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rickmaniac
10-27-2005, 09:33 PM
...your posts always crack me up. Have you had a go at writing Douglas Adams/ Terry Pratchett-esque stuff? (My heroes) You'd be perfect for it!
dpaterso
10-28-2005, 12:11 AM
rick, thanks for the kind thoughts, tho' I must confess surprise, I'm the unfunniest person I can think of, dour Scots blood don't y'know. Alas when I consciously try to write funny the result is akin to an overflowed toilet, it stinks big-time and ruins the carpets. I've received a fair number of emails from "fans" over the years that have made my inability to write humor quite plain, oh m-my yes. Bless you sir, bless you.

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)
I'll bet any quantum mechanic in the service would give the rest of his life to fool around with this gadget.
scripter1
10-28-2005, 06:49 AM
you sell yourself short. Perhaps trying to ward off more fan mail?
You always make me laugh.
StephieM
10-28-2005, 07:55 AM
Me three. :)

Steph
dpaterso
11-03-2005, 02:41 PM
Might as well say this here as anywhere else, I'm doing the NaNoWriMo thing this month so I might not visit the AW board as often as I normally would. If I don't comment on script pages it's not because they're incredibly bad, it's just a time constraint thing (then again, I might just be using that as an excuse. :) ).

-Derek
My wittle web page - hack stories, failed novels, dud screenplays, terminal writer's block. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57)
The fool, the meddling idiot. As though his ape's brain could contain the secrets of the Krell.
Rainy Night
11-03-2005, 08:57 PM
I'm doing the NaNoWriMo thing this month
What's a NaNoWriMo ?
dpaterso
11-03-2005, 10:32 PM
That's the problem with staying Indoors all the time! You don't get to hear about these things. National Novel Writing Month, aka write a novel in a month (target is actually 50k words, but most writers I know are aiming higher). http://www.nanowrimo.org/ has all the details.

-Derek
My wittle web page - hack stories, failed novels, dud screenplays, terminal writer's block. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57)
The fool, the meddling idiot. As though his ape's brain could contain the secrets of the Krell.
Rainy Night
11-03-2005, 11:19 PM
I once did 80k words in 5 weeks, but I was a much younger man then.

Sounds like fun - good luck!
Rainy Night
11-04-2005, 12:04 AM
I like this quote from the NaNoWriMo website:

"Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that's a good thing. By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and just create. To build without tearing down."

Maybe the next time there's a contest in this forum we could do something like this. Give the participants a choice of genre and subject and see who could complete a feature length script in a month.

I know for myself I always work better when I have a deadline.
Joe Calabrese
11-04-2005, 12:41 AM
We'll leave contest for the next moderator.

Remember, deadline for voting is coming up fast.

Don't let my swan song here end in a fizzle.

I will be leaving (popping occasionally to say hi) after the comp is over.
rickmaniac
11-05-2005, 11:32 PM
Good luck, dpaterso!

Hopefully you will cave in and try writing a comic sci-fi/fantasy novel for nanowrimo!
StephieM
11-06-2005, 01:57 AM
Good luck, dp. Sounds like a lot of fun. :Sun:

Steph
StephieM
11-06-2005, 02:04 AM
We'll leave contest for the next moderator.

Remember, deadline for voting is coming up fast.

Don't let my swan song here end in a fizzle.

I will be leaving (popping occasionally to say hi) after the comp is over.

Just wanted to say again before you go, that we'll miss you. You've been a great moderator, and the screenwriting competition was awesome! Good luck on all your ventures, keep in touch, and take good care of yourself. :Hug2:

Steph