Sigh

[matril]

Thanks for all the comments to the last post; I really appreciate them!

After a very hot weekend during which our computer refused to turn on, we have slightly cooler weather, and I can finally get back on the Internet. And I can work on my novel again! Or not...

See, I have a confession to make. I am a pathetically hopeless romantic. Intellectually, I know that a good story needs lots of elements, and it can't be purely mush. And romance itself is only good if it has a strong plot to uphold it. I know all of this, and I look for good stories when I'm reading or writing. I don't write pure fluff. I don't like stories that are simply vehicles for people getting kissy-faced.

But the secret is....I love romance. I mean, if it's well-written and truly moving rather than merely emotionally manipulative. (In other words, I do not love Titanic.) When it's good, though, I just eat it up. Much as I enjoy a great story the first time through, there are times when I go back and just read the mushy parts. And in my own writing, I have to really restrain myself to only bring in the romantic moments when the timing is right, story-wise. I draw out the tension just about as long as I can possibly stand it, and then when I can finally get to it, I'm bouncingly happy writing it. Sometimes I just go ahead and write the mush scene out of order, and then go back and work my way up to it properly. :P Gag. I'm sickening myself. Intellectually, I find it tiresome. But in my heart of hearts, I'm hopeless.

So plot-wise, in my current novel, the characters are about to enter a massive battle of epic proportions...and I can't write it, because I'm in a bubbly, fluffy, mushy mood. Sigh.

Comments

[melitusj.livejournal.com]

Did you get my comments? I await comments on my comments. Or comments on my postings or comments on my still broken refrigerator or comments on the crafty projects I'm planning on giving to you children if I ever finish them. Or comments on the weather, or comments on how I should be writing quizzes and test summaries or tests or lectures or a lot of things instead of this long comment.

[matril.livejournal.com]

Yes, I did get your comments, and they were very helpful. Much more specific than anything I've ever gotten from Becca. I will send along the next chapter so you can comment more. I'm sorry your fridge is still broken. Ours works, and yet the weather got so hot that our milk was hardly cold anyway. We had to put it way in the back to keep it from going bad. Yuck. I hate hot weather. Lately, it's been raining and cool, and I'm so much happier. Hot weather makes me....well, it basically turns me into the Hulk. Now go write quizzes and test summaries.