Okay, 8 months on and i finally got something brewing.
Yes its Something new- no borrowed characters.
Do you know how hard it is to learn how to write your own characters?
Bloody!
Thats how hard!
Anyhoo, my SK training wheels are off, cast away now. And I have tried real hard to remove all images in my head of every book previously read so that i don't just close my eyes and picture one of the many protagonists in my head.
Do you realise how hard
that is!
Bloody!
Thats how hard!
So, this time i really tried- and i think I got something new.
I hope i have something new.
I want to have something new.
Do you want to see if i have something new?
I still have issues with grammar, I realise that and I am trying hard to polish the basics. (School was a long time ago) what i want is someone to look past the dots and the spots, and the squiggly dashes and have a decent look at the story, and maybe tell me if its worth carrying on with this maddening hobby. Because i have no illusions of grandeur here, Its been bloody hard work.Frustration and doubt seems to linger (see previous tantrum!)
So step up - take a swipe, knock me down if you must, but just be honest.(not too honest)
I havent read a book since i began this pilgrimage for fear of copying some other work fresh in my head - but I must admit to having watched reruns of Blake's 7 Lassie and Benji for inspiration.
Whats it about?
Well so far chapters are scattered- 20,000 here 10,000 there a whole book (100,000) that has been chewed up and spat out - (sorry V for making you read that stuff) so bits of stories are lying under my bed in a box marked 'one day' , in numerous files around my screen- hell i even have a note pad in my work van!
Its sci fi , but ive tried to keep away from the science ...And the fiction is as believable as I can make it, so its '
no science un fiction' And tells the tale of two survivors caught up in a pointless war for survival. Robinson Crusoe i hear you cry. And yet there are no coconuts in space! (But there
are cowboys!)
Its POV because im trying to figure out how to write that way convincingly.
Oh, but there is one little thing I pinched from sai King...
Kill your Darlings
So if you are interested in helping me out, I would love any feedback to my first draft opening chapter (8000words) Or if you would just like to laugh and shake your head, feel free-
Dana- no birds are harmed in this story, but I cant promise any other of noahs creatures will escape scot free
Thanks for your time.
Sheemus.
Oh yeh ...the link
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