A new start!

[erastes]

And by that I mean that (as most of you will already know, so no need for further comment!) I've closed my underlucius fandom journal and will now be here on a permanent basis.

It's scary.

Am writing a short story and my first completely (or so I thought) unlikeable, unredeemable character. However, I'm not as clever as I thought I was as when I read it out to my mother she said "oh - poor man, I feel really sorry for him." *headdesk*

However: Have a quandry. It's a character study. He's thinking the entire story and he sounds more intelligent than you'd give him credit for. Hmm. need to try and address that, but what I was wondering... Do untutored people sound like that in their own heads? Do you think in dialect? *ponders*

Comments

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

I deal with that question whenever I write children - which isn't often, to be honest, since I don't like children. I'd limit the dialect, because it's a pain in the ass to read. It might show up in dialogue, but for thoughts, I'd describe things using the vocabulary of your target audience, but with the character's limited scope. I hope that makes sense. :)

Anyway, I knows these aren't new digs, but welcome nonetheless. As much as I enjoyed your fandom thoughts, I'm looking forward to reading more about your RL pursuits.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Thanks hun. I'm going to try doing it, and if I can't make it pretty, then I'm going to try and change it to 3rd person.

grrrr


Real life? *wibbles* I'd better get me one of them!

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

You can do it. Think of...Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird. We totally got that she was a young girl and from the South, but I never wanted to choke her with her own accent.

I need to get a real life, too. *sigh*