wherein Liz babbles about the progress of two WIPs

I am peeved, because I finished part 4 of "Two Guys and a Girl" -- my second venture into icedark_elf's FF7 mercverse AU -- but my latest disk has gone kerflooey (this is the THIRD DISK IN TWO WEEKS, DAMNIT) and so I cannot post it today. ARGH.

*beats head on table*

In more cheerful news, chapter 8 of "Guardian" is now at 1,900 words, which means I wrote about 1,250 words last night -- go me! I'm pretty happy with Sasuke and Naruto's opening scene, and I've also finished the scene where the caravan reaches the way station and Yukiko gets Seichi to explain himself. Said explanation is... not exactly what I was expecting -- it altered in the writing, the way these things often do -- but it follows the basic outline of what I'd decided, so it won't affect things too much. In fact, the changes may make various things easier later on.

I will, of course, be editing the scene heavily before posting, because right now it rambles and borders on an info-dump, but I like the way the playing cards keep turning up and working into the conversation. It's as if, in order to read Seichi properly, you have to listen to his words and watch the cards, because the cards are his body language. I like that. Again, it's not quite what I intended when I introduced them, but I think it works out well.

(Seichi was born, in my outline, with little more than a plot function, a physical description, and a habit of fiddling with cards. Sometimes I 'get' characters in a flash of personality. Other times, I have to dig for details, or prod them this way and that way and watch as characterization accretes around them.)

wherein Liz babbles about the progress of two WIPs

I am peeved, because I finished part 4 of "Two Guys and a Girl" -- my second venture into icedark_elf's FF7 mercverse AU -- but my latest disk has gone kerflooey (this is the THIRD DISK IN TWO WEEKS, DAMNIT) and so I cannot post it today. ARGH.

*beats head on table*

In more cheerful news, chapter 8 of "Guardian" is now at 1,900 words, which means I wrote about 1,250 words last night -- go me! I'm pretty happy with Sasuke and Naruto's opening scene, and I've also finished the scene where the caravan reaches the way station and Yukiko gets Seichi to explain himself. Said explanation is... not exactly what I was expecting -- it altered in the writing, the way these things often do -- but it follows the basic outline of what I'd decided, so it won't affect things too much. In fact, the changes may make various things easier later on.

I will, of course, be editing the scene heavily before posting, because right now it rambles and borders on an info-dump, but I like the way the playing cards keep turning up and working into the conversation. It's as if, in order to read Seichi properly, you have to listen to his words and watch the cards, because the cards are his body language. I like that. Again, it's not quite what I intended when I introduced them, but I think it works out well.

(Seichi was born, in my outline, with little more than a plot function, a physical description, and a habit of fiddling with cards. Sometimes I 'get' characters in a flash of personality. Other times, I have to dig for details, or prod them this way and that way and watch as characterization accretes around them.)