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28 April 2008 @ 12:05 pm
Choices and Chances - weekly w-count - week 4 and some meta  

Firstly the weekly w-count, that is lame this week. Only 4174, but overall I’m still ahead of the goal (which after four weeks is 21000) with 21212. Lovely number, but as you can see my “ahead” is just-just.

Now, two quotes of [info]martyn44  , because they seem to fit together in one general meta.
 

“People like to read about people, at least some of whom they can empathise with” by David Gemmill,
and “I try to create sympathy for my characters, them turn the monsters loose” by Stephen King

And though I think Stephen King meant the outer monsters, I’ll talk about the inner ones.

 


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olga
05 April 2008 @ 08:15 am
What do my characters want?  
So. There was a question on January 6th by [info]astres: Where did the inspiration for your novel come from?  based on a quote of Jack London: "You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club."

It's easy. My inspiration came from Horatio Hornblower movies, and from wonderful performance by Jamie Bamber and Ioan Gruffud. It's that simple. And boy, did I go after it with a club once I saw it! It was a year ago, and it's still fresh, pretty and blossoming!

Then there was another question on January 8th by [info]telscha: "What does your hero want?". And the quote: "First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him!" by Ray Bradbury.

 
With this I'm rather pleased. I knew these reflections would be helpful. :)
 
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olga
03 April 2008 @ 09:13 am
about Forshadowing  

In yesterday’s [info]novel_in_90  word-count post [info]mnfaure  quoted   T.S. Eliot: "In my beginning is my end", and she asked if we try to foreshadow important elements of our ending in our story's opening?
Having thought about it in the hot bath I figured I actually do.

To start off on a funny note, in the first paragraph I said that Cornelius had a clear vision of his future life, which is a pretty obvious forshadowing. Of course Cornelius’s vision will not be realized, instead something completely different will happen. But then, if the UNEXPECTED didn’t happen to our good characters, what would those books be about?

 


There are often good questions asked in those word-count posts, and I remember I wanted to answer to a few of the previous round question in the light of this book. I think I’m going to do that, if time permits.

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