For the past few weeks, I’ve been very unfocused. Not in a
bad way, but I haven’t been able to concentrate on one project long enough to
really do anything effective.
This last week, I decided to read through the Orphans of
Jadox, just for fun. It’s been quite a whole since I’ve really focused on it,
almost 2 years, to be exact. Since then I’ve rewritten King’s Councilor three
times, and written the Stone Mason and Jen’s story (still unnamed).
As I read through it I had a giant realization. The Orphans
of Jadox is written in 2 different points of view: Larzo and Aydra. Yet, as I
read, I realized that there was no distinction between voice. I’ve been reading
a lot of reviews on different books, and that always seems to be the biggest
complaint. If there are two different people, then they should talk
differently, think differently.
So two days ago, I separated their points of view. I printed
them out separately so that as I can focus on one point of view before moving
to the other. Larzo is a shapeshifter, a
cat. He needs to focus on tactile senses: smell, sight, sound. Each small
detail is heightened by his senses. Aydra, on the other hand, as I later found
out in in The Stone Mason, has mild empathy, which her son inherits. So she
focuses on emotions, reactions, feelings of those around her.
Right now, I’m working on Larzo’s point of view. It’s odd,
focusing so much on details, the smells, the sounds, but I’m loving it. I don’t
think I’ve ever felt like I’m completely within someone else’s head. It’s quite
fun, and now, when I go on my writer’s retreat next week, I have something
definite and concrete to work on.
It’s also been quite a while since I’ve printed out my
project, and working in a different medium has definitely got my creative
juices flowing.
How about the rest of you? What are you working on right
now?
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