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Before I sleep I want to finish reconsolidating my presence on SHARDS / Melantha, now that we're back. Bringing back over that which was worked on elsewhere and setting everything to its proper place.
While I was in exile my fingers were itching to be writing, not having done so for a couple of weeks at that point. Unfortunately the story I should have been editing all along was locked away here and I could not get power on long enough to transfer elsewhere (this sort of calamity makes me appreciate having moved to mostly web-based services for many things), so instead I began work on the next story I wanted to write.
Now it is back here, but not without complication. The next two stories, I wanted to trial them on Celtx and yWriter (only one for each) to see if I would find software designed for the task to be convenient for me. So I have just installed the newest version of yWriter and am transferring the aforementioned newly begun story from Google Documents.
The new project wizard is opened.
Not very good with names or titles.
Ummm...
*struck by a minor inspiration*
"A Library Fox"
There. Kind of like it, even.
Did I mention not being good with names?
uhhhhhhhhh
Oh crap.
uhhhhmmmmmm
Help? This is harder than writing the story. Who am I today? What is my name this time? If 'my' and 'name' even go together and aren't one trying to claim a unitary authority which does not belong.
No, no, no. Those names are all taken by people you know. Memory misfires; let one of yours surface, if a name must be named. A compound, nearest approximation of that particular weight and shape which would feel right. Let it for now stand.
*pause*
*type type type*
*stretches*
So we begin.
[Note(ish): occurrences of pronoun 'I' often a discomfitted concession to not knowing what would fit better there]
While I was in exile my fingers were itching to be writing, not having done so for a couple of weeks at that point. Unfortunately the story I should have been editing all along was locked away here and I could not get power on long enough to transfer elsewhere (this sort of calamity makes me appreciate having moved to mostly web-based services for many things), so instead I began work on the next story I wanted to write.
Now it is back here, but not without complication. The next two stories, I wanted to trial them on Celtx and yWriter (only one for each) to see if I would find software designed for the task to be convenient for me. So I have just installed the newest version of yWriter and am transferring the aforementioned newly begun story from Google Documents.
The new project wizard is opened.
Step 1: Please enter the project title
Not very good with names or titles.
Ummm...
*struck by a minor inspiration*
"A Library Fox"
There. Kind of like it, even.
Step 2: Next, please enter the author's name
Did I mention not being good with names?
uhhhhhhhhh
Oh crap.
uhhhhmmmmmm
Help? This is harder than writing the story. Who am I today? What is my name this time? If 'my' and 'name' even go together and aren't one trying to claim a unitary authority which does not belong.
No, no, no. Those names are all taken by people you know. Memory misfires; let one of yours surface, if a name must be named. A compound, nearest approximation of that particular weight and shape which would feel right. Let it for now stand.
Step 3: Now specify your project folder
*pause*
*type type type*
*stretches*
So we begin.
[Note(ish): occurrences of pronoun 'I' often a discomfitted concession to not knowing what would fit better there]
