Lotsa random

Happy belated birthday to Topknot.

UNhappy 1 year anniversary of my embolism. I can't run like I used. I've got an upset stomach all the time. I'm scared of going blind. My self pity is pastede on! yay.

( Smackdown & BadFic )

Been doing lots of writing and lots of panicking thinking about writing, so this fair warning that some rambling about writing posts are going to clog your friendslists.

Post courtesy of The Panics

I'm working on a character piece, and it is causing me grief. I have a character who is in a bad situation, and it's only going to get worse. My problem is, when I write him thinking/talking about his problems, I feel like the piece reads like the character is full of self-pity. But, when I try to edit it, then it reads too unemotional.

Over-reacting VS. underdramatization. As always. Could I get a different writing issue, please? I'm dead tired of having this one.

I want to show the character as vibrant, self-reliant, passionate about life and interested in things beyond himself/whats going on at the moment, but I'm having a really rough time showing him with those qualities within the context of the scene (a sad, gloomy dinner with his mother) and his current situation (tommorrow everything will go to hell, and he knows it and can't prevent it).

When he expresses anger or fear, he ends up sounding more self-righteous than afraid. When he thinks on other things, it's like Dude, I think you have more pressing concerns than that

I cannot find the dividing line between him being miserable (aww) and him dwelling on his misery (boring!).