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That's It!
Jan. 8th, 2011 01:05 pmUGH! This Megamind fic has been kicking my butt! It was NEVER supposed to be difficult; I don't know why it became so difficult!
Well, actually, to an extent I kind of do: I am really bad at character narration.
It's like trying to play a song by ear that I know so well: I if I play one particular, crucial interval wrong, suddenly I can't remember the tune to save my life! When writing, I forget their voices, and all the words and phrases and sentence structures that make them them and me me. I become boxed-in and wooden, repeating the same bland descriptions, the same cliche phrases, the same boring, overused sentence structures and rhythms. My thoughts become predictable, and I have no idea what to reveal in the piece of narration. Whether for a fic or original character, this almost always happens.
I just can't stand it anymore! Get something down; sure. Work with it later; okay. But then it takes forever to edit, thereby lengthening the time to write what should be a simple scene into days of work! - In the case of C:JAM, years.
So, I wasn't going to do one this year, but I think I've put this off long enough, and I've given myself little choice.
2011 RESOLUTION: Become FAR more adept at conveying characterization through narration.
Success to be Measured By: No longer feeling intimidated by plots/scenes that involve such narration.
Suggestions or advice welcome, of course.
Anyone know some authors or fics that display this skill particularly well? Many of you are very good at it yourselves... but apparently your shining examples haven't permeated my thick skull. I need like... a hammer. Probably a jackhammer.
Well, actually, to an extent I kind of do: I am really bad at character narration.
It's like trying to play a song by ear that I know so well: I if I play one particular, crucial interval wrong, suddenly I can't remember the tune to save my life! When writing, I forget their voices, and all the words and phrases and sentence structures that make them them and me me. I become boxed-in and wooden, repeating the same bland descriptions, the same cliche phrases, the same boring, overused sentence structures and rhythms. My thoughts become predictable, and I have no idea what to reveal in the piece of narration. Whether for a fic or original character, this almost always happens.
I just can't stand it anymore! Get something down; sure. Work with it later; okay. But then it takes forever to edit, thereby lengthening the time to write what should be a simple scene into days of work! - In the case of C:JAM, years.
So, I wasn't going to do one this year, but I think I've put this off long enough, and I've given myself little choice.
2011 RESOLUTION: Become FAR more adept at conveying characterization through narration.
Success to be Measured By: No longer feeling intimidated by plots/scenes that involve such narration.
Suggestions or advice welcome, of course.
Anyone know some authors or fics that display this skill particularly well? Many of you are very good at it yourselves... but apparently your shining examples haven't permeated my thick skull. I need like... a hammer. Probably a jackhammer.
