Or, ‘On Making Rough Drafts Public’.
Originally I was going to have this Friday’s post be about The Evolution of Setting, but I couldn’t remember half the points I wanted to cover, and I decided that I should probably save most of these backward-looking posts for when I’ve actually, y’know, finished a first draft or something similarly outlandish. So instead I’m going to talk about an important consideration for any writer who wants to build up a following online: namely, how polished does my writing have to be before I post it on the Internet?
Friday, 22 February 2013
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Recommendation Tuesday: TPB AFK
This is one of those Tuesdays I mentioned where I will recommend something that's not-so-directly linked to The Neverland as a project, but has themes and subject matter in common. Is it still awesome? Oh yes.
If you're an Internet user, you may well have heard of The Pirate Bay, one of the biggest and most notorious sites for pirated downloads. But have you heard of the documentary that tells the story of the users behind The Pirate Bay, their beliefs about freedom of information which led them to create the site, and their recent court battle against the Swedish government?
If you're an Internet user, you may well have heard of The Pirate Bay, one of the biggest and most notorious sites for pirated downloads. But have you heard of the documentary that tells the story of the users behind The Pirate Bay, their beliefs about freedom of information which led them to create the site, and their recent court battle against the Swedish government?
Saturday, 9 February 2013
Chapter One | The Darling House | 11:47 PM
Author's Notes: I tried SO hard to get this post up on time. I really did. I sat for hours yesterday with a blank document open and couldn't think of the right words to start off. I stayed up until 1 in the morning trying to write something that didn't sound godawful. I managed a couple of paragraphs before giving up. Then today, I went to visit a friend who lives in another county. On the train journey there I opened up the Notes on my iPod and immediately knew how the next bit should go. On the way back not only did I finish the post but I started planning out character arcs and suddenly a whole load of ideas came together. I won't spend forever talking about them here, but I am super stoked. Clearly what I need to do is just write every word of my novel whilst riding around on English trains x3
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That night, Wendy lay awake for an hour after her parents had gone to bed, until she was sure that they must be asleep. She crept out into the corridor and strained her ears for the murmur of her parents’ voices, but all she could hear were the sounds of deep breathing and John’s light snores coming from the bedroom he and Michael shared. Perfect.
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That night, Wendy lay awake for an hour after her parents had gone to bed, until she was sure that they must be asleep. She crept out into the corridor and strained her ears for the murmur of her parents’ voices, but all she could hear were the sounds of deep breathing and John’s light snores coming from the bedroom he and Michael shared. Perfect.
Labels:
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BBS,
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hacking,
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John,
Michael,
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Peter Pan,
sysop,
The Neverland,
warez,
Wendy
Location:
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Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Recommendation Tuesday: 'Digital: A Love Story'
It’s Tuesday! I’m posting something! Yaaaaay!
For our first ‘Recommendation Tuesday’ I wanted to flag up a
Visual Novel that’s been a huge
influence on this story and especially my choice of setting. If you haven’t
heard of a VN before, here’s a quick primer. I always describe it as a cross
between a game and a “choose your own adventure” story – except that having
said that, this VN is so much more than
that. It’s called ‘Digital: A Love Story’ and you can download it for free
from Lemma Soft Forums right here.
Labels:
1980s,
AI,
amie,
AOL,
BBS,
Bulletin Board,
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dial-up,
Digital: A Love Story,
hacker,
NaNoWriMo,
November,
online,
Recommendation Tuesday,
research,
setting,
Visual Novel,
VN,
workbench
Location:
Essex, UK
Saturday, 2 February 2013
Chapter One | The Darling House | 11:15 AM
WELCOME TO PIRATES
V2.2! WOULD YOU LIKE INSTRUCTIONS?
YES
THE YEAR IS 1665.
YOU ARE A SWASHBUCKLING, SEAFARING LASS ABOARD THE HMS COMMODORE, A LAW-ABIDING
MERCHANT VESSEL WHICH SAILS THE TRADE ROUTES OF THE CARIBBEAN. THESE TRADE ROUTES
ARE OFTEN BESET BY PIRATE SHIPS: VESSELS FULL OF VILLAINOUS ROGUES WHO WILL
STOP AT NOTHING TO GET THEIR HANDS ON YOUR CARGO. I WILL BE YOUR EYES AND
HANDS. DIRECT ME WITH COMMANDS OF 1 OR 2 WORDS.
(IF STUCK TYPE HELP
FOR SOME HINTS)
A FELLOW SHIP IS
SIGHTED OFF THE PORT BOW. IT IS FLYING THE UNION JACK, BUT SOMETHING SEEMS
SUSPICIOUS. SHOULD YOU WAIT, OR INVESTIGATE THE SHIP?
WAIT
Wendy laughed, looking over her brother’s shoulder. “You’re not
meant to do that! It’s right there in the text. You always play things so
safe.”
“I wanted to see what you’d coded for the ‘wait’ option,” John
reasoned mildly.
Labels:
1980s,
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BBS,
blackbeard,
bonnet,
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cyberpunk,
Durham University,
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fanfic,
fanfiction,
interactive fiction,
John,
Michael,
Mr. Darling,
Peter Pan,
pirates,
Wendy
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