WIP Challenge: Day 21, Wednesday

[enemytosleep]

Another day has come and gone, so now it's time to check in. \o/



How many new words did you write today? Did you reach your goal? Were you editing instead? Researching? Or was today a day of rest?

...and today's discussion topic:

One of my favorite aspects of reading fanfiction is witty dialogue. I know I strive to keep the dialogue in my own work fresh and natural for the characters involved, and I find it one of the best ways to include a bit of comedy. How do you handle dialogue? Is it something that comes naturally? Or do you struggle to find the character's voice and have it sound like them (and not you instead)? Share some snippets of dialogue, ask questions, or offer tips!

Comments

[enemytosleep]

Sensei is going to have quite the jar collection what with me and you and a few others. XD Are there any writing warms ups you can try? Sometimes I do the thing where you put an iPod/music player on shuffle and write a drabble during each song that palys, ending when the song ends (so you have to move quickly). There's also Written? Kitten!, where writing words gets you adorable kittens. :D I'm going to try Written? Kitten! again tomorrow - tonight got eaten up by a last minute beta request. ^^;

[insignia]

I'm looking into some ways to motivate myself again. Writing to songs might work--if I can refrain from turning every plot bunny into a sprawling epic--but Written? Kitten! isn't for me (although I do like the idea). I think my main problem is that I've got stuck in destructive thought patterns, and keep trying to bend my writing methods into unnatural shapes--and oh god, that came out sounding more pretentious than I intended! X-D I just mean I have these old ideas of what should work, even though it really doesn't, that I keep slipping back to +_+

[enemytosleep]

Another thing I do a lot is ask my f-list to give me prompts (one time I even made them all gratuitous self-inserts, haha) to write some crap under f-lock that gets me moving again. \o/

[insignia]

Prompts are the last thing I need. Seriously. Every new idea is another story I'll feel bad about not being able to write. I have to limit what I already have, not look for more ._. Yeah, my problems are ridiculous. I know.