Hannah Steenbock@strangeseawolf #ScribesAndMakers 4/27 #TTMD
So awesome that I can ask you questions today! ❤️
What's the most fun when you're writing?
What makes you very happy?
Strange Seawolf 🕒 CET@Firlefanz You can ask me questions ANYTIME of course, but Yes, it is awesome to have a special day for it. 🙂
I have the most fun writing dialogue, especially bantering. I often snicker at witty comebacks or unexpected turns of a conversation that the other part didn't expect AT ALL. At the moment, in #HeraldPetrel2 I love when Siff and Raffi have a scene with each other, because when Raffi's squirrel brained stream-of-conscious way of talking meets Siff's straightforward way of thinking, the almighty, can-squash-a-squadron-without-blinking Commander suddenly is completely helpless and out of her depth.
A lot of my action and plot develops out of dialogue and my go-to when I am stuck is letting my characters talk to someone. It sometimes leads to a solution and an idea to carry on. Sometimes it just reveals something I didn't know. It doesn't necessarily make it into the story, though.
A lot of things make me happy. Good food and tea. Being on my own. Being with friends. A nice day in the sun. Immersing myself in music. Hitting a good streak in writing so I really get in the "flow". Basically, everything that lets me forget about reality makes me happy.
Yay for dialogue!
I really know how that goes - very often, a throwaway phrase by one of my characters has resulted in a massive plot twist. (Remember the Sky one?)
I can totally see how that would happen for Herald Petrel. It will be so much fun to read Siff and Raffi! Talk about incompatible brains! 🙃
I also hear you on what makes you happy. Definitely anything to escape from the current timeline (I didn't sign up for that!!).
*hugs*
Thank you. 💖