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writing thoughts and the politics of fiction
Writing has been difficult. I only wrote 10,000 words this month and I don't think too much of that was new. I've been having trouble rewriting the novel. Feeling very didactic right now.
I'm thinking of rewriting the Queen Of The Night series - well, Book 1 at least. I have a better idea of how it should go now, but...
One of the issues with writing right now is how the world has changed in the last year. The last five, really, but particularly the last six months. What was presumed to be continuing and unchanging is now going to run down. Or, as Hank Green said in 2020, the books he would write with a 2nd Dumpf presidency would be different from what he'd otherwise write.
I begin to see what he means.
It's going to be difficult going forward to write about a world that is signally different to the one in which we (authors) grew up. There's a bit of leeway in fantasy worlds, but the dissonance is going to be there.
The changes in the rest of the world won't be as immediately obvious to us as they are to the US, but change will happen because: consequences. I'm lucky in that all my worlds, I've centred the action around Australia and Asia - Jenna is American, yes, but she's operating in Bali to begin with, then in Crossover, and most of her work is going to take her through other continents. I kept her well out of the US, except for a brief stint when she goes home for her Dad's 60th.
Helen (Queen of the Night) is Australian and all the action takes place in Sydney. Alex is from the US, but he's immigrated to Australia to get away from his family and is settled in Sydney. The cast (of thousands) is pretty much from Sydney and surrounds, so that works out okay.
Tana...I had her and the Vees set in what was basically Australia, but the initial idea had her in a slightly fuzzy fantasy world of vampires and elves and humans. IDK. She's still kind of on the drawing (writing?) board. I have the relationships clear enough, but forming the world (or universe) around them? That's something else.
And yes, it's hard to focus on writing sometimes when my train of thought just wants to scatter.
Maybe with a (more or less) clear weekend, I can get some focused writing done? IDEK. I hate rewriting.
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Also, I'm tired.
I'm thinking of rewriting the Queen Of The Night series - well, Book 1 at least. I have a better idea of how it should go now, but...
One of the issues with writing right now is how the world has changed in the last year. The last five, really, but particularly the last six months. What was presumed to be continuing and unchanging is now going to run down. Or, as Hank Green said in 2020, the books he would write with a 2nd Dumpf presidency would be different from what he'd otherwise write.
I begin to see what he means.
It's going to be difficult going forward to write about a world that is signally different to the one in which we (authors) grew up. There's a bit of leeway in fantasy worlds, but the dissonance is going to be there.
The changes in the rest of the world won't be as immediately obvious to us as they are to the US, but change will happen because: consequences. I'm lucky in that all my worlds, I've centred the action around Australia and Asia - Jenna is American, yes, but she's operating in Bali to begin with, then in Crossover, and most of her work is going to take her through other continents. I kept her well out of the US, except for a brief stint when she goes home for her Dad's 60th.
Helen (Queen of the Night) is Australian and all the action takes place in Sydney. Alex is from the US, but he's immigrated to Australia to get away from his family and is settled in Sydney. The cast (of thousands) is pretty much from Sydney and surrounds, so that works out okay.
Tana...I had her and the Vees set in what was basically Australia, but the initial idea had her in a slightly fuzzy fantasy world of vampires and elves and humans. IDK. She's still kind of on the drawing (writing?) board. I have the relationships clear enough, but forming the world (or universe) around them? That's something else.
And yes, it's hard to focus on writing sometimes when my train of thought just wants to scatter.
Maybe with a (more or less) clear weekend, I can get some focused writing done? IDEK. I hate rewriting.
--
Also, I'm tired.
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I can't imagine having that much out and then having to gently nudge it to a different place - rewriting sounds doubly difficult.
All that said... 10,000 sounds incredible. Go You!!!
*shakes pom-poms
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"HUGS"
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It's honestly so much wish fulfillment that this trailer park is as safe a place for queer folks as it is for supernatural folks. Like issues for our trans lady love interest are mentioned, but it's all off stage rather than front and center. Trying to keep it in that vibe of a soft place to land (even though yes it's urban fantasy and has that genre level violence) when this country (and our states specifically) is such a shit show is rough to say the least.
I'd be tempted to just say screw it and solely work on my full on cozy fantasy thing since it's setting is true fantasy, but I really NEED to get the trailer park sequel done to try to keep my small readership, you know? Just oof. Lots of oof.
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