...one of my characters. How sad. 
You all know me as a rabid anti-outliner, but months ago I scribbled out some character sketches related to an idea for a novel I had floating around at the back of my head. In an ideal world I'd write a bestselling suspense fiction novel (!) but this is not Utopia, so I'll just have to do my best and keep my fingers crossed.
Though obviously not while I'm typing.
Now, where was I? Oh yes. I don't outline, but this time I did some character sketches, shoved them all on my Neo and pootled off into town today so see a man about a dog. Well, on the bus back I clicked on the relevant file to read through these sketches and burst out laughing at something Julian said. I wrote. I mean, I burst out laughing at something I wrote.
He's not real, SP. He's not real...
This is a good sign, right? I couldn't even remember writing this particular line of dialogue and I found myself thinking, "Ah, if only he was real; he'd be so handsome and clever and witty..."
But sadly, he's all in my head.
*sigh*
Ladies, tell me this happens to you too, that you forget things you've written and, when looking over your notes or drafts again, you attribute such witticisms to your characters, rather than yourself for writing them!
You all know me as a rabid anti-outliner, but months ago I scribbled out some character sketches related to an idea for a novel I had floating around at the back of my head. In an ideal world I'd write a bestselling suspense fiction novel (
!) but this is not Utopia, so I'll just have to do my best and keep my fingers crossed.Though obviously not while I'm typing.
Now, where was I? Oh yes. I don't outline, but this time I did some character sketches, shoved them all on my Neo and pootled off into town today so see a man about a dog. Well, on the bus back I clicked on the relevant file to read through these sketches and burst out laughing at something Julian said. I wrote. I mean, I burst out laughing at something I wrote.
He's not real, SP. He's not real...
This is a good sign, right? I couldn't even remember writing this particular line of dialogue and I found myself thinking, "Ah, if only he was real; he'd be so handsome and clever and witty..."
But sadly, he's all in my head.
*sigh*
Ladies, tell me this happens to you too, that you forget things you've written and, when looking over your notes or drafts again, you attribute such witticisms to your characters, rather than yourself for writing them!
