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Aubrey ([personal profile] allfireburns) wrote2009-02-17 02:43 am
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I've been patient, I've been gracious, and this mountain is covered with wolves...

I have been plotting for [livejournal.com profile] tardis_bigbang. It's kind of exhausting. Okay, really exhausting. But I have made some progress! (And found an excuse to include one of my favorite minor characters!) Still haven't figured out how to work my way from the middle bits to the very ending bit, but... I'm poking at that.

Papel is kind of an awesome program for plotting. It's like index cards, but without the stress and hassle and dropping them on the floor. I would be so much more aggravated with life, the universe and everything if I didn't have this to help with the plotting.

More and more, I'm concerned with the length of this. I don't mind if it gets epic, just... not so epic that I can't write it before the deadline. GAH.

Also, I've got to stop listening to Jonathan Coulton. If only because the Doctor keeps grabbing songs for his playlists, and it's getting a little ridiculous.

EDIT: I am not allowed to include a subplot based on this song. I'm just NOT.
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[identity profile] jaeled.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
...oooooooohhhh.

This Papel thing is shiny.

Aubrey, I think you just unstuck me.
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[identity profile] allfireburns.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
Heee! Yay! I am glad for that.

Papel has actually gotten me to DO stuff other than... flail unhappily at the world, so it's doing pretty well in my opinion!

[identity profile] jaeled.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:15 am (UTC)(link)
....

It doesn't work on Macs. SOB. I must find something similar because this looks like JUST the sort of thing that would help me brain past where I'm currently stuck--and I'm going to stop before I start rambleflailing.


...incidentally, all of my icons but ONE are currently Rift-related.
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[identity profile] allfireburns.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
Rawr. FAIL. I have the same frustration there - Evie has Scrivener, and I BADLY want it, but it doesn't work on PCs. If I had any suggestions for Macs, I would offer them, but... I know little about what writing software is out there. ♥

Also, that is AWESOME. Rift icons for the WIN.

[identity profile] jaeled.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
...


......

I just looked up Scrivener. And went. OH. MY. WANT.

(and you know it's time to sleep when you stare at the pile of clothes on your floor for a straight minute thinking, "DUDE, THAT TOTALLY LOOKS LIKE A SKULL. TOO BAD NO ONE IS AWAKE. I WOULD SHOW THEM. BECAUSE IT TOTALLY LOOKS LIKE A SKULL. OR LIKE. AN ARMADILLO. OR SOMETHING.")

[identity profile] girlorgun.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
I use Scrivener (http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html) myself, on my mac. It doesn't have the nice disorganized feel to it, but it helped me plan and keep writing my Nano for a good chunk of the month (other things conspired to drain my creative drive - that was not one of them), and it's great for planning and can be easily used for big papers and stuff.

Granted, it's only a 30-day free trial, then you have to pay $36, but it's SO worth it. Really. I love Scrivener.

[identity profile] jaeled.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
I will get. Because SO SHINY. ...only downloading when I'm supposed to sleep might not be the best idea. >>;
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[identity profile] starletfallen.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
True. Because you can't just download it and go to sleep, no, you have to PLAY WITH IT. Trust me on this one.

But it was a LIFESAVER for Nano, I probably wouldn't have broken 15k without it. As it stands, I got 28k (though most of it's crap).

[identity profile] jaeled.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
OH GOD I'M PLAYING WITH IT. I'M PLAYING WITH IT. I WILL NEVER SLEEP NOW.
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[identity profile] starletfallen.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
OH GOD. NO, YOU REALLY WON'T.

[identity profile] jaeled.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
*whimper* It's so beautiful.
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[identity profile] starletfallen.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
I knoooooow. You will totally shell out the money. I did, after using it TWO DAYS. I don't normally do that.

[identity profile] jaeled.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
...our cat just hijacked one of our grocery bags and ran off with it to the litter box.
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[identity profile] allfireburns.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
...was there anything IN the grocery bag?

...I love how that's the only way I can react to that.

[identity profile] jaeled.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
No, she just carried it off. And now she's sitting outside our closed door throwing her toys at it, because that's what she does when she wants in.
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[identity profile] allfireburns.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
Your cat is a strange, strange creature, and I think I love her a little.

[identity profile] jaeled.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:59 am (UTC)(link)
SHE PLAYS FETCH WITH HER JINGLE MICE. It is a game we play, late at night.

...that sentence contained way more sketch than intended.
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[identity profile] starletfallen.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
...that is odd. Decidedly odd.

[identity profile] jaeled.livejournal.com 2009-02-17 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
That's mah girl. :3
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