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elenearielI took the plunge and ordered my airplane tickets for the Boise trip this New Year's. Eeek. I was an idiot and payed more to order direct from Delta just because it made me feel better. But I don't care. It made me feel more confident about the whole thing, and I sorely need that right now.
Even though I've been doing it for a while, it still feels odd to make such big decisions without actually consulting someone older and wiser first. Weird. It feels good, until I think of the headaches that will fall squarely upon myself if something goes wrong.
I finally found voices for my three narrators. I knew they always had separate styles of narration, but I hadn't been able to put it into words until now. Sonny's was easy, but the two girls kept seeming the same to me.
To break it down:
Sonny speaks and thinks in short, solid sentences, without a lot of clauses. His punctuation is mostly periods and commas, but light on the commas, with only an odd semicolon thrown in. He does not use ellipses except on rare occasions. He has several phrases that he uses a lot.
Ayn is the dreamer, the romantic, the quiet one. Her descriptions are more long winded and poetic. Her narration tends to drift along, using long sentences with many clauses.
Olivia is the more practical of the two women. She's a balance between Sonny and Ayn: less dreamy than Ayn, not as hard-edged a realist as Sonny. She using much more complex sentences than Sonny, but they are sharper and more solid than Ayn's.
I was afraid I wouldn't have enough to say to fill 50,000 words, and instead I'm almost half way done and have covered exactly TWO DAYS in the story. Bwaha.
I noticed several people wishing for us to all post our Christmas wish-lists...it really goes against my nature to do so, since I can't stand looking as if I expect gifts from anyone (I don't, 'cept those of you who know-who-you-are), or only want the things on my list (not true). But I'll try to oblige.
-Books (I suppose I could provide more specific ideas should someone ask)
-silver jewelry
-girly-smelling things, like soaps and candles
-scarves of all types, little or big, decorative or warm, to put in the hair or around the neck...
-correspondence items: pens, stationary, cards
-rubber stamps!
-And there's always chocolate. Hee.
sorry, this is the best I can do (unless someone wants to spring for an ipod or, better yet, a Sebring.)
And this is research for a little something I'm trying to write:
[Poll #612448]
And Hannah: It was a green-shirt day, but I did as you said and thought "wrestling-wrestling-wrestling" to myself, and I have almost decided to give this one up, too. After all, it was never anything other than a payne, and what is the point?
Even though I've been doing it for a while, it still feels odd to make such big decisions without actually consulting someone older and wiser first. Weird. It feels good, until I think of the headaches that will fall squarely upon myself if something goes wrong.
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I finally found voices for my three narrators. I knew they always had separate styles of narration, but I hadn't been able to put it into words until now. Sonny's was easy, but the two girls kept seeming the same to me.
To break it down:
Sonny speaks and thinks in short, solid sentences, without a lot of clauses. His punctuation is mostly periods and commas, but light on the commas, with only an odd semicolon thrown in. He does not use ellipses except on rare occasions. He has several phrases that he uses a lot.
Ayn is the dreamer, the romantic, the quiet one. Her descriptions are more long winded and poetic. Her narration tends to drift along, using long sentences with many clauses.
Olivia is the more practical of the two women. She's a balance between Sonny and Ayn: less dreamy than Ayn, not as hard-edged a realist as Sonny. She using much more complex sentences than Sonny, but they are sharper and more solid than Ayn's.
I was afraid I wouldn't have enough to say to fill 50,000 words, and instead I'm almost half way done and have covered exactly TWO DAYS in the story. Bwaha.
I noticed several people wishing for us to all post our Christmas wish-lists...it really goes against my nature to do so, since I can't stand looking as if I expect gifts from anyone (I don't, 'cept those of you who know-who-you-are), or only want the things on my list (not true). But I'll try to oblige.
-Books (I suppose I could provide more specific ideas should someone ask)
-silver jewelry
-girly-smelling things, like soaps and candles
-scarves of all types, little or big, decorative or warm, to put in the hair or around the neck...
-correspondence items: pens, stationary, cards
-rubber stamps!
-And there's always chocolate. Hee.
sorry, this is the best I can do (unless someone wants to spring for an ipod or, better yet, a Sebring.)
And this is research for a little something I'm trying to write:
[Poll #612448]
And Hannah: It was a green-shirt day, but I did as you said and thought "wrestling-wrestling-wrestling" to myself, and I have almost decided to give this one up, too. After all, it was never anything other than a payne, and what is the point?
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Date: 2005-11-14 11:40 pm (UTC)What is a Sebring? *cowers* Should I know?
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Date: 2005-11-14 11:53 pm (UTC)And if two versions of this show up, its not my fault. LJ was bad.no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 11:54 pm (UTC)I shall run over Livejournal with my Sebring. That's what I'll do with it.
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Date: 2005-11-15 12:43 am (UTC)I ran out of room :(
Date: 2005-11-15 04:22 am (UTC)I mean, you take a hero. He is always someone who acts with courage and/or dignity. A heroine, though, is often described as only the female protagonist. That's just wrong. I feel it has to be a female who acts with dignity and respect without expectating something for it. Someone with a simple modesty and who is good-natured. A heroine to me = a quiet, subtle hero. Men can be outrightly brave, women are more quietly brave.
I better stop before a form a thesis and write an essay. :P
Re: I ran out of room :(
Date: 2005-11-15 02:21 pm (UTC)