February 14, 2008
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So, I’m hitting a semi-writer’s block (well, sort of), as I told Ashley in a response to her frantic email this morning. My ‘block’ is that I know I who/what I want to write about. My characters. Yet, how do I start? I have too many starts in mind… but I do have a main idea of what I want to accomplish. I will write from the p.o.v. of the character who encompasses a few women I’ve known in the past… then, the antagonist will be a woman who encompasses me to a point. They will have their conflicts, separate motives, and some resolution after some climax. Do they fight over a guy? Na. Do they go their separate ways, both thinking they were ‘right’? Probably. No one wins, which is typical in life, right? Right.
I’m hoping to be able to really describe these two characters well. And the oddball situations (like talking to toliets to get them to flush, massive pigeons hitting cars after making eye contact with humans, preteens harassing adults… things I’ve witnessed.). Making them seem REAL and BELIEVABLE will be tough. And I’ve noticed that going from writing poetry to writing fiction was a weird transition; I’m trying to write fiction in a poetic manner. Whoopsie.
Write write write. Revise revise revise.
{p.s. Happy Valentine’s Day!}
A possible problem: Do I want both characters to be lovable? Do I want the readers to like both of them? Perhaps I should just focus on the protagonist? Make the readers want to see karma ‘get her back’ for her motives? I’m unsure. I may have to just write and see where these two lead me…
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Totally unrelated to your writer’s block, but connected to the preteen thing… I was reading a comment from a lady on “thetheologianscafe,” which is another xanga blog where the guy asks questions and people reply… one of his questions was something about whether or not we think it’s okay to make fun of fat people. Here is the response from someone:
“Some people just say things about fat people. It is not politicaly incorrect to bash fatties.
I was shopping at ‘ The Limited ‘ for my niece’s birthday present. Some guy said “What the hell does that fat bitch think she is gonna find to fit her in here?” I just laughed at him.
I could care less what someone like that thinks. I walk 2-4 miles 5x a week and work hard.I rarely eat fast food and I do not binge. I am working on it,and am hopeful that I will lose weight,I do not know what he will do about his ignorance.”
She was in “THE LIMITED!” Isn’t that crazy? You can imagine the kind of people (age wise) that shop in the limited. Very sad that this is the way young people choose to respond to their elders. Says a lot about the way kids react to both their home life and the social life they witness in a school setting.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope you do something fun… I’m going to dinner with my fiance, the children, and the in-laws. I don’t know whether to groan or be excited!