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janetlinArgh, updating my word count from the web browser on my phone doesn't work! So I was "low" yesterday but didn't make the same mistake tonight and have a few hundred worth of cushion. Am now at 7k-something. Woot!
Today I discovered one of my characters has a name, and not the one who previously gave me her first initial. I have a woman named Dina. (Does that look like "dee-na" or "dye-na" to you? Should I tweak with the spelling so it's more apparent or leave it as is since that's the way she told it to me?)
I also now have a tentative cheesy title: In the Beginning. Told you it was cheesy. I'm praying for something better to come along soon.
And I found a bit of a foil for my Mage/Mad Scientist who showed up in the guise of MacGyver and/or the Doctor: the Green Man. He comes across as a sort of crazy hippie and looks like Billy Connolly. *facepalm* And, I'm a little bit nervous that him being so much older doesn't bother me as far as my precious DNA pool goes. Those are some scenes I will _not_ want to write. Also he might have a thing for Dina, so... I might have to write them anyway. *double facepalm*
I came up with a fantastic end for my first chapter but am now kind of stuck how to start the second one, so resorted to skipping around in time doodling out some of the group conversations these people are going to have, like "Why does _she_ get to dictate usage of the medical supplies just because she's knocked up?" - my placeholder name for that character is B*tch. It makes me giggle to see it used in conversation like a proper name.
So yeah, with the notable exception of Dina, these 7,000+ words are curiously lacking in proper nouns. So weird for me because names are usually such a big thing and so I tend to figure them out first. This story is breaking all my rules.
And I kind of dig it.
Today I discovered one of my characters has a name, and not the one who previously gave me her first initial. I have a woman named Dina. (Does that look like "dee-na" or "dye-na" to you? Should I tweak with the spelling so it's more apparent or leave it as is since that's the way she told it to me?)
I also now have a tentative cheesy title: In the Beginning. Told you it was cheesy. I'm praying for something better to come along soon.
And I found a bit of a foil for my Mage/Mad Scientist who showed up in the guise of MacGyver and/or the Doctor: the Green Man. He comes across as a sort of crazy hippie and looks like Billy Connolly. *facepalm* And, I'm a little bit nervous that him being so much older doesn't bother me as far as my precious DNA pool goes. Those are some scenes I will _not_ want to write. Also he might have a thing for Dina, so... I might have to write them anyway. *double facepalm*
I came up with a fantastic end for my first chapter but am now kind of stuck how to start the second one, so resorted to skipping around in time doodling out some of the group conversations these people are going to have, like "Why does _she_ get to dictate usage of the medical supplies just because she's knocked up?" - my placeholder name for that character is B*tch. It makes me giggle to see it used in conversation like a proper name.
So yeah, with the notable exception of Dina, these 7,000+ words are curiously lacking in proper nouns. So weird for me because names are usually such a big thing and so I tend to figure them out first. This story is breaking all my rules.
And I kind of dig it.
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Date: 2009-11-06 02:22 am (UTC)Keep writing!
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Date: 2009-11-09 07:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-09 07:13 am (UTC)Also, I must mention, I absolutely love these posts. Your brain is a complex machine, madam.
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Date: 2009-11-09 07:24 am (UTC)And thank you. :D