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[brigdh]

Current wordcount: 1,467. Going much slower today, alas.

I kept wanting to get to the sex, because they would finally stop talking and writing their circumscript, delicate dialogue kills me. But now that I've managed to get there, I remember: smut is really damn hard to write. And Alec doesn't shut up during sex, so I don't even get to escape from the dialogue.

Things that have happened to me in the last day:

The body of my boots have pulled off from the sole. Considering that these are fairly hard-core hiking books, I can't believe they were defeated by city sidewalks. I don't have the time or inclination to go shoe shopping at the moment, so I've duct-taped it back together. Quite the fashionable look.

It is freezing cold, suddenly. Objectively, I think the temperature's in the low 50s, but as far as I am concerned, this weather necessitates a shirt, hoodie, heavy coat and gloves to go outside. Also, if another table does not clear out soon so that I can move away from the door, I am going to kill someone to claim their space.

LJ is only sending me intermittent comments. Is anyone else having a problem?

...I'm certain I had several other things to say, but I can't remember what they were. Which is what happens when I put off writing a post until I hit certain points in the story.

Comments

[weirdquark]

And Alec doesn't shut up during sex, so I don't even get to escape from the dialogue.

Ha. I have characters like that. I suppose one could escape the dialog during sex by doing a handwaving sort of thing, but that would mean skipping the sex too. Which may or may not defeat the point of the exercise, depending. ::g::

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Hee. I try to give them activities that keep them out of breath (or their mouths full *smirks*), but some characters just do not seem to understand the value of a little peace and quiet.

And skipping the sex would mean losing any worth to the story, since certainly no one's going to read it for the nonexistent plot, so it must be there in all its glory. Complete with dialogue.

[seraphim-12.livejournal.com]

haha, it is soo true, but half the time Alec doesn't even seem to be aware that he is talking. Richard is one very, very patient man, :p

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Richard is insanely patient; you gotta admire the man. Which is nice, because everything he says is so short and self-contained that his dialogue is easy, whereas Alec is way witter than I am, so I'm constantly staring at the screen and trying to think of something funny for him to say.

[weirdquark]

At least with writing you have more time to think of witty things to say -- whenever I've dealt with characters like Alec, I've found that it's not that they're wittier than I am, they just think faster. So hours later days later eventually I come up with the perfect smart-ass thing to say, and it only took them half a second.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

True! I am a much more entertaining conversationalist when I can put off replies until inspiration strikes. When I have to come up with a response on the spot, it is rarely so sparkling.

You know what always bothers me, though? When authors try to write characters who are clearly much smarter than them. Perhaps I'm making assumptions here, and there are people who can pull it off well, but I've been irritated in several books I've read lately when a character was heavily established as being extremely smart, observant, clever, etc, etc, and yet whenever a scene came around in which this could be shown instead of told, the character was unable to make conclusions which were very obvious to the reader. Maybe it's just a pet peeve of mine, but it drives me crazy.

[p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com]

Don't sneer at those city sidewalks: they are not for the faint of heart or sole. I've never lived anywhere else that was as tough on shoes, or feet. I've had several pairs of hiking boots fall apart under the strain.

But at least they hold up for a while. Things like running shoes aren't even worth trying, in my experience; they'll barely give you two weeks.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Really? I never would have guessed. Thank you, though; now when I finally do get around to buying a new pair, I'll know not to go for the pretty ones so much as the boots that will actually hold up.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

You're writing Riverside slash! Hurrah!

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I am! It must be a thing; in all of my fandoms my first or second story has been incredibly explicit porn. Either I'm out to establish my reputation or other people need to start writing the good stuff, so I won't need to write it myself.