I managed to get almost 11 pages done this weekend. Got the first round of edits from Jay. Most of which I was able to fix inline without any fuss.
I do have a couple of suggestions from jim that I need to ponder a bit. Not quite sure how to fit them in.
That and I need to add some descriptions to my characters and their environment. I think that will be during round two.
I need to get the second half at least down on paper before I go back and revisit.
Feeling good. Feeling semi accomplished.
I’ve written a lot over the years. Mostly short stories in the erotica genre. I mentioned in previous blogs that I have no trouble writing a down and dirty sex scene. Sometimes even way outside the box of what might be considered a “norm”. Norm meaning no fetish involved.
I digress, but also setting a stage so to speak.
One of the reasons I think my characters have been successful, sex or no sex involved- is because I “feel” what the character feels. Maybe it’s because I’m an empath (not digressing into that topic, promise) but if I close my eyes and just put out the feelers, I knew what should come next, be it movement, feeling, emotion.
BUT, is it empath, or is it just me putting a piece of me into my characters? Is it me putting my wants and desires into how the peripheral characters interact with the main character?
How do you define your characters? Do you think that you put a bit of you, your alter ego, the person you want yourself to be onto the pages?
If you sit back and think about it, I think there’s a small part of every author in one or more of the characters. It can apply to any genre… is the character organized? Bold, introvert/extrovert… the list goes on.
Have you ever had an aha moment where a character does something and it’s a WTF moment and when you ponder the scenario you realize that it’s a part of you?
The amount of physical energy it takes to constantly hop from one place to another is almost overwhelming.
BUT, I have managed to get some research done on the new character. Well new to book 1.
When you’re writing in a specific genre and there are a plethora of authors/books already, how do you differentiate your lexicon from that which is already mainstream and accepted.
There is a blank-ton of paranormal/urban fantasy books out there…. I want to be unique without readers scratching their heads and putting the book down because it doesn’t conform to what they already know or believe to be true.
I know that stories sometimes get around that with the disclaimer “contrary to popular belief” type comments.
Do you stop reading the genre you’re writing in or do you pounce on everything you can get your hands on?
Curious minds want to know…
Cheers!
m
I get ten whole pages done yesterday! Woot woot!
Feeling very good about that. I think I have a direction now as well. Surprisingly Dani’s older brother made an appearance and is looking for some air time. He made a proposal and it was accepted. So I have a little bit of character development to do for him.
I also hopped/walkered all the way out to my office today. Twice! Second time I took a nice long hot shower, gosh did that feel good!
So tomorrow I am going to try to do work work again not sitting on the couch.
Gonna be a busy week… damn, forgot my notebook. <sigh>
Cheers! Hoping your weekend was filled with little wins too!
m
It’s Saturday! yipee! no paid work to be done. I have my laptop, full size keyboard and a day to do nothing but write!
Big Dreams, yes indeed. I realized when yapping with @jaybederwwehl yesterday and informing him of my “big day” of writing. On a side note, I did tell him my current page count so there would be no cheating. Anyway, I realized that I really don’t have a good direction for the second half of the book.
The main characters introduced thus far have broken their huddle, but are looking toward the sidelines waiting for the next call. Of which I really don’t have. There’s bits and pieces, but some of my lightbulb moments of mental plotting have fallen by the wayside and it is very fragmented and doesn’t feel well planned.
So I think I’m going to reread my last chapter (hopefully I won’t scrap it as poo) and see if I can get my gist.
I just realized that I do have some writing paper in here, so I can handwrite some ideas. FANTASTIC!!
I was not looking forward to hopping 100+ feet to my office on uneven ground.
Have a spectacular day!
m
This cast is HUGE i tell you, HUGE! Thankfully it’s only temporary until my first post op visit.
Alas, though that’s not the heavy weight to which I am referencing. I have written nary a word. It has started to weigh heavily.
It is avoidance, I can lament all I want, but that isn’t adding word count.
Hubby is going to bring me my personal laptop tomorrow or Thursday more likely. I have some work work to finish and I dont need the distraction.
It’s not an excuse…. really.
Cheers!
m
Took a nasty fall and am laid up and on some serious pain meds.
Haven’t written anything new. Not sure high writing is a good option. Might be funny as hell, but yeah, no.
I’ve been so dang busy, I can’t seem to get out of my own way. Not taking any time for myself has put me into a funk.
Had a great talk with hubby yesterday though, so maybe today I can start climbing out from this black hole I’ve put myself in, or rather found myself in.
Coming from a generation where therapy just simply wasn’t talked about, or if you knew someone was in therapy- – well that was something to talk about. Just not with the person in therapy, only everyone around them.
I think it’s great normalizing the fact that everyone needs an outlet to let the floodgates go. It offers much insight and options to cope/heal/move forward. Even forgive in some cases.
How do you all make sure you’re giving yourself attention when the whole world (figuratively) wants a piece of you?
Woops! I have seriously been slackin’ in the writing space. Seriously. I did a few pages over the weekend, and then left to go see the kids and well, there ya go. Nary a word on a page, here there or anywhere.
It’s a brand new day in my book- the one I’m writing, but wait…. I guess I could mean that literally and figuratively. I won’t get any pages done this weekend. Helping a child move and I am thinking in this heat, once complete, there won’t be much energy for clacking the keys.
Maybe a gin ‘n tonic, but not much else.
Reality is reality.
yap soon,
m
I just sent the latest off to @jaybederwehl. I have added quite a bit since my last send off.
I shan’t bite my nails. I shan’t bite my nails. I shan’t bite my nails.
Marina Skynnar- Author 