04-22 08:26 pm (UTC)You don't have trouble starting your stories? Oh, man, that part is always the toughest for me. Ugh. Once I get rolling, I'm usually pretty good about pushing all the way through to a complete first draft - even if it's crappy, it's still a draft, so something to work with - but that first scene that gets things started is always a bear. BEARS! *giggles*
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Date: 2013-04-22 08:29 pm (UTC)No? It comes naturally most of the time. Middles are the hardest for me. I've seen that meme about first lines going around, and I usually don't think that much about mine. Last lines, now...
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Date: 2013-04-22 10:51 pm (UTC)Yeah, you want to wrap everything up just so, and it's the final impression that we leave on the reader. They're a challenge for me, too, but not so much as that first one. Ouch.
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Date: 2013-04-22 08:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-04-22 11:00 pm (UTC)*checks watch* Almost time... First to the veggie stand for some strawberries, and then home. Eeee!
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Date: 2013-04-22 11:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-04-23 03:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-04-23 05:15 am (UTC)Me, when it comes to the FIRST line, there's usually a bear there, snarling WriSoMiFu.
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Date: 2013-04-23 03:47 pm (UTC)BEARS!? *shoos them away*