if i were a sculptor, but then again, no

[musesfool]

So without Heroes to make me turn on the TV last night, it didn't even occur to me to watch The Black Donnellys, so I guess I know where I stand on that. I just wish I'd remembered about The Riches, because that did look fun, and it sounds from people on my flist like it was worth watching. Ah, well, the last thing I need is another show. Even if

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[musesfool]

But even that's a 1st person story, rather than an all-out 2nd person POV fic

Well, it's all narratively second person, it's just that in my head, that's how it felt when I was writing it, that he was telling me the story that way, which um, I can't get to my site here at work, so I don't have the link handy, but you can get to it from here - that's Logan as in Wolverine, not Logan Echolls (or Huntzberger), just so you know.

my longer ones tend to have two alternating POVs

I used to do that, but now I find the stories I tell mostly don't require that, and I don't really enjoy writing that way.

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[rwday]

I've been thinking about this last episode of Rome, and I think while the new Octavian is quite good, and believable as an older extrapolation of the younger Octavian, Max Pirkis had something about him that made the character not only palatable, but sympathetic, which this new guy lacks

My husband said almost exactly the same thing last night. I get that what Octavian has experienced has hardened him, but where before I was totally on his side, now I find myself rooting for Antony and Atia.

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[musesfool]

I get that what Octavian has experienced has hardened him, but where before I was totally on his side, now I find myself rooting for Antony and Atia.

Yes. Well, not Antony so much (except I want things to end well for Posca), but I found myself in sympathy with Atia for the first time in a while.

[lunaris1013]

When the pilot of The Riches re-airs: http://imdb.com/title/tt0496343/tvschedule

Enabler? Moi?

[musesfool]

Hee! Thank you.

[gkingsley]

The Riches was quite good, although I was groaning as I watched it, "I don't need anymore shows!" But I suspect the fanfic is going to start flowing as soon as the characters are established. I'm both excited about that and disappointed, because there are going to be some *great* stories and, conversely, some truly awful ones, especially if fanfic writers decide to foray into the world of the Travellers without enough reseach.

[musesfool]

Heh. You think people are going to wait until there's more canon, if there's material for fic? Actually, that probably only applies if there's an obvious right-out-of-the-box slash pairing. They're a married couple, right? It might take a few episodes.

some truly awful ones, especially if fanfic writers decide to foray into the world of the Travellers without enough reseach.

Pfft! Research! Who needs research? I'm making this shit up in my MIND!

*g*

[gkingsley]

Aha! You forget that there are teenagers involved! Two of them, actually, a boy and a girl, which means that there are all kinds of nefarious possibilities ...

[musesfool]

Ah, I didn't realize there were teenagers.

[vaznetti]

...those are the characters from whose POVs I find difficult to write, because your opportunities for rumination and emotional exposition are nearly nil, and you have to express all that stuff in action, especially with someone like Dean or Danny, who is going to consistently conceal his actual feelings when speaking, unless pushed by circumstances or great emotional stress to reveal.I think this is exactly why I like writing from the inside of these characters -- because they don't go on and on inside their heads, and the thing they're thinking isn't necessarily the thing they're feeling (or indeed, the only thing they're thinking). And I like the puzzle of making what they're feeling clear to the reader even when it isn't clear to them. And I particularly like characters like Danny, who are just as busy conning themselves as they are everyone around them

[musesfool]

And I like the puzzle of making what they're feeling clear to the reader even when it isn't clear to them. And I particularly like characters like Danny, who are just as busy conning themselves as they are everyone around them.

Most of my writing is very internally focused, and I still have to remind myself to ground things in the physical, so characters who need gestures to express themselves because they're not forthcoming with thoughts or emotions are much harder for me.

Of course, this is probably why my stories are so short -- there just isn't a lot of internal narrative. Everything has to be expressed by blocking.

yeah, I suck at that. *g*

I'm wary of first person, but in principle I don't object -- it's just that it's one of those things that is so frequently done badly in fanfic.

Yeah, in original fiction, because I don't already know what the character is supposed to sound like (unless it's a series), the first person doesn't bother me as much.

I really need to learn how to write in 3rd omniscient. Every now and then I