And now, dinner

[cleolinda]

THREE DAYS IN A ROW! Amazing. So. Let us have some linkspam.

The real explanation for that long delay in George R.R. Martin's next book?

I wanted to lead with this link because

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[swordmage]

For some reason, I'm incredibly glad right now that I'm not a George R.R. Martin fan...

[lunylucy]

There is hope @_@ And an HBO show coming next year!

[nicolars]

I had thought about starting to read this series, but if there's little hope of him ever finishing...I'm not sure I'd want to invest the time.

[megalosaurus]

that top link is really interesting...I make comics, and I have this problem where I have a lot of characters I like, and I have little ideas of the kinds of things they would do, but I find myself mainly thinking about how I would like them to interact. Which means that then I struggle to find interesting larger plotlines/main ideas (though I get there eventually) As a result, I'm trying to find a way to make things come easier.

Anyway, what I mean is, I think it's interesting the different ways people work on making stories.

[astaria51]

This is me (mostly). I like developing characters more than plotting and so that's what I do.

Like, right now I'm writing a book, and the thing of it is, the entire plot is driven by the psychological needs/wants/problems of the characters and what happens when they interact.

Thankfully there's a bit of a physical catalyst to make some of said issues more obvious or I feel like I'd just be writing about people doing laundry and making mac and cheese and not getting around to quitting their jobs for HUNDREDS OF PAGES.

[megalosaurus]

I feel like I try to combat this problem by sticking to the plot when I have one, and then missing a lot of chances for random character moments D: I think I need to find a happy medium. Because I LIKE in other things when there's a scene of characters just interacting, but I feel weird writing that into my stories...maybe once I've done something longer it'll feel less like I just derailed the plot for a random scene.

[astaria51]

Yeah, I think part of it is not being too tough on yourself. Write it all in, you can edit it out later - but you might figure out re-reading it or beta-reading it that it's really good. Or maybe it isn't that great, but it tells you something about one of the characters that makes the plot do something different. Sometimes those little scenes are necessary, and you don't always want to get so quickly through the plot.

[morganwolf]

NO JAMES CAMERON NOT 3D WHY GOD WHY. At least I hope Cameron honors his word and lets del Toro loose to interpret "At the Mountains of Madness" as he sees fit. I mean, maybe they'll also make a non-3D version, and I can go see that one.

But, as someone pointed out when they announced the Nyarlathotep-as-kawaii-teen-heroine anime series, Lovecraft's gotta be up to like 5 million RPM by now, anyway.

[swordmage]

I'm still not entirely sold on 3D, but I'll see At the Mountains of Madness the second it comes out. I refuse to believe it won't.

Your icon looks vaguely familiar. What's it from?

[morganwolf]

Oh, I will, too. I'm not fooling myself.

The icon is Gmork, from The NeverEnding Story. I got it over at the iconomicon community.

[swordmage]

*grins* Lovecraft and del Toro are a match with great potential...

Ah. For some peculiar reason, I was thinking it was out of The Company of Wolves.

[sun_star_n_moon]

Wow. Bella's hair is gigantic! Its like at least 3 times bigger than her actual head.

*Is also still annoyed over Narcissa's hair. Because I will never get over that*

[sun_star_n_moon]

Also, Harry lets Hedwig go before departing the Dursleys?

There wont be any hedwig death?

I...I dont know how I feel about this.

[astaria51]

Whoa. Yeah...I don't know, that's a big deal for me too.

I mean, I was reading the book aloud (to my gf and our beffie. Seriously, we're all adults and were like, curled up in bed having reading time) and I had to stop and cry.

[sun_star_n_moon]

dude, I would totally have reading time with my friends too, if they were ever around. =D

And mugglenet just edited their entry on this so it now reads,

"Some MuggleNet readers are saying a leaked copy of the script reveals that Hedwig flies back to save Harry during the Seven Potter fights, and THEN she gets killed as she protects Harry."

Which is BETTER, but still not right.

[mon_of_the_dead]

Bellatrix's hair is large and in charge there. Damn.

Well, she's obviously using Bumpits(tm). . . .

(relurks. . .)

[lemonade8]

Or Mount Everest. Either way....