Background

[angimally]

Growing up liberal in a conservative town was a challenge. It was especially bad in middle school. That's when the depression set in. I needed an escape, and I looked to writing to create my perfect world. And that "perfect world" became my security blanket for many years to come. Not that it was ever truly perfect. What sort of plot would that

Comments

[writingpathways]

Is the plan to start the story with the the Keio (I'm assuming he's the 'wounded soldier' ) on Illiana's door? The rest is the backstory, that will come out, or do you want to write it as series and show Keio and Iliana's journey's pre-meeting

[angimally]

The story begins with Keio's birth and will end with his death. It's really all about his life. At this point, I'm just tossing out a general background of my story. It's half focused and half aimless at the moment.

In terms of writing every day, being a teacher and in grad school kind of prevents that. I do most writing in the summer.

LeGuin is brilliant, but her writing and novels are not conducive to fan fiction (which is fine, because there seriously is nothing to improve). To be truthful, as much as I enjoy reading FF (and there are some very well-written fics out there), it's not where I want to draw my inspiration and technique from.