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You bastard
... I mean; Hey, Man, Super-Congrats!!!
I won't finish mine, but I'm 1/4 of the way there--considering my life, it's respectable. And if I'm 100% healthy next year, everyone watch out! I'll be a force to reckon with.
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Can You Do It?
I'm sitting here wondering what kind of pain I can cause today. I just can't think of anything clever: oh no... something came to me. So here's an assignment for all of you Hounds: Write something scary, any length you want in the realm of these criteria [(super-flash: 100 words- short story: 2,000 or less) because of the nature of the assignment], but do it in ALL DIALOGUE. Somehow, I think terrifying ourselves in only dialogue will not be as easy as it sounds. Can you do it? (I probably can't.)
I'm sitting here wondering what kind of pain I can cause today. I just can't think of anything clever: oh no... something came to me. So here's an assignment for all of you Hounds: Write something scary, any length you want in the realm of these criteria [(super-flash: 100 words- short story: 2,000 or less) because of the nature of the assignment], but do it in ALL DIALOGUE. Somehow, I think terrifying ourselves in only dialogue will not be as easy as it sounds. Can you do it? (I probably can't.)
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, I forgot: Post 'em in SYW, and put a link here so we can all enjoy.
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Holy Hell, Horror Hounds! I've lost count of the number of crits I've done this week, but what a freakin' pleasure. The variety of styles, themes and talent has blown me away. Write on!
there was a cartoon once... rather vulgar... about some guy mistaking the little yapper for a slipper in the dark...
but it was funny.
and here I thought we were talking about bunnies.....
oh, well. For giggles....
so, does this make you royalty?
Is there a crown? cash compensation? or just bragging rights until next year?
(congrats btw)
Kitty!
ooh, synchronized smileys
.... sorry, easily amused and/or distracted this morning
Okay hounds. My most recent horror effort (a novel based on one of my prompts here) isn't going too well.
One of my characters seems to have become a bit of a caricature. He's a policeman. He's goofy as all hell. That's just the way he's coming out and being a wing-it type writer, I can't very clearly see the direction for this guy. The whole thing seems rather "campy" right now.
I'm frustrated. I don't want to add intensity to him because he isn't intense and it will come out melodramatic instead of truly dramatic.
I'm just frustrated. Any suggestions?
One of my characters seems to have become a bit of a caricature. He's a policeman. He's goofy as all hell. That's just the way he's coming out and being a wing-it type writer, I can't very clearly see the direction for this guy. The whole thing seems rather "campy" right now.
I'm frustrated. I don't want to add intensity to him because he isn't intense and it will come out melodramatic instead of truly dramatic.
I'm just frustrated. Any suggestions?
slice off the top couple inches of his head with a sword like they did to lucy liu in kill bill vol. 1.
Main character or supporting? Because if he's supporting, I say screw it and embrace the caricature. Just come up with reasons why he is the way he is, even if it's just personality. I freely admit one of my supporting MC's (also a cop, somewhat coincidentally) is a common cop trope.
I say trope, not caricature, as there is a difference.
It's not a lack of imagination on my part, per se, just that for the needs of the story he didn't need to be more than he was. In fact, for the purposes of the story, being exactly what he was managed to fuel one of the major subplots in the WIP. Granted, I gave him some justifications for why he is what he is, which I think caricatures don't do - they just exaggerate because they can, not to make any sort of point.
Unless you are intentionally writing a satire or something along those lines.
So make it work for you. Figure out a way to exploit those aspects you're creating that turn him into a caricature and run with it.
ok - so that's one option... the battery's idea...
Another is to finish the story, campy cop and all, then go back and read it, edit it, fix the parts that aren't quite right.
Good luck with it.
Another is to finish the story, campy cop and all, then go back and read it, edit it, fix the parts that aren't quite right.
Good luck with it.
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Just my two cents, but give him a history, even if it never appears in the story. Why is he so goofy? Did he grow up in a dysfunctional home and use humor to cope? I think if you understand the why, he won't be such a caricature to you.
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