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Second Entry. Several Questions...

Johnathan Colourfield

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Time for another entry

 

This one will be an update but also a few questionsfor GA Authors or Members :D

 

Update

 

Well I'm now i'm officially halfway through with Woman's Game. I've gonefrom 16808 words to 18089. Very pleased with myself with that J The story is reallycontinuing and i'm really looking forward to getting Cia's thoughts on it :D Excellent editor and beta. Reccomend her to anyone J Can be harsh, butonly does it for the best :D

 

Angel 3 hasn't gone up as much but i finished the chapter and i'm alsohalfway through with it as well.

 

So that is brilliant.

 

So 3 chapters done andi've gone from 10103 to 10822. A small increase but worth it.]

 

I currently haveFrostina looking at the entire series for me and looking out for the dastardly little things called Plot Holes. And i'm going to do something different frommy norm. I'm going write the rest of the story, primarily based on what ismissing and what my Reader would like to see in it. I love the story and i havethe whole thing planned to the last word but i wanna see what the readers have to say! :D

 

This links into one of my questions J

 

Story Word Count Increase Since The 7th: 2000 Words Exactly ^_^

 

Question Time

 

1) Have you ever loved astory that much, that have never wanted to end it? I mean Angel means alot to me. It was my first 'proper' series on GA andit means alot to quite a few people. The primary inspiration was Nephylim. Shetells such beautiful tales and the stories of her past lives are so fascinatingthat i had to change them into a story.

 

 

2) Leading on from that, Whatinspires you? I find people. What inspires you to write? Irepeat, people inspire me. If i see a story in the street or in my dreams. Theyare usually about real people or people that i have had described to me. Iguess thats why the majority of my stories are so character based. I know otherwriters such as Marzipan or Lugh get inspired by diagram. All i wantto know is how do you get fueled?

 

3) My final question, which is the hardest toanswer. How do you write a good fight scene? I have a bigfight scene coming up in both of my stories and i want to get it right becausei want to do each story justice.

 

So thats it really for today's entry. Feel free toanswer my questions J

 

Signing off for now

 

John xx

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Mark Arbour

Well, I'll tackle questions 2 and 3.

 

2. I do the same thing you do. All of my main characters have been based on people I have known. For example, the character of John Travers in my Bridgemont Series originally derived from a bartender on a cruise ship. He had a "Dutch" nose, and was amazingly handsome. I can't remember the last time I've had that much to drink on a cruise. biggrin.gif The character of Jeff Hayes, from my CAP Series, was inspired by a cousin of mine. Unlike Jeff, he's still alive. Barely. sad.gif

 

3. Get pissed off. I think it's like acting; you have to get into form. I have to be careful to write my fight scenes at night when no one else is up, otherwise my mood might be such that I might make the fight scene real. Another alternative is for me to have a conversation with Myr immediately before writing said scene. biggrin.gif Both are effective.

 

If you're not into it, the fight comes off lame. I think it's also important to stay in character. Some people fight dirty, some people don't fight at all. What is your character like? How will he react to an unpleasant and provocative situation?

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Awww, thanks John! I try never to discourage while still holding my standards and trying to help my authors make their stories the best they can be.

 

As for your questions.

 

1) I don't think so. Usually I have new ideas in my mind and I'm ready to let a story go by the time I get to the end so that I can get on with them. Endings do stress me out though so sometimes I'm reluctant to get to them and stall too much in the middle of a story.

 

2) Inspiration is a tricky thing for me. I can write off of suggestions and prompts but where I actually get a story in my head comes from varied sources. I've gotten an idea from memories, reading a magazine, looking at a picture, reading another story and just, idk, it 'came to me' as I wrote. Sometimes I sit down with a blank document and start typing just to see what will flow. I've added bits and pieces of me and my life to various stories but I do not usually base characters on anyone I know.

 

3) Writing a fight scene is very difficult at times. You need to add in enough movement to let the reader visualize the scene but not make it a blow by blow because that is boring. If you are adding things like, 'He balled up his right fist and threw a punch, striking the left side of the bully's face' well, that doesn't really work. Mixing emotions, actions, and dialogue is the key.

 

'His hands clenched and he glared at MC. "I told you to leave me alone!" He threw a punch, putting all his weight behind it. The impact stung his hand but the satisfaction from finally telling off the bully made it worth it. He glared at the bleeding kid on the ground. "Leave me alone from now on, or else!"

 

Mark's advice about keeping the fight in character with how your character thinks and behaves is just as important. You have to keep the story in character. If the bully is a big guy and the other character is small then it would be unlikely he would knock him down, though he might give him a fat lip or something else you could highlight. You have to take those sorts of things into account.

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