The JV girls basketball team lost by nearly 40 points

[lar_laughs]

But that is not what this is about. I just needed to put that fact somewhere and decided to use it as the subject line.

I'm in editing mode which means I'm cranky and things on my Friends Page are making me want to tear my hair out and gouge out my eyes. I know it's just because I'm having to come up with better word choices and decent explanations but I'm becoming irritated enough that I should probably NOT visit there.

But then I get bored (because said word choices and explanations are not very friendly) and go back and find myself cranky all over again.

I don't have enough practice with editing because I alternate between self-pity and disgust. WIth myself. With the story. Never with my editor, although I imagine that she's sitting on her couch with her laptop in her lap, laughing manically at my errors and vowing never to read another word until I learn how to write. Aster is not doing anything like that, though, but it's what I imagine.

Is anyone watching Flashpoint? Has anyone watched the first three seasons? I need to ask a few questions about a possible fic idea and I have a very vague idea of the past plot (I'm current with this new season and am working through Season 1 but have only seen a few of the other episodes).

What I really want to be doing is writing SGA Post-Apocalyptic Bingo fic and gift-giving stories but this is due IN TWO DAYS and I HAVE TO GET THIS ONE or I WILL BE CRANKY FOREVER. It's true. It could happen.

Comments

[meridian_rose]

I wish I could help but I've only ever seen a handful of episodes of Flashpoint - it doesn't seem to air regularly here, although I always enjoyed the episodes I did catch.

As for the editing; we are our own worst critics. And it makes a writer better, to know they can improve, than to sit on their laurels. Just don't beat yourself up too much.

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I don't think I've met anyone that has seen them through, back to back! As soon as I get them all seen, I may be the only one alive! *grins* I really need to read through the wiki. Our idea was to have Sam's sister get kidnapped BUT it appears that has already happened. I guess good minds think alike.

The part I hate about editing is seeing all the horrible inconsistencies. I have to learn to see those as challenges instead of failings. I wrote this over a month long period of time. Of course things are going to be different. And it's original and the idea is still nebulous in my head so things changed from the first word to the last word. I need to be kinder to the "writer" part of me when I'm in "editing" mode. We all have to be nice to each other because I only have this one brain!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_ashestobeauty_/]

I would edit like that for you if it would make you feel better... *grins* We both know Aster is too nice to do that. But hey, I'll give it a go! ;)

Man, I just realize I need a little maniacal icon with some evil little "hee hee hee" laughter...

[lar_laughs.livejournal.com]

She is, in fact, a great editor and she's very rough on my writing while being very nice to me. Poor girl has to carry me through the writing AND the editing process. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have gotten half of what I've accomplished this year done.

I will take you up on a second pair of eyes, though. I'm having a couple different people read through it for me. Turns out I have a little bit more time than I thought I did.