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The next scene to rewrite doesn't just need a simple swap of narrator. Everything in the first draft is wrong and there are many red scribbles.
Nisaba give me strength.
#PennedPossibilities 1056 Does your MC have any beliefs, and have they ever been challenged? What risks have they taken based on said beliefs?
I have to write a scene in which Cherie responds to being accused of leading a cult soon, so this can be a draft in a sense.
She and Valerie believe in love above all else, and value family (not necessarily by birth) first and romance second. They use meditation to train themselves in experiencing reality as directly as possible, and are teetotalers. They want to be without prejudice when listening to what their loved ones tell them, and they want to be without distracting thoughts so they can be ready to physically protect them. They reject the concept of compromise -- when they appear to tolerate something they disagree with, it means they've decided leading by example is more effective to change the other person than conflict is.
The main challenge: when they were teenagers, their parents neglected them because of a drug addiction. Their parents got clean, a dealer gave them drugs again, one of the twins murdered that person. They fled to Europe and only had each other to rely on for some years. The whole experience made the vague beliefs they already had extreme and uncompromising.
#WritersCoffeeClub 28/6: Can a reader ever truly feel what a writer felt while writing?
Yeah, just mash your fingers on a keyboard for a few hours!
Serious answer: the feelings will be different reading the first time because I know what everything means and what will happen next. A second read might feel more similar, and I try to write in such a way that details will amuse a reader who already knows the whole story.
Feelings might be most similar when I sit and imagine before I start writing. That's more chaotic than the fixed final plot, though.
#PennedPossibilities 1055 Does your MC consider themself to be a professional? Of what?
Charlotte considers herself a professional lawyer. She is proud of working hard and doing things the right way.
Doc used to consider herself a professional medical doctor until she figured out she was working for evil. Now she considers herself someone who bends the rules. Lina is similar as a lawyer.
The others who are proud of their work would consider it an awkward concept. Would they be held to standards invented by someone else? Is it professional to allow your kid sister to come with you to places where monsters are, even if you're certain she can keep herself safe?
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My name is Flora. You might also know me as @gooseliketyping .
I'm working on a queer postapocalyptic horror novel. If you follow this account, you will receive chatter about that and about writing in general.
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