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The question I ended my critique on was "But, is it boring? Because I kind of feel like it is." Since the answer was not an immediate, or even a quick "No, no, it's not boring," (though it was fast enough to avoid awkward silence) I'm going to assume that, yes, it is. Good to know my rudimentary instincts are still intact. Freaking hated the way the style was going in the last draft. I've basically been told to rewrite the whole thing in first person. Which... is exactly what I was going to do anyway. Except I have to do it by next Wednesday. So guess who doesn't have a weekend again? Yay! It is about time I had it hammered into my head that I'm stronger in first person anyway. It's pretty much all I've written in for ages upon ages. But now I've got the question of whether I want to do it in past or present tense. I kind of really like the idea of doing it in present tense, but I have no idea how to make it not sound like... well, bad. So I imagine a few false-start drafts are ahead of me. I'll try not to force them on anyone, though. ... And I'm going to do my best not to think too much about how this will basically be one of the first times I've written a female POV in first person for fiction. I don't know how to think like a girl, darnit!
Random thought, though... I mean, suppose some of it is present-tense stream-of-consciousness or something that she somehow recorded at the time, with her future self providing the backbone. And footnotes. I kind of want to have footnotes now. I'll make this as convoluted as possible. (Dude, what is with me and splitting my characters into two separate people??)
My general writing panic was greatly reduced today, though, in my TV class when I finally hit upon an idea I can live with for my spec script. Now I have to live in fear that it actually not only exists, but will be aired this week (like last week when I decided a Scrubs musical would be a good idea approximately 24 hours before it aired... which is probably a good thing, because trying to write a spec script for a musical episode would be kind of silly. And hard). Of course, I'm going to refuse to share this idea until I have it outlined. Then you guys can all laugh at me or something.
Oh, and whatever demonfiend is responsible for the fact that the UofC has forsaken all forms of salt and vinegar and pickle-flavoured potato chips is on my blacklist now. Grrr. I don't want to have to resort to always making my own potato chips. Because I make them 500% more greasy (and delicious). But it also takes like, an hour. Because I am slow.
Random thought, though... I mean, suppose some of it is present-tense stream-of-consciousness or something that she somehow recorded at the time, with her future self providing the backbone. And footnotes. I kind of want to have footnotes now. I'll make this as convoluted as possible. (Dude, what is with me and splitting my characters into two separate people??)
My general writing panic was greatly reduced today, though, in my TV class when I finally hit upon an idea I can live with for my spec script. Now I have to live in fear that it actually not only exists, but will be aired this week (like last week when I decided a Scrubs musical would be a good idea approximately 24 hours before it aired... which is probably a good thing, because trying to write a spec script for a musical episode would be kind of silly. And hard). Of course, I'm going to refuse to share this idea until I have it outlined. Then you guys can all laugh at me or something.
Oh, and whatever demonfiend is responsible for the fact that the UofC has forsaken all forms of salt and vinegar and pickle-flavoured potato chips is on my blacklist now. Grrr. I don't want to have to resort to always making my own potato chips. Because I make them 500% more greasy (and delicious). But it also takes like, an hour. Because I am slow.
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