"Draft one" occurs when I have written a complete draft of the story without any missing words, lines, or scenes. "Draft zero" is a more-or-less complete story but with bits missing, clearly marked so a reader knows what would go there ("name of cheese", "they go to the cave", etc). "Draft two" occurs when reader/s (usually Jon) looks over draft one and points out all the crap that needs fixing. I am probably the only person to use this terminology.
I normally friends-lock my whinging-about-writing postings so the world doesn't have to suffer through them, but I forgot to friends-lock this one - the last in a long series of messages bemoaning my difficulties involving a crappy synopsis, too much research, and a tight deadline. Anyway it was either the story or me and by a narrow margin it was the story.
Yes, but they're probably the most interesting posts. Besides which, many of your other posts indirectly relate to the hidden posts. So, not only can someone with two eyes in their head come to the conclusion 'she's writing' but your unlocked posts make no sense due to lack of context.
*skritches head* Well, "I'm supposed to be writing" is a dead giveaway, but which unlocked postings make no sense (other than the one I forgot to lock? :-)
The ones that, if a reader didn't know you were a writer researching something, would make you look like a wacked out bible thumper. Then again, maybe you.
Heh. I am reading Genesis for religious reasons, although not the one you suggest. I hope to write a non-fiction book on Mesopotamian religious thought one day. But for now, I'm wildly unqualified, needing to get uncounted ANE texts under my belt first - Genesis included. None of the boring friends-locked postings you've missed have had anything to do with that distant ambition.
Oh, thank god. I had this morbid fear you were actually going to commit the ultimate fanfic no-no of putting the doctor into a jesus story. Sure, people like me would laugh ourselves sick, but I suspect most would be offended. Or something.
*looks a bit thoughtful*
You know there were hundreds of mesopotamian religions, right? While there were overall groups of relgions, each tribe usually had their own version with their own lesser gods. And of course, some secular law and religious law were the same thing, which makes the current (though sensible) public stance on church vs state a bit ironic. Well, a whole lot ironic. Good luck on it, though.
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You know there were hundreds of mesopotamian religions, right? While there were overall groups of relgions, each tribe usually had their own version with their own lesser gods. And of course, some secular law and religious law were the same thing, which makes the current (though sensible) public stance on church vs state a bit ironic. Well, a whole lot ironic. Good luck on it, though.