Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
Feb. 13th, 2015 09:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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superhero_musesI knew the time difference when traveling was going to throw me, and sure enough, it did! I must have reminded myself 20 times to post last night but it just didn't take. *eyeroll*
--How do you feel about crack?
Dangerous stuff, man. Don't do drugs.
Oh, the fic category! I don't even know quite how to define this--it's got a very wide range of meanings. But in general I guess I would dub it "stories not meant to be taken seriously at all, that do silly or bizarre things in order to have fun." I was going to say it's an insult, but I pretty much only see it used as a self-deprecating insult--that is, you don't tend to call other peoples' stories crack, you call your own stories crack as a sort of apology. As such, I'm not a huge fan of using the term--embrace your fic and don't be bashful about it! Actually writing bizarre things? I'm all for having fun with fic, although I do think the odder your story becomes the more you need to understand and accept that your audience is narrowing down.
I've been with my parents all week and haven't been able to steal any writing time at all, so that's too bad! But I did get a little writing done on each and every project while I was on the plane, so there's a silver lining. And starting from today I'm staying with my husband's brother, who works long hours and thus I will have more time for writing, I think! How about you guys, was your week productive? Did you embrace your crack? (That doesn't sound good...)
--How do you feel about crack?
Dangerous stuff, man. Don't do drugs.
Oh, the fic category! I don't even know quite how to define this--it's got a very wide range of meanings. But in general I guess I would dub it "stories not meant to be taken seriously at all, that do silly or bizarre things in order to have fun." I was going to say it's an insult, but I pretty much only see it used as a self-deprecating insult--that is, you don't tend to call other peoples' stories crack, you call your own stories crack as a sort of apology. As such, I'm not a huge fan of using the term--embrace your fic and don't be bashful about it! Actually writing bizarre things? I'm all for having fun with fic, although I do think the odder your story becomes the more you need to understand and accept that your audience is narrowing down.
I've been with my parents all week and haven't been able to steal any writing time at all, so that's too bad! But I did get a little writing done on each and every project while I was on the plane, so there's a silver lining. And starting from today I'm staying with my husband's brother, who works long hours and thus I will have more time for writing, I think! How about you guys, was your week productive? Did you embrace your crack? (That doesn't sound good...)
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Date: 2015-02-13 04:09 pm (UTC)It's something that I don't generally indulge because I like my plot and logic and character development and crack is the exact opposite of that. Still, occasional hits of story crack can be a ton of fun. And story crack that's taken seriously, blown up into a whole enormous story that somehow totally makes sense (Discword, anyone? Good Omens?) can be the best thing in the entire world. :D
Writing totals haven't been what I wanted but they've still been pretty decent. I think I'm about 1/3 through the newest novel but I'm not sure. I'm never sure because I tend to write into the dark. Part of the reason the total was lower this week is that I'm making a concerted effort to learn how to use Adobe InDesign for publishing my POD books. Finally made progress last night which is wonderful. Difficult but wonderful. The hardest part is figuring out what all the familiar old functions are called and where to find them. Once I get that I'll be doing well. :D
Good luck on your writing!
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Date: 2015-02-17 12:55 am (UTC)Ooooh, good point! There are some lovely series that are basically crack premises built into whole worlds, and as long as everything keeps going it's a crazy Rube Goldberg machine of fun. :)
I'm glad to hear your work with Adobe is going well! I really struggle with some of their products, they're SO Byzantine. I know they're powerful and can do a lot, but that's exactly why they're so hard to understand...