What did you blog about today?

Juliana said:
Very good, as usual, Jo. :)

And also terrifying, as I'm working on my own book 2 and trying to keep in mind that I need to not only push the story forwards but deal with fallout from book 1 at the same time.
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It's hard. Especially when you leave as much fall out as I did. Learn from my mistakes. Don't totally trash your main character. :D
 
Jo Zebedee said:
I'm writing about some of the themes and writing choices I made with Abendau. Part one, trauma. Since I'm so good at torture. :p

Some of you might be surprised who I focus on. @The Big Peat won't be. :)

JoZebwrites: ON WRITING TRAUMA
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:) I feel sad that it happened to Sonly - but it is a very admirable piece of writing. Also now I feel smart and I like feeling smart :p

Also:

"In fact, the only relationship she copes with easily is with Lichio, the younger brother just as damaged as she is by their history, who supports her pretty much unwaveringly and who seems, on an emotional level, to be the only person she can give as much to as she wants."

My read would be is that it helps that Lichio doesn't want much, that he deliberately keeps distance between himself and others. She's never going to feel guilty about not giving Lichio enough and therefore can give all she's got there. At least, I read that as a facet of it.


I hope that one day I'm brave enough and imaginative enough to go to similar places with my own characters.
 
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AnyaKimlin said:
Am I right in thinking spoilers above ;) ?
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Very light - the blog has a spoiler alert for book one with nothing revealed of book three (except people may not like all the decisions of one character).

@The Big Peat - interesting observations and mightn't be a million miles away. As to characterization - I think they just take time to get to know the characters well enough to know where they're going.
 
Think I'm spoiler free in my post. Well, mostly. Its pretty much there in book 2 anyway.

Jo - A lot of authors have that much time to know their characters and don't go there. Either they don't see it, or they haven't got the guts to do it. Or whatever it is.
 
The Big Peat said:
Think I'm spoiler free in my post. Well, mostly. Its pretty much there in book 2 anyway.

Jo - A lot of authors have that much time to know their characters and don't go there. Either they don't see it, or they haven't got the guts to do it. Or whatever it is.
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Empathy, I've always felt is crucial. What would it feel like to be....? Certainly I fill notebooks on that and plotting (all character led) and about two pages on the world building. Oops :D
 
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