are those my lungs?

[tielan]

...I think I hacked them up last night.

Another sick day, this time without a trip in to the city to get a visa for Vietnam as yesterday was. *shifty looks*

Am trying to write fic, but this one involves writing about a family in suburban America (admittedly fictional suburban America) so there are so many possible pitfalls. Not least of which is that I feel like the family needs some dysfunction.

This is where I feel like my extremely functional upbringing hasn't adequately prepared me for writing dysfunctional relationships. Which, granted, they don't always have to be, but sometimes I do kind of wonder if I'm failing DRAMA 101: NOBODY ACTUALLY CONNECTS WITH EACH OTHER, THEY JUST PASS LIKE SHIPS IN THE NIGHT. Because even when my situations don't work out (eg. Between Destiny And Love) the individuals are still functional and self-aware.

And now I gotta think about lunch before it becomes dinner time.

Oh yeah, was going to make rocket pesto (roquette/arugula, whatever)...

I was going to do more writing this morning dammit....

Comments

[beatrice_otter]

If you need help with Americana, let me know.

Honestly, it is probably better to write what you know well than to write what you don't know and get it wrong, when you don't want to write what you don't know in the first place.

[tielan]

I may ask a few questions along the way. Thanks. :)

[hyperfocused]

Rocket Pesto is so the name of my next band.

((Feel better!))

[tielan]

LOL. It's pretty tasty, actually.

[jenab]

Because even when my situations don't work out (eg. Between Destiny And Love) the individuals are still functional and self-aware.

This is why I liked Between Destiny and Love. Functional adults dealing the best they can with the situation they're in.

Its probably because I also had a functional upbringing.

[tielan]

Damn those functional upbringings of ours!

No, but really, I love people in no-win situations, acting like adults. Also: not just angsting, but getting on with the job.

There's a scene I read many years ago, between the lovers - former and current - of a female character. She's had a son by the former lover but they didn't work out: fish and fowl in nature and purpose. And because she's on a mission, her current lover has to take the kid out to his father for parental access.

And they act like mature men. No jealous accusations or tantrums or male ego displays, although it's awkward as heck. You can see the former lover isn't entirely pleased to be confronted by this, and the current lover would rather be anywhere but here. But they're grown-ups about it: this is the way it is and they're going to deal.

One of the things I liked about writing that scene between Maria and Laura in 'Between Destiny And Love'. And the end scenes between Maria & Steve, and Maria & Clint. Acknowledgement and dealing with emotion but not emotive reaction.