I don't tell anyone I write these stories because I lead a very public life. I publish, and get paid for, all my other writing under my real name. My bio isn't bullshit. My stuff here is for me. If other people like it, that's great, but this is my own small way of staking out a bit of turf that's mine and mine alone.
So, when you're writing, do you start a story and see it through to the end or do you have multiple pieces under construction at any one time? For the most part, I try to finish the thing I'm on before i start something, but sometimes I break that rule ... What about you? Which, and why?
I'm gonna stick with my computer. It's easier to write at the speed of thought in the first draft and faster on the rewrites when I go in to tighten things up.
IMHO, a reader can say whatever she feels like saying. I don't write for readers. I write for me. I hope people like it, but really, it's all about me.
As a writer, I'm not too hung up on scores or comments. I'm more interested in the number of reads and the number of follows. To me, those are the metrics that matter. That said, I do try to leave comments when I score a story, and I only score stories that I like. If I can't say something nice, I'd prefer not to say anything at all ...
In a car parked in a Safeway parking lot on Castro St. in San Francisco. We were in the back seat going at it, oblivious to the world, when the hot glare of a cop's flashlight shone in on us. He checked our IDs and said he thought we were shooting drugs, then told us to go get a room.
Newbie here, so please forgive me if this topic has been addressed in another post, but I'm wondering what y'all think about POV? It seems to me that the a lot of stories I've read here are in the first person, and I've written my share of those, too. But as a writer, I find the third person POV more fun to write, and my readers - all four of 'em - seem to like it better, too, if the number of reads each story receives means anything. So, when you sit diwn to write, do you make a conscious decision about POV, or does the story just sorta flow and come out however it comes out?
It depends - is the guy married?
I love 'em. From a shallow, purely lizard-brain perspective, if there were two women in front of me and I could only pick one to knock boots with, I'd go with the big girl. Curves rule. Love tv write about 'em, too.
