When Characters Have a Mind of Their Own
I’ve been working away on Rome. I had this major big fight scene all planned out but when I started writing it, my heroine took it in another direction. Not that I’m complaining. It came out really cool I think. It just surprised me the direction it took. The outcome of the book will be the same, though.
I’ve adjusted the word meter (yes! it moved!) because I think it’s going to be about 60k instead of 70k . I’m okay with that. Maybe once I go back and make some edits, it will be a little longer. I like the story and I think Elena is kickass.
On another note…got the yoga DVD yesterday in the mail! I took the night off from sitting in front of the computer for four solid hours and actually did 45 minutes of it and um…it hurt. I hope I get better at that. I have lower back pain every month, but after I did the stretching, I felt much better. It really felt good to stretch those back muscles. If I can do it three times a week, I will have super strong legs and a flat tummy. Which rocks.
Lots to do this weekend and the weather is supposed to be nice. Always a plus. TGIF!
Tags: characters, writing, yoga
January 30th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Good for you, on every count!
January 30th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Until a few years ago, I always thought Yoga did not make you sore! Good going on the Rome project. From what I have read so far, it does rock!
January 30th, 2009 at 8:33 am
I’m glad you did it! Hooray! I’m glad you’re writing! Hooray! Don’t you love it when your characters speak to you like that?
January 30th, 2009 at 10:19 am
I love it when my characters lead the scene — though I know it’s really my unconscious. It is my unconscious, isn’t it? I mean, the characters aren’t real, so they can’t tell me what to do. Right?
January 31st, 2009 at 6:04 am
Wow look at you go on the Rome project!