@the-wip-project Day 42

@the-wip-project Day 42

What’s an an old idea that you’ve discarded?

The honest truth is that there are actually 5 wips in my greenhouse.

Two of them have made their way out of it straight to the main house, in full daylight, to be pampered, watered, nurtured into growth. One of these is already the size of a monstera, the other is giving me nice and healthy stems :)

There are three left. One is a single stem, green and proud but barely an inch tall. I started writing it, erased, rewrote, erased, rewrote. But the whole plot is planned out in my mind; the moodboard has been ready for ages (one of the first thing I did when the idea budded) and I know I'm attached to it. I just can't write it, for some obscure reason, but I can't discard it either. There's another that hasn't made it to my computer yet, but has remained there, in its earthy, seemingly barren pot. I water it once in a while, the roots look healthy still. I don't know what to do with this one.

Finally, there's this dry heap of dust, with a withered, blackened stem jutting akimbo in the middle. I haven't tended that one in years and I'm ashamed to say, I'm letting it die. I initially wanted to adapt an old classic play, "Les Fâcheux" ("The Bores" in English, I think) So classic and old that hardly anybody knows it in my country, despite having been written by Molière. I came across it while tidying up my bedroom at my mom's and read it. The language is dated, but the idea is funny. Set in a modern setting, I used to think it could be a fun read. It narrates the day of the protagonist, determined to propose the love of his life despite her tutor's objection. He's on his way to fulfill his goal at all costs, but is constantly hindered by a series of drags, bothering him with various topics.

Even now as I write it, I seriously doubt the actual fun in that plot, just as I doubt my skill in making it funny :\

Canon laws change (and nobody tells me)

@the-wip-project Day 33

What kind of gestures are your characters often using?

When I read the question today, the answer had been immediate. "Of course, they both typically do this and that!", all the more so since these gestures come directly from canon and it is commonly expected to see them appear in fanfic. Not that it is a hard rule, mind, but still, they do appear on a regular basis (besides, I find these gestures lovely and so in-character that I transpose them into my writing without a second thought)

And yet, I should have had this second thought because, as I was looking for this canon material to complete this post and hand in my homework like the serious girl I am, I've come to realise that these gestures have become rarer in canon! Like, whaaaaaaatt 😲? Where's my favourite tongue-in cheek?

One of them is famous for rolling his tongue against his cheek to show a certain degree of confusion, to the point of annoyance even. He can also be caught rubbing his nape whenever he's embarrassed or flustered .

The other character also does something out of reflex (which the other character never fails to make fun of) in the way he brushes his hair back and parts it sideways. He's also often caught licking his lips all. the. time.

I still use these gestures in my fics, but maybe it's a sign that I should let them go...

what she says: I’m a plantser :)

what she means: I like to know the bare bones and the major plot points before I start writing, but figure out the details as I go along

what she really means: I can’t write unless I know what’s going to happen, but I can’t figure out what’s going to happen unless I write but I can’t write unless 

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@the-wip-project Day 36

The relationships you write, what kind of power-dynamics do they tend to have?

Thank you for this fascinating question ☺️ It has had me thinking a lot lately since I had never given the topic any thought since I started writing. And it particularly comes on point as I'm trying to figure out the dynamics of wip 2.

I noticed that, generally, the relationships my plots revolve around follow the same kind of pattern of communicating vessels. I'm not sure this image actually exists in the English language, but the idea is that each character possesses something (a quality, a trait of their personality, a personal situation) the other needs in order to grow or to achieve a more fulfilling sense of self, whether they're aware of it or not.

The plot helps them reveal those needs, deal with this new awareness while at the same time, debating whether they want to do down that lane or not. It's never an easy journey, not is it linear. Bumps and U-turns happen, and because I generally focus on one character's pov, the reader has to wait for the final revelation to understand that this process has gone both ways.

For the current wip, I'm debating over that question and wondering if I'm not going to disclose both points of view alternatively and let the reader see the dynamics evolve simultaneously. They would observe how the confident and bratty character's world is going to shift on its axis just as much as the one of the reserved character; how both will see their boundaries pushed back to uncharted territory. The insecure one will willingly step in the unknown and find a purpose while the confident one will actually end up not knowing where to go after having led the way at the beginning.

Power shifts is what I love to read, and write 😊

🙃 ok jimin