World The Extra Section

[Iceman]

brighton aint no cave

Your house must be. Caves are quite common near beaches.

 

[theoneandonly]

my FLAT is on the seafront

 

[Iceman]

my FLAT is on the seafront

Is that the new one that you've just moved into? Must be cool being near the sea.

 

[theoneandonly]

yes it is

just finished unpacking lol

thats along time for stuff to stay in boxes

 

[Iceman]

Anything you don't unpack soon will stay in boxes for good. Are you on much today? I'll be in and out.

 

[theoneandonly]

yeaah i'll be on most of the time

 

[squeekness]

OK See you later. I would be tempted to change all the characters and situations so that they no longer resemble X-Men and pass it off as something original.

I tried that once and it came out HORRIBLE! It was not a good idea....

 

[Iceman]

Good stuff. I'll have to make a trip over to Brighton some day.

 

[Iceman]

I tried that once and it came out HORRIBLE! It was not a good idea....

What did you do? Change names/powers/situations???

 

[squeekness]

Is that the new one that you've just moved into? Must be cool being near the sea.

I live by the ocean. It's really nice except that sometimes it can get a bit damp.

 

[squeekness]

What did you do? Change names/powers/situations???

Yeah, changed names and genders and that sort of thing. It just wasn't the same. Maybe if I tried harder, but I've written so much already, it seems like too much work to try it again.

 

[Iceman]

I live by the ocean. It's really nice except that sometimes it can get a bit damp.

Which ocean? I forgot/not sure if you've said where you live.

 

[Iceman]

Yeah, changed names and genders and that sort of thing. It just wasn't the same. Maybe if I tried harder, but I've written so much already, it seems like too much work to try it again.

Over 1m words would be a nightmare to edit. Although if the material is good enough it might be worth it. You could be an author and you wouldn't have to write any new books. 12 is plenty. The pictures would probably end up becoming useless though.

 

[squeekness]

Which ocean? I forgot/not sure if you've said where you live.

I live in Southeastern Massachusetts, right near Cape Cod. I have a small private beach two blocks from my house.

 

[squeekness]

Over 1m words would be a nightmare to edit. Although if the material is good enough it might be worth it. You could be an author and you wouldn't have to write any new books. 12 is plenty. The pictures would probably end up becoming useless though.

Yeah, there's that, too. I've had folks suggest to me to use something like photoshop to color them, but if I did that, the new ones would be so different that they wouldn't match. I have too many of those to do over again.

 

[Iceman]

I live in Southeastern Massachusetts, right near Cape Cod. I have a small private beach two blocks from my house.

You two are lucky. I'm miles from any beaches and the nearest ones are dumps.

 

[Iceman]

Yeah, there's that, too. I've had folks suggest to me to use something like photoshop to color them, but if I did that, the new ones would be so different that they wouldn't match. I have too many of those to do over again.

It's still going to be a big achievement when you finish. I'm looking do about 100,000 words per novel so 400 altogether, which is about a third of what you've already done.

 

[squeekness]

You two are lucky. I'm miles from any beaches and the nearest ones are dumps.

Well, Massachusetts doesn't have the best beaches. They are rocky and full of shells. California beaches are the best I've seen, all smooth sand.

 

[squeekness]

It's still going to be a big achievement when you finish. I'm looking do about 100,000 words per novel so 400 altogether, which is about a third of what you've already done.

Wow, LOL. I've never thought about it that way. I've toyed with the idea of getting it published privately for my own use, but I still go back and change stuff, so I dunno.

 

[Iceman]

Wow, LOL. I've never thought about it that way. I've toyed with the idea of getting it published privately for my own use, but I still go back and change stuff, so I dunno.

I've changed my first chapter and retconned characters so many times. Once it's in some form of print you can accept it as a piece of work like a book by any other author. Yeah, certain things could still be improved but hopefully nothing that would make a significant impact on the story. I'm a bit worried of finishing the first book and then wanting to change things by the time I get to situations in later books that would benefit from different events having happened in the first book. The best way would probably be to write all four before getting it in print (would keep themes consistent) but I doubt I can wait that long.

 

[squeekness]

I've changed my first chapter and retconned characters so many times. Once it's in some form of print you can accept it as a piece of work like a book by any other author. Yeah, certain things could still be improved but hopefully nothing that would make a significant impact on the story. I'm a bit worried of finishing the first book and then wanting to change things by the time I get to situations in later books that would benefit from different events having happened in the first book. The best way would probably be to write all four before getting it in print (would keep themes consistent) but I doubt I can wait that long.

I know what you mean. I've been writing this thing for so long that I've had to go back to the old stuff to set up for new stuff that I came up with much later on. I've doen a number of signnificant rewrites, especially when I began publishing it online last year. So far all the rewrites have been for the better. What was nice was getting some actual feedback from people. Some of their ideas led to some big improvements for me.

 

[squeekness]

Oops! Gotta run off again. I'll be back later, though.

 

[Iceman]

I know what you mean. I've been writing this thing for so long that I've had to go back to the old stuff to set up for new stuff that I came up with much later on. I've doen a number of signnificant rewrites, especially when I began publishing it online last year. So far all the rewrites have been for the better. What was nice was getting some actual feedback from people. Some of their ideas led to some big improvements for me.

I forgot that you'd put it online. So in a way, your work is already published and available for others to read. I might think about doing that one day, especially if the conventional publishing methods don't work out.


I'm going to log off for a bit as I've got nothing done in the last few hours.

I'll speak to you later on if you are still on.

EDIT: I see you beat me to it.

 

[squeekness]

If you were serious about putting some of it online, you could post it here: http://www.fictionpress.com/ That site is a sister to my fanfiction.net site, only this is for all original stuff. If you posted say the first two chapters, you might at least get some feedback. There is also this place -- http://www.strangeminds.com/ A friend of mine posted some poems here and got feedback. I am sure these are only two of many sites, but if you wanted some feedback, it might be worth it to post some of your finished work there.

 

[Iceman]

I might think about doing that after I've touched them up a bit. The only thing I don't want is for anyone reading to copy my ideas and release them before I get a chance.