Lourie Nolan's Blog - Posts Tagged "submitting"
Can't Sleep...
I spent most of the day yesterday bleeding Justin and Kirsten into book 11. I saved my progress on "Submitting", closed my laptop, and went to be at 10:00pm last night. By 4:30am I was sitting at my computer again while Justin and Kirsten take turns flowing out of my head and into book 11.
These two characters have so much to teach one another about life and love... It's hard to step away from them. Writing about them is so much fun. They have quickly become my favorite couple so far. Their personalities clash and mesh at the same time.
At one point yesterday I spent about 30 minutes excitedly explaining to my hubby, how the dynamics of these two play out through all of the stories so far, bringing them to where they are now... and how we get to see sides of them no one knew existed in the first two series. (even me!) He's all "Yes Dear" as he glances away from his video game for a few seconds to placate me.
Men just don't get it. :p
These two characters have so much to teach one another about life and love... It's hard to step away from them. Writing about them is so much fun. They have quickly become my favorite couple so far. Their personalities clash and mesh at the same time.
At one point yesterday I spent about 30 minutes excitedly explaining to my hubby, how the dynamics of these two play out through all of the stories so far, bringing them to where they are now... and how we get to see sides of them no one knew existed in the first two series. (even me!) He's all "Yes Dear" as he glances away from his video game for a few seconds to placate me.
Men just don't get it. :p
Insanity...
I have begun to wonder if writing requires a certain level of insanity. I'm not sure if it's normal for a person to create fictional characters in the mind... give them childhoods and back stories so that they have 'issues' to overcome, introduce them to other characters you have created... make them fall in love and have wild monkey sex... create hardships and turmoil for them overcome together... and all while developing a real fondness for them.
Then again... wasn't that the whole purpose behind playing with barbie dolls and army men as kids?
Maybe writers are just people who never grow out of that phase...
Whatever the case, I am finding myself feeling a level of sympathy for authors who kill off long-term characters. It never occurred to me before I started writing The Deep End collection... but I can't imagine killing off those people.
I may decide to do that before the entire collection is complete... but I can tell you it will not be an easy story to write.
Then again... wasn't that the whole purpose behind playing with barbie dolls and army men as kids?
Maybe writers are just people who never grow out of that phase...
Whatever the case, I am finding myself feeling a level of sympathy for authors who kill off long-term characters. It never occurred to me before I started writing The Deep End collection... but I can't imagine killing off those people.
I may decide to do that before the entire collection is complete... but I can tell you it will not be an easy story to write.
Submitting
Book 11 of The Deep End series is now in the editing phase. I love writing these books and the characters have become part of my world. Sometimes that's good... and other times that's bad.
In order to make a story interesting, beloved characters must experience hardship and pain at some point and work their way through adversity. I'm finding it more and more difficult to place my characters into troublesome situations and create strife and heartbreak for them. It sounds silly, I know... but it's true.
In book 11 - "Submitting", I have two characters who are very different people... with very different back stories. What they have in common... is they are both control freaks... and they are in love.
As you can imagine... this makes for a lot of conflict... and heartache as they struggle over who will submit symbolically... and who will submit in reality.
In the end... I think the only one who is truly going to have to submit to these two... is ME!
In order to make a story interesting, beloved characters must experience hardship and pain at some point and work their way through adversity. I'm finding it more and more difficult to place my characters into troublesome situations and create strife and heartbreak for them. It sounds silly, I know... but it's true.
In book 11 - "Submitting", I have two characters who are very different people... with very different back stories. What they have in common... is they are both control freaks... and they are in love.
As you can imagine... this makes for a lot of conflict... and heartache as they struggle over who will submit symbolically... and who will submit in reality.
In the end... I think the only one who is truly going to have to submit to these two... is ME!
