this was an awesome read.

i love that whedonesque people took them pizza! that's so great!

i completely agree with you. i will happily (well, not HAPPILY!) but am willing to accept some crappy cliffhangers so that the writers get their needs met...i've read the demands and seriously? the studios are just greedy. damn the man! save the writers!!

OMG! I got as far as the towering powdered wig upon David Fury’s head, laughing so hard I scared the cats and couldn't see to read with all the tears!

I'll get back to it at next commercial break.

Dude...this was this chick that Ashley and I used to know, and the reason we ended our friendship with her was because we got into a big fight with her when she mocked Nano people. Her whole point?

Writing shouldn't be hard for the people who do it well, and therefore, nano is a piece of cake.

She said this because she RPed thousands of words a day, and it "flowed from her, like she couldn't stop it." We tried to explain the difference between RPing and a novel, and why people can have different writing styles. What we REALLY wanted to say was, "Just because you write a butt-ton doesn't mean it's good."

Add to all of that the childish behavior she was throwing at us (mocking macros, at one point, as well as rallying her friends behind her), and you have one gem of a friend, there.

I want to take this article and shove it up her ass.:D

Oh, and yeah, I agree with that post, and I wish the writers well.

Plot? Who needs a plot?

*flails*

Yes, it's imperative. Now if only I could stick with one...

I'm back. And DAMN. That was intense. I've known a lot of writers and artists. A lot. I tend to surround myself with creative people. I've been married to one. The idea that writing isn't "work" is the most ludicrous thing I've heard in a long time. I am constantly in awe of people who can create with words. The time it took me to craft this little reply....well let's just not go into that. What was my point? Oh yeah.

In Joss we Love. Long live the writers.

The entire writers’ guild as Leslie Howard in The Scarlet Pimpernel. Delicious.

It's official. I'm in love.

Yes, but you're not terminally slow. And you'd probably disown me if you knew how long I've acknowledged his existence and known how awesome he was without, you know, really knowing how awesome he was.

I am a big fan of sharing. :D There is so much love there Whedon must ooze out of your pores.

Way back when I first wanted to take my writing more seriously I bought a book (turned out to be the first of a shelf-full, but that's beside the point) called something like "How to Write a Novel".

A friend, on noticing me reading this book, attacked me; saying that if I had the talent to write a novel I wouldn't need a book.

I pointed out that Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo had taken art lessons: they hadn't just one day picked up a brush and created Masterpieces. I pointed out that Chippendale had had to learn basic woodword and that dressmakers don't just cut fabric based on instinct.

Apparently creative writing, uniquely among the creative arts, needs no instruction, once you have been taught the basic mechanics in school. *sigh* It's a strangely common assumption (particularly among the EIGHT YEAR OLDS who are currently posting to ff.net and expecting to get readers). *heavy sigh*

That comment has been strongly with me as I have struggled with The Artist's Way and NaNoWriMo this week. It's one of my blocks, in fact.

I'm not American, but I whole-heartedly support this strike. Unlike most strikes in the UK, this is about the basic RIGHT of financial acknowledgement for your WORK... I can't honestly see how the studios can deny the writers who CREATE most of the popularity of their shows and films don't deserve remuneration. Ones favourite actors and director in combination with a bad script, will still make a bad movie. (In most cases at any rate.)

More than one professional writer has likened writing to sitting at a desk and opening a vein... and it's not a bad analogy. Writers pour out the life blood of their emotions and intellect and experience into the words which form the script or book. It is about time they got paid in kind.

(I will take this opportunity to also state that the standard sum for publishing rights of a first book is still something like £5,000, which, especially once you've deducted 33% tax (in the UK) hardly seems worthwhile payment for the years a novice writer has spent creating it!)

Umm sorry... *gets off soapbox and creeps away*

Also meant to say thank for the link! :D It was an awesome read and I've bookmarked the site too. ;)

I'm really glad you posted that, because I really needed writing affirmation. Thank you! And thanks, Joss Whedon, for being all articulate and stuff.

Sometimes I forget how much I love Joss. And then I read that, and realize all over again why he's my hero. I just adore his language.