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[truepenny]

I think (she said cautiously) that I've found the answer to the character/world-building problem I was bitching about on Saturday.

shivasaavik asked in the comments if I found I had to write the nonviewpoint characters to get their motivations worked out, to which my answer was yes and no. I don't, mercifully, have to write the actual scenes, but I have found that writing out what I'm thinking is frequently the only way to get anything moving--my theory is that it gives me the illusion of a dialogue. (Actual dialogue with matociquala also helps greatly, but there comes a point in every problem-solving process where it's really just down to me and my backbrain, two falls out of three.) This time, it manifested in the form of a Q&A session--and devolved slighlty into a press conference, with the reporters heckling the poor spokesperson and asking three questions at once.

But like I said, I think it worked.

Comments

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should clone matociquala and sell her as a writing aid. There is money to be made there.

[oracne.livejournal.com]

I have found that writing out what I'm thinking is frequently the only way to get anything moving--my theory is that it gives me the illusion of a dialogue.

Yes. That is one thing I've become convinced of, after keeping this journal for so long. Which is why I will sometimes post rambling streams of consciousness.

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Would we have to clone her animals, too, though? For maximum effectiveness?

[necessaryspace.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it worked out and hopefully your characters didn't drive you to crazy in the process. =)