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What was the very last scene you wrote? Fight scene, escape scene, tragedy scene? How did it go?
Okay, so the last scene I wrote, (which was early this morning), was a heist scene. One of the main characters was breaking into a room to steal a crucial device, that will decide whether or not he’ll be able to survive in the new school he has joined. However, despite being an experienced thief, it goes far from well, and quite literally ends in flames.
So yeah, that’s sorta the scene I most recently wrote without giving too many spoilers. And it was pretty fun to write! I also now know three different ways to break into a building. If anyone looked at my search history right now, they might be a bit concerned. XD
What was the last scene that you wrote?
@kathleenramm The last scene I finished? Or the last scene I worked on?
Well, they both were pretty similar, so…
Last I wrote was about fifteen minutes ago, but I’ll go with the one before that. Mainly a couple of characters are trying to go around the area putting up seals so that they can trap the villain…mainly just traveling around and dealing with things.
Also, everything right now is kind of building up to the climax, but I’m having a horrid time with all the deadlines I set for myself. Feeling kind of unmotivated to write, but excited to finally get this arc finished and move on to the next one, which is going to be a big change of pace. More relaxing. Less fighting.
Lately, it's been on my brain
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@kathleenramm Let me just say–wow! Fun–yes, at the risk of sounding like I engage in heists all the time 😋. But, also, wow! I love those sneaky scenes!
The last scene I wrote…eh, I’m kind of in the middle of it, and it’s kind of gonna take the whole chapter, and it’s kind of gonna take a couple chapters more…but I’m writing a “fight scene” between two ships–a pirate/privateer and a slaver. Now, at the risk of spoiling pretty much everything, I’ll tell y’all a wee bit about it. Rina (my heroine) is engaging in an act that could very well cost her her life–but the risk is too great either way. There is tension in the air as lives hang in the balance. Not everyone agrees with her decision (including one of her best friends, whose bucking at every turn) and those who do still don’t want to follow her rules. The emotions are all over the place, and with two toddlers on board her ship, the dangers of a fight of any kind are serious.
I’m having a lot of fun writing the action parts–the cannon blasts and the approaching storm and the shouts of crew members and Rina’s constant worry. The last part of this scene/chapter that I wrote was where Rina is searching for her children, who are lost in the melee (and quite possibly close to where a cannonball just struck), while her ship has just been broadsided (not good, on both accounts).
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@devastate-lasting I know exactly how you feel! I just came out of that unmotivated funk–I haven’t written anything since August, until I started on this scene–and so I’m embracing all this action with fervor!
@gracie-j Ahaha good for you! I’m hoping this bout of unmotivation will pass soon; I remember two years ago when I finished NaNo I didn’t write anything for four months straight because I was exhausted. But hopefully this will be short.
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If hours don't turn into daysYes, I feel like I’m in a constant flux of being super motivated to write, and wanting to do anything but write.XD I was recently feeling unmotivated with the story I’m currently writing because all of the ideas where going in circles. But after throwing a crazy wrench into the story my motivation is now back on a high.
Oooh, it’s awesome that your coming close to the ending of your novel! There’s nothing like finally finishing a writing project and being able to move onto something new and exciting.
Do you already know the premise of the next story your going to write?
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Not to copy you at all, but wow! That is quite the scene! I can tell why is multiple chapters. XD I would have no clue on how to start writing a ship battle scene. XD But your story sounds like definitely one I would read! And I do hope those children are okay, canon balls are… not ideal.
@kathleenramm Yep! The next story is going to be kind of a prequel to this one, but it happens in a small seaside town in a summer where a strange cafe appears, along with some extremely strange people. Totally relaxing. Totally not going to have mysterious disappearances 🙂
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@kathleenramm I’m sorry, but I so laughed at “cannonballs are not ideal.” Excuse me… (😆🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😅😄😀😊🙂😐😶) It’s fun–difficult but fun. Basically, watch PotC seven times, possess the inklings of a photographic memory, and BAM! (Note: I conveniently left out the 72+ hours of research.)
@devastate-lasting I’m sure it will pass. And if not, drink lots of tea, read a lot of horrible books until your eyeballs pop out of your head, and then remind yourself why your story is worth writing. (Or why your hero is not a total idiot.) Trust me–it works.The last scene I completed I wrote last night while I was watching Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. the movie just gave me a burst of inspiration and I wrote a whole scene of a new novel in about 30 minutes.
It was a prologue and it involved the main character finding an evil something in the forest and it introduces all the main points of mystery for the story. Why is Ilio, our MC, lying passed out on the forest floor at the beginning? What is this thing he finds? And why is there something evil in a utopian society which supposedly eradicated evil after the fall of the Dark Lord a century ago?
INFP Queen of the Kingdom commander of an army of origami cranes and a sabre from Babylon.
@gracie-j Haha, thanks for the tip. Reading bad writing always helps XD
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If hours don't turn into days@kathleenramm Well, I just had a great book idea and so I wrote out a terrible beginning (in contrast with how I used to write beginnings), and plotted out a whole lot of great plot points which will push the story, of course. I’m being rather naughty right now; I’m supposed to be working on mystery/language, etc. But anyways: this is the sort’ve thing which you can expect from the scene: the style is a mix of Charles Dickens, and my own along with some other hint which I’m still trying to figure out. The genre is a mix of fantasy/pirate-swashbuckler-whatsit/mythological-hints/and various others. Which would seem weird with the style, but hey; it’s worked so far. I just wrote a nice little scene which is part of the first chapter. Just after the main introductory material, getting into the more important scene of the first chapter. It’s a meeting of two very different characters. One, the younger, and one, the older. The younger is our main character, and the older is a character of very high significance to the younger. The older is a VERY unique character of a mix of strange qualities (not characteristics which are abstract and just weird) and a very mixed history. His present state is…well, not so good. The younger is (as I said) our main character, and he’s not in a brilliant position. He’s a very bad person, to be blunt, but of course that’ll all be changed by the end of the book. His position towards the older is indifferent, as he is indifferent to the significance that this older gentleman has in relation to himself. He is in a position of high importance, but he doesn’t look down on people. Quite observant is this young fellow, but for all his charm, he’s really quite stupid. Not mentally, or anything. He just missed the whole point of everything that’s going on. That’s his character flaw. Of course, it’s not mere ignorance, either. This character has no notion of the implications of his present situation, the authority he is currently under (a different character which I haven’t mentioned yet, and will not mention yet, anyways), or anything dire or needful. He’s really just not that great. Of course, these will all change.
Do you know what I love about fantasy? You get to make everything up. Whereas, with other genres, you have to research, with fantasy, you can just make a whole bunch of stuff up. The key is to attach stars into your made-up things. That is, have good ideas that are great, and everything will unlock. That’s only partially why I added fantasy into this story. But actually, the fantasy part has to do with the mythological content. And oceans. Oceans have a lot to do with this. But, uh…I probably should mention that it’s set in a fictional world, so that’ll set things a little more in perspective.
@kathleenramm Yep, fire works. Nice scene.
@devastate-lasting Nice scene. Along with Gracie J’s suggestions, drink coffee (if you can get it down; it’ll make you bouncy) and read Charles Dickens as well as great prose. Then, after you read the great stuff, read something really quite terrible. Maybe it’ll inspire you to write something great. Trust me; it works a lot. Like this: read David Copperfield, then watch something like My Little Pony (which I have thankfully never been subject to watch).@gracie-j Some of the same genre-type things as my scene, though mine’s a whole lot different. Nice scene.
@seekjustice Wow; that basically just happened to me, except I was remembering/watching instead of actually watching. And I wrote a different scene, of course. Nice scene.- Rank: Eccentric Mentor
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@devastate-lasting It’s definitely helped me…realize that my super insubordinate character needs a lot of work! 😆 (No, seriously.)
@leon-fleming Eh, it’s better actually reading the scene instead of my summary of it. *shrugs* Wait–did you just say pirates, and oceans, and mythology? Yep–it’s beautiful already.
@Gracie-j Nice, I see. XD Yes, that’s what I said. It’s sort’ve Treasure Island (the book), Pirates of the Caribbean, and an old idea of mine all mixed together.
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@leon-fleming So…do you mean to say that you took my advice and decided to try your hand at writing about pirates? Or perhaps you mean that you simply intend to write something interesting? (No offense to your other works, but, I mean, nothing–absolutely NOTHING–is more interesting than pirates. Particularly pirates combined with mythology. If you have any questions about piracy/nautical things, I have resources–granted, not all of them will apply to fantasy, but sailing and thievery is the same across the worlds, the years, the seas, and the genres, yes?)
@leon-fleming Oh hey, you’re back! Nice to see your presence.
Thanks for the tips; I generally stay away from caffeinated things because it does things to my blood, but I’ll keep that in mind. And I recently put Gone With the Wind, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Chosen on hold at my library, so I’m stocked up for the next few weeks or month, though I would love to reread Oliver Twist for the fifth time now. And I’m planning to do some review swaps later this month, so I’m sure to encounter a lot of beginning writings. (I nearly choked at your mention of My Little Pony; every time I see the words all I can see is blinding pink. It’s better than some kids shows, but worse than others. Thankfully not part of my childhood. I only watched ripoff versions of it.)
@gracie-j Reading bad writing really does help us grow! The other day my sister and I were reading this middle-grade kids’ series that got progressively worse and worse (the first and second were great, the third was okay, and the last three were just a big mess) and she basically just overanalyzed everything the author did wrong, so now we know what traps to avoid. XD
Lately, it's been on my brain
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