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edenfallingI wrote surprisingly little over the weekend -- instead, I finished reading The Pillow Book, and The World of the Shining Prince, which is sort of a sketch study of Heian Japan, based on evidence from The Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book, and various diaries of aristocratic women of the period. Interesting stuff.
I did, however, get through two fights in chapter 13 of "Apartment Manager," -- Naga vs. Makiba Kohaku of Hidden Grass, and Kuroko vs. Nagoyaka Kafunnokaze, also of Hidden Grass. Writing fights is an odd experience for me, because I try to plan them out before hand but then the realities of the people's skills and personalities set in and they start doing things I'm not prepared for. It can be a struggle to lead them to the right outcome while still remaining plausible and true to the characters. In any case, I now only have to write Aishou vs. Mouten Junichi (both of Hidden Mist) in order to finish the chapter.
I also fiddled around with a new original story; wrote a couple hundred words of "Harvest," my long and unfinished Ekanu story; and rediscovered "More or Less the Same, my BtVS WIP that I save for moments of inspiration or great boredom. Anna has been dredged out of the backwater of my imagination and is now set to visit Willy's bar with Scuzz and Danny. And then I think there will be a fight. Yay violence!
I like writing "More or Less the Same" because I like writing Anna. She's easy to write, in one sense, because she's deliberately modeled on me and her reactions are mostly my reactions. But that also makes her tricky, because I have to be honest about myself and my flaws. And Anna's voice isn't exactly mine -- she has a distinctive turn of phrase that kind of weaves in and out of my own voice, and I always have to go back over her narrative to make sure I haven't slipped from her to me without noticing.
Characters with distinctive voices or mindsets are like that for me -- incredibly easy to write once I 'set' myself into the voice or perspective, but nearly impossible until I relearn that mental twist. This is why Naruto is tricky and why Luna Lovegood drives me buggy; their voices and viewpoints aren't natural for me. Hermione is sneaky, since she's close enough to me that I can fool myself into thinking I 'have' her when I really don't. I write Sasuke with a point of view that I don't use much anymore, but which I still remember fairly well from my teenage years. Ginny and Sakura are tricky when they think about boys, which I don't do much, but otherwise I find them easy to slip into.
Harry and Ron I still don't quite 'get.'
I did, however, get through two fights in chapter 13 of "Apartment Manager," -- Naga vs. Makiba Kohaku of Hidden Grass, and Kuroko vs. Nagoyaka Kafunnokaze, also of Hidden Grass. Writing fights is an odd experience for me, because I try to plan them out before hand but then the realities of the people's skills and personalities set in and they start doing things I'm not prepared for. It can be a struggle to lead them to the right outcome while still remaining plausible and true to the characters. In any case, I now only have to write Aishou vs. Mouten Junichi (both of Hidden Mist) in order to finish the chapter.
I also fiddled around with a new original story; wrote a couple hundred words of "Harvest," my long and unfinished Ekanu story; and rediscovered "More or Less the Same, my BtVS WIP that I save for moments of inspiration or great boredom. Anna has been dredged out of the backwater of my imagination and is now set to visit Willy's bar with Scuzz and Danny. And then I think there will be a fight. Yay violence!
I like writing "More or Less the Same" because I like writing Anna. She's easy to write, in one sense, because she's deliberately modeled on me and her reactions are mostly my reactions. But that also makes her tricky, because I have to be honest about myself and my flaws. And Anna's voice isn't exactly mine -- she has a distinctive turn of phrase that kind of weaves in and out of my own voice, and I always have to go back over her narrative to make sure I haven't slipped from her to me without noticing.
Characters with distinctive voices or mindsets are like that for me -- incredibly easy to write once I 'set' myself into the voice or perspective, but nearly impossible until I relearn that mental twist. This is why Naruto is tricky and why Luna Lovegood drives me buggy; their voices and viewpoints aren't natural for me. Hermione is sneaky, since she's close enough to me that I can fool myself into thinking I 'have' her when I really don't. I write Sasuke with a point of view that I don't use much anymore, but which I still remember fairly well from my teenage years. Ginny and Sakura are tricky when they think about boys, which I don't do much, but otherwise I find them easy to slip into.
Harry and Ron I still don't quite 'get.'
