What do you love about your story? I don't mean specifics about characters or plot. I don't mean the war of words or problem solving, but tell us about the little things that you as a person love about, not writing, but why you are writing this particular story? Just this morning while I was working I pulled up youtube, listening to piano solos that one of my main characters would play. To get my mind off the fact that it's Sunday and I would love to have a day off—just one—and so I listened to something beautiful. I never would have rediscovered my love of piano music if not for this particular main character. Listening to this music makes me happy and gifts me with joy. I guess for that alone it would have been worthwhile conjuring up my story. Every time I listen to a piano, I think of my story. Because I love piano music and this main character does, too, there now runs a back-and-forth of joy which I'd never found if I hadn't started writing my story. So, what do you love?
I guess with the extreme despair and dour tone of my WIP, there is still that pin hole of light that there is hope. Suppose that is what I love about that, besides the obvious bad-assery.
I love that I can make my characters go through more shit than I am. No compassion for the fictional beings.
I love my project because if I can send a positive message to people that will be on the MC's relationship situation, I can inspire couples not to give up.
My favorite protagonist is the richest most handsome best built and immortal fellow in the universe. And he is still having a shity day.
With my current WIP I am trying to write a buddy story; and weave a story of friendship that crosses several decades.
I love that my second major character is a charming, pretentious, vain sack of garbage. Modeled after my ex. It's helping me work through some things.
- Research and ways to use it. - Characters. - Fun things. - Making totally absurd things to happen - and people to have normal reactions to them. - Some little details with symbolic or emotional load. - Working with writing & progress. - Being free, flying with my imagination.
The absurdity of some of it. It's modern-day urban fantasy, set loosely within the Judeo-Christian tradition. It's just that some of the stuff in the Bible and popular religious culture (is that the right word?) isn't quite right. For instance, Satan, the thrones, dominions, devils, imps (I've yet to do my research of terminology, forgive me) and such are Fallen Angels, right? Well, they didn't lose their feathers in The Fall. Oh no, they aren't scaly red monstrosities with bat-wings. In fact, Satan looks quite a bit like an anthropomorphic eight-foot tall budgie.
I like that, for the most part, I'm doing something fairly different. It's not your traditional Fantasy or your run of the mill Fantasy for young adults.
My stories allow me to find the absurdities in daily life that most people overlook. I feel like I can be in almost any situation, and come up with a ridiculous, witty sketch. But then I realize I'm a bad writer, and it's not witty or funny at all.
A big reason why I'm writing my story is to shed light on what sadly many people in this world have to deal with. Depression Rape/sexual abuse Poverty/Homelessness Self-consciousness Self-harm And, most importantly, puberty I wanted to help bring these into light in a creative way, so I chose a hella good itinerary, a good point in time, and amazing characters. I'm also writing this for the people that have to deal with everything listed above to give them hope, and to let them know that someone else in the world is thinking about them. And, yeah, that's what I love about my story q:
I don't love that aspect of it, but simply write whatever comes to me. Themes Common in my Current Writing: Violent Death Denial Wild Animals Food Drugs and Alcohol Religion, Spirituality and the Supernatural Huh. Maybe I listen to too much Grateful Dead.
I like the contrast, the contradiction. It is ok to say something about your character, only to delve deeper and find that the brash loud mouth is actually a pussy cat. Frightened of their own shadow, but they never let on. They construct an illusion that the reader decontructs and finds out what is really going on. I like the fact that readers can peel the layers of the onion and find out what is going on at every level. The richness and depth that comes with it. Other than that they can fry it or just chuck it in the bin. Me personally, I like the surprise I sometimes get when I read the words back and find that not only they make sense, but they are sometimes even interesting.
I'm revisiting a story with characters I created when I was about 12, as sort of a little self-care exercise. It's fun to play around with some old, cheesy concepts and make them fun and new again. And since this is just a thing for fun, I'm not putting a whole lot of pressure on myself. Working on it feels cozy and relaxing. And it's fun to imagine how much my younger self would've liked it. I like to think she'd feel proud of our progress.