Comments on writing and in general
Sep. 3rd, 2005 09:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lls_mutantUgh. Where has my talent gone? It couldn't have gone far. :P The past week or so I haven't been able to write for shit. ANYTHING. I just stare at the screen.
Okay, that's exaggerating. I did finish my Keeping the Faith review, and I'm relatively pleased with it. The thing about Keeping the Faith is there's SO much I could say on that movie, but you do have to let people actually find some stuff out by watching it. I think I hit a pretty good balance- I didn't go into too much detail about the plot, but I rhapsodized for ages about the relationships. It's occurred to me that the Jake-Brian friendship has to be one of my favorite relationships ever, and don't be surprised if there's much more James-Sirius in AiL this time. (Although I was already half-planning that.) Those deep-as-brotherhood friendships are really fun (and are why I can see people not slashing Sirius and Remus. They're fun as friends, too.)
AiL seems to be revving up again, which is good. However, the femgenficathon fic and the Lost Years fic need to be finished. ::sigh:: And I don't expect to get tons of writing done this week, because hubby is HOME! :):):) (I'll take that over writing any day!)
Speaking of AiL, can someone please tell Frank and Remus that, no matter what's going on in my head, they're NOT sleeping together? PLEASE? There's two excellent reasons for it: 1.) I don't like writing marital infidelity, and while Sirius and Remus are far from married, Frank IS married. 2.) I want Sirius to suspect Remus for reasons that have nothing to do with their relationship or with sex. I want him to suspect Remus because of how Remus is acting, and more than that, I want him to have a damn good reason. That's all there in my head. I know why Sirius suspects Remus. But I feel like making Remus act weird because he cheated on Sirius is a cheap way out, and really ignores the dynamics that were likely there. The frustrating thing- and the little serpant in my head keeps whispering- 1.) I could do this, and do it well. (Which kind of scares me.) The guilt and all plays in later, too, to when Remus leaves town long before the Longbottoms are tortured, and explains WHY he didn't have Frank to lean on. (Although it's still easy to do that, and again, I don't want to give up the non-sexual reason.) and 2.) When people write Remus and Sirius in their decline, if they write cheating, they ALWAYS write Sirius cheating. I don't think Sirius would be the one to cheat. Sirius would be the one to stick it out, because he's stubborn and loyal and honest. Remus would be the one to cheat, because he looks for the easy way out and he's much more willing to give up, and on some fronts he's weaker than Sirius. So why is it always Sirius would cheat or poor ickle innocent Remus? But while I enjoy bucking conventions with AiL, I think this is one of those times that bucking the convention would harm the story I'm trying to tell.
Guess I should get back to writing. Oh- had the three hour gestational diabetes test yesterday. We'll see what the results are in a few days, I imagine. My mother is 100% convinced I've got it. Thanks, Mom ;)
Okay, that's exaggerating. I did finish my Keeping the Faith review, and I'm relatively pleased with it. The thing about Keeping the Faith is there's SO much I could say on that movie, but you do have to let people actually find some stuff out by watching it. I think I hit a pretty good balance- I didn't go into too much detail about the plot, but I rhapsodized for ages about the relationships. It's occurred to me that the Jake-Brian friendship has to be one of my favorite relationships ever, and don't be surprised if there's much more James-Sirius in AiL this time. (Although I was already half-planning that.) Those deep-as-brotherhood friendships are really fun (and are why I can see people not slashing Sirius and Remus. They're fun as friends, too.)
AiL seems to be revving up again, which is good. However, the femgenficathon fic and the Lost Years fic need to be finished. ::sigh:: And I don't expect to get tons of writing done this week, because hubby is HOME! :):):) (I'll take that over writing any day!)
Speaking of AiL, can someone please tell Frank and Remus that, no matter what's going on in my head, they're NOT sleeping together? PLEASE? There's two excellent reasons for it: 1.) I don't like writing marital infidelity, and while Sirius and Remus are far from married, Frank IS married. 2.) I want Sirius to suspect Remus for reasons that have nothing to do with their relationship or with sex. I want him to suspect Remus because of how Remus is acting, and more than that, I want him to have a damn good reason. That's all there in my head. I know why Sirius suspects Remus. But I feel like making Remus act weird because he cheated on Sirius is a cheap way out, and really ignores the dynamics that were likely there. The frustrating thing- and the little serpant in my head keeps whispering- 1.) I could do this, and do it well. (Which kind of scares me.) The guilt and all plays in later, too, to when Remus leaves town long before the Longbottoms are tortured, and explains WHY he didn't have Frank to lean on. (Although it's still easy to do that, and again, I don't want to give up the non-sexual reason.) and 2.) When people write Remus and Sirius in their decline, if they write cheating, they ALWAYS write Sirius cheating. I don't think Sirius would be the one to cheat. Sirius would be the one to stick it out, because he's stubborn and loyal and honest. Remus would be the one to cheat, because he looks for the easy way out and he's much more willing to give up, and on some fronts he's weaker than Sirius. So why is it always Sirius would cheat or poor ickle innocent Remus? But while I enjoy bucking conventions with AiL, I think this is one of those times that bucking the convention would harm the story I'm trying to tell.
Guess I should get back to writing. Oh- had the three hour gestational diabetes test yesterday. We'll see what the results are in a few days, I imagine. My mother is 100% convinced I've got it. Thanks, Mom ;)
