Comments on: Pulp Rag: Typing a novel http://victoriamixon.com/2009/11/10/pulp-rag-typing-a-novel/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:18:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Victoria http://victoriamixon.com/2009/11/10/pulp-rag-typing-a-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-1708 Victoria Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:30:01 +0000 http://victoriamixon.com/?p=3420#comment-1708 Yeah, I couldn't wait to move out the week before I turned 18. I came back for a year when I was 26, and boy howdy, they treated me a LOT better! My dad even kept the car full of gas, and I drove it whenever I wanted. My mom did my laundry and cooked my meals. They paid all the bills. Of course, I was in and out of the hospital that whole year, which put a real damper on things, but anyway it was great to not be responsible for my own support for awhile, once I knew what a pain that is. Victoria Yeah, I couldn’t wait to move out the week before I turned 18. I came back for a year when I was 26, and boy howdy, they treated me a LOT better! My dad even kept the car full of gas, and I drove it whenever I wanted. My mom did my laundry and cooked my meals. They paid all the bills. Of course, I was in and out of the hospital that whole year, which put a real damper on things, but anyway it was great to not be responsible for my own support for awhile, once I knew what a pain that is.

Victoria

]]> By: christopher ryan http://victoriamixon.com/2009/11/10/pulp-rag-typing-a-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-1694 christopher ryan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:43:41 +0000 http://victoriamixon.com/?p=3420#comment-1694 I am way ahead of the game. I moved out of my parents' basement at 25. I am way ahead of the game. I moved out of my parents’ basement at 25.

]]> By: Victoria http://victoriamixon.com/2009/11/10/pulp-rag-typing-a-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 Victoria Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:51:10 +0000 http://victoriamixon.com/?p=3420#comment-1692 Chris, why do I have the impression you've tried #2? Just so everyone knows, these tips are from the website at the top of the comment, collected from the tweets of Mark Sample at @samplereality. #NaNoWriMo tip: It reads a lot clearer if you make sure your fingers are on the right keys <em>before</em> you start typing. Victoria Chris, why do I have the impression you’ve tried #2?

Just so everyone knows, these tips are from the website at the top of the comment, collected from the tweets of Mark Sample at @samplereality.

#NaNoWriMo tip: It reads a lot clearer if you make sure your fingers are on the right keys before you start typing.

Victoria

]]> By: christopher ryan http://victoriamixon.com/2009/11/10/pulp-rag-typing-a-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 christopher ryan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:02:03 +0000 http://victoriamixon.com/?p=3420#comment-1691 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=18668 #NaNoWriMo Tip: Reenergize your writing by changing your workspace. Move out of your parents’ basement. #NaNoWriMo Tip: Rehearse for your imminent book tour by showing up drunk at a Borders and telling everyone “I’m here to sign my books.” #NaNoWriMo Tip: Add tension by making the gender of your narrator indeterminate. This works for race too. And age. And number of nipples. #NaNoWriMo Tip: Writing about a brilliant professor who solves 1,000-year-old mysteries? This is for you. Why does my cat puke in my shoes? #NaNoWriMo tip: “Write about what you know” is good advice, unless you’re OJ Simpson. #NaNoWriMo Tip: RT @wshspeare Take advantage of the rich tradition of stealing other writers’ ideas and words when you run out of your own. #NaNoWriMo tip: Use foreshadowing to hint what’s to come. E.g., have the vampire say “I want to suck your blood” before he sucks blood. #NaNoWriMo tip: Novelists should dress for success just like everyone else. Failing that, novelists should at least dress. http://htmlgiant.com/?p=18668

#NaNoWriMo Tip: Reenergize your writing by changing your workspace. Move out of your parents’ basement.

#NaNoWriMo Tip: Rehearse for your imminent book tour by showing up drunk at a Borders and telling everyone “I’m here to sign my books.”

#NaNoWriMo Tip: Add tension by making the gender of your narrator indeterminate. This works for race too. And age. And number of nipples.

#NaNoWriMo Tip: Writing about a brilliant professor who solves 1,000-year-old mysteries? This is for you. Why does my cat puke in my shoes?

#NaNoWriMo tip: “Write about what you know” is good advice, unless you’re OJ Simpson.

#NaNoWriMo Tip: RT @wshspeare Take advantage of the rich tradition of stealing other writers’ ideas and words when you run out of your own.

#NaNoWriMo tip: Use foreshadowing to hint what’s to come. E.g., have the vampire say “I want to suck your blood” before he sucks blood.

#NaNoWriMo tip: Novelists should dress for success just like everyone else. Failing that, novelists should at least dress.

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