Writing - new (long) short story
I realized that even though the main reason that I started this journal way back when was to talk about writing, and I've been writing, but haven't been talking about it, so...
Been working on a new... well, it was supposed to be a short story. It's not short. It's not anywhere near novel-length, but it's not a one-shot either. Right now I'm on chapter 9, getting near-ish to the end, so probably 11 - 15 chapters total, short-ish chapters (around 2,000 words), so just over 18,000 words right now.
It's one of those plot bunny ideas that would have fit nicely into Closet. Well, it's too many chapters to really be a part of Closet, so it's better as a separate story, but it fits into the theme and the events for sure.
And Dash is the POV character, and it's his character arc. I've never written Dash as a POV character. I always enjoy writing from a new character's POV because I learn about them that way. I never had much use for Kaiba, for example, until I made him a POV character, and all of the sudden, getting into his head, he became much more intriguing to me.
I had greater affection for Dash going in, but it's still been an education. I've also had to do some crash learning about (American) football. :)
And I do love his arc, moving him from the popular guy bully, which at the point of this story he'd already left behind, to something more, which he hasn't quite reached yet. He's sort of lost, knowing he no longer fits where he used to, but not sure where he can fit now.
Plus, he gets a good shot in at Sam for being as prejudiced as she accuses the A-List of being (he's right), but then ends up being moved by her, as well.
And of course, secrets, secrets, secrets and what it's like to have them. Fun stuff to sink my teeth into, and it's nice to not have a giant novel-long plot to have to contend with.
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Been working on a new... well, it was supposed to be a short story. It's not short. It's not anywhere near novel-length, but it's not a one-shot either. Right now I'm on chapter 9, getting near-ish to the end, so probably 11 - 15 chapters total, short-ish chapters (around 2,000 words), so just over 18,000 words right now.
It's one of those plot bunny ideas that would have fit nicely into Closet. Well, it's too many chapters to really be a part of Closet, so it's better as a separate story, but it fits into the theme and the events for sure.
And Dash is the POV character, and it's his character arc. I've never written Dash as a POV character. I always enjoy writing from a new character's POV because I learn about them that way. I never had much use for Kaiba, for example, until I made him a POV character, and all of the sudden, getting into his head, he became much more intriguing to me.
I had greater affection for Dash going in, but it's still been an education. I've also had to do some crash learning about (American) football. :)
And I do love his arc, moving him from the popular guy bully, which at the point of this story he'd already left behind, to something more, which he hasn't quite reached yet. He's sort of lost, knowing he no longer fits where he used to, but not sure where he can fit now.
Plus, he gets a good shot in at Sam for being as prejudiced as she accuses the A-List of being (he's right), but then ends up being moved by her, as well.
And of course, secrets, secrets, secrets and what it's like to have them. Fun stuff to sink my teeth into, and it's nice to not have a giant novel-long plot to have to contend with.
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