Comments should work now

It looked like it was just a matter of unchecking a box, though I don’t know how it got checked in the first place. Perhaps when I upgraded.

So, please, comment away (again, LJ readers can ignore this).

Commenting (on the main site – LJ readers ignore)

People are telling me that when they try to comment on this blog, they are asked for a login, which is strange. There shouldn’t be anything like that. I usually have to approve comments, but that’s it. You should be able to post, especially if you have posted before.

I’ll look into it. Something’s not right…

Word Frustration

So I’ve been using Microsoft Word for a long time. Since I was using it at work all the time it made sense to use it at home, for writing, and nearly everyone these days can handle Word files. I’ve been using it for years with no real problems.

But lately, it’s been driving me crazy. I don’t know if it’s just the latest version that I have, but it continues to act strange, doing things that I don’t want it to do. And I don’t remember it doing this before.

So I’ve been thinking about Word alternatives. There’s always Pages, since I use a Mac, but I don’t know much about it. Then there’s Scrivener, which I have interest in, but I don’t know if it’s a full service word processor.

If anyone has suggestions on alternatives, let me know.

(And I am aware of Open Office as well, but I need to look into it a bit more).

Stories and Plot

I’m currently revising a story I wrote just before leaving for Seattle and I realized, with the help of my writing group and their critiques, that it doesn’t have a plot. And that was a helpful realization and I thought of ways I could address this situation and add in a plot and help flesh it out.

But then I remembered being in Seattle and having a conversation with Paul Park and he tasked me to write a story without a plot. And I remember feeling completely lost and uncomfortable when considering it. But at the same time I was intrigued. And I wondered how you could pull it off in a satisfying manner.

I’m not sure the story I’m working on is the one to try. Most of the movement in the piece right now is geographical, and even that is lacking. But I do think that I would love to explore the idea of a plotless story and how to make it work.

If anyone reading this has some examples of stories without plots that work, please list them in the comments.

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Check them out for yourself (the second one is my favorite).

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