People are so fascinating :D It sounds like you've worked out a method that works for you to allow you to get the stories in your mind own into a readable format. That's awesome. And grats on your additional words!

I wrote this today and I felt like sharing. ( I have not yet edited it.... )

I am fascinated by people as well. I think it is helpful when you are a writer, especially one who writes fiction.

-sighs- A character's hidden need and their personal goal don't have to be the same, right? For some reason, my brain trying to combine the two and I'm struggling to untangle them.

Nope, I don't think they need to be the same at all. Like they could NEED companionship but have a goal of becoming a doctor. Or I'm completely misunderstanding - that's possible too :)

No, that's exactly it. Guess I just needed an example. I couldn't come up with one outside of the realm of the story I am working on so I was just basically going around in circles.

I'm gonna try to get 500 more words in the next hour, but after that I plan to take a look at what you wrote.

Now that I have procrastinated long enough in my wardrobe, I'm back to writing. I even had a flash of brilliance for what to write about right now.

- Ummm not as good as I'd have liked :( my wig experiment failed miserably. The fibres didn't take to the dye at all, so now I might have to buy a red wig to splice together with this one to get the effect I wanted. That kind of put a damper on the whole day, didn't get as much done as I would have liked. Time to write now and keep myself from getting behind again. Maybe I can get more work on the costume done tomorrow. May have gotten myself a second job though, so that is good.

Silent characters are interesting to write about.

Sabrine seems like an adorable little lady who loves her papa... But the fact she said Da threw me a little, pulling me out of the story. I understand that people who are mute can make sounds, but depending upon the cause of her muteness, she may not be able to form that particular sound. Or possibly you meant that she signed Da... Either way, you should probably change the verb "said" once you get into the editing process. :)

I took the time to change my HAs outfit today (techinically) yesterday as well. Hooray for procrastination!

- and might I say your avatars look mighty fine ;)

Oh no! I'm sorry that didn't work out D: Sounds like a very frustrating situation.

I like it! Really enjoying all the red ^^

Thank you! You best stay out of there though. You've got a lot of catching up to do. XD

Honestly though, you might consider a short stroll through the wardrobe... You might find inspiration in there...

"She had grabbed the homemade turkey-feather fascinator and pinned it into her hair. The orange leaves, which had been stolen from the fake flower arrangement above the fireplace, were hot-glued in place and added a splash of color to the otherwise brown and dull palette. It was an unusual choice for a Thursday and she was quite a peculiar sight. However, it was the fact she greeted everyone with an exuberant Ah! Well! I do declare! that drew the most stares. You would have thought it would be the knife, but no, that particular accessory was so outlandish and inconceivable that it went mostly ignored." (Or some other such non-sense... LOL)

I am also sorry that your wig didn't work out. Hopefully your other idea will work out. -nods-

Thank you for the compliment. :)

Excellent XD I like that little snip~

I've written so many things about this particular HA... he's also my on-site RP character. I'm in a group that does some HA-based RP at holidays but particularly at the Masquerade :) Subeta events and having a character that you imagine going through the player bits are also fantastic idea generators imo.

- yes, the wardrobe has some fun stuff in it. My main character pulls a lot of inspiration from subeta items. :)

-rolls around- I've written 34 words today... Thirty fooouuurrr-ah... On the upside my office space is a little more organized.

I'm gonna try to work on my count some more now but I am usually not very productive at this hour.

[edit] Managed just over 300 words in total, most of them within a 15 minute window. I haven't gotten any further in the last hour so I'm giving it up for now. I know exactly what I will be working on this afternoon/evening at least. (Currently my last edit time on here is wrong... I don't know if it correct itself or not. -shrugs and make mental note to check it later-)

Why hello there, week 3 wall~ I can see we are going to be great friends.

I don't feel like writing the scene I'm on, but I also don't know what I'd rather be writing instead. So I'm plugging away at it in the hopes that by following my outline in order I'll have another brainwave and get excited over something again soon.

- No, don't become friends with the wall! Kick it down! Kick it!

I keep skirting around it, but we just keep meeting up at the darnedest places! lol

It doesn't help that right now I have to talk about fishing and free-diving, and until I have the time to really sit and research it, all of this is coming from the BS creation center of my brain XD And that makes me really awkward about it. Add in that I don't like fishing to begin with, and it's all just not very fun to write about. But it's important to the story so it has to be done @ I just amuse myself by trying to at least make the characters interesting to me even if the setting isn't...

I am sorry to hear you have hit a wall... Hopefully you can find some inspiration somewhere. :(

Right now I am working on spicing up some dialogue with more showing and less telling. I finally got around to really looking at a couple of my e-books on the topic and the scene just kinda started playing out like a movie -one that had a mediocre camera man and/or a bad director because some important stuff is missing- but still it's taking shape so I am happy. (If for no other reason than... Word count!)

[edit] Maybe give them a leaky boat or make one of your characters sea-sick... Or maybe make it so one of them has no idea how to get their fishing pole to work... Whether or not it gets include in the final draft, it might be fun to write. -shrugs-

- Yeah, I hate that. I just make shit up and try to remember to go back to it later. That's what's great about magic though, I can say whatever I want about it, and no one can say anything about it cus I created the world! lol. And yeah, fishing is boring, but free diving is kinda cool. My cousins are really big into fishing, but I don't really get it. I also don't like fish, so there is that as well.

- haha, gotta love the crappy b-movie play out of your scenes in your head! Show don't tell is something I struggle with a lot too... but that's for second draft! Stop editing and write you!

Oy! The mental imagery that gave me. -head pops open to reveal an old fashioned projector- "Please, take your seats. The movie is about to begin." LOL I like to work with silly cliches sometimes. They are fun to elaborate on.

I wouldn't call what I am doing right now editing, because that implies I am removing or replacing things. I am playing with imagery and filling in blanks, no word deletion at all. XP

Besides, my "editing" is about take me into a whole new scene. -types away ignoring critics- 😈