I've had characters who feel completely whole and real, yet I still wasn't sure they'd be able to hold up a novel, and characters I did have to prod along, the poor little Frankensteins. But I spend the most time thinking about the characters I abandoned, the ones who did nothing wrong, who might have held up, and yet I dropped them anyway; I think of them abandoned where I left them, shipwrecked on a deserted island or waiting for a cancer scan to come back, trapped in both time and place, and I FEEL SO BAD.
Jun 8, 2023Liked by Andromeda Romano-Lax, Caitlin Wahrer
Thank you so much for sharing your experience! As I head into another rewrite (hahahahah it's fine), I find I'm craving more stories like this where the writing process pans out differently than expected. And I agree characters are real. I only wish sometimes mine were real enough for me to tell them EXACTLY how I feel about them lol
Jun 8, 2023Liked by Andromeda Romano-Lax, Caitlin Wahrer
ooooh this is so good! And honest. And I know all too well beating my head against a wall and thinking this should be the book, nope this, nope this. I love where you're at, and that you've committed to the summer and that you're going to invest those months and see where it goes. I hope you and this manuscript have such a great summer it gives you a UTI.
I've had characters who feel completely whole and real, yet I still wasn't sure they'd be able to hold up a novel, and characters I did have to prod along, the poor little Frankensteins. But I spend the most time thinking about the characters I abandoned, the ones who did nothing wrong, who might have held up, and yet I dropped them anyway; I think of them abandoned where I left them, shipwrecked on a deserted island or waiting for a cancer scan to come back, trapped in both time and place, and I FEEL SO BAD.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience! As I head into another rewrite (hahahahah it's fine), I find I'm craving more stories like this where the writing process pans out differently than expected. And I agree characters are real. I only wish sometimes mine were real enough for me to tell them EXACTLY how I feel about them lol
ooooh this is so good! And honest. And I know all too well beating my head against a wall and thinking this should be the book, nope this, nope this. I love where you're at, and that you've committed to the summer and that you're going to invest those months and see where it goes. I hope you and this manuscript have such a great summer it gives you a UTI.