Comments on: Aaaaaaaaah. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/ I FORGET WHAT EIGHT WAS FOR Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:43:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85504 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:09:04 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85504 Chuk:

“Why not just write the fun chapter first?”

Because I need to know how the other chapter works before I can write the next one. I don’t write from an outline, so there are things I don’t know about the story until I write them. Sounds haphazard, but it’s true.

]]> By: Mark DF http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85503 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:03:34 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85503 So, do you do what I do when you are *this close* to the end of a book: For no reason but excitement, keep writing until 3:30 a.m. to finish, only to crawl in bed and whisper “I finished” and get the response “Nice. Get off my pillow.”

]]> By: Chuk http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85502 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:42:13 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85502 Why not just write the fun chapter first? Or is it like eating dessert before dinner? Maybe you could just write a little of the fun chapter, then go back and do part of the hard one.

(And I just finished OMW two days ago…very nice!)

]]> By: Hugh http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85501 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:20:46 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85501 “ultimate fighting” = “homo-erotic”; hadn’t sprung to mind before, but I am now afraid it might :-)

]]> By: Tripp http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85500 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:47:21 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85500 Please remember, when filming the fight scene in the movie, to have pro and an tagonists wearing strongly contrasting colors so that the viewer can easily tell them apart, because I hate it when I can’t tell who is winning – “good guy” or “bad guy.” Even if they are lobbing missiles instead of personally grappling I need to know instantly ‘good guy’ or ‘bad guy.’

Which takes me off topic but isn’t “Ultimate fighting” about the most homo-erotic thing you’ve ever seen? When they take the action to the mat, well, I’m thinking they should just get a room at that point.

]]> By: Chang http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85499 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:30:22 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85499 I’ve been anticipating this novel. :-D

Ditto that. I gotta go steal TGB back from my mom to tide me over.

Must read very slowly… Long way to February.

]]> By: Bryan Price http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85498 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:58:05 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85498 I’ve been anticipating this novel. :-D

]]> By: Chang http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85497 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:53:46 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85497 Wow. Sounds ass-kicking good.

And there was a rocket attack a few weeks ago!

This looks to be bang up explosivetacularistical… ism… ish.

Okay, gotta go pay bills now.

]]> By: Steve Buchheit http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85496 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:24:07 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85496 Jeff, checking of the spouse is a good job for those personal radios, might want to order a pair of those as well. If they don’t respond then either you need new batteries, might want to order those to start, or that they’ve gone out of range. That may spell trouble.

BTW, John, you’ve been a naughty boy and let your face grow long.

Just couldn’t resist that line anymore.

]]> By: JonathanMoeller http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85495 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:21:22 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/07/aaaaaaaaah/#comment-85495 So Jane Sagan, while suffering from ferocious dysentery, will use longbows and thick mud to wipe out a large percentage of the French nobility?

I *thought* I saw that foreshadowed during a few places in Ghost Brigades.

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