tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post2506678837311417871..comments2024-03-08T05:27:56.968-08:00Comments on 1000th.monkey: I use a mac, not a typewriter: New perspective on old work1000th.monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-67486619395698969322014-09-12T12:01:22.265-07:002014-09-12T12:01:22.265-07:00Haha, so... accent on the 'horribly'?
Som...Haha, so... accent on the 'horribly'?<br /><br />Somehow, the Elm Street joke might work better in a Charlie story :)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-85727455958110822652014-09-12T00:35:01.045-07:002014-09-12T00:35:01.045-07:00... it was horribly funny. I basically had Bess ma...... it was horribly funny. I basically had Bess make a comment about a halfway house on Elm Street and some kids were being killed by nightmares. And Boy, having no memory of the Nightmare movies etc., believed her where no one else would. So she dragged him into the affair and it kind of spiralled out of control into a really pissed off witch, a sorcerer whose motives I still don't know and alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-47829561824290480042014-09-11T17:32:03.555-07:002014-09-11T17:32:03.555-07:00Haha, 'fighting' you, eh?
...and entire p...Haha, 'fighting' you, eh?<br /><br />...and entire plot based on a throwaway joke?<br /><br />...uhm, yeah.. unfortunately, I believe you...<br /><br />I want Ghoulish Happenings too!1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-1216154556377131202014-09-11T16:23:39.540-07:002014-09-11T16:23:39.540-07:00Because it is fighting with me and the actual plot...Because it is fighting with me and the actual plot has become what was originally a throwaway joke about nightmares on Elm Street. I do know how it ends; getting there is the trick right now. <br /><br />(Spoiler: I also have 20K of a sequel done set some years later. Assuming I can <i>find</i> it on my computer :) )alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-47927239960620217552014-09-11T10:06:06.591-07:002014-09-11T10:06:06.591-07:00VERY true!!!
...when I was clearing out my back-u...VERY true!!!<br /><br />...when I was clearing out my back-up drive, I also found one of your older queries that I critiqued ;) Do you re-read old query versions? I know I find my own hilarious (and sad)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-89076711903780742652014-09-11T10:03:19.618-07:002014-09-11T10:03:19.618-07:00Well, I believe my entire purpose in life is to ma...Well, I believe my entire purpose in life is to make people laugh, so... SCORE!!<br /><br />...I can just imagine the beautiful spontaneous lines that must leap out from your first drafts ;)<br /><br />I find it comforting to re-read an old opinion and realize I don't necessarily agree with it anymore... it's proof that I'm an ever-evolving human being :)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-60980449243511309172014-09-11T10:01:32.224-07:002014-09-11T10:01:32.224-07:00Pinky promise? I'll never send you 'The Bu...Pinky promise? I'll never send you 'The Burning Cross' to read, and you never send me your 'trapped in the limitless caves...' epic ;)<br /><br />Deal?<br /><br />WHY HASN'T MY BOY & FOX SHOWN UP IN MY INBOX YET?!?!1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-29430387658584587422014-09-11T09:27:05.911-07:002014-09-11T09:27:05.911-07:00I love that you wrote this because I've been t...I love that you wrote this because I've been thinking the same thing rereading some of my old work. There's a lot wrong with it, but there's more right with it than I originally thought. I guess that's why they say to save all your work because you could end up using parts of the abandoned projects for new ones, including characters!prerna picketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207620652405474672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-25315395406493420362014-09-11T07:15:50.769-07:002014-09-11T07:15:50.769-07:00You made me laugh :D I go through old stuff period...You made me laugh :D I go through old stuff periodically (I've been addicted to rereading journals since... well, since I began writing them, around age 8 or something), and I agree--nothing beats finding that gem in a first draft. So spontaneous you sometimes don't even remember writing it. So naturally... natural. Beautiful. And yes, revisiting old opinions--and finding you don't Guilie Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09006999087139126972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-46958061008892443342014-09-10T22:59:05.014-07:002014-09-10T22:59:05.014-07:00Heh! As it turns out, I don't have the grade 8...Heh! As it turns out, I don't have the grade 8 stuff anymore. I do remember it included "trapped in the limitless caves and caverns of Time with claustrophobia slowly creeping in"alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-86086880833122163142014-09-10T22:56:25.889-07:002014-09-10T22:56:25.889-07:00hehe. I still have one old (1999 'novel') ...hehe. I still have one old (1999 'novel') on my computer somewhere. I once c/ped the prologue to someone who thought my writing was Amazing to point out that everyone starts writing damn crappy stuff. Somewhere I have the back matter for a novel I started in grade 8. I wisely through out everything from that era during moves. <br /><br />Speaking of odd drafts, I'm having fun trying alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.com