2008 craft of writing series kick-off! \o/

[sage]

Hey all! Guess what? DS_Workshop's hiatus is over! We'll be starting off a new series of Workshop posts next week with a post from nos4a2no9 about the RCMP. YAY!!

What we need now are volunteers to go in the weeks after Nos.

How to volunteer:
1. Go pick out a question from the master question list. There are still LOTS of craft of writing/DS-specific questions there that haven't been answered, or you can take a subject that HAS been answered and discuss it from another angle. Also, if you don't find anything you want to lead a discussion on, you can add a new question to the list (by commenting to it) and then volunteer to answer your own question (sneaky, eh? *g*).

2. Comment below claiming the topic you want to cover.

I'd love it if we could go back to having people post once every week or two.

Last, if anyone has any questions about how this works or suggestions for making this a better workshop, please either leave a comment here or email me!

Thanks, everybody!! ♥

Comments

Re: non-conventional plotlines, flashbacks/flashforwards

[sage]

Oh, that would rock!

Nos is up next with where Fraser would find porn in the North. Do you think you could post a week or two after she goes? If so, I'll write you in!

Thank you! :D

Re: non-conventional plotlines, flashbacks/flashforwards

[verushka70.livejournal.com]

Um, sure I could post in a week or two after she goes. (When will that be, exactly?? Just want to make sure I make the deadline...)

Re: non-conventional plotlines, flashbacks/flashforwards

[sage]

Um, sometime this week, I think. Bel's last part in her series was at the start of last week, so Nos ought to be posting sometime fairly soonish. (If she doesn't post by the end of the week I'll poke her to see where things are at.)

Also, I wouldn't think of it as a deadline so much as a really squishy range of time for your post to go up in. *g*

Re: non-conventional plotlines, flashbacks/flashforwards

[verushka70.livejournal.com]

Yay, squishy range of time! *g* Us deadline-challenged folks thank you. I can't even make the ds_snippets deadlines; missed one this past weekend. D'oh!

Re: non-conventional plotlines, flashbacks/flashforwards

[verushka70.livejournal.com]

Um, I am working on this, and hope to be done in the next three days... is that ok?

Re: non-conventional plotlines, flashbacks/flashforwards

[sage]

Ack! I totally failed to check in with you -- I'm so sorry!

Whenever you have it ready is AWESOME! Thank you so much!

I'm really looking forward to your post, too. I'm always nervous of doing flashbacks. They're so hard to structure well and I never feel like I know what I'm doing.

Again, thank you so much for tackling this one! :D

Re: non-conventional plotlines, flashbacks/flashforwards

[verushka70.livejournal.com]

Dude, I am very lame and clearly did not get it done in the 3 days I had hoped. RL frakked with me as did work, and then this horrible writer's block freeze-up of "who the hell do I think I am writing about this?" !! I am working on it, but... these things should be beta-ed, right? Because, like, I'm floundering and I suck.

Re: non-conventional plotlines, flashbacks/flashforwards

[sage]

oh hon, do not fret! Send me a draft if you're worried (sageness at gmail), but I'm sure it's fine. Remember, the main thing is to get discussion STARTED. You don't have to present every end-all, be-all detail of the subject.

Breathe! It will be okay, I promise! :D

Re: non-conventional plotlines, flashbacks/flashforwards

[verushka70.livejournal.com]

OK, I'm getting my sh*t together... should be able to send you something tonight or in the wee hours.

Re: non-conventional plotlines, flashbacks/flashforwards

[verushka70.livejournal.com]

Finally submitted to "the moderation queue"!! Whew. I don't think I could possibly present every end-all be-all, but I was... rather exhaustive. I think. But organized.

I think.

And now, to bed, for I must get up in like 4.5 hours for my 12 hour shift. At the ER. When it's so nice out, people are shooting each other again.