Writerbrain

[shadesong]

I'm impatient as hell. Want to get out of work so I can write.

Just dicking around yesterday, I was thinking up questions to ask my Shayara characters for Blog-A-Thon, and I thought, "Well, the old standard is 'What do you want?'..."

Which unleashed one hell of a rant from Julia. In Kieran's direction, of course. And, when Capri tried to step in to defuse the situation... led to Julia sort of accidentally telling Capri she loved her for the first time.

Which is now leading in my head to an Important Conversation between the two of them that I want to write Right Now, dammit...

Julia's relationship with Capri is very tangly; Julia's relationships are very scary for her to form, period. She may be the most powerful girl in the world, but trust is not her strong suit. Capri has called her her feral kitten. Act 2 is just as much about Julia learning to trust and learning to open her heart and mind as it is about planning to overthrow Alanna and the Council. Fenris isn't sold on this kid for a while...

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[arachne8.livejournal.com]

Hey 'song, make sure to friend writerbrain to my writing journal (cerebelluminous). I haven't posted lately, but I promise to transfer some stuff there in the near future. :D

[kimeepower.livejournal.com]

Hey Shade:
I started reading you way back when you hosted those LJ panels at Arisia. I've been fasinated by your life & your way of thinking but have always glossed over when I saw Shayara stuff. I looked at your website before & was overwhelmed by all the information & characters. Is there a newbies guide, or a start here kind of place so I can have a clue :)

Also, not having any knowledge of these characters & reading something like the above entry, I sometimes think, My God she has lost it, all these people in her head :) As an aspiring writer I am fasinated by this. I have a story, a good outline on what happens but I guess I need to get as deep as you have with your characters. It's kinda weird, how do you do it? Any tips?

[spc476.livejournal.com]

So why are you writing this instead of that? Don't let that pesky work ethic get in the way of writing …

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Because I need to be in the zone to write that.... it's perfectly fine to stop-and-start on LJ entries to do Actual Work if Actual Work needs to be done, but when I'm Writing, I really need my own space...

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

Oh, crap. In that respect, Julia sounds a wee tiny bit like me. *','*