Charlotte, part 2

[dameboudicca]

How hard can it be to type up a story of about 10 000 words, when your know (sort of) what is going to happen? Especially as I can, without that much effort, write 2-3000 words a day. And still this poor story has been dragging on for a week or so, by now.

I think, if I am to be totally honest, the main problem is the main character - Charlotte - herself. She is not a very likeable character. She is very much like me, when I was eighteen years old, and I kind of suspect that I would not like myself either if I ran into myself today. And yet I have to show her in a probable light, not coming off as universally unlovable, even though she might feel that way to me. To top it off, I also have to make it at least probable she would awaken some kind of interest in a rather successful man, seven years her senior. 

Well, one of the points with this project (the collection of short stories I have given the work-title 25 faces) was to explore writing about characters I would not normally care for and therefore just stay away from. I guess it is a good thing challenging myself from time to time. How do you develop as a writer if you do not, after all?

Comments

[shiny_crystal]

First off, interesting project! :) It definitely sounds like a challenge!

But I know that feeling, it's unnerving... What helps me if I just can't get something written is setting a timer to 20 minutes and just typing furiously without thinking (too much). Mostly works for me.

[dameboudicca]

I've tried forcing myself, and I got a few hundred words from it, but then I hit a brick-wall again. I hope it will go more smoothly when I move on to the next story!