a giant brick and mortar block
Jan. 14th, 2005 10:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xparrotFor future reference: next time I write a novel, must remember to plot out the climax before actually arriving at it.
One would think that writing one's own characters, following one's own rules, it would be easy to make them do what one wants them to do. One would be sorrowfully mistaken, at least if one is a moron like me. These things usually work themselves out in the writing as I go, so I wasn't too worried. Except now I'm here, over a year after I started. And driven into the metaphorical ditch. I can't even skip ahead to the next scene, because the details of that hinge on exactly how this plays out.
The problem isn't the what, I know what needs to happen, it's the how. So the villain needs to do something evil, that's all very well. Except he's not doing it, because it might not be the brightest move at this juncture, and while he's completely batshit insane, he's not stupid. And the hero has to let him do it, or make it look like he's letting him, but the hero is not stupid either, even when his best friend's life is on the line. Moreover the villain knows the hero is not stupid, and thus is wary of tricks. So now I've got a locked-horns battle of wits, all it wants for is the Iocaine Powder.
This is going to be the longest original fic I've ever completed, when I complete it. I will complete it, dammit; I will figure this out, I will make them obey and it will be good. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to ram my head a few more times into this brick wall.
One would think that writing one's own characters, following one's own rules, it would be easy to make them do what one wants them to do. One would be sorrowfully mistaken, at least if one is a moron like me. These things usually work themselves out in the writing as I go, so I wasn't too worried. Except now I'm here, over a year after I started. And driven into the metaphorical ditch. I can't even skip ahead to the next scene, because the details of that hinge on exactly how this plays out.
The problem isn't the what, I know what needs to happen, it's the how. So the villain needs to do something evil, that's all very well. Except he's not doing it, because it might not be the brightest move at this juncture, and while he's completely batshit insane, he's not stupid. And the hero has to let him do it, or make it look like he's letting him, but the hero is not stupid either, even when his best friend's life is on the line. Moreover the villain knows the hero is not stupid, and thus is wary of tricks. So now I've got a locked-horns battle of wits, all it wants for is the Iocaine Powder.
This is going to be the longest original fic I've ever completed, when I complete it. I will complete it, dammit; I will figure this out, I will make them obey and it will be good. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to ram my head a few more times into this brick wall.
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Re: Adding
Date: 2005-02-10 07:30 am (UTC)Yep, characters have a mind of their own...and I agree, original characters can be harder to manage. They think that just because you created them and the story they're in that they can do whatever they like! So then you have to beat them down...mmm, char torture... ^^;