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Nov. 7th, 2007 10:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wellownedbkupgah. nano. why are you so cruel???
i've been sitting here for about 3 hours, 2 of which had the document open. i wrote half a sentence, and i've been blocked ever since. distracted by the internet, heartburn and music. i'm tired as all get-out, my lip is split and I HAVE HEARTBURN. i've got a sammy-centric supernatural fanfic floating around my head right now, but i can't get it to flow right, so i'm debating that along with my nano.
i was so *proud* this morning at the 600-some odd words i'd written to finish out chapter 3 (posted already). and i can't for the life of me get into chapter 4 yet. WHY WON'T YOU WORK, LOSER CHAPTER??? i wish i'd seen fight club. or read it. because i'm DYING to know how a fight exhibition goes. like, i saw something similar in prison break the other night, but that's not enough. i don't know how to phrase what i want.
-she needs to be told to lay out all her weapons.
-she needs to salute the noi, who she cannot see, but is directed to look at. (the arena should be one where everyone can see the fighters, but the fighters can't see the audience. in my racial diversity class, i was told about something similar involving one guard that could see every cell in the jail by rotating from the center. but i can't remember if it was metaphorical or literal, or what the term was....)
-she needs blunted bars that fit in her hands (yawara sticks i thought may work) to demonstrate what she would do with a knife in a fight (stabs, slitting throats, slicing into sides, etc).
-she needs to be hurt badly, but not really badly, by her opponent, a purveyor of fisticuffs. in doing so, she proves how good a fighter she really is. it is entirely possible the heavy fisted opponent may be badly hurt (or at least bruised badly) from her actions. i imagine it as a fencing match, almost, where each 'kill' is marked as a touch, and after X amount of time, the bout is won.
-the arena needs to be noisy and distracting, very unlike her usual jobs, so that she's off her game??? i dunno about that one.
-the fight needs to end with a guardian relaying the message that the Noi wishes to meet with her.
i know how i want it to go, and i know it'll last the chapter out. i just don't know how to say it. here's hoping i have it together tomorrow morning. and listen to classical music(?) or something to get my brain in the right mode.
so, not writer's block, so much as editor's block. i can't get my head around just writing. plus, i don't think 3rd present limited is a good tense for me to write in. but i revert to past when i'm talking about the past, and i like the idea that she doesn't know everything that's going on. just what she can focus on. SUSPENSE!! you know.
alright. i've dallied here long enough. but that's what i'm on about right now.
i've been sitting here for about 3 hours, 2 of which had the document open. i wrote half a sentence, and i've been blocked ever since. distracted by the internet, heartburn and music. i'm tired as all get-out, my lip is split and I HAVE HEARTBURN. i've got a sammy-centric supernatural fanfic floating around my head right now, but i can't get it to flow right, so i'm debating that along with my nano.
i was so *proud* this morning at the 600-some odd words i'd written to finish out chapter 3 (posted already). and i can't for the life of me get into chapter 4 yet. WHY WON'T YOU WORK, LOSER CHAPTER??? i wish i'd seen fight club. or read it. because i'm DYING to know how a fight exhibition goes. like, i saw something similar in prison break the other night, but that's not enough. i don't know how to phrase what i want.
-she needs to be told to lay out all her weapons.
-she needs to salute the noi, who she cannot see, but is directed to look at. (the arena should be one where everyone can see the fighters, but the fighters can't see the audience. in my racial diversity class, i was told about something similar involving one guard that could see every cell in the jail by rotating from the center. but i can't remember if it was metaphorical or literal, or what the term was....)
-she needs blunted bars that fit in her hands (yawara sticks i thought may work) to demonstrate what she would do with a knife in a fight (stabs, slitting throats, slicing into sides, etc).
-she needs to be hurt badly, but not really badly, by her opponent, a purveyor of fisticuffs. in doing so, she proves how good a fighter she really is. it is entirely possible the heavy fisted opponent may be badly hurt (or at least bruised badly) from her actions. i imagine it as a fencing match, almost, where each 'kill' is marked as a touch, and after X amount of time, the bout is won.
-the arena needs to be noisy and distracting, very unlike her usual jobs, so that she's off her game??? i dunno about that one.
-the fight needs to end with a guardian relaying the message that the Noi wishes to meet with her.
i know how i want it to go, and i know it'll last the chapter out. i just don't know how to say it. here's hoping i have it together tomorrow morning. and listen to classical music(?) or something to get my brain in the right mode.
so, not writer's block, so much as editor's block. i can't get my head around just writing. plus, i don't think 3rd present limited is a good tense for me to write in. but i revert to past when i'm talking about the past, and i like the idea that she doesn't know everything that's going on. just what she can focus on. SUSPENSE!! you know.
alright. i've dallied here long enough. but that's what i'm on about right now.
