Christ Centered Gamer

I was having trouble getting through my proofread, since it's a novel length work and there's just so much text to go through. I was wondering if this was a "learn from my mistakes" moment, where next year I do it as a go, or a "suck it up patsy" moment, where I get over myself and put the time in.

On the positive side, I've managed to catch myself on several gaffes with the story, and I'm adding a bit more flavor in the stuff portions as I go. I'm actually enjoying the process, since it's less 'strenuous creative thought processing', and more 'spot the typo or fix the plot hole' work. And, surprisingly, I'm enjoying reading through the story (most of which I attribute to the euphoria of having written it, rather than it being awesome).

Being so tired your eyes burn?

Emwok wrote:Living card games?

I can't say that I've ever played a card game where the cards were alive. Sounds creepy.

Chozon1 wrote:I was having trouble getting through my proofread, since it's a novel length work and there's just so much text to go through. I was wondering if this was a "learn from my mistakes" moment, where next year I do it as a go, or a "suck it up patsy" moment, where I get over myself and put the time in.

On the positive side, I've managed to catch myself on several gaffes with the story, and I'm adding a bit more flavor in the stuff portions as I go. I'm actually enjoying the process, since it's less 'strenuous creative thought processing', and more 'spot the typo or fix the plot hole' work. And, surprisingly, I'm enjoying reading through the story (most of which I attribute to the euphoria of having written it, rather than it being awesome).

I find the proofing and editing process easier as well. Sometimes it can be a laugh when you have to stop and ask yourself "I wrote THAT?!?"

Chozon1 wrote:Being so tired your eyes burn?

Definitely a sign it's time to go to bed. When you wake up that way, though, your day is going to be trouble....

Sstavix wrote:I find the proofing and editing process easier as well. Sometimes it can be a laugh when you have to stop and ask yourself "I wrote THAT?!?"

Yeah...at one point, when Jacob was leaving the castle, I clearly said "the Glider can't carry you and your armor." Then, five pages later when I needed him to return, he rode on a Glider...while wearing his armor. -_- I scratched my head over that one, I'll admit. XD Now though, I'm nervous about letting someone else read it, lest I have missed any more gaping holes in the sense-make of the story.

I haven't hit any bits of conversation between characters, or descriptions I've cringed at, though. Which probably indicates an attachment to the story on my part, rather than intelligent writing.

How do you feel about the usage of pronouns?

Chozon1 wrote: Yeah...at one point, when Jacob was leaving the castle, I clearly said "the Glider can't carry you and your armor." Then, five pages later when I needed him to return, he rode on a Glider...while wearing his armor. -_- I scratched my head over that one, I'll admit. XD Now though, I'm nervous about letting someone else read it, lest I have missed any more gaping holes in the sense-make of the story.

I remember one story that I wrote years ago. It started with a young woman stumbling out of her trailer and landing in the snow after her father had hit her. Later in the story, I have her sneaking downstairs to try and run away from home.... One of those rare, two-story trailers that you hardly ever see, perhaps?

Chozon1 wrote:I haven't hit any bits of conversation between characters, or descriptions I've cringed at, though. Which probably indicates an attachment to the story on my part, rather than intelligent writing.

That's why it helps to have a second (or third, or sixth) set of eyes to read through it and point out flaws that you may have overlooked, deliberately or subconsciously.

Chozon1 wrote:How do you feel about the usage of pronouns?

I tend to use them quite often. Why do you ask?

I keep hitting spots in my story where it's just "he did this, then he did that. Adjective, he did ETC," and I was wondering if there was a rule of thumb, or if I just needed to work at it until I liked it.

It's harder to have family critique your work than strangers?

Chozon1 wrote:I keep hitting spots in my story where it's just "he did this, then he did that. Adjective, he did ETC," and I was wondering if there was a rule of thumb, or if I just needed to work at it until I liked it.

Not really. Just keep working at it until it seems to flow well for you.

Chozon1 wrote:It's harder to have family critique your work than strangers?

I run into that, but possibly not for reasons you think. Lots of my relatives want to read my works - the hard part is getting any useful criticism from them. The comment "I liked it" is about as useful to me as "I hated it." I need details to determine what I need to improve with the next drafts! That's why sometimes strangers - especially strangers who are fellow writers - are a better source of feedback than relatives.

Camping?

Emwok wrote:Camping?

I thought I replied to this, but that probably happened around the crash.

I love camping! I love it so much, it's the reason I live in the forested mountains of Idaho, about as far out as I can get and still have wireless Internet. It's like I'm camping all the time. The crystal clear skies at night so I can see the stars, the smell of the air in the morning after a rainfall, even sitting on the front porch watching the thunderstorms.... When I live in this kind of environment, I think people must be insane to want to live in a big city.

Sure, we lose power now and then, and sometimes get buried under five feet of snow, but that just ads to the experience.

Fatigue?

Stinks. I wish I had as much energy as my kids. As someone famous once said, "youth is wasted on the young." There's so much I want to do, but most of the time I just want to take a nap....

World of Tanks?

I have never played it. Do you recommend it? Is it available for Macs?

When you need to go to bed, but your book is waaaaaaaaay to interesting to put down?

Sstavix wrote:I have never played it. Do you recommend it? Is it available for Macs?

I've been playing it on a tablet so I don't know about the computer version, but I aim to try it out soon if I can free up some space on my hard drive. It is available for Mac. It would be a lot of fun to set up a weekly play time for World of Tanks with people from CCG similar to what we were doing with Guns of Icarus.

Steam sales?

Chozon1 wrote:When you need to go to bed, but your book is waaaaaaaaay to interesting to put down?

I've certainly been there before. I hope to, one day, be that sort of author.

Emwok wrote: Steam sales?

I like them. I snagged a couple of games that had been on my list, and purchased a couple for another friend of mine. (He received Borderlands 2 as a gift, so I had to send him Poker Night at the Inventory 2 because of the unlockables. )