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*grits teeth*
Dec. 29th, 2008 09:23 pmI see I have written myself into one of those corners where I am not writing an action scene.
And I really want to write a fight scene.
Off the boat, Peter. Stop with the negotiation; you suck at it and I suck at writing it. And this, sadly, cannot devolve into fisticuffs.
Hey. I wonder if this was the chapter where I was going to have Peter get arrested? (I don't outline. I don't keep notes except for my usual list-upon-list of relevent information, like names.)
You know, I was planning to have neck-breaking a couple chapters back, but that scene never made it into draft.
I suppose I could switch from Dust to Water; the next scene in Water is supposed to be a fight scene. Peter's cynicism is starting to grate on me, especially without his siblings to leaven it.
I mean, not that Peta is all that much better -- god, she may be worse; at least Peter is practical about it -- but at least I'm not in her head. On the other hand, the Petaverse Pevensies aren't much with the banter. On the other other hand, sex. Which we're clearly not getting in Dust. Although I'm not particularly in a Peta mood.
*grinds teeth* Action or description; come on, now. Okay, back to the writing.
ETA: OH MAN I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LIKE PETA. AND CASPIAN. Good god, they're straightforward compared to the Dust characters, where it's all manipulation and politics and back-stabbing and world-building, oh my god, don't even get into the world-building. In Water they're just hack and bash and make out and it is SUCH A RELIEF.
And I really want to write a fight scene.
Off the boat, Peter. Stop with the negotiation; you suck at it and I suck at writing it. And this, sadly, cannot devolve into fisticuffs.
Hey. I wonder if this was the chapter where I was going to have Peter get arrested? (I don't outline. I don't keep notes except for my usual list-upon-list of relevent information, like names.)
You know, I was planning to have neck-breaking a couple chapters back, but that scene never made it into draft.
I suppose I could switch from Dust to Water; the next scene in Water is supposed to be a fight scene. Peter's cynicism is starting to grate on me, especially without his siblings to leaven it.
I mean, not that Peta is all that much better -- god, she may be worse; at least Peter is practical about it -- but at least I'm not in her head. On the other hand, the Petaverse Pevensies aren't much with the banter. On the other other hand, sex. Which we're clearly not getting in Dust. Although I'm not particularly in a Peta mood.
*grinds teeth* Action or description; come on, now. Okay, back to the writing.
ETA: OH MAN I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LIKE PETA. AND CASPIAN. Good god, they're straightforward compared to the Dust characters, where it's all manipulation and politics and back-stabbing and world-building, oh my god, don't even get into the world-building. In Water they're just hack and bash and make out and it is SUCH A RELIEF.