tumbled into a great root
Aug. 20th, 2009 12:07 pmI've changed my journal title and tag-line, added some of my favorite quotes about writing to my profile...
mostly for a change, partly because I have. More professional, is the general drift.
We note marked failures in this area, but NOW the iron has set in our soul.
VP Elevensies, The Class that knew No Shame!
(Those clams were GUD, speaking of gud.)
I'm working on some more pre-writing for the Pirate's Penance thing.
I found the hero's name: Malachi.
with that settled I can decide things like, what he likes to eat (spicy fish), how he likes to dress (for shinnying up palm trees), whether he has a good singing voice (not really, but he *does not care*).
It's so weird, that feeling of mining this stuff out rather than making it up.
First thing this morning I was reading about the Maldives for him. I think I'm getting the feel of this place, where the story will happen, with it's salt-blue water, rice-with-chiles food, and shabby but still thronged discotheque. Here's to hope...
mostly for a change, partly because I have. More professional, is the general drift.
VP Elevensies, The Class that knew No Shame!
(Those clams were GUD, speaking of gud.)
I'm working on some more pre-writing for the Pirate's Penance thing.
I found the hero's name: Malachi.
with that settled I can decide things like, what he likes to eat (spicy fish), how he likes to dress (for shinnying up palm trees), whether he has a good singing voice (not really, but he *does not care*).
It's so weird, that feeling of mining this stuff out rather than making it up.
First thing this morning I was reading about the Maldives for him. I think I'm getting the feel of this place, where the story will happen, with it's salt-blue water, rice-with-chiles food, and shabby but still thronged discotheque. Here's to hope...