And now for something completely different: writing news.
I have absolutely no problem writing sad plots, moving plots, and other tragic stories. I got some feedback (sometimes from editors), telling me that this or that story had made the reader contacting me cry.
I've got the "I should invest in a company that sells tissue" routine well-oiled and working fine.
So, of course, my dream is to write comedy. <strategically places pillow on the desk before banging head on it - repeatedly>
My problem is that I've made "Your plot must be plausible and research the topics you mention so that you don't write anything wrong or stupid" my cardinal rule. It's brilliant for serious plots with a hint of History, but it's a knife in the back if you want to write comedy where so much relies on absurd situations.
I am training, though, and even my serious sci-fi novels have bits of barminess that are giving me hope.
I was working on something different this week, and to make the plots work, I had to ignore that lil' voice in my head that kept telling me "But that detail wouldn't work in real life!". I growled at the voice and pointed out that it was a detail, and that the plot works with that tiny inaccuracy (before snapping at my own brain "Deal with it!").
It's not much, but it's telling me that I can train my brain to accept absurd situations that could generate comic plots.
I predict months (years? ô.O) of training, though.
2 comments:
oh thats not good, I tend to do a worst case scenario on things... if it can go wrong I do! then at each turn it gets worse and it becomes very embarrassing and funny, but my writing does not get out of my own books much so it could just be me :-)Keep up with the bunnies :-)and have fun, it always shows when you had fun writing.
Writing (whatever our style is) is good fun, isn't it? ^_^
I've got a series of novels in the oven and a line of patient bunnies simmering in various corners of my brain.
One day, I'll manage to write a funny play. One day... ^_~
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