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Post by WJChesek ((Evern)) on Nov 20, 2009 18:07:36 GMT -5
Yeah... I'll not really be satisfied either unless I'm working on a novel, even if it's just casually working on one.
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 20, 2009 18:20:09 GMT -5
Yeah... I'll not really be satisfied either unless I'm working on a novel, even if it's just casually working on one. Haha, yeah. Probably won't be writing at this break-neck speed but will continue writing  Too much fun not to continue. Getting better with each word! 44k |
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Post by James on Nov 20, 2009 18:24:45 GMT -5
So last night I spent around half an hour just sitting on the floor thinking about how Colin works. His past, his character.
It seems to be a great success.
I'm now enjoying the character more. He's definitely this sort of 'Last of the Old Guard'. Which he wasn't originally.
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Post by WJChesek ((Evern)) on Nov 20, 2009 18:28:56 GMT -5
So last night I spent around half an hour just sitting on the floor thinking about how Colin works. His past, his character. It seems to be a great success. I'm now enjoying the character more. He's definitely this sort of 'Last of the Old Guard'. Which he wasn't originally. I have a semi-malleable belief that most stories should have such a character. |
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Post by James on Nov 20, 2009 18:31:12 GMT -5
So last night I spent around half an hour just sitting on the floor thinking about how Colin works. His past, his character. It seems to be a great success. I'm now enjoying the character more. He's definitely this sort of 'Last of the Old Guard'. Which he wasn't originally. I have a semi-malleable belief that most stories should have such a character. I was cautious to make Colin such a character, cause it's common. But unlike the usual 'One more mission I retire', Colin has nothing to retire for. In fact, his retirement or death just means bad news for someone else. So he's clinging on...despite the fact that I'm just writing that the time for said bad news has arrived. |
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Post by WJChesek ((Evern)) on Nov 20, 2009 18:35:16 GMT -5
I have a semi-malleable belief that most stories should have such a character. I was cautious to make Colin such a character, cause it's common. But unlike the usual 'One more mission I retire', Colin has nothing to retire for. In fact, his retirement or death just means bad news for someone else. So he's clinging on...despite the fact that I'm just writing that the time for said bad news has arrived. I have a tendency to make that character look at the other characters, and see that things might just be alright, and keep going. For Red Rover, John is the equivalent. He got to Lieutenant in the military before he quit, being forced to bombard ones home planet apparently can do such things. He respects my other characters, and learns from them about as much as he teaches them. He's odd for the rest of my older self-guilt characters. |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 20, 2009 18:50:00 GMT -5
I've kinda placed Stelf'Duir in that spot. The ancient woodland protector, who took it upon himself to protect Joneigh during his journey. Just wrote a really sad piece about him, made me feel like crying. He will be getting a MAJOR role in the sequel  |
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Post by Kaez on Nov 20, 2009 18:52:01 GMT -5
I... don't have one of those characters!
And I'm proud of it, dammit.
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Post by James on Nov 20, 2009 18:53:21 GMT -5
I... don't have one of those characters! And I'm proud of it, dammit. Ricard can fit that role. At a stretch. He's an Old Guard type character. |
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Post by Kaez on Nov 20, 2009 18:56:12 GMT -5
I... don't have one of those characters! And I'm proud of it, dammit. Ricard can fit that role. At a stretch. He's an Old Guard type character. He is, but at the moment I'm trying to figure how in the hell I'm going to bring him back into the story. |
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Nov 20, 2009 18:59:22 GMT -5
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Post by James on Nov 20, 2009 21:18:19 GMT -5
Well not bad so far, over 1k written today.
I do have a slight problem where to take this chapter now. I can either:
A: Drag it on with deep thought...which is only going further than already mentioned.
B: Snap the chapter into two small mini chapters with a link between them.
I'm leaning towards B.
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Post by Kaez on Nov 20, 2009 21:52:34 GMT -5
Kind of hard to say without actually reading them, but that latter sounds reasonable, especially if you're not good with turning thought into length.
Personally, I just finished the unedited Part 4: Chapter 1 and the first 800 words of it were pretty much strictly thought and history.
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Post by James on Nov 20, 2009 21:54:28 GMT -5
I need to leave enough for when Colin has to explain everything to Robert. I don't want to get there and then the reader goes "...Well I know all this."
The first 400 of this chapter was of thought.
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Post by Kaez on Nov 20, 2009 23:13:11 GMT -5
/46k
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Too much fun not to continue. Getting better with each word!
