Posted by tiziani
I know the feelings.
There was a 2-3 year spell where I want to write nothing but melodrama. The more melodramatic and light, the better.
I found it helps to look at comedy as the avoidance of real emotions.
Maybe instead of trying to write it to be light, focusing on deliberately avoid whatever dark feelings might be lying underneath that the characters are going out of their way to avoid. That's if you want any comedy elements to it.
But it's just a suggestion, not something that's actually worked for me. During that spell I wrote a romance and a romantic comedy and I've never rewritten them again. I just kind of adapted the plot from the second one to something a little more ironic but still romance.
Posted by Nevermore
Question: How can you be able to have the patient & continuously on to finished the story?
I really had trouble with that.. I got so many plans and yet left many unfinished stories.
Posted by Taureye
For me going into different mindsets involves me watching and observing different types of people whether it's in real life or in movies/TV shows. I delve into their psych and try to imagine the world through their eyes. Once i do this i can hear their voice in my head writing everything i put down. Thats the only way i can go from melodramatic to serious to sarcastic writing. I've also been a method actor during my college years so i i guess it's a practiced skill.
Posted by tizianiPosted by HappyCapperPosted by tiziani
I know the feelings.
There was a 2-3 year spell where I want to write nothing but melodrama. The more melodramatic and light, the better.
I found it helps to look at comedy as the avoidance of real emotions.
Maybe instead of trying to write it to be light, focusing on deliberately avoid whatever dark feelings might be lying underneath that the characters are going out of their way to avoid. That's if you want any comedy elements to it.
But it's just a suggestion, not something that's actually worked for me. During that spell I wrote a romance and a romantic comedy and I've never rewritten them again. I just kind of adapted the plot from the second one to something a little more ironic but still romance.
Thank you so much for your input!
May I ask you to elaborate upon the bold part - I want to be sure that I understand it correctly.
Essentially it's the same thing, just focusing (in the background story) on the dark feelings each character is feeling in the scene, and then write the absolute opposite on the surface.
The characters may be behaving melodramatically but what truth (or elephant in the room) do they know they're avoiding in each scene? That's what I would ask.
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Posted by TaureyePosted by HappyCapperPosted by Taureye
For me going into different mindsets involves me watching and observing different types of people whether it's in real life or in movies/TV shows. I delve into their psych and try to imagine the world through their eyes. Once i do this i can hear their voice in my head writing everything i put down. Thats the only way i can go from melodramatic to serious to sarcastic writing. I've also been a method actor during my college years so i i guess it's a practiced skill.
That's how I do it too(!), except that I draw a lot from different settings as well and that except for one theater course in school, I've never done any acting.
Problem is, if I see something really fluffy and fun and light in real life, it's always the contrast that inspires me to write something about it. There is always something dark there in the person or in the relationship between the people and that's where I tend to go with my writing. The more carefree the person seems, the more likely he or she is to get raped or killed in one of my stories.
*Edit Not , I just realised that that last sentence wasn't entirely accurate. I need to sense something in the person or situation to make that happen.
I would suggest doing an endless writing exercise where you write a story that is endless and slowly turn it into a happy ending. Maybe you need to get the darkness levels to go down a bit?click to expand
Posted by TaureyePosted by HappyCapperPosted by TaureyePosted by HappyCapperPosted by Taureye
For me going into different mindsets involves me watching and observing different types of people whether it's in real life or in movies/TV shows. I delve into their psych and try to imagine the world through their eyes. Once i do this i can hear their voice in my head writing everything i put down. Thats the only way i can go from melodramatic to serious to sarcastic writing. I've also been a method actor during my college years so i i guess it's a practiced skill.
That's how I do it too(!), except that I draw a lot from different settings as well and that except for one theater course in school, I've never done any acting.
Problem is, if I see something really fluffy and fun and light in real life, it's always the contrast that inspires me to write something about it. There is always something dark there in the person or in the relationship between the people and that's where I tend to go with my writing. The more carefree the person seems, the more likely he or she is to get raped or killed in one of my stories.
*Edit Not , I just realised that that last sentence wasn't entirely accurate. I need to sense something in the person or situation to make that happen.
I would suggest doing an endless writing exercise where you write a story that is endless and slowly turn it into a happy ending. Maybe you need to get the darkness levels to go down a bit?
Oh, funny thing, I'd say about 40% of my stories have happy or go-back-to-normal endings. But before that happens, people die. I definitely need to get the darkness levels down for this story! I just don't know how.
Try starting them out happy then ending them dark. Usually when something ends dark it bothers people. Let it bother you and maybe you'll start to not feel as comfortable inserting dark elements in your story an you'll have a fairly normal story.click to expand
Posted by TaureyePosted by HappyCapper
@taureye
Yeah, maybe if I force myself to only write dark, dark, dark, I'll get tired of it...at least for a while. And also, I really don't like people telling me what to do...and in that case it would be me, so I'd probably need to revolt!
Love it! Thanks!
VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!!! You're very welcome writer goat.click to expand
Posted by NevermorePosted by HappyCapperPosted by Nevermore
Question: How can you be able to have the patient & continuously on to finished the story?
I really had trouble with that.. I got so many plans and yet left many unfinished stories.
I feel I need to really think about that one - I'll get back to you.
But first thought, I think it's about passion for the story and mainly for the characters. They need to live.
It must be my Aries mercury then.. since I really distracted so easily and really wanted to put something in where my ideas has been quite good.click to expand
Posted by Nevermore
Question: How can you be able to have the patient & continuously on to finished the story?
I really had trouble with that.. I got so many plans and yet left many unfinished stories.
Posted by AlexHendry
Nice Conversation