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Okay this was a rather fun one. I decided to 'analyze' my current wip, my fantasy. Multiple-pov, traditional fantasy, on the dark side... This is one of the results I got, for a male character, Gregorii, who is a soldier in tough circumstances, far from home, responsible for the safety of his men--not a born leader but forced to become one as there was no one else:
I decided to give the other characters a shot:
Margaret Atwood - my female lead, Milandria, during a happy scene before I ruin her life completely by destroying her life and killing off (she thinks) her man (but oh what an amazing woman she proves to be)
J.K. Rowling - my soon-to-be-of-age male character Avery who is a wee bit spoiled (at first) but grows up fast
Vladamir Nabakov - Reif, male character in extreme pain, emotional and physical, devastated by what happened to his people, and full of anger and remorse for failure to save them, and his almost-wife, Milandria (their story is the center of the book)
Intriguingly, I tested different scenes with the same characters, and I wrote them consistently, continuing to bring up Poe, Atwood, Rowling, Nabakov (who I am least familiar with). This is kinda cool, actually! As I write more, for grins I'll have to run through the gristmill again and see what happens.
This is the story I have submitted (first chapter) to the Armadillocon 32 writer's workshop. Two of my local writerly friends have also signed up. I'm excited to see how we all do--and if we survive the hard-core, sit-and-listen-and-be-quiet critique sessions. I'm super-excited to have brought this story out of the closet, and can't wait to see how it does under fresh eyes, though I am nervous too.
My chapter one was once chapter four, it starts off quite happily, romantic even, and only at the end of the chapter does all hell break lose. Start where everything changes is exactly what I did...but is the opening appealing to those who prefer to read dark fantasy, which this definitely is?
I've run this one through the ringer over the past two months without writing anything additional. I've cut, changed, replaced, reorganized--really like how it is pulling together, but tons of work left to do.
Damn, I love this book. So crazy much. Ten years working on it, off and on! Time to finish it, time to be brave and forge ahead and sell something again, a new genre to boot. Hell yeah.
New admin starts tomorrow. I AM ECSTATIC! Chris-the-boss put me back on road crossings and lol, dang it--I kinda missed running around processing exhibits! Silly me.
I burned my neck, somehow--not with a curling iron lol or anything, but...I don't know how. It is a reaction to something unknown, has been building for awhile. Had to take off my necklace, stop wearing my badge on a lanyard (I feel so naked!). It hurts. Tiff had some A&D ointment she'd bought for her tattoo--I rubbed that on it, bought new pillows (non-feather), will be washing all my clothes in Arm & Hammer dye-perfume free (suggested by Mander, who suffered from terrible hives). Nick thought that was a weird name for a detergent, and lol he really is right. There is a timeline, which explains the name!
http://www.armhammer.com/history/ourhistory.asp
LOL.
Am watching the latest Harry Potter movie. I am crazily excited by the last two--told the daughter she HAS to go with me. Of course she will be all busy, so I'll end up going by myself or something. Not that that is a bad thing!
I decided to give the other characters a shot:
Margaret Atwood - my female lead, Milandria, during a happy scene before I ruin her life completely by destroying her life and killing off (she thinks) her man (but oh what an amazing woman she proves to be)
J.K. Rowling - my soon-to-be-of-age male character Avery who is a wee bit spoiled (at first) but grows up fast
Vladamir Nabakov - Reif, male character in extreme pain, emotional and physical, devastated by what happened to his people, and full of anger and remorse for failure to save them, and his almost-wife, Milandria (their story is the center of the book)
Intriguingly, I tested different scenes with the same characters, and I wrote them consistently, continuing to bring up Poe, Atwood, Rowling, Nabakov (who I am least familiar with). This is kinda cool, actually! As I write more, for grins I'll have to run through the gristmill again and see what happens.
This is the story I have submitted (first chapter) to the Armadillocon 32 writer's workshop. Two of my local writerly friends have also signed up. I'm excited to see how we all do--and if we survive the hard-core, sit-and-listen-and-be-quiet critique sessions. I'm super-excited to have brought this story out of the closet, and can't wait to see how it does under fresh eyes, though I am nervous too.
My chapter one was once chapter four, it starts off quite happily, romantic even, and only at the end of the chapter does all hell break lose. Start where everything changes is exactly what I did...but is the opening appealing to those who prefer to read dark fantasy, which this definitely is?
I've run this one through the ringer over the past two months without writing anything additional. I've cut, changed, replaced, reorganized--really like how it is pulling together, but tons of work left to do.
Damn, I love this book. So crazy much. Ten years working on it, off and on! Time to finish it, time to be brave and forge ahead and sell something again, a new genre to boot. Hell yeah.
New admin starts tomorrow. I AM ECSTATIC! Chris-the-boss put me back on road crossings and lol, dang it--I kinda missed running around processing exhibits! Silly me.
I burned my neck, somehow--not with a curling iron lol or anything, but...I don't know how. It is a reaction to something unknown, has been building for awhile. Had to take off my necklace, stop wearing my badge on a lanyard (I feel so naked!). It hurts. Tiff had some A&D ointment she'd bought for her tattoo--I rubbed that on it, bought new pillows (non-feather), will be washing all my clothes in Arm & Hammer dye-perfume free (suggested by Mander, who suffered from terrible hives). Nick thought that was a weird name for a detergent, and lol he really is right. There is a timeline, which explains the name!
http://www.armhammer.com/history/ourhistory.asp
LOL.
Am watching the latest Harry Potter movie. I am crazily excited by the last two--told the daughter she HAS to go with me. Of course she will be all busy, so I'll end up going by myself or something. Not that that is a bad thing!
