Writing Meme: Days Ten and Eleven.
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misslj_authorI've had several very busy and hectic days, hopefully now things are winding down for the moment, I'll be able to get back to doing each day as an individual post and not have to double up again for a while!
Day Ten: What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
Weird is relative, I guess. Getting trapped in the Paris catacombs certainly isn't normal, but it is in the context of the scene. Falling in love with an Archangel isn't something that happens every day, either. I suppose when Archangel Gabriel got turned into a tiny ginger kitten with wings and went hunting for food with a Hound of God in his wolf form at Taco Bell would certainly count as weird. It was definitely amusing!
Day Eleven: Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
Favourite without a doubt is Gabriel. I have had many loves over the years in the course of writing, but at the moment, it's Gabriel. His potty mouth and warped sense of humour entertain me endlessly and the way he's able to set that aside and pick up his sword to be the Archangel of War at a moment's notice is fun to write. He's probably the character I've done the most agonising over too - from wondering if I should phonetically write his accent when writing dialogue or not to mashing together a lot of different religious stories and a heavy dollop of creative license to create his background, a lot of work and reading has gone into creating him.
My least favourite would be Sander, one of the villains in the Order of Shadows trilogy. He is... vile. So vile that I hate writing him and feel my soul shrivel a little when I do write him. He's necessary for the narrative, however, so I grit my teeth and bear it. As I write this, I've just had a thought on how to make him even more awful. I fear my brain sometimes, I truly do.
Day Ten: What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
Weird is relative, I guess. Getting trapped in the Paris catacombs certainly isn't normal, but it is in the context of the scene. Falling in love with an Archangel isn't something that happens every day, either. I suppose when Archangel Gabriel got turned into a tiny ginger kitten with wings and went hunting for food with a Hound of God in his wolf form at Taco Bell would certainly count as weird. It was definitely amusing!
Day Eleven: Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
Favourite without a doubt is Gabriel. I have had many loves over the years in the course of writing, but at the moment, it's Gabriel. His potty mouth and warped sense of humour entertain me endlessly and the way he's able to set that aside and pick up his sword to be the Archangel of War at a moment's notice is fun to write. He's probably the character I've done the most agonising over too - from wondering if I should phonetically write his accent when writing dialogue or not to mashing together a lot of different religious stories and a heavy dollop of creative license to create his background, a lot of work and reading has gone into creating him.
My least favourite would be Sander, one of the villains in the Order of Shadows trilogy. He is... vile. So vile that I hate writing him and feel my soul shrivel a little when I do write him. He's necessary for the narrative, however, so I grit my teeth and bear it. As I write this, I've just had a thought on how to make him even more awful. I fear my brain sometimes, I truly do.
