We're mad!, Jules this is all your fault! Options

[Imogen]

I've got to confess, I'm feeling pretty excited about this. I've started plotting my story out now and I can't wait to get going on it.

It's morphed a lot from the idea I was first thinking about, and it's turning into a novel for adults rather than teenagers. That's going to be quite a change for me because I've never written anything much for adults at all.

I've got one of the characters, Claire, fairly clear in my head and I'm going to be spending a while working on the others this week. I've kind of borrowed a moment from a short story I wrote last year and something that happened to me in real life, and I'm letting the plot bunnies spiral out from there.

I'm also pretty nervous. I think I'm one of the slowest writers in the world, so having to write at this speed is pretty scary. I'm having to reassure myself that it's only going to be a draft and no one will expect it to be the same as my usual posted stuff.

How's everyone else feeling right now?

Imogen

[b4zookajules]

I think this'll do us great - at least at the moment while we're in the planning stages.

But the 'write what you know' thing is something I haven't really thought about. Hmmm. :/ My two main characters are about mid-to-late teens, although the way that they've been brought up gives them no real sense of age. Children and adults are all sent to do the same jobs, no matter what their age, so they don't really 'count' it as such. But I know exactly how they act to their ages, and to me they act like mature teenagers who have never known childhood. Which is what they've had, really.

Now. I've known childhood, but I think basically the way that Lorna (one of my mains) thinks. Stubborn. I think I'll be all right, but thanks for pointing that out! When it comes to the major plot bits, I'll have to make sure I put things like that in there. I've already thought of one scene, which is totally inspired by one of my friends (including a small chest and a blow-up bra. The only difference is that my friend *wanted* to wear one, whereas my character will fight tooth and nail not to. XD).

But still. I'm SOOOOO looking forward to this now! *major huggles to everyone!*

-Jules. xxx