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lostcarpark) wrote2005-03-16 11:52 pm
lostcarpark) wrote2005-03-16 11:52 pm
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Writing Update
I'm sure this writing lark is supposed to be easier. It's probably my own fault for not having a detailed plan when I started. Sometimes, though, it's hard to come up with a detailed plan until you know how the characters pan out, and things don't always work out as you expect.
I wrote the first draft of a short story, and it had some ideas I like, but the overall story was rather dull and failed to engage. I'm not going into detail, but it was largely about a single chracter on a journey, and it didn't have enough opportunities for her to engage others. I thought adding a second character for her to sound off might help, and it did, but while the original character improved, the new character come off rather one dimensional, only there to support the main one.
In the meantime, Ive had a bunch of new ideas, and come up with a stronger end for the story. I've decided to seperate the second character, to give the two very different reasons for being there. I'm also going to change the antogonist a bit to make him more relatable. He does some irrational things, so I want to try to show that in his mind they are both rational and reasonable.
I was about to set this story aside, to work on another idea I've had for a while, but suddenly I''m excited about it again.
It's a good feeling.
I wrote the first draft of a short story, and it had some ideas I like, but the overall story was rather dull and failed to engage. I'm not going into detail, but it was largely about a single chracter on a journey, and it didn't have enough opportunities for her to engage others. I thought adding a second character for her to sound off might help, and it did, but while the original character improved, the new character come off rather one dimensional, only there to support the main one.
In the meantime, Ive had a bunch of new ideas, and come up with a stronger end for the story. I've decided to seperate the second character, to give the two very different reasons for being there. I'm also going to change the antogonist a bit to make him more relatable. He does some irrational things, so I want to try to show that in his mind they are both rational and reasonable.
I was about to set this story aside, to work on another idea I've had for a while, but suddenly I''m excited about it again.
It's a good feeling.
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http://www.johnnytheremin.net
It's basically a case of Neil Gaiman supplying a synopsis and everyone goign off and writing the story around it. Completely useless for anything but practising/showing-off your writing, I imagine, but it seems fun enough that I'm giving it a go.