@Karilan Erm, three. I retired two old ones but I have another one coming up that I keep hinting at. That's probably going to be next summer though. Busy until after June with a bunch of stuff.
I know the feeling. I have so many story ideas but I'm trying to balance just 3 at a time.
Trying to figure out how I'll balance Grace, Magnolia, and the return of Pine Point and Glassbolt. Argh.
Definitely changing up my posting schedule a bit in the new year!
I'm excited for both WAWRMO this Saturday (although I love the whole story and have no idea how people wait all week because I have quite a few cliffhangers ) and BL's next update on Sunday (I need to screenshot but otherwise it's done!) And BB's next update too but that's a week away.
You really do love to torture us with cliffhangers! XD can't wait for Saturday either. I'm glad you're excited about it too. It's a bonus when your own story excites you.
Yes, I will admit when writing I do love to write the cliffhangers. I'm always excited for WAWRMO! I have the next 3 chapters planned a little in my head.
@Karilan Erm, three. I retired two old ones but I have another one coming up that I keep hinting at. That's probably going to be next summer though. Busy until after June with a bunch of stuff.
I know the feeling. I have so many story ideas but I'm trying to balance just 3 at a time.
Trying to figure out how I'll balance Grace, Magnolia, and the return of Pine Point and Glassbolt. Argh.
Definitely changing up my posting schedule a bit in the new year!
I'm excited for both WAWRMO this Saturday (although I love the whole story and have no idea how people wait all week because I have quite a few cliffhangers ) and BL's next update on Sunday (I need to screenshot but otherwise it's done!) And BB's next update too but that's a week away.
I love cliffhangers! I'm not caught up on WAWRMO right now, but when I do I'm sure it'll be so satisfying to binge read!
Probably, although I can''t say either way as i'd be completely biased (and probably say it's terrible at times ). I do love it though because there are some facts about it that only I know and you'd never guess unless I told you. One of which is....(spoiler cause I don't know how far you're into it, if you're past chapter 3 then you're okay)
Robin and Max were actually intended for 2 different stories I had. One I scrapped in the planning stage/ after writing the first chapter. Max was from a story that he never did make an appearance in cause I scrapped it.
@Karilan, satisfying is probably not the word for it. Exciting, yes, but also frustrating to the core because the cliffhangers always end on something super exciting and you just have to know what happens next but you also have to wait a whole week for it and, as @Bugsie is well aware, I just have to know what dog Tony Corleonisi wants to be.
That too. But it's only a week, right? I always want to publish the next one a day early so I cheat by staying up until 12am. I'm actually screenshotting the next chapter right now.
OMG I do that too!
LOL so i'm not the only one. I've just finished the next WAWRMO chapter. Now time to work on BL's chapter.
Ok, question: How do you hear your character's voices when you're writing? Do they have a particular accent or tone of their voice?
@Bugsie2016 Oh my gosh I was just touching on that in the kindness bench for simlit writers. I was talking about how my deceased sim, Talula Green and her descendant, Adrian, remind me of Kitty Hawkins from the tv series, Mr Selfridge because they flirt exactly like her. So, most of the time I picture her when they speak.
I actually have conversations with myself, playing each of the characters. Accents are, for some characters, quite important, but for most, it's actually the tone of voice which is important, hence I speak the conversation out to myself to make it sound natural.
Ok, question: How do you hear your character's voices when you're writing? Do they have a particular accent or tone of their voice?
Ya know, I really don't? I often play the game with my sound off, so I rarely know what my characters sound like! Karlee is the first one that I've thought of with an accent and I haven't fully committed but I imagine she'd have a slight Texan drawl.
I'm curious, does Claude have an accent or any inflections?
Ok, question: How do you hear your character's voices when you're writing? Do they have a particular accent or tone of their voice?
This plays a very big role in how I write my story. I normally think of how my characters would sound like first when I write their lines. My main characters speak a variety of accents, such as a British accent, a neutral American accent, and even heavily-accented English spoken by an Asian immigrant. I repeat their lines in my head to see if it is something they would say, and if it fits, it stays.
Ok, question: How do you hear your character's voices when you're writing? Do they have a particular accent or tone of their voice?
This plays a very big role in how I write my story. I normally think of how my characters would sound like first when I write their lines. My main characters speak a variety of accents, such as a British accent, a neutral American accent, and even heavily-accented English spoken by an Asian immigrant. I repeat their lines in my head to see if it is something they would say, and if it fits, it stays.
I love the way Park sounds ! His English is great ! I also love the contrast when we get a character speaking casual American English !
I'm curious, does Claude have an accent or any inflections?
Claude, although never intended to be British, ended up my accent. (I'm Northern British and I couldn't even do a southern accent if I tried cause i'd probably offend a few people )
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Happy birthday, @Julyvee94 @Bugsie2016 . That often happens to me too. If I don't assign a character an accent, they end up with an accent similar to mine. I have, however, this time given myself a bit of a challenge, since some of my characters have a twang of another accent over the top of a different accent, and so I do what @pronterus does, I play around until it sounds right to me.
My shortest BL chapter has more words than what i've said to the majority (about 75-80%) of people I have known for the past 4/5 years and the longest has more than all of them combined (aka 2000 words or less). I say I've 'known' them but really I've known of them for 4/5 years 'cause I don't think i've said that much to them. That is crazy but also my life. Obviously there are exceptions 'cause I do speak to some people more than others but it's still crazy to think.
@Bugsie2016 That's interesting... how are you getting the numbers for the word amounts you've said to different people?
I honestly don't say that much to them anyway so it's approximate (and I should have probably said the amount of times i've spoken to the majority of people to be more accurate ) and I have a good memory plus some of them i've not said anything to but that's another story. Obviously my close friends (and family) and some other people i've said way too much to and don't shut up but everyone else not that much so it's probably close.
@Bugsie2016 That's interesting... how are you getting the numbers for the word amounts you've said to different people?
I honestly don't say that much to them anyway so it's approximate and I have a good memory plus some of them i've not said anything to but that's another story. Obviously my close friends (and family) and some other people i've said way too much to and don't shut up but everyone else not that much so it's probably close.
@Bugsie2016 That's interesting... how are you getting the numbers for the word amounts you've said to different people?
I honestly don't say that much to them anyway so it's approximate and I have a good memory plus some of them i've not said anything to but that's another story. Obviously my close friends (and family) and some other people i've said way too much to and don't shut up but everyone else not that much so it's probably close.
I think you've summed me up there.
Good to know i'm not the only one.
If you're wondering how I can figure this out, if i've only spoken to a person once then I remember the conversation well enough. To be honest, some of them have started conversations with me but I didn't say anything 'cause reasons.
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@Bugsie2016 Oh my gosh I was just touching on that in the kindness bench for simlit writers. I was talking about how my deceased sim, Talula Green and her descendant, Adrian, remind me of Kitty Hawkins from the tv series, Mr Selfridge because they flirt exactly like her. So, most of the time I picture her when they speak.
I actually have conversations with myself, playing each of the characters. Accents are, for some characters, quite important, but for most, it's actually the tone of voice which is important, hence I speak the conversation out to myself to make it sound natural.
happy birthday.
i quoted cathtea because its late here.
okay i would have anyway but it is late here.
Happy Birthday!!
Ya know, I really don't? I often play the game with my sound off, so I rarely know what my characters sound like! Karlee is the first one that I've thought of with an accent and I haven't fully committed but I imagine she'd have a slight Texan drawl.
I'm curious, does Claude have an accent or any inflections?
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This plays a very big role in how I write my story. I normally think of how my characters would sound like first when I write their lines. My main characters speak a variety of accents, such as a British accent, a neutral American accent, and even heavily-accented English spoken by an Asian immigrant. I repeat their lines in my head to see if it is something they would say, and if it fits, it stays.
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I love the way Park sounds ! His English is great ! I also love the contrast when we get a character speaking casual American English !
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Happy Birthday!!
Claude, although never intended to be British, ended up my accent.
@Pegasus143 I approve of this pun
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Haven't been on here very much - college classes and personal mental health issues have eaten up a lot of my time. I have finals next week and only two more assignments to turn in before I get to go home for the semester, though, so that's helping me power through everything right now.
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@Bugsie2016 . That often happens to me too. If I don't assign a character an accent, they end up with an accent similar to mine. I have, however, this time given myself a bit of a challenge, since some of my characters have a twang of another accent over the top of a different accent, and so I do what @pronterus does, I play around until it sounds right to me.
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I honestly don't say that much to them anyway so it's approximate (and I should have probably said the amount of times i've spoken to the majority of people to be more accurate
I think you've summed me up there.
Good to know i'm not the only one.