An "Oh no..." Moment
I just had one. I'm talking about writing now. Creative process. I'm still polishing up a few scenes of The Other Lands
, adding a bit here and there. I just two minutes ago wrote a line in which one character defines the relationship he/she has to another character. It was an innocuous enough line, I thought. But the moment after I wrote it I realized it's a line that announces that character's eventual death!
Ah... I didn't mean it. It just happened. This bit of fate won't come into play until the third book, but still, the seed is planted in fertile ground. It can't help but grow. There's not a thing I can do about it...
, adding a bit here and there. I just two minutes ago wrote a line in which one character defines the relationship he/she has to another character. It was an innocuous enough line, I thought. But the moment after I wrote it I realized it's a line that announces that character's eventual death!Ah... I didn't mean it. It just happened. This bit of fate won't come into play until the third book, but still, the seed is planted in fertile ground. It can't help but grow. There's not a thing I can do about it...
Labels: Creative Process
posted by David Anthony Durham at
2:06 PM
9 Comments:
"It was an innocuous enough line, I thought. But the moment after I wrote it I realized it's a line that announces that character's eventual death!"
SPOILERS!!!111
Meghan,
Wait, you don't mean that's a spoiler, do you? I haven't said anything just whom I'm talking about, and I'd to think that a reader won't even notice when they reach that point in the book. It's just that I, as the writer, see that in the line there is the coded language of a bad rune throw...
Of course, you know that characters in my books will die. That's a given...
I think Meghan was just pointing out your Evilness in teasing us. *g*
Hey, some of us always look for hidden meanings in what we read. it's cool when it all comes together like that. Even when someone has to die...
I note that Evilness is with a capital E. I like that...
Oh Lord, don't tell me Corrin lives THAT long!!! ;)
Manomanomanoman I cannot wait this longgg! :-) I can't even imagibe who it is, but I'm actually hoping it's not Corrin; she's an incredible character!
Some hate her...
Some love her...
Perfect. :)
"You die, she dies ... EVERYbody dies." - Heavy Metal
Well, as I said to someone the other day, the resolution to a story need not be happy, as long as it is satisfying.
Paranoyd,
There may come a day when I'll be quoting you on that...
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