October 12, 2006
They’re Alive!
At long last the characters in my WIP are coming alive. Honestly, I thought I was losing my touch. Bouncing between the two paranormals, both with flat, lifeless characters, did not bode well. Yesterday, I saw a little glimmer of personality. But today they had arrived. Yay!
Some writer’s claim to hear their characters speak to them. I am not of this ilk. For me, it’s more like being an observer in my character’s life. Like watching a movie in my head. Unfortunately, it took me until chapter 8 for this to happen, but I’ll take what I can get.
I’ve already got some ideas for breathing a little life into my early chapters. Now, I’ve only made notes for the changes at this point. The mess I made with the beginning of Blood and Bone has taught me not to edit until the book is complete. The self doubt demon is too firmly entrenched on my shoulder during a first draft to be objective. And since I’m a pantser (Someone who writes by the seat of their pants without plotting. Not to be confused with someone pulling down the pants of anyone wearing an elastic waistband .) I can never predict just how the story might evolve.
Off topic; it snowed today. Flurries, no real accumulation, but there’s still a few flakes on my lawn. Man, seems a little early for all that.
Mood: Relieved
Music: The Killers – When You Were Young (My absolute favorite song right now.)
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Happy to hear your characters are speaking to you now, Dawn. Don’t you hate it when you keep plodding and they don’t come alive?
I thought I was the only panster, but hey, it works. When will you start posting your paranormal for critiquing?
Bella
October 13th, 2006 at 2:38 amhttp://www.bellamcfarland.com
Thanks Bella.
The fastest way for me to kill a story idea is to try and plot. I won’t be posting the paranormal for a while.
I have another romantic suspense that I’ll start posting hopefully by the end of next week.
October 13th, 2006 at 12:41 pm