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The Hobbit Hole XXXI - Mawwage is what bwings us togethew today!
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| Sept 7 2006
Posted on 09/07/2006 10:11:42 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Mawwage is what bwings us togethew today!
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by! |
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Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well! |
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Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed! |
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To: Lil'freeper
Aha! I like Ranger, too. He's so very patient with Stephanie!
4,121
posted on
10/31/2006 8:30:47 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: SuziQ
Yeah. Now picture him with a herd of Scouts. Heh.
4,122
posted on
10/31/2006 8:34:25 AM PST
by
Lil'freeper
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To: James Ewell Brown Stuart
Hi, welcome to Free Republic!
To: TalonDJ
Thank you so much! I've been lurking for a while, so I know that you all might be interested in doing the NaNoWriMo... My writing circle here in Israel wrote me about it. It's taken me a year to come up with 115,000 words for my novel...I can't imagine doing 50,000 words in one month! Good on you if you can do it!
4,124
posted on
10/31/2006 8:53:44 AM PST
by
James Ewell Brown Stuart
(Go back and do your duty as I have done mine. I would rather die than be whipped!)
To: James Ewell Brown Stuart
I did it last year for the first time. And I had never written that much for anything. I did not finish but I did make 30,000 in three weeks. That is the usefulness of NANO. Being forced to break pasted all they blocks and distractions and just get words on 'paper' in large quantities.
To: TalonDJ
You are to be congratulated for 30,000 words. That is tremendous! That's how the writing circle advertised it as well. To break out of your writer's block. I suppose the beginning might be a bit weak, but towards the middle a good idea might hit so it would get easier as you go along.
4,126
posted on
10/31/2006 9:09:50 AM PST
by
James Ewell Brown Stuart
(Go back and do your duty as I have done mine. I would rather die than be whipped!)
To: James Ewell Brown Stuart; JenB
Jen dragged us all into it a few years back...at this point I've managed to finish three times and flunked out one. Gosh...doesn't seem like it's been that long!
But the first year, I'd never written anything longer than maybe 15,000 words, and I'd never even so much as committed myself to writing daily for a full month. I came out of it knowing I *could* write a real novel...but that I'd need to do a *lot* more writing to produce anything good. ;-)
But it was fun anyhow. And is every year. And we talk about it here in the Hobbit Hole every year until we drive the non-participants to distraction. Heh.
To: James Ewell Brown Stuart
Yeah it gets easier as you learn little tricks that keep you going. That is the beauty of it. Learning little skills to smash writers block at will.
To: RosieCotton
My favorite author told me that he was not a good author. When I scoffed, he laughed and said he was a good rewriter. I have found that to be true for me as well. It's like painting. I write in big strokes and get more exact as I rewrite. Usually I am satisfied by the 6th or 7th draft.
When you write that novel, you will have to let me know so that I can purchase it!
4,129
posted on
10/31/2006 9:21:04 AM PST
by
James Ewell Brown Stuart
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To: TalonDJ
The best skill I learned to smash writer's block was a good idea. Since those do not come along every day, you will have to let me know your little tricks.
4,130
posted on
10/31/2006 9:21:27 AM PST
by
James Ewell Brown Stuart
(Go back and do your duty as I have done mine. I would rather die than be whipped!)
To: TalonDJ; RosieCotton
I've got 10 points outlining the main conflict between TheGoodGuy and TheBadGuy. Need some minor characters with their plots and minor things like setting and character names. Hmmm....how about a cat with an agenda....
To: Lil'freeper
Now picture him with a herd of Scouts.It would certainly be a trek THEY'D never forget!
4,132
posted on
10/31/2006 9:51:49 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: SuziQ
He's going to be a very quiet character. Only speaking when something important needs to be said. He's going to let the crew leader, a Scout, make all the decisions that the crew leader is supposed to make... and make lots of mistakes in the process. Often adult advisors become overbearing and don't let the kids learn to lead. It's very sad to see. And often they're in poor physical condition so their tempers are very short. This trip, with all of is physical and emotional trials, is nothing compared to what the ranger character went through in the special forces. I think he'll bring an interesting perspective to the story.
4,133
posted on
10/31/2006 10:09:37 AM PST
by
Lil'freeper
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To: Overtaxed
To: RosieCotton
Guido and the Toaster struck out last year. I suppose I could have a badger...
To: Lil'freeper; Overtaxed; RosieCotton; SuziQ
To be tacky...
Did I mention I found a way to work the animatronic strippers into my story? I was looking for a way to bring in youtube and I was working on adding more characters that actually interact IRL. So I have this one guy that was working on some marketing project that built some robotic (slightly) mannequins. The project got caned and for some reason he had the prototypes laying around the garage or something and his room mate reprogrammed them to be strippers and made a video that was really popular on yourtube. I am not sure how that blows up in their faces but it is a minor subplot anyway.
To: Overtaxed
Last year I had a badger named Guido.
It was a very strange year.
To: James Ewell Brown Stuart
The two things that work for me are:
a) Just keep writing, one word at a time, even if it's so boring I could scream - until I find the story moving again (easier said than done, I know). Then I go back to delete what didn't fit if necessary.
b) I sit and write stream-of-consciousness style about the story. I'll take a notebook and brainstorm about the story, pointing out the holes and throwing out ideas on how to fix them until I find one I like enough to run with it. For last year's completely goofy story, I have pages of things like "Why would the Toaster of Doom use llamas to do his dirty work? What is it about llamas that makes them ideal henchmen? " Etc.
This year I'm writing slightly more serious stuff, but the brainstorming works about the same...
To: TalonDJ
Could be they posted it anonymously -but- because they're such a big hit everyone wants to know who created them. Good Morning America, Regis Philbin, Dr. Phil, the works. The attention could put pressure on the hacker guys.
Or something like that.
4,139
posted on
10/31/2006 11:55:53 AM PST
by
Lil'freeper
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To: TalonDJ
Ermkay.
I'm still not fitting them into my story. Just...doesn't work.
But...congratulations. I guess. ;-)
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