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So I just came off a hellacious couple of weeks (which I will explain properly sometime soon) and I am feeling FREE AS THE WIND BLOWS. Best part? So many of my mental processes have been freed up, and I've been thinking about writing a lot more than I have been lately. Which feels so, so good.
I was thinking of a simple exercise I used to do with writing partners - I was actually telling![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
moonsheen about it the other day - and I thought I'd put it up here so that we all could play.
Here's how it goes: you ask me a question about a writing project, I answer, and ask a question about yours. Simple as that! It could be about a specific project, or something in general (like, say, "Who is your most ____ character?" or something like that.) And the questions can keep going back and forth for as long as you like.
I've always found that it's easier to get enthusiastic about a project and dive right into it when you can share your enthusiasm with someone else. And there are my ulterior motives, of course - I get to find out about everyone else's writing, too.
Just to remind you all, my big projects are:
Completed:
In Descending Order
Grandmaster Draw
In progress:
Catalyst
The Imperial Guard
The Hungry Ground
Possession is Nine-Tenths of the Law
And there are also short stories like "The Mountain Sleeps" (and the not-yet-written universe based around that story), and cowriting and such.
Let's play?
I was thinking of a simple exercise I used to do with writing partners - I was actually telling
moonsheen about it the other day - and I thought I'd put it up here so that we all could play.Here's how it goes: you ask me a question about a writing project, I answer, and ask a question about yours. Simple as that! It could be about a specific project, or something in general (like, say, "Who is your most ____ character?" or something like that.) And the questions can keep going back and forth for as long as you like.
I've always found that it's easier to get enthusiastic about a project and dive right into it when you can share your enthusiasm with someone else. And there are my ulterior motives, of course - I get to find out about everyone else's writing, too.
Just to remind you all, my big projects are:
Completed:
In Descending Order
Grandmaster Draw
In progress:
Catalyst
The Imperial Guard
The Hungry Ground
Possession is Nine-Tenths of the Law
And there are also short stories like "The Mountain Sleeps" (and the not-yet-written universe based around that story), and cowriting and such.
Let's play?
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Date: 2010-04-22 06:29 am (UTC)From:Hm, a lot of stuff, actually. History, religion and their accompanying myths, a commercial on kidnapping, star-gazing, dreams, the behaviours of people and animals, smells, music, plants, artwork, trips/vacations. If there's a specific story or element you're interested in, I might be able to cite particular influences more. *eeks*
Relating to the last question, how do you tend to write your characters' parents? i.e. widowers, single parents, divorcees, remarried, married4life, etc.
I guess I'm on a kinship roll, lawl.