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Becky ([personal profile] sarashina) wrote2010-03-27 06:30 pm
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[Writing filter] Kickstart my creative drive?

It's spring break! And I have decided that it shall be a spring break for WRITING. I can't let my less-than-stellar RL luck put a damper on fun fantasy times.

Here's what I'd like to play around with:

1. Cowriting projects that I've been too stressed to contribute to lately
2. Finish that last chapter of Imperial Guard book 1 so I can set it aside for a bit to let stew, and then retool. (Poor Imperial Guard. It goes through so many iterations.)
3. And most importantly, START NEW THINGS. :D

That's where I need your help. I feel like shopping around a little bit, playing with as many new things as possible. I wrote a page of The Hungry Ground earlier, and I've got some other potential projects: Possession is Nine-Tenths of the Law, a YA paranormal/urban fantasy set in Tokyo, and that middle-grade Stranger Than Fiction-esque project I've played around with before. But I want to take a few more things for a test drive to see what grabs me the most at the moment.

There's a certain prompt that I've had a lot of success with - it started both Catalyst and Grandmaster Draw, so I want to give it a go again. Could you guys comment with two different adjectives? I'll try writing a scene with two characters that those adjectives fit, and I'll see where that leads. :D

[identity profile] quatredeathlady.livejournal.com 2010-03-27 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Enjoy your spring break of writing! XD

And here are my two adjectives:
distinct
expansive

[identity profile] glass-icarus.livejournal.com 2010-03-27 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
1. liminal
2. subterranean

[identity profile] inarticulate.livejournal.com 2010-03-27 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
1. translucent
2. quaint

[identity profile] woodburner.livejournal.com 2010-03-27 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
1) Green
2) serpentine

[identity profile] lacunarity.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
1. incandescent
2. hungry

[identity profile] evilsimon.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
1) horrible
2) marvelous

[identity profile] noelleno.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Contradictory
Obtuse

[identity profile] sandvich.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
1. astute
2. eldritch

[identity profile] cerine.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
As I said before, enjoy your vacation. <3

For the second part:
- sapient
- derisory

[identity profile] ivory-and-horn.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
My own spring break turned out be kind of a bust, writing-wise, so I hope yours fares better! <3 Oh, and adjectives --

Despondent
Chthonic

[identity profile] moonlitsiren.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
I'm really excited to read Possession~ I remember reading a little tidbit of it ages ago and it really piqued my interest<3

I'm not really good at this, but the last time I played Apples to Apples I ended up with "cute" and "cruel".

[identity profile] ruecian.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Sullen
Boundless

[identity profile] lady-tigerfish.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Way late to the party, but I wanted to let you know I'm watching Mushishi (finally), and my jaw has consistently dropped. Talk about effective character and story development within a short time frame @_@ Even the weaker episodes I've seen, I've gotten invested in--and with this series, "weak" is relative.

Subtle and efficient. Since we're on the subject.