Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 28 pages to go until the minimum page count is reached.
fuggnificent Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 my daughter wants to know whats wrong with your avatar's face
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 my daughter wants to know whats wrong with your avatar's face I'm trying to remember the context, but I cannot remember.
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 Trying to get published? Eventually. The book itself isn't necessarily close to being finished, but the thesis requirement is 150 minimum. Of course, our professors won't read a 500 page book when they have to read other theses too, so I'm going to cut off the work I do between 150-200, then probably provide a brief outline for the rest. Also trying to find time for short fiction writing, but so far no snags yet for publication. A publication I love asked for more work though, so I'll be sending them stuff after contest results in August.
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 how many words Probably about 36,000 at that point. Because of its influence in the detective genre, I'll probably chisel it down more to be even punchier, but generally I'm working with Hammett's Red Harvest at my side.
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 That's me rn, though if I were at the computer and my writing was even remotely visible, I'd be shielding the screen and hissing, probably.
Rogue_Alphonse Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 That's me rn, though if I were at the computer and my writing was even remotely visible, I'd be shielding the screen and hissing, probably. I figured that'd be you, because that DEFINITELY would be me.
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 I figured that'd be you, because that DEFINITELY would be me. My husband doesn't even get first dibs. I slam the fucking laptop screen closed if he walks behind me.
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 Close enough It's a grad school thesis, not an undergrad thesis. It'll be close enough at 130.
Naraku4656 Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 jesus christ, i think all of my college papers combined were 122 pages. maybe not even that. if i ever got that assignment i'd be "lol fuuuuuuuck that" but that's probably why i don't have my masters
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 jesus christ, i think all of my college papers combined were 122 pages. maybe not even that. if i ever got that assignment i'd be "lol fuuuuuuuck that" but that's probably why i don't have my masters It's a lot, but I get to make this shit up and make it as weird as I want and about whatever I want it to be about.
Naraku4656 Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 i don't think there's a thing in this world i could write 122 pages about. hell my longest paper was 15 pages and i had trouble writing that
CAC Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 i don't think there's a thing in this world i could write 122 pages about. "The different fetishes of porn and how they turn me on."
Naraku4656 Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 "The different fetishes of porn and how they turn me on." 5 pages at best
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 What is it on? It's a creative thesis, and I've decided to pursue a novel, instead of the more typical form of short story collection. In the simplest terms, it's a detective novel. It involves a missing person. The protagonist is kind of an idiot.
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 It's a creative thesis, and I've decided to pursue a novel, instead of the more typical form of short story collection. In the simplest terms, it's a detective novel. It involves a missing person. The protagonist is kind of an idiot. Inb4 He's definitely an inspiration for the story.
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 I'm trying to remember the context, but I cannot remember. It looks like he's about to sneeze.
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 It looks like he's about to sneeze. I think Pidge is holding some wires, so I imagine something malfunctioned.
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 I think Pidge is holding some wires, so I imagine something malfunctioned. The dude in the pic looks like he's holding a Super Nintendo controller, so this "Pidge" person was probably trying to fix an old broken SNES but made it worse.
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 The dude in the pic looks like he's holding a Super Nintendo controller, so this "Pidge" person was probably trying to fix an old broken SNES but made it worse. The SNES comment gave me some context for which episode it could be (Space Mall) and I was right:
scoobdog Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 It's a creative thesis, and I've decided to pursue a novel, instead of the more typical form of short story collection. In the simplest terms, it's a detective novel. It involves a missing person. The protagonist is kind of an idiot. Man, that brings me back. My novella "thesis" was, I think, about 180 pages. It's been about 17 years, so I'd have to dig it up again. I tell you what - writing that thing was one of the best experiences I ever had. And, picking it up from the book binder was just a thrilling experience. If you don't mind me asking, how long have you been working on it?
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 Man, that brings me back. My novella "thesis" was, I think, about 180 pages. It's been about 17 years, so I'd have to dig it up again. I tell you what - writing that thing was one of the best experiences I ever had. And, picking it up from the book binder was just a thrilling experience. If you don't mind me asking, how long have you been working on it? I think there were some very early iterations of this story that I really hadn't connected with, from like high school. They weren't funny, and their weirdness was unintentional. This particular idea feels like it evolved from those, but came to a more solid realization in my first year in the program last summer.
scoobdog Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 Totally the way to go. I decided to start mine from scratch and, ultimately, I always felt like it didn't have any cohesion as a story. Obviously, it was good enough to get my degree, but one of these days I'll need to revisit it an retool it. Is yours a two year program?
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 Totally the way to go. I decided to start mine from scratch and, ultimately, I always felt like it didn't have any cohesion as a story. Obviously, it was good enough to get my degree, but one of these days I'll need to revisit it an retool it. Is yours a two year program? Typically, at least for fiction students. But writing the novel on top of the short stories I wrote, I'm taking one extra semester to complete the novel. Yeah, the "graduating" part of the degree isn't difficult. I've had some friends who graduated and felt like they had no more spirit for their longer work, despite the defense and reading going swimmingly.
new_disease Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 damn -_' and off topic, but thats a great workout track.
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 damn -_' and off topic, but thats a great workout track. Not off-topic at all. It's a personal favorite motivator.
Rogue_Alphonse Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 Inb4 He's definitely an inspiration for the story. <3
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 <3 The Big Lebowski is one of my favorite works of detective fiction.
Naraku4656 Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 i know what i can write about, how much i hate reading books in that i haven't read one for pleasure ever because they're all boring and shit. and how writing papers is banal, that i could get 20 pages on
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 Longest paper i wrote was 56 some odd pages What was the topic/focus?
God-Says-No Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 What was the topic/focus? Bio-contamination of the Susquehanna It was my senior thesis
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 Bio-contamination of the Susquehanna It was my senior thesis Nice.
Codename: Jackass Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 tfw I have a one paragraph assignmentdue in five minutes Fuck I'm gonna fail out of undergrad
Chapinator_X Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 Good luck O0 Last year, I finally finished my grad thesis on surveillance cinema. I racked up around 113 pages, but a good amount of time was invested into research.
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 Good luck O0 Last year, I finally finished my grad thesis on surveillance cinema. I racked up around 113 pages, but a good amount of time was invested into research. If there was any academic grad program I would willingly do, it would be cinema.
NaBarney Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 i know what i can write about, how much i hate reading books in that i haven't read one for pleasure ever because they're all boring and shit. You've never read a book for fun? Are you exaggerating or being literal?
Chapinator_X Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 My Communications major was the most slapped together thing ever. They lumped in rhetoric, mass media, and film all under the same envelope, which is why my thesis was part film analysis and part mass media analysis. Because the films I saw had a political tinge to them, I spent half of my time on the paper talking about America during the 90's, the aughts, and present day, and how surveillance evolved during the internet boom and the War on Terror. It was a tough balancing act to combine "What is the camera conveying?" with "Let's discuss the public reception of the Patriot Act", but I was indecisive and it didn't help that I was into studying mass media and film because my major had a thousand different components to it.
Bouvre Posted July 8, 2017 Author Posted July 8, 2017 My Communications major was the most slapped together thing ever. They lumped in rhetoric, mass media, and film all under the same envelope, which is why my thesis was part film analysis and part mass media analysis. Because the films I saw had a political tinge to them, I spent half of my time on the paper talking about America during the 90's, the aughts, and present day, and how surveillance evolved during the internet boom and the War on Terror. It was a tough balancing act to combine "What is the camera conveying?" with "Let's discuss the public reception of the Patriot Act", but I was indecisive and it didn't help that I was into studying mass media and film because my major had a thousand different components to it. Ngl I'd love to read this.
DragonSinger Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 It's a lot, but I get to make this shit up and make it as weird as I want and about whatever I want it to be about. I was cringing at how long your thesis had to be until this post. While it still sounds hard as hell, your professor gave y'all the creative freedom sweet spot. Congratulations on getting this far in your assignment.
bnmjy Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 How long have you been writing this since? Any idea of the hours invested?
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