KING - Losers Weepers or How To Write Serialised Fiction. (I think).

Nov 12, 2010 14:23

So, my attempts at World Domination via the method of gender-flip detective noir weeklies* continues!

http://www.badreputation.org.uk/2010/11/12/king-losers-weepers-chapter-four/

Writing fiction like this - is a new venture for me. I'm very ( Read more... )

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Intellectual Discomfort athena25 November 13 2010, 13:31:40 UTC
I'm gonna get that on a Tshirt

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tyrell November 12 2010, 23:18:36 UTC
The slow checking out of his body under the clothes REALLY works as a role switch... I love that she's a messy drunk with an eye for the cute boys :)

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athena25 November 13 2010, 13:31:11 UTC
Hey - you can't write a detective story unless their life is a shambles.

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wingsmith November 12 2010, 23:25:44 UTC
It *is* hard, but I think its very different writing serials to books. I beat block by toning down my inner editor, but if you had to hit the 'publish' button immediately, I guess that wouldn't work.

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athena25 November 13 2010, 13:32:14 UTC
Yes - I try not to edit too much as I go along, and aim to churn them out fairly quickly once I'm on a roll. Too much poking and prodding tends to make the final thing a bit stiff and formal

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chains_of_irony November 15 2010, 09:28:48 UTC
I LOVE King so much.

The warning 'please don't leave comments just saying how much you love a fellow BadRep blogger's piece 'cause it looks like we're cheering ourselves' was definitely something I fell foul of with your pieces! Oops! I'll just say how much I love it here, instead. ;-)

*fangirls*

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