I have to write a sword fight. Feels like I have as much research as I need (tho if anyone has any links on rapier fighting that would be fine thx), but oh boy is it stressing me out.
because I couldn't sleep I was reading some threads in the Arkymn Asylum
As a writer, I don't mind the travel and separation restrictions at all. I'm getting a lot done.
Granny fusses at me about changing my writing due to what other people want -- in basic terms rules like 'show not tell' are nonsense and destroy not strengthen. I thought the articles posted supported her argument. Still scary.That right there is where you made your mistake, I think
I am worried about my novel I am querying for. Last night because I couldn't sleep I was reading some threads in the Arkymn Asylum and one that caught my attention was an author pulling her novel due to backlash. Now, I don't have social media so I won't see the twitter fire, but what worried me was some of the people association of white hero savior complex, and the language I use to match the time period ( E.X. the clinical term in 1970s was mental retardation, of course is 2020 that is changed (side note the use of the term is a distinguish between some of the characters) alarms went off for me. Though my female hero is a bad ass, she is a female in a male world, lesbian in the 1970s, but both times she is going to die she is saved. One time she is stabbed and near death when saved and the other time she facilitates her escape and rescues another character but at the door she is caught into the cross fire between the guy trying to kill her and the one saving her ... now I am thinking 'oh shit do I have an issue here." Now, in the first book no one knows who this hero is. I know however, it is a white male. Now, I am worried. The book is not YA, by any means.
Last night because I couldn't sleep I was reading some threads in the Arkymn Asylum
That right there is where you made your mistake, I think
My story is told in third person through the main character who is observant, reserved, judgmental, and practical.
Fine.
But sometimes she gets a blind spot, and that's where my troubles begin. I need to find ways to clue my readers that their reliable source has fallen off the rails. I've tried having her go overboard, to become wildly passionate as is NOT her wont, but that doesn't seem to be enough.
So what I need is to find other ways to clue my readers about what's going on with her.
Any suggestions?
My story is told in third person through the main character who is observant, reserved, judgmental, and practical.
Fine.
But sometimes she gets a blind spot, and that's where my troubles begin. I need to find ways to clue my readers that their reliable source has fallen off the rails. I've tried having her go overboard, to become wildly passionate as is NOT her wont, but that doesn't seem to be enough.
So what I need is to find other ways to clue my readers about what's going on with her.
Any suggestions?
Depends so much on what you want to do with your story.My story is told in third person through the main character who is observant, reserved, judgmental, and practical.
Fine.
But sometimes she gets a blind spot, and that's where my troubles begin. I need to find ways to clue my readers that their reliable source has fallen off the rails. I've tried having her go overboard, to become wildly passionate as is NOT her wont, but that doesn't seem to be enough.
So what I need is to find other ways to clue my readers about what's going on with her.
Any suggestions?