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Working against yourself
Belial:
My biggest problem is getting myself to sit down and write. I tend to wander off and do other things when I should be writing (for example; I have a 6 page report due tomorrow that I should be working on... right now).
As for making everyone get along, or wanting everyone to be good... I don't really have that problem. A lot of my characters are bastards. And among the good guys, I like to play off of polar personalities (e.g. I have two main characters in one story; one is an overly flamboyant wizard, and the other is a dark and reserved warrior); that tends to breed a good, healthy amount of conflict.
prime_spirit:
I tend to let my mind wander around until it got stuck in the kitchen. It won't come back until I bring along my stomach. I really am easily distracted. This happens when I try to get new ideas when I'm stuck and so I look for references online or from other fiction or pc games. Three hours later, a ton of references but not a word written. Oddly enough, inspiration comes best when I suddenly wake up at 3am.
Story-wise, I tend to get hero and heroine misunderstand each other. It's conflict but now I'm older and have read more, this kinna conflict is cliche'. I've decided to try a different writing style, where everything should be more focused on the heroine and let the plots draw out whose's the end-story hero.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: SirThinks2Much on November 27, 2006, 08:59:08 AM ---I have a problem with wanting everyone to be good inside, so a lot of my villains become good guys or at least not-so-bad.
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Very few people are villains from their own viewpoint.
Roaram:
Other than getting distracted, or having more story in my head than I do on paper, my biggest problem is descriptions. In real life I look at people... Oddly. Not in some deep sense, but literally. Most people see the strongest attribute a person has like redhair, or good looks. I tend to notice jewlry, the way a person walks, the persons mood. I notice the facial expression before I notice the face. I think it is because of being an actor that I look at people this way. But in writing it just doesn't work to leave out identifying factors and give all the subtle stuff. The only other thing I have to work against myself on is explaining too much back story. So much of a persons life is tied to the past, and my characters are the same way, where if you knew their past the way I do (in my head) everything they did would be perfectly understandable. Everything else I have trouble with is not so much me activly working against my self, but just working, period.things like word choice, and making sense to the reader, leaving important stuff out, I hope everyone has those problems every now and again, or maybe I just suck. I don't know yet?
SirThinks2Much:
--- Quote from: neurovore on November 28, 2006, 05:43:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: SirThinks2Much on November 27, 2006, 08:59:08 AM ---I have a problem with wanting everyone to be good inside, so a lot of my villains become good guys or at least not-so-bad.
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Very few people are villains from their own viewpoint.
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True. But I usually have them start off doing nasty dastardly things and then do nice things later on. Occasionally dying a martyr's death. Things like that. If I kill them off early they stay evil.
Perhaps they mellow with age...
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