PicoWriMo

No new words, but I typed up a previously written scene, which is progress in my eyes. If I go on like that, I might post the finished chapter tomorrow. *fingers crossed*

Excerpt:

In the interrogation room of the ARC Jack leaned back in his chair and watched the young man sitting on the other side of the table with detached interest.

Ethan Dobrowski – or, apparently, Patrick Quinn – was a personable young man in his early thirties – or so it seemed. But there was something in his eyes that belied the pleasant mask he was wearing.

Something that painfully reminded Jack of his own brother: a lingering madness, born from some deep trauma.

Something that made him doubt if there would be any reasoning with the young man.

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Good progress! Nice snip there. I like the picture of Jack, trying to remain neutral, aloof in the face of a painful reminder of his brother. Very nice.

Good luck with finishing the chapter!

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Thank you. Chronologically, this story is supposed to take place after Season 2 of Torchwood, only that I refused to kill off Tosh and Owen. So yeah, Jack already had to face his brother and the vengeful acts of said brother and can better understand Ethan's motivations than anyone else, I think.

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Yes, Jack would know about that...

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He would, the poor thing, wouldn't he?

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Well if he can't reason with him, he'll have to trick him out of the information he needs... Nice snippet!

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And Ethan wouldn't like it. Jack isn't one to take prisoners...

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Very interesting comparison.

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The parallels surprised me a great deal when I watched Season 4 of Primeval.

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I hadn't thought about it. Cool.

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A few days ago I mentioned scribbling a less-than-flattering description of a character Fandom Loves But I Don't as literary therapy :) The thing is, when I read it again, I decided that the version of him I see (which to be fair isn't honestly as bad as the therapy scribble, but is a shabby-virtues/shabby-vices sort of thing) would make a pretty good character in his own right. As a necromancer. Who isn't as good as he thinks he is. And has more than a touch of pecksniffery in him as well. But looks like the good guy (okay, in a hatchet-faced and skin-the-colour-of-undercooked-porridge way, can you tell he's not my type?)

So I spent some time creating said necromancer.

{sigh} I do have several characters who would make for a lovely fantasy story if I could come up with a plot...

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Oh gosh, this necromancer sounds like a really good character!

Let your characters roam free in the ether for awhile, and while you imagine more about them, I'll bet you'll start getting ideas for a plot to put them in!

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At the minute they are sitting at a table drinking the fantasy equivalent of tea and simply looking at me... which, when you think of it, is how a lot of my stories go :)

By the way, may I friend you?

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Sorry for the slow reply, I am finally getting caught up with comments! RL has taken over lately:)
Absolutely, you can friend me, and I will friend you!

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Haha, I loved the description! Your descriptions are always for the win. If you'd like to swap plot ideas, do PM me and we can discuss the possibilities. I love those sorts of discussions.

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If I get some inspiration, I may run it past you. At the minute, there are three characters having a faux-fantasy tea break on me :(

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Maybe if you ask them they'll tell it to you?

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My characters rarely actually talk about doing things. That's why most of my fanfic was always dialogues and vignettes.

Apparently part of the writing unit I am studying will be about plotting... I hope it will help.

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Darn.

Good luck then.

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Agree with everyone else, what an interesting sounding character, such possibilities! Plots are hard--get him into some trouble and see what happens :)

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I think the fans of the original character would not be impressed, but I'm liking him.

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750 new words today. The story is taking shape. Finally, something has clicked.

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Go you!

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Yay!

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Thanks! Since that ray of hope, things have been going up and down, but overall, slowly onward and upward:)

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That's a major set of words! It feels good when it clicks, doesn't it!

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It was a good feeling, for sure. Since then I've been back to floundering around but I think I've gotten a new direction over the past couple of days so... why not wander somewhere else for a while and see if things look better from over there!

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That's a good total :)

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Thanks! Things are still not right with the way I'm going about this story, but eventually one of these efforts is going to help fit things together.

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Not much done over the weekend, but working pretty steadily the last two days. Struggling a bit with the middle of the story... I have all the elements but it's still a bit plodding; looking for something clever to give it a little more zip. I'm letting it sit for now to work on the ending which is shaping up fairly well. It's not much of an Easter story, but it does have rabbits... of a sort ;)

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Rabbits are good. *g*
Also, letting the thing sit for a while is good, too. It's a bit like making yeast dough — you need to give it the time to rise on its own. ;))

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Yes, when I come back, it's a lot easier to see where the fat needs to be trimmed and that always helps!

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Steady work is good.

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That's always tough when you have the plot and writing but it just isn't what you want... hope you get inspired with the zip you want :)

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Ooooh, it sounds like things are coming along nicely!

I can't wait to see what 'rabbits... of a sort' means:)

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