WIP Challenge - Check In Day 23 - Tuesday

[the_rck]

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Today I

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planned
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

wrote
2 (66.7%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

edited
0 (0.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

rested
0 (0.0%)

did something else
1 (33.3%)

The way I feel about that is

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Mean: 7.67 Median: 9 Std. Dev 2.62

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
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4		1 (33.3%)
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8		0 (0.0%)
9		1 (33.3%)
Wonderful 10		1 (33.3%)

When we write fic, we mostly work with canonical characters. They can be kind of slippery, and getting the details right takes work. Are there any characters who come easily to you? Characters who are nearly impossible to write?

I have a really easy time writing Kudoh Yohji from Weiss Kreuz. I have a particular voice for him, and I'm sure of it in all its variations. On the other hand, I really struggle with Farfarello (also from Weiss Kreuz). In canon, he's vicious and probably unbalanced. I have difficulty grasping his motivations and making them fit into a story. Mostly, I avoid writing him altogether, but I was really pleased when I managed to work him into a story last fall and keep him (I think) in character. That was a first.

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[linaewen]

I wrote something and posted it! Granted, it was only 144 words, but it was fixed-length, and it's sometimes hard to say what I want to say and have to limit it to only a few words.

My easy character is Boromir from Lord of the Rings. He's the character I write the most, and I know exactly how I want to write him, no matter what the situation he's in. The difficult characters to write are Elves. It doesn't matter which one, if the character is an Elf, I struggle finding the voice. I'm getting better at it now, though. I don't avoid them anymore!