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Jun. 22nd, 2012 10:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agilebritOkay, so we saw "Brave" today, and it was awesome. Beautiful animation, fantastic story, hilarious and poignant, with a good lesson in there about trying to "fix" people by taking shortcuts. Bring a hankie, and stay for a scene after the credits. The Boy loved it, although the Hubby didn't like it as much as we did.
In writing news, I haven't scribbled a blessed thing for way too long. However, the prompt at Writing Excuses this week was "Your characters need to perform a reverse-heist, putting jewels into a safe without getting caught." Well, I've taken that idea and tweaked it my way, and I'm working up characters and plot for it as I type this. I believe I will call it the "Cat-Hoarding Dragon" story for tagging purposes, which should give you some notion of where myvery strange brain went with it.
Please, God, let this come in around five thousand words. I do not need to write another Epic Tale.
Also, if you don't listen to Writing Excuses every week, and you are a writer, you totally should be. Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells, and Mary Robinette Kowal do it, and no matter what they say, they really are that smart and you are not in too much of a hurry to dedicate fifteen minutes a week to it.
In writing news, I haven't scribbled a blessed thing for way too long. However, the prompt at Writing Excuses this week was "Your characters need to perform a reverse-heist, putting jewels into a safe without getting caught." Well, I've taken that idea and tweaked it my way, and I'm working up characters and plot for it as I type this. I believe I will call it the "Cat-Hoarding Dragon" story for tagging purposes, which should give you some notion of where my
Please, God, let this come in around five thousand words. I do not need to write another Epic Tale.
Also, if you don't listen to Writing Excuses every week, and you are a writer, you totally should be. Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells, and Mary Robinette Kowal do it, and no matter what they say, they really are that smart and you are not in too much of a hurry to dedicate fifteen minutes a week to it.
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Date: 2012-06-23 04:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-23 04:34 am (UTC)It came about because I stole my muse from Kingdom Hospital. I have a slight anteater obsession, and so it seemed a natural extrapolation.
Because I am strange.no subject
Date: 2012-06-23 07:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-23 03:14 pm (UTC)