I had a thunk...
Between my job and my thesis I don't have much time to focus on writing for fun, but I have these characters that are running around in my head. And the other day I had to take a few minutes away from a big project to jot down a few notes. Problem one - new character showed up, but I think she's a ghost, one with major attitude. problem two - my "god" character isn't who he appears to be, he's a trickster who is going to cause more problems than he solves. problem three - The story is not what it first appeared to me, what I thought would happen somewhere in the middle and get resolved is actually the end of the book. there's no HEA! so now what? Oh, and the last problem, the big bad is staying in the shadows I know what the gist of the problem is and what my heros are supposed to be working towards, but I'm not clear on the why of it.
the idea that came to me the other day was that I need to journal from the voices of the characters, but I want to do it on LJ I think. Somewhere thier voices can be heard and maybe if others ask them questions they'll tell me more rather than just give vague impressions.
the best part of this though, is that this is the first time in a long time that my own characters have actually talked to me. eight years ago my inner voice kinda got shot down and all my characters went silent. So, the book I started when I was 14 is sitting half finished, in limbo, because I can't bring those characters to life anymore. But now, this new set has come to play, and they've been in the back of my head for about a year now, giving me snippets here and there, but I haven't given myself leave to focus on them, because I know I have so many other responsibilities.
I guess I'm fishing for advice on this one.
I'm cross posting this to my FB for those of my friends that don't LJ anymore.
the idea that came to me the other day was that I need to journal from the voices of the characters, but I want to do it on LJ I think. Somewhere thier voices can be heard and maybe if others ask them questions they'll tell me more rather than just give vague impressions.
the best part of this though, is that this is the first time in a long time that my own characters have actually talked to me. eight years ago my inner voice kinda got shot down and all my characters went silent. So, the book I started when I was 14 is sitting half finished, in limbo, because I can't bring those characters to life anymore. But now, this new set has come to play, and they've been in the back of my head for about a year now, giving me snippets here and there, but I haven't given myself leave to focus on them, because I know I have so many other responsibilities.
I guess I'm fishing for advice on this one.
I'm cross posting this to my FB for those of my friends that don't LJ anymore.