I’m Ready For My Close-Up, Japh
So the fifth Valentine book? 4K words yesterday, most of them good. I got to do the hovertrain fight scene and break McKinley’s ribs. (I love hurting my characters so good.) Today we’re up for betrayal, more betrayal, blackmail…and possibly, just possibly, the Last Showdown. Or I might write the Showdown tomorrow.
All of which is wonderful, except a certain demon keeps whispering inside my head. Steak. Raw, very raw. And you want to listen to flamenco music and sappy love songs. You know you do. Let me tell you about Hell.
Shut up, Japhrimel.
It’s sometimes annoying, having a character in one’s head. One of my writing buddies used to write fanfic, and she would take Severus Snape with her to the grocery store. Another gets awakened by her characters pacing. We regularly bemoan characters interfering with our mental space. I play music for mine, interview them, block out fight scenes with them. They tend to take on a life of their own, these little people in our heads.
I sincerely hope I am not crazy. I don’t feel truly crazy, but I do feel sometimes not-quite-right, especially when a character is Demanding Things and I step back, taking a look at this mad woman with her tangled hair, talking in a low tone to someone nobody else can see, obsessively playing music with themes of love and loss, and occasionally laughing maniacally while she hunches over a keyboard, moving lives on the chessboard of the page.
Okay. So I do feel crazy. So what? It’s a good crazy. There are people who share it, and if the result is a novel or two, I’m happy.
So. Steak, raw. And flamenco music.
Come on, demon. Tell me what happens next. I dare you.
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February 21st, 2007 at 4:49 pm
“…And you want to listen to flamenco music and sappy love songs. You know you do. Let me tell you about Hell.” _Japhrimel
The more I hear from him, the more I like him
February 21st, 2007 at 5:04 pm
well i have to say your not crazy, i also have a character or two running threw my head telling me their stories. my parents tend to think i’m a little off the wall but i like it cause it means i’m diffrent. out of five friends i have that love to make stories i’m the only one who has a character in my head telling me the story. my english teacher also told me it might be because i have an over active imagination and maybe i do. and i’ll agree that they can get anoying, mine tend to keep going and never stop till one or twoin the morning which really sucks cuz i wake up at six to get to school and have history and math my first two periods and i dont really wake up till 4th period. one of the upsides though is i never get bored of the stories they tell:)
good luck with your stories and enjoy life and all the joy it brings.