So, still struggling with this. I think I've decided to write it 3rd person, but from Juri's point of view, the main male character. Though there are scenes I need/want to have, to deepen the other characters, at which Juri isn't going to be present, which might complicate this slightly. OK, a lot. Maybe I can get someone to tell him about it afterwards...
Also, sex. Not just useful for google searches, but an issue I hadn't thought about when writing from a male characters point of view. I'm not a man, I obviously have never had sex as a man, and I don't know what sex feels like to a man. Nor what having an erection feels like. The rest of writing as a male character, I reckon I can make up as I go along, but this is proving an odd sticking point. If anyone has any suggestions, do shout!
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Friday, 13 August 2010
Today's achievement: limited
Well, ok, so it's not been a spectacular writing week. But I've got much more of my outline done, I'm thinking about the story when I'm not writing, and I got 850 words done this morning. It's not been a waste of a day, after all.
The sticking point is that it's so complicated, my brain gets distracted and goes off on tangents about the other storylines, which while useful, doesn't help with the scene I'm supposed to be writing.
I think what I'm going to do with this story - unlike Exile - is to write each scene as a standalone, in chronological order, then rearrange them to where I want them to be. I'm struggling with the differing view points though. Assassin is narrated in the third person, and most of it is from the POV of the main male character, Juri. But there are scenes I want to have where he isn't going to be present, and I like the idea of having both him and the main female character as POV characters. It's just not easy, and I keep falling back into Juri's POV. Maybe I should just scrap the idea of multiple POVs?
Bah. Back to writing...
The sticking point is that it's so complicated, my brain gets distracted and goes off on tangents about the other storylines, which while useful, doesn't help with the scene I'm supposed to be writing.
I think what I'm going to do with this story - unlike Exile - is to write each scene as a standalone, in chronological order, then rearrange them to where I want them to be. I'm struggling with the differing view points though. Assassin is narrated in the third person, and most of it is from the POV of the main male character, Juri. But there are scenes I want to have where he isn't going to be present, and I like the idea of having both him and the main female character as POV characters. It's just not easy, and I keep falling back into Juri's POV. Maybe I should just scrap the idea of multiple POVs?
Bah. Back to writing...
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
I'm back...
Back from holiday, refreshed and raring to go! Or something - it's tempting to just sleep in the sun... But! I have plans!
I have a new novel growing in my head - its working title is the Emperor's Assassin, and it's got a fairly complicated plotline, with intertwined timelines, flashbacks and multicharacter points of view. It's going to be fun to write, if I can pull it off without my brain exploding!
The old novel is sitting gently stewing while I decide whether it needs to be gutted or not. My first brave beta reader has finished it and apparently not got so bored her eyes have started to bleed, so that's encouraging, and her suggestions have been very helpful. Her eye for detail is second to none!
I still think it needs a new opening scene, and a better-written ending. But, while I'm pondering that, if anyone would desperately like to read it, let me know. (Anyone who's coming to my wedding is ineligible, on the grounds that if you're that close to me, I'd be too embarrassed to know you've read my warped imaginings. Not because I don't like you, or trust your opinions. It's all about me, obviously.)
I have a new novel growing in my head - its working title is the Emperor's Assassin, and it's got a fairly complicated plotline, with intertwined timelines, flashbacks and multicharacter points of view. It's going to be fun to write, if I can pull it off without my brain exploding!
The old novel is sitting gently stewing while I decide whether it needs to be gutted or not. My first brave beta reader has finished it and apparently not got so bored her eyes have started to bleed, so that's encouraging, and her suggestions have been very helpful. Her eye for detail is second to none!
I still think it needs a new opening scene, and a better-written ending. But, while I'm pondering that, if anyone would desperately like to read it, let me know. (Anyone who's coming to my wedding is ineligible, on the grounds that if you're that close to me, I'd be too embarrassed to know you've read my warped imaginings. Not because I don't like you, or trust your opinions. It's all about me, obviously.)
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Holiday time
This blog is, however, about to be abandoned. Not the best time to start a blog, right before you go away, so I thought an explanatory post might be useful.
If you stumble across it while I'm away and notice the large gap between these first posts and whenever you're looking at it, don't worry. It's not abandoned for ever, I'm just away on holiday and then taking a break from the internet for a few weeks.
I will be back online in September, assuming I can't find any reliable access before then and that the lack of internet hasn't driven me insane. It will be by far the longest break I've taken from being online in the last decade.
Wish me luck!
If you stumble across it while I'm away and notice the large gap between these first posts and whenever you're looking at it, don't worry. It's not abandoned for ever, I'm just away on holiday and then taking a break from the internet for a few weeks.
I will be back online in September, assuming I can't find any reliable access before then and that the lack of internet hasn't driven me insane. It will be by far the longest break I've taken from being online in the last decade.
Wish me luck!
Fable and Fantasy
Fable and Fantasy is my new blog, where all my writing related blogging will be. This may, obviously, be cross referenced to my personal blog when I'm lacking inspiration, but should otherwise cut down on the number of posts over there that talk about word count and the like. Which probably interest no one other than me.
But that's ok, because this is my blog.
I intend, here, to document my writing progress, to share useful hints and information I've found (if only to remind myself) and generally to give myself a space to be "a writer", rather than any of the other aspects of me that constantly compete for time and attention!
To introduce myself to anyone reading this who doesn't already know me, I'm Nicole. I'm currently living in France, though due to move back to the UK soon. I'm in the middle of edits on my first novel, and have started outlining my second. In addition to writing, I make jewellery, try to keep vaguely on top of domesticity and sleep in the sun. (Always beats domestic chores, every time.) Hopefully the existence of this blog will help provide some sort of accountability and force me to set aside time to actually write.
But that's ok, because this is my blog.
I intend, here, to document my writing progress, to share useful hints and information I've found (if only to remind myself) and generally to give myself a space to be "a writer", rather than any of the other aspects of me that constantly compete for time and attention!
To introduce myself to anyone reading this who doesn't already know me, I'm Nicole. I'm currently living in France, though due to move back to the UK soon. I'm in the middle of edits on my first novel, and have started outlining my second. In addition to writing, I make jewellery, try to keep vaguely on top of domesticity and sleep in the sun. (Always beats domestic chores, every time.) Hopefully the existence of this blog will help provide some sort of accountability and force me to set aside time to actually write.
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