tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906571993292629636.post2325923153199969665..comments2023-09-02T05:10:01.554-07:00Comments on Chasing Daisies: Authorly Bucket List TagGemma Fitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09190362424074865560noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906571993292629636.post-42373257973369572022015-10-05T12:14:26.828-07:002015-10-05T12:14:26.828-07:00Yay! Have fun with it!Yay! Have fun with it!Gemma Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190362424074865560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906571993292629636.post-29396530117996220832015-10-05T11:50:09.997-07:002015-10-05T11:50:09.997-07:00This is so fun! I'll definitely get to it soon...This is so fun! I'll definitely get to it soon. I, too, have trouble with descriptions...Aimee Meesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288344639711547844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906571993292629636.post-74210654782352665762015-10-05T10:55:24.833-07:002015-10-05T10:55:24.833-07:00Ah yes-- I always think out the perfect thing to w...Ah yes-- I always think out the perfect thing to write and then I realize I don't have the right words to say it. It's the weirdest feeling. My hand-eye coordination is the worst-- in writing and everything else. xD Setting is SO intimidating. It scares the life out of me.<br /><br />Ooh, yes. Trilogies are quite wonderful. I've never written one, but I did consider for a while there making my five book series into a three book series. In the end I decided it wouldn't work, but trilogies are still awesome. And I haven't done much medieval, but knights and castles and all that stuff is so cool.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting!!Gemma Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190362424074865560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906571993292629636.post-23968956529451353582015-10-04T18:11:21.130-07:002015-10-04T18:11:21.130-07:00I can relate to your description problem. I'll...I can relate to your description problem. I'll have a thought about something and it'll be all deep and poetic and lovely, and then I'll try to say it only to realize that everything was lost in translation. Or just seriously jumbled up. Basically, my brain works, but not with my mouth or my hands (in the case of writing). <br />I can also relate to your setting problem... I might be writing super awesome characters and my plot might be coming on epically and then I'll remember that I have a whole world to build around all of this and then I get all intimidated and cry inside and shove the thing away. <br /><br />Aanyyway. As for things I'd like to try, I really want to try to write a trilogy. I don't actually know why, I just realized one day that I really like trilogies and then decided I want to write one. (Obviously I have this thing all figured out.) I also want to write a medieval/fairytale book with actual knights and castles and all that good stuff because I haven't gotten into writing about any of that yet and I really want to! Emily Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906571993292629636.post-81029317332030292772015-10-04T17:40:23.415-07:002015-10-04T17:40:23.415-07:00Yeah, a lot of girls aren't that interesting, ...Yeah, a lot of girls aren't that interesting, sadly. Not that most of the guys I know are either, though. xD Yes, both Jane and Darcy were amazingly characterized. So far from the stereotypes, so different from each other, and yet both spot on girls and totally real people.<br /><br />You're welcome! Have fun with it!Gemma Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190362424074865560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906571993292629636.post-55906574903856112872015-10-04T15:51:43.280-07:002015-10-04T15:51:43.280-07:00Female characters are really hard for me too. Mayb...Female characters are really hard for me too. Maybe it's because a lot of the girls I've known /have/ been kind of flat and boring and didn't seem to have anything going on with their lives (maybe also the reason I've had so much trouble making friends?). There are definitely fun and wonderful girls out there, but they seem to be exceptions. Jane and Darcy from the Thor movies were awesome. Not stereotyped and they felt like real people.<br /><br />Thanks for tagging me! This sounds like fun. :DA. M. Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833222161947009810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906571993292629636.post-83269881044251378922015-10-04T15:40:28.992-07:002015-10-04T15:40:28.992-07:00Yes, I did the tag!! It took me a while, but it...Yes, I did the tag!! It took me a while, but it's here now!<br /><br />Exactly! But if I avoid the stereotypes completely, then my characters STILL fall flat. I guess I should twist them, not just avoid them? Hmm... I think I'll try that. You like editing? That's awesome, but how do you do it? I just don't understand how editing works or what I'm supposed to do, so I totally freak out. o_o<br /><br />I haven't read Steven James-- I shall have to look into him. And I would LOVE to travel to foreign countries to research!! Unfortunately, I'm rather broke, and I have to save up for college, so it's not a realistic goal right now-- BUT SOMEDAY!!! I should do all the things. *nods*<br /><br />Thanks for commenting!Gemma Fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190362424074865560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906571993292629636.post-58080756522264259702015-10-04T14:52:03.708-07:002015-10-04T14:52:03.708-07:00You did the tag! That is awesome! (Thanks for the ...You did the tag! That is awesome! (Thanks for the shoutout by of way.)<br /><br />I understand what you mean about female characters. There are so many stereotypes out there and they just make me sick. It doesn't help that all the stereotypes are flat and lifeless and nothing like reality. <br /><br />So I really, really like editing. And I used to despise first drafts. <br /><br />Psychological thrillers sound so awesome! I don't read many aside from those by Steven James. But I love them. It's fascinating. You should do it!<br /><br />Also, foreign countries in modern times sounds cool too. What if you traveled to a foreign country as research? That would be the best thing ever! And it'd save you half of the googling you would otherwise probably do (or that's how I'd go about it. . .). <br /><br />I like the idea of stories in verse. I write fantasy, so sometimes I throw in a ballad or song for cultural/historical purposes (one of my favorite things about fantasy books). But a whole book in verse sounds even better! You should do that too. :Da.n.g.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03667996517318905980noreply@blogger.com