Writerly M-Type Thing
We got some of the snow from the storm to the south of us, just enough that schools were two hours delayed this morning. This meant that I missed teaching first and second periods, which were fully planned. Tomorrow is a half-day, so I only have to teach first and second periods. Which means that this is one of those rare moments in my life when I
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Feanor: You've written a very good Feanor more recently in Five Bells and Light Bearer. But also a very scary one.
Nerdanel: More! More! What is she running from or running to?
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You've written a very good Feanor more recently in Five Bells and Light Bearer.
And nothing weird happened while writing those stories! :D Thanks for the reminder, which may help cure me of my superstition.
What is she running from or running to?
Toward a city and away from a house. ;)
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That is high praise as this is what I was definitely going for! :D Thank you! There are things about Lovecraft that annoy the hell out of me (such as his repetition of certain words/phrases, like cyclopean masonry and eldritch carvings and Stygian), but what I do enjoy about his writing is that sense that something isn't quite right ... and I can't point to what makes me feel that way. The emotion seems to exist in the words of the story itself. It's quite incredible.
You make it sound as though stories pour out of your pen/keyboard, all shaped up.
I write a lot in my head. Many times, the actual writing process is more putting down onto paper/pixels words that I've been stewing over mentally for days, weeks, or even years! Other times, the story comes easily (not always though). I find this happens most often when I'm less emotionally inhibited, i.e., late at night or when I'm hypomanic.
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As for 1st person, it is a personal preference for all, perhaps some literay snobbing and trend like how suddenly 8 years ago the passive was an absolute sin. What was it then: 'you cannot even ever use the passive voice in a story!' Awareness is one thing, but the passive can be an enormous tool to use in a story for effect, if you know how to use it.
Back to 1st pov, it never is a deliberate thought where I say: oh I will write this story in that pov. It depends on the characters & plot and I only find out after a few lines or so.
I love the many layers of meaning in a single word, for ( ... )
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I think of things like this too and marvel. :) That words put on a page could open up so many friendships, some of which have spilled into RL. (As I hope ours will someday! :) And connections, too, beyond me: I sometimes wonder how many people have become friends through the SWG who otherwise would not have known each other. (And the SWG's initial success was at least in part inspired by AMC.) That makes the hours put into all of this very much worthwhile.
perhaps some literay snobbing and trend like how suddenly 8 years ago the passive was an absolute sin.I once believed in the "rules of writing" but quickly discovered so many wonderful stories that not only broke those rules, but were wonderful at least in part because they did ( ... )
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I once believed in the "rules of writing" but quickly discovered so many wonderful stories that not only broke those rules, but were wonderful at least in part because they did.
I think we owe it to our profession to break the rules and experiment. How else can it evolve and continue to remain connected to society? Society changes and I see books/stories/writing as something that should be equally open for change. Be daring, be innovative! It's fun!
I think it becomes easy for some people to critique a work by running down a checklist of the "rules of writing." True, and it is safe, predictable and not much is asked of you to think outside the box. This is what I miss the most about reading: to be pulled out of my current RL and just to marvel at what the author came up ( ... )
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I remember the "no passive voice" rule, but then, teachers were always urging variation in sentence structure! I always found it maddening.
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I love writing Caranthir.
And we are ever so glad that you do, preciousss... I do get a little secret, amused smile when I see certain aspects of his character that I am fairly sure originated with you crop up in the fandom. ;)
Fëanor is one I dislike writing too. Because it's Fëanor and I don't want to mess with that particular brand of explosive chemicals.
I really need to do this one, but this week is kind of shite, so maybe Sunday or next week.
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