who watches the watchers?
I'm back! You're thrilled, I know. My tour of the West Coast has no doubt left me inspired and eager to get to work on my novel!
Well, not actually. I like travel but I find it a little draining over time. For me creativity begins at home. I have to go into this very focused head space, and that's where the magic happens.
Anyways, I'm one of those people that plans their writing in advance pretty thoroughly so that's what I need to do here. If I have a good blue-print for what I'm writing and I'm excited about it, the actual story will come relatively quickly. This phase is where I try to overcome all those little hurdles of laying out a plot.
Hurdle #1: how do you make someone being watched exciting? Let me explain: the phrase "I am being watched" has sort of a thrilling dread to it, and I could easily begin this novel that way (I won't). OK, but where do you go from there? Being watched is a very passive activity. A vague sense of dread won't carry you for very many pages. And how does the character even KNOW they're being watched? What clues them in? If they're not a counter-intelligence expert or a computer hacker but instead a teenage girl, how do they uncover evidence of constant, high-tech surveillance?
This is the question I must immediately answer.
Anyways, I need to get back into the habit of writing. I haven't done much of it for a the last month and a half. This will help me above all get into that creative head-space. Trouble is I can't write The Novel if it isn't mapped out yet, but that's what writing exercises are for. If I come up with any that aren't completely embarrassing or totally boring perhaps I will post them.
Well, not actually. I like travel but I find it a little draining over time. For me creativity begins at home. I have to go into this very focused head space, and that's where the magic happens.
Anyways, I'm one of those people that plans their writing in advance pretty thoroughly so that's what I need to do here. If I have a good blue-print for what I'm writing and I'm excited about it, the actual story will come relatively quickly. This phase is where I try to overcome all those little hurdles of laying out a plot.
Hurdle #1: how do you make someone being watched exciting? Let me explain: the phrase "I am being watched" has sort of a thrilling dread to it, and I could easily begin this novel that way (I won't). OK, but where do you go from there? Being watched is a very passive activity. A vague sense of dread won't carry you for very many pages. And how does the character even KNOW they're being watched? What clues them in? If they're not a counter-intelligence expert or a computer hacker but instead a teenage girl, how do they uncover evidence of constant, high-tech surveillance?
This is the question I must immediately answer.
Anyways, I need to get back into the habit of writing. I haven't done much of it for a the last month and a half. This will help me above all get into that creative head-space. Trouble is I can't write The Novel if it isn't mapped out yet, but that's what writing exercises are for. If I come up with any that aren't completely embarrassing or totally boring perhaps I will post them.
posted by braun at 12:17 PM
3 Comments:
Trust me, a teenaged girl knows she's being watched. They're always looking around to see who's checkin' them out. I'm thinking play with emotion, take it from flattery to creepy to dread to fear. That could be really fun.
OMG, Sexy, I was so like that as a teen! It is probably hormonal, but amusing to watch as a middle-aged woman. (There are some benefits to getting older.)
Braun, where you been hiding?
I know, I've been slacking. I'm still trying to get my head around this story, I guess. I think you're onto something with that idea, though, Sexy. Thanks!
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