Daily Chit Chat

[Cuddlebug]

Rain is quite enjoyable when staying inside...

Yeah, with a good book and a tea pot you can get well through a rainy day. Unfortunately it wasn't a home-office-day, so I had to head for the city to meet my desk. And there're no good books or sofas, just work to do. At least we can cook tea there

 

[Nonak]

Yeah, with a good book and a tea pot you can get well through a rainy day. Unfortunately it wasn't a home-office-day, so I had to head for the city to meet my desk. And there're no good books or sofas, just work to do. At least we can cook tea there

Exactly. My current good book is "A man called Ove". You should've just brought a couch to work, as we can see in Stardew, you can carry 36 of them without spending a singe bit of energy! Not sure what to do with the work though... Defenestrate it?
I assume you're home now, hopefully in go?good company of the aforementioned good books. A good company of good people is a given, since you're here ;)

 

[slipping_jimmy]

I'd say it depends. When there was a NaNoWriMo site, there were several there that put a specific word where they needed to fix descriptions and stuff later. One put XXXX, just so it could be easily searched for without false positives. Another used ELEPHANT for a story that didn't have any elephants, which led to some hilarity.

My early novels had a tendency to read more like scripts, and I'm still doing one round of editing to make sure I have enough description. If you keep in mind that stuff can be fixed with revision and editing, it doesn't matter if the first draft is just you figuring out your story and interactions. It doesn't need to be perfect.


Icy cold over here. Needed to get the winter boots out of the closet. Definitely November.

I once told a fellow role play partner that I often would go back and re-read and edit and then it looked better. then another re-read and edit. I eventually told her (jokingly) I was in danger of editing my story to a blank page and suggested perhaps some of the best stories are the ones that never get written.

 

[Cuddlebug]

I assume you're home now, hopefully in go?good company of the aforementioned good books. A good company of good people is a given, since you're here ;)

Oh, that's really nicely put... Yeah, I'm at home already and have made a big pot of tea for the family. And ofc there're a lot of good books here, much more than I have shelfs to put them on. And, believe it or not, one of them is indeed "A man named Ove"... Haven't red it yet, but it's in the pipeline...

You should've just brought a couch to work, as we can see in Stardew, you can carry 36 of them without spending a singe bit of energy!

Unfortunately these shrinking device still doesn't exist, so I can't take a couch to my office with me (there once was a czech childrens movie about a professor who invented such thing, was very useful when he needed a parking place for his car...)

 

[Terdin]

Yeah, with a good book and a tea pot you can get well through a rainy day. Unfortunately it wasn't a home-office-day, so I had to head for the city to meet my desk. And there're no good books or sofas, just work to do. At least we can cook tea there

My workday consisted of listening to a seminar about public documents which made me want to sleep. Then I spent the rest of the workday digitalizing stuff...

Tomorrow is supposed to hold snow, sleet, or rain all day, depending on temperature, with a yellow weather warning. Good thing I deliberately bought a raincoat big enough to fit over my winter jacket.

 

[Nonak]

Oh, that's really nicely put... Yeah, I'm at home already and have made a big pot of tea for the family. And ofc there're a lot of good books here, much more than I have shelfs to put them on. And, believe it or not, one of them is indeed "A man named Ove"... Haven't red it yet, but it's in the pipeline...

Nice. Everything about this is nice. The lack of place on shelves is normal, and after all you still have the floor, tables and all the other surfaces ready to abandon their original purpose. Ove is waiting for you then. Have you read the Beartown trilogy from the same author?

Unfortunately these shrinking device still doesn't exist, so I can't take a couch to my office with me (there once was a czech childrens movie about a professor who invented such thing, was very useful when he needed a parking place for his car...)

Given my poor movie knowledge it's unsurprising that I haven't heard of it, but shrinking gadgets aren't that rare of an idea in general. Wonder if one gets invented in my lifetime... Would be convenient. Though it'd likely have a bunch of trouble attached to it as lots of things do.

 

[Cuddlebug]

My workday consisted of listening to a seminar about public documents which made me want to sleep.

At least you'll get paid for it... I feel the same when I have my updates on new developments and legislative changes... Sometimes it's quite interesting, but most of the stuff is just boring.

 

[Nonak]

Currently studying the bickering of three brothers. It had a little more consequence to it than my fights with siblings as those three were ruling a country, but its funnier to think about their disputes this way. It's probably a good thing that I won't end up in a history textbook though...

 

[slipping_jimmy]

Nice. Everything about this is nice. The lack of place on shelves is normal, and after all you still have the floor, tables and all the other surfaces ready to abandon their original purpose. Ove is waiting for you then. Have you read the Beartown trilogy from the same author?

Given my poor movie knowledge it's unsurprising that I haven't heard of it, but shrinking gadgets aren't that rare of an idea in general. Wonder if one gets invented in my lifetime... Would be convenient. Though it'd likely have a bunch of trouble attached to it as lots of things do.

Shape of a Story
This is a link to a brief YouTube video about various stories. it's pretty funny!

 

[Cuddlebug]

Have you read the Beartown trilogy from the same author?

No, I haven't, didn't know it exists... But checking for it, I'm afraid it's not my kind of book.

 

[Terdin]

Hmm... I'm kinda freezing. Wouldn't be surprising if I've caught the cold going around my co-workers. Will have to see how I feel... in the morning. Just realized it's past midnight.

 

[Cuddlebug]

Hmm... I'm kinda freezing. Wouldn't be surprising if I've caught the cold going around my co-workers. Will have to see how I feel... in the morning. Just realized it's past midnight.

That wouldn't be surprising at this time of year. A lot of people here have colds, too, and flu season is slowly starting. I got my shots at the end of October—they usually help a little against these annoying little colds. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you stay healthyHave a good day anyway

 

[Terdin]

That wouldn't be surprising at this time of year. A lot of people here have colds, too, and flu season is slowly starting. I got my shots at the end of October—they usually help a little against these annoying little colds. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you stay healthyHave a good day anyway

Was well enough to go to work at least.

And first snow of the season. Let's see how long it lasts. Might rain away before I get home. A town north of me got upgraded to red weather warning and they suspect that area might get up to 80 cm snow over the course of a day or two... Yikes. I'm happy my town's just having a yellow warning.