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wordwhackerYeah, so I've been avoiding my writing journal. I know this. I would drivel on about how I haven't had any inspiration, blah blah blah, but I won't bore you with it.
Amazingly enough, I actually have... a project.
Gasp! Shock!
What's even more frightening is that there are three whole chapters of it in existance. Harrowing, I know. I find it pretty creepy myself.
I had a couple of things in mind when I started writing this piece. Firstly, I wanted something character driven. This wound up meaning "first person perspective". I'm glad I went with first person as opposed to limited third person, my usual writing space. It opened things up hugely for me as far as the perceptions and biases of my main character are concerned.
Second, I wanted something that would have structure enough to give it some movement and drive, but I wanted it to be open enough that it falls short of having an actual discernable "plot". This is what usually gets me, see: I like having the space to just play around, but this usually leaves me with no direction. I need a structured plot, but then I lose the inspiration to create and write and blah blah blah. So I'm focusing on the characters and their growth/interaction/situations/etc, and I'm enjoying how it's starting out.
For the first time that I can ever genuinely recall, I can honestly say that my characters are "coming to life" for me. (I just hope the readers can get wind of some of that, heh. I guess that will test my skill as a technical writer.)
So things are shaping up nicely, I think. If nothing else, the whole thing is a fun experiment for me both from a writing perspective and an exploratory "human interaction and behavior" standpoint.
Here's a general lowdown of the 'plot', characters and themes I'm playing with:
So the whole thing springs from the fact that I'm tired of never seeing straight-ish guys with butch-ish girls. You have big, beefy man and little, femmey gal. Okay, there's some leeway on both sides, I'll be generous. But I can't recall ever seeing "big, mostly beefy guy" paired up with "little, mostly beefy gal". It's like there's no such thing as a straight girl who is butch - or at least, who is allowed to actually be seen as both butch and actively paired up with a guy.
Ya know what I'm sayin'? Righto.
So the whole thing has sort of grown and mutated and turned into a story setting within which I can noodle around with ideas of gender, sexuality, perception, etc. Which is, for me, a terribly fun place to play.
Especially considering the fact that my main character, Jon, is a total novice to these ideas. He's not stupid - he has some inklings - but he doesn't really have a grip on the scope of it.
So his brain is going to be mush for a while. Muahaha.
For folks wanting to read this nonsense: bear in mind that I, personally, have a positive/open outlook on topics of gender, sexuality, etc. So that's where I'm writing from. My characters don't necessarily think that way, of course. Makes it more fun that way, anyway, dontcha think?
The story be here, for sooth! All three whopping chapters of it. Chapters 1 and 2 are only about 1,200 words each. Chapter 3 clocks in at 2,500 words (and that's roughly the length I'm aiming for on average from now on.)
Comments, either here or on Fiction Press, are VERY welcome, especially concerning the clarity of my writing and the like. If something seems really off to you, or just doesn't work, let me know. I may tweak things right away, or simply thank you profusely and take them into account for future writing. More than anything, this is a learning process for me (on a variety of levels) and I appreciate any and all input.
Amazingly enough, I actually have... a project.
Gasp! Shock!
What's even more frightening is that there are three whole chapters of it in existance. Harrowing, I know. I find it pretty creepy myself.
I had a couple of things in mind when I started writing this piece. Firstly, I wanted something character driven. This wound up meaning "first person perspective". I'm glad I went with first person as opposed to limited third person, my usual writing space. It opened things up hugely for me as far as the perceptions and biases of my main character are concerned.
Second, I wanted something that would have structure enough to give it some movement and drive, but I wanted it to be open enough that it falls short of having an actual discernable "plot". This is what usually gets me, see: I like having the space to just play around, but this usually leaves me with no direction. I need a structured plot, but then I lose the inspiration to create and write and blah blah blah. So I'm focusing on the characters and their growth/interaction/situations/etc, and I'm enjoying how it's starting out.
For the first time that I can ever genuinely recall, I can honestly say that my characters are "coming to life" for me. (I just hope the readers can get wind of some of that, heh. I guess that will test my skill as a technical writer.)
So things are shaping up nicely, I think. If nothing else, the whole thing is a fun experiment for me both from a writing perspective and an exploratory "human interaction and behavior" standpoint.
Here's a general lowdown of the 'plot', characters and themes I'm playing with:
So the whole thing springs from the fact that I'm tired of never seeing straight-ish guys with butch-ish girls. You have big, beefy man and little, femmey gal. Okay, there's some leeway on both sides, I'll be generous. But I can't recall ever seeing "big, mostly beefy guy" paired up with "little, mostly beefy gal". It's like there's no such thing as a straight girl who is butch - or at least, who is allowed to actually be seen as both butch and actively paired up with a guy.
Ya know what I'm sayin'? Righto.
So the whole thing has sort of grown and mutated and turned into a story setting within which I can noodle around with ideas of gender, sexuality, perception, etc. Which is, for me, a terribly fun place to play.
Especially considering the fact that my main character, Jon, is a total novice to these ideas. He's not stupid - he has some inklings - but he doesn't really have a grip on the scope of it.
So his brain is going to be mush for a while. Muahaha.
For folks wanting to read this nonsense: bear in mind that I, personally, have a positive/open outlook on topics of gender, sexuality, etc. So that's where I'm writing from. My characters don't necessarily think that way, of course. Makes it more fun that way, anyway, dontcha think?
The story be here, for sooth! All three whopping chapters of it. Chapters 1 and 2 are only about 1,200 words each. Chapter 3 clocks in at 2,500 words (and that's roughly the length I'm aiming for on average from now on.)
Comments, either here or on Fiction Press, are VERY welcome, especially concerning the clarity of my writing and the like. If something seems really off to you, or just doesn't work, let me know. I may tweak things right away, or simply thank you profusely and take them into account for future writing. More than anything, this is a learning process for me (on a variety of levels) and I appreciate any and all input.
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Re: Yay!
Date: 2004-05-25 04:37 am (UTC)And if you go to Egypt, you too can have an icon of yourself in front of a pyramid!!! BWAHAHAHAAA!
Re: Yay!
Date: 2004-05-25 08:07 am (UTC)