19th October
Now playing: Natalie Cortez - What I Did For Love (A Chorus Line)
Kiss today goodbye, the sweetness and the sorrow. Wish me luck, the same to you. But I can't regret what I did for love, what I did for love. Look my eyes are dry.
POST 100!
Yes! I actually just hit post 100 on this blog. After two years. XD That's pretty pathetic, but it makes me smile anyway.
*ahem* So... The planning for TAoM is coming along nicely. I did some basic character bios today, so I can keep track of my generally main characters. AC and Rouge got longer, more detailed, full-on biography sheets, but the rest of the characters just need the basics to get them straight in my head. I learnt some interesting stuff about my characters this way, though. Apparently Cassidy grew up in a gang, one of eight children- five of whom died before turning twenty- and has a dead sister called Juliet (I like that name). Casper now has a name (he being the other one of my two male characters, after Chris); Chris is still 2D and boring, but hey, that's just how it goes; Danger has five siblings (which I wasn't aware of until today) and she has a gay crush on AC. Mhmm. Where did THAT come from? Q longs to be noticed by Lyndon, a character I've yet to plan out, and is the super intelligent one (apparently).
This is all good, but I still have the problem of not having enough male characters, and I've yet to come up with characters for the sideshow/carnival that'll be travelling on the quest with them. And, I've not even thought about Rouge's party yet.
...
It doesn't matter. I'm getting there. >D
Also, I'm tired now. Maybe I won't blog any more tonight. =O
Kiss today goodbye, the sweetness and the sorrow. Wish me luck, the same to you. But I can't regret what I did for love, what I did for love. Look my eyes are dry.
POST 100!
Yes! I actually just hit post 100 on this blog. After two years. XD That's pretty pathetic, but it makes me smile anyway.
*ahem* So... The planning for TAoM is coming along nicely. I did some basic character bios today, so I can keep track of my generally main characters. AC and Rouge got longer, more detailed, full-on biography sheets, but the rest of the characters just need the basics to get them straight in my head. I learnt some interesting stuff about my characters this way, though. Apparently Cassidy grew up in a gang, one of eight children- five of whom died before turning twenty- and has a dead sister called Juliet (I like that name). Casper now has a name (he being the other one of my two male characters, after Chris); Chris is still 2D and boring, but hey, that's just how it goes; Danger has five siblings (which I wasn't aware of until today) and she has a gay crush on AC. Mhmm. Where did THAT come from? Q longs to be noticed by Lyndon, a character I've yet to plan out, and is the super intelligent one (apparently).
This is all good, but I still have the problem of not having enough male characters, and I've yet to come up with characters for the sideshow/carnival that'll be travelling on the quest with them. And, I've not even thought about Rouge's party yet.
...
It doesn't matter. I'm getting there. >D
Also, I'm tired now. Maybe I won't blog any more tonight. =O
We did what we had to do. Won't forget, can't regret what I did for love...
posted by Kitty Taylor at 11:32 pm
4 Comments:
Congrats on your 100th post!
I usually come up with my main characters first. But I wouldn't worry too much about getting everything down now. Sometimes the most interesting things pop up when you start writing.
Good luck with your planning!
I found it interesting to read how much effort you are putting in to your characters. I’ve gone for a description and some general personality stuff and left it at that. I kind of figured that if there’s anything else that needs adding I’ll do it on the fly, but as far as the story goes I’m not sure it matters if the reader knows all that background stuff and it doesn’t matter to me as the author.
I guess I’m creating film characters as the plot is more in line with murder/suspense than anything else.
Oh, and one hundred posts is way more than I’ve done and look how long I’ve been kicking around on the ‘net. It’s not as if I’m even the quiet type. ;)
Oh, and that's Leigh, not home, but for some reason I can now only post with my Google account name. ;)
Hehe, well, I put a lot of effort into my characters because I enjoy it. I love them the most of all the different elements of novel writing, so I invest the most time in them. And I've often been told it pays off, and they're actually quite realistic. I'd like to believe that it's true, too. XD
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