politics and Gormenghast
Jul. 27th, 2004 11:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Observe my campaign apathy: I wandered into the room as Hilary Clinton was wrapping up her speech and Bill Clinton walked on. Then I left again before he really started talking.
Honestly, I've already decided who I'm voting for. Stop distracting me with all this campaign blather! < /sarcasm >
Also, I'd like to know what's up with the writing gods, since I managed over 3500 words of a Gormenghast fic yesterday, which is, I think, about the most I've ever written in a single day.
Why can that sort of thing not happen with my original works?
(It's an interesting challenge to switch from writing vaguely in the style of JKR to writing vaguely in the style of Mervyn Peake. He uses commas instead of dashes, for one thing, and goes on quite a lot about the ambient weather and crumbling masonry, for another. He also uses a viewpoint more akin to third person omniscient than JKR's fairly tight third person focus on Harry's thoughts and reactions. I don't do third person omniscient very well, so this is a learning experience for me. It is fun to be able to dip into any character's thoughts, though, instead of being limited to just one person.)
Honestly, I've already decided who I'm voting for. Stop distracting me with all this campaign blather! < /sarcasm >
Also, I'd like to know what's up with the writing gods, since I managed over 3500 words of a Gormenghast fic yesterday, which is, I think, about the most I've ever written in a single day.
Why can that sort of thing not happen with my original works?
(It's an interesting challenge to switch from writing vaguely in the style of JKR to writing vaguely in the style of Mervyn Peake. He uses commas instead of dashes, for one thing, and goes on quite a lot about the ambient weather and crumbling masonry, for another. He also uses a viewpoint more akin to third person omniscient than JKR's fairly tight third person focus on Harry's thoughts and reactions. I don't do third person omniscient very well, so this is a learning experience for me. It is fun to be able to dip into any character's thoughts, though, instead of being limited to just one person.)