Today was the self-imposed deadline...

And I think I'm going to say, tentatively, that I hit it. I'm not sure it's "perfect," but it's pretty damn good. I'm thinking of posting it up again, because the end has changed...quite a bit. To put it mildly.

It's still banging on 10,000 words. This is...not ideal, but, you know. I'll deal. I've looked at it from top to bottom and I really can't see where to cut without doing bad structural things to it, so, there it sits.

A story about Ben where he doesn't die, isn't beaten to within an inch of his life, and stays un-kidnapped. AMAZING. I'm not sure he'll forgive me the dead girl or the giant double-cross, but such are the vagaries of having me as a creator and my Writing Buddy as my Willing Accomplice in Eviltude.

In other news, I gave some less-than-gentle crit to someone on Yahoo Answers today, and she actually IM'd me and thanked me for being honest instead of blowing smoke up her ass. She's 14, and I'm very impressed by her maturity--and she gave me a Best Answer. That brightened my day quite a bit. THERE IS HOPE FOR THE YOUTH OF AMERICA.

Today was the self-imposed deadline...

And I think I'm going to say, tentatively, that I hit it. I'm not sure it's "perfect," but it's pretty damn good. I'm thinking of posting it up again, because the end has changed...quite a bit. To put it mildly.

It's still banging on 10,000 words. This is...not ideal, but, you know. I'll deal. I've looked at it from top to bottom and I really can't see where to cut without doing bad structural things to it, so, there it sits.

A story about Ben where he doesn't die, isn't beaten to within an inch of his life, and stays un-kidnapped. AMAZING. I'm not sure he'll forgive me the dead girl or the giant double-cross, but such are the vagaries of having me as a creator and my Writing Buddy as my Willing Accomplice in Eviltude.

In other news, I gave some less-than-gentle crit to someone on Yahoo Answers today, and she actually IM'd me and thanked me for being honest instead of blowing smoke up her ass. She's 14, and I'm very impressed by her maturity--and she gave me a Best Answer. That brightened my day quite a bit. THERE IS HOPE FOR THE YOUTH OF AMERICA.