Something's on the move

[hawkwing_lb]

I have written on the short story as far as it is willing to go with me tonight, I fear. 896 words. Now all I need is some plot, a wee bit of theme and a smattering of vision, and it might just become something. ::shoves story back down to back of mind to simmer some more::

It is doing the untitled thing to me... though it might well already have a title: "Shadow on the Gulfs" is the one that's swimming around in my head at the minute. I'm usually crap at titles, so that may change... Maybe.

Much weirdness in this story. Also, why are all my characters either: a) assassins; b) violent war-type people; c) criminal; d) insane or badly traumatised; e) all of the above; or f) boring? Not that I'm, you know, worried about the answer or anything.

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[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

Also, why are all my characters either: a) assassins; b) violent war-type people; c) criminal; d) insane or badly traumatised; e) all of the above; or f) boring?

Sounds like fun! Except for the boring one. But you can kill him.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

Also, why are all my characters either: a) assassins; b) violent war-type people; c) criminal; d) insane or badly traumatised; e) all of the above; or f) boring? Not that I'm, you know, worried about the answer or anything.

Or it could just be the stuff your brain is trying to work out, to understand, to get a grip on because it's so different. ;-) I used to have quite a lot of rogues floating around my head, back when I was in college. Now my characters are older, more cynical, and less "black-and-white". Life has its ways of smoothing one's rough edges, or such.

Use the edginess while you've got the energy and write up all those errant rogues and madmen (or women) while they're popping up. You never know when your subconcious will shift over to Grandma Next Door (with A History, of course). ;-)