Rolling on the dough
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slmcgaw and then rabiagale, I've narrowed down my playing field to a comfortable dimension. I now have a tentative structure that will allow me to bring in all of the elements that excite me about the location, history, and characters; clearly defined character arcs; and an overarching motif to give the whole the coherency it needed.
Toward the end of our conversation,rabiagale asked me, "Are you always this ambitious?" Yes, I think I am. This time, though, I'm trying not to let the fear of failure confine my ideas and bridle my creativity. But already, even before starting, the certainty that I can't make it work (ie make the final product match the mental dream) is my constant companion in all my research moments.
This afternoon,mana_trini so encouragingly said, "You're insane. What you're proposing sounds so difficult, but I love you because you don't let that insanity brake you." Thank you, love. I think. :-P He then proceeded to say, "You're going to sell this, and then we are going to be so rich. I'm going to have three specialized spearguns and four surf boards and a huge sailboat. Oh man, we're going to be rolling on the dough."
ETA J actually said: "You don't let the FEAR of insanity brake you."
slmcgaw and then rabiagale, I've narrowed down my playing field to a comfortable dimension. I now have a tentative structure that will allow me to bring in all of the elements that excite me about the location, history, and characters; clearly defined character arcs; and an overarching motif to give the whole the coherency it needed.Toward the end of our conversation,
rabiagale asked me, "Are you always this ambitious?" Yes, I think I am. This time, though, I'm trying not to let the fear of failure confine my ideas and bridle my creativity. But already, even before starting, the certainty that I can't make it work (ie make the final product match the mental dream) is my constant companion in all my research moments. This afternoon,
mana_trini so encouragingly said, "You're insane. What you're proposing sounds so difficult, but I love you because you don't let that insanity brake you." Thank you, love. I think. :-P He then proceeded to say, "You're going to sell this, and then we are going to be so rich. I'm going to have three specialized spearguns and four surf boards and a huge sailboat. Oh man, we're going to be rolling on the dough."ETA J actually said: "You don't let the FEAR of insanity brake you."
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Date: 21 Nov 2007 11:31 am (UTC)alternate history set in Babylon, circa 1800s, and will involve archaeology, murder, and the pursuit of justice and identity told by a central narrator whose account is enriched by and dovetails with the legend of Semiramis and the diary and letters of the slain archaeologist.
Not much to do, then. You'll have it finished by the end of the next Ni90 round, I'm sure ;-)
*Added on the edit* And you have a plan! I'm so impressed!
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Date: 21 Nov 2007 11:53 am (UTC)I'm sure planners all over the world would shudder to see what passes for a plan in my book. *lol*
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Date: 21 Nov 2007 12:26 pm (UTC)I'm sure your plan will be just right - the mark of a great plan is flexibility, right?
Mine is so flexible it won't even stand up. Though that might be because I don't have one....
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Date: 21 Nov 2007 12:34 pm (UTC)Well, if I can do some cramming, I could probably be ready to participate seriously again. I was silly to think I could do NaNo and jump in 2/3 of the way into this Ni90 round.
Mine is so flexible it won't even stand up. Though that might be because I don't have one....
*lol* Wanna try to give me a not-blurb? The Maelstrom Dark (is that the title?) has had me curious for a while now. :D
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Date: 21 Nov 2007 07:51 pm (UTC)You set me quite a task there, I had to think about it for a while because I hardly know how to describe it!
Okay. The Maelstrom Dark (yes, that's its working title) is set in ancient Greece - as you've probably guessed from my cries and tantrums.
Everybody knows about Helen of Troy, but not many people remember that she had a twin, Clytemnestra. If they do remember, the only thing they remember, really, is that she and her lover murdered her husband, Agamemnon (victorious leader, king of kings) when he got home from the Trojan War. She's the anti-Penelope, if you like ;-)
I kept wondering why. I knew some of it - the mythology and Aeschylus's tragedy actually tell you - but I wanted to fill in the gaps. It's taken 150K words and it's still not finished, but I'm getting there. Well, I hope I am.
For Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, it's fight to the death. It was from the moment they met, but they didn't really understand that, at first.
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Date: 21 Nov 2007 08:02 pm (UTC)The Maelstrom Dark--me likey mucho!
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Date: 21 Nov 2007 08:53 pm (UTC)Thank you! That's a great relief - I'm hopeless at titles, even working ones. As usual, I had to steal this from someone else *g*
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Date: 22 Nov 2007 05:50 am (UTC)