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While a thunderstorm kept me from the computer yesterday, and thusly sapped me from all inspiration, today I actually managed to overcome my inexplicable incapability to get anything down in Word even though it looked futile :o
Reading through Becky's Workshops has really helped me put more thought and effort into my writing, instead of just tossing out the story from my head. I'm questioning and explaining the people and surroundings of the main character a little more, whereas usually I've just focused on the emotions of him/her right now while vaguely pointing towards why they're in their current state. My verbosity has been limited to fluff up those emotions but now I want to try to direct that flourished tendency towards fleshing out more than the inner monologues.
Another thing that's come to my attention is how I "position" myself in my writing. Whenever I read Becky's stories, for instance, I feel like I'm hovering very close to the characters. There's no distance. After having given it thought I don't get that feeling when I look at my own writing. It's as if I'm somewhere in the stratosphere, looking down. And this despite being incredibly connected to the people/happenings.
To use an image: Becky's characters are cuddled close in my arms but my own are a distance away from me with an umbilical chord between us.
I dunno. It struck me as interesting ^^;
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Is Montana a state with open fields, mountains and woodland? I'm looking at a map to decide where to base some people and those are three requirements but it might not work? Feel free to help me by nominating another one that'd be suitable. It also has to be a fair distance from New York.
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My eldest sister is on the last leg of her 3-week New York visit. It's been a dream of hers for many years to go there and I'm so happy she's finally getting to realize that wish. Especially when I take into consideration how, just a few years ago, she couldn't leave her home (roughly 4 hours away) to come visit us for a day. She's not even home yet and already she's planning to return, haha. Mom might go with her, even! Oh boy. My family is growing independent :p
