Changing Perspectives (SL)
Saturday, 30 September 2023 12:06![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mint_phalanxI'm writing a story called The Murder After. It's about a man trying to figure out what happened one night after waking up next to a dead body.
When it was a plot bunny, I kept imagining the protagonist as me, so I wrote it in the second person for readers to insert themselves. (Lesson: never use a verse of "Captain's Court" out of context. That's where I got the name of the victim: Jacqueline.) But then I found a name for him: Terrance. My second person idea deteriorated from there. From now on, I'll continue with that route then translate it to third person on the final draft. (I want it to be limited, so that might help.)
Another idea that might be scrapped soon is not describing anyone. The plan is the readers imagine the characters however they want. Except I keep imagining myself dictating how they look in adaptations. At the same time, I don't want to write a cast list like Reanna did. It would seem formulaic or that she's pretending to be me. But it looks easier than trying to describe the characters in-story.
Update: I'm going back to the second person thing.
When it was a plot bunny, I kept imagining the protagonist as me, so I wrote it in the second person for readers to insert themselves. (Lesson: never use a verse of "Captain's Court" out of context. That's where I got the name of the victim: Jacqueline.) But then I found a name for him: Terrance. My second person idea deteriorated from there. From now on, I'll continue with that route then translate it to third person on the final draft. (I want it to be limited, so that might help.)
Another idea that might be scrapped soon is not describing anyone. The plan is the readers imagine the characters however they want. Except I keep imagining myself dictating how they look in adaptations. At the same time, I don't want to write a cast list like Reanna did. It would seem formulaic or that she's pretending to be me. But it looks easier than trying to describe the characters in-story.
Update: I'm going back to the second person thing.
