I hate it when my characters lie to me...
I've been poking at Mordagrin lately, partly to take my mind off querying stuff and partly because, well, the characters poke at me and won't let me leave them alone for very long.
But something's been... off. I've noticed it for the last few chapters, and I just couldn't quite figure it out. Voice? No, that's all right. Pacing? No, that's not too bad & I clean that up more in the 2nd draft. POV? Eh, maybe, I changed it up a bit, but... Hmm... Wait. I got it.
Character motivation. My female MC, Isis, has been a bit, well... touchy. (And not in the fun-yet-embarrassing-to-write way.)
But today I finally figured it out. I was journaling about what was bothering me & I just wrote "She's not like that!" and *ding* & *lightbulb.* She's not being her. Whatever I thought was going on with her the last few chapters was completely wrong.
So I poked at the problem a little more (boy, was I over-complicating this before...) and realized she was, as she usually is, worried. And not over something completely out of character for her, over him. (Also as usual.)
The only problem? Well, she's the one that told me this other thing was what was wrong in the first place. *sigh*
She's never lied to me before. I'm a bit miffed! And really confused as to why she chose to misdirect me the way she did... She's much more level-headed than what was coming through. Very, very odd.
I think I need to go back and cut out her POV and work exclusively with Arion again. Because the extra thought process is tripping me up. It's fun to write from Isis's POV, and usually comes so easily, but trying to coordinate between the two of them might not be the best of ideas...
Also, in case you missed yesterday's f-locked Teaser Thursday entry (excerpt from Mordagrin), click here
But something's been... off. I've noticed it for the last few chapters, and I just couldn't quite figure it out. Voice? No, that's all right. Pacing? No, that's not too bad & I clean that up more in the 2nd draft. POV? Eh, maybe, I changed it up a bit, but... Hmm... Wait. I got it.
Character motivation. My female MC, Isis, has been a bit, well... touchy. (And not in the fun-yet-embarrassing-to-write way.)
But today I finally figured it out. I was journaling about what was bothering me & I just wrote "She's not like that!" and *ding* & *lightbulb.* She's not being her. Whatever I thought was going on with her the last few chapters was completely wrong.
So I poked at the problem a little more (boy, was I over-complicating this before...) and realized she was, as she usually is, worried. And not over something completely out of character for her, over him. (Also as usual.)
The only problem? Well, she's the one that told me this other thing was what was wrong in the first place. *sigh*
She's never lied to me before. I'm a bit miffed! And really confused as to why she chose to misdirect me the way she did... She's much more level-headed than what was coming through. Very, very odd.
I think I need to go back and cut out her POV and work exclusively with Arion again. Because the extra thought process is tripping me up. It's fun to write from Isis's POV, and usually comes so easily, but trying to coordinate between the two of them might not be the best of ideas...
Also, in case you missed yesterday's f-locked Teaser Thursday entry (excerpt from Mordagrin), click here