Pesky forums
Well, I've spent a lot more time hanging out on the NaNo forums than I have plotting or developing my story...sigh, the total lack of self control that is me procrastinating!
At any rate, at 8 p.m. on Sunday I'm finally sitting here in front of this computer, thinking on my story, and trying to sort through issues that have presented themselves with plot and believability (for instance - is the mother a legal resident of the US? if so, what sort? if not, does this change the way the police investigate?).
None of the names I found during my research are really jumping out at me at this point, so perhaps I need to keep searching on that, as well.
This story is very emotional, and that's my focus at this point. Conveying the emotions properly, drawing the reader in and making them really care for this girl, her mother, the entire scene. An abandoned child draws on the heart strings naturally, but the reader has to really want to find out what happened to her, how she ended up that way.
It's an interesting challenge, and one I'm kind of excited to take on.
At any rate, at 8 p.m. on Sunday I'm finally sitting here in front of this computer, thinking on my story, and trying to sort through issues that have presented themselves with plot and believability (for instance - is the mother a legal resident of the US? if so, what sort? if not, does this change the way the police investigate?).
None of the names I found during my research are really jumping out at me at this point, so perhaps I need to keep searching on that, as well.
This story is very emotional, and that's my focus at this point. Conveying the emotions properly, drawing the reader in and making them really care for this girl, her mother, the entire scene. An abandoned child draws on the heart strings naturally, but the reader has to really want to find out what happened to her, how she ended up that way.
It's an interesting challenge, and one I'm kind of excited to take on.
posted by Crysta at
7:59 PM
4 Comments:
Yeah, the forums are an excellent way to suck up your time. I'm going to have to forcibly pry myself away from it come November.
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Sya, at 8:47 PM
I've always wanted to write a Latina into one of my stories so I could use the name Lourdes.
I like the idea of finding an abandoned child as a hook into the story. I probably wouldn't follow the real, inspiring event too closely, though, and come up with my own reasons for why she's there The possibilities are tantalyzing!
Good luck!
By
Russ, at 2:54 PM
Wow. Sounds almost like something my high school english teacher made us read (in terms of depth, not that its been done before).
By
Skolor, at 4:27 PM
Faith is spiritualized imagination.
Henry Ward Beecher- Posters.
By
Blog World, at 12:47 PM
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