Twisting Wonderland
I was just looking over my outline for The View from the Wonderland Asylum and it occurred to me that I'm doing just what I had set out to do. I took the world created by Lewis Carroll and twisted it and turned it until it became what it is--dark, poignant, real.
I'm pleased with my work, so far. Now if only I could finish tweaking this outline, so I could get on that synopsis. (I'm half-way there...just a few more chapters...)
Something's got hold of me lately. Not self doubt, but something else. Wonderland is vastly different than Vlad's world. I can't help but wonder if it will be as well received. And it doesn't help that this book is lacking that sarcastic wit, that pun-loving prose that Eighth Grade Bites will be known for. Wonderland is wholly dark and without even a smidge of humor so far, so I imagine that's partially to blame for my mood.
Maybe I need to rethink that.
Action, scary situations, and adventure are great, but without an occasional smirk, they may be too much to bear. After all, do I ever have a day without humor in it? No. So why should Dillon?
I don't know. I need to think about it more and find out what's missing.
I'm pleased with my work, so far. Now if only I could finish tweaking this outline, so I could get on that synopsis. (I'm half-way there...just a few more chapters...)
Something's got hold of me lately. Not self doubt, but something else. Wonderland is vastly different than Vlad's world. I can't help but wonder if it will be as well received. And it doesn't help that this book is lacking that sarcastic wit, that pun-loving prose that Eighth Grade Bites will be known for. Wonderland is wholly dark and without even a smidge of humor so far, so I imagine that's partially to blame for my mood.
Maybe I need to rethink that.
Action, scary situations, and adventure are great, but without an occasional smirk, they may be too much to bear. After all, do I ever have a day without humor in it? No. So why should Dillon?
I don't know. I need to think about it more and find out what's missing.
posted by Heather Brewer at 8:04 AM
10 Comments:
You aren't Dillon. Vlad isn't Dillon. Only Dillon is Dillon. If here isn't humor there, even self depricating, then maybe there isn't any needed.
Just a thought.
Different strokes for different folks. Cliche but true.
Otherwise, great work on Wonderland. I'm glad you are making progress. You've inspired me to start reviewing my WIPs and getting them back on track again. Thanks.
As Jackie emailed me earlier (in her infinite wisdom): "WONDERLAND isn’t EGB, nor should it be. The voices should be different."
Great advice, both of you. :)
Thanks.
Ewoh and I are incredibly brilliant, Heather. Modest, too. :) We have to be -- we're in terrific company.
You are both SO getting chocolates in July. *kish kish*
Hi Heather:
Great post! (Gave you a shout-out on my blog today, by the way.) Because I write in different genres, I often leave a world I love (say a YA book) to start something wildly different and feel a vague dissatisfaction with the new world. It's often precisely what you're talking about . . . that I was so "in character" for a book that I find said character poking around in a book he or she has no business in, if only in plaguing me with self-doubt. Brian's advice was utterly brilliant.
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Erica, that's exactly it! And it's so nice to know I'm not the only one troubled by this. And thanks for the shout out, girly! You rule. :)
The three of you are altogether too nice. I think you are all giving me too much credit, but I'll take it. Now if I can just translate that into my writing I'm surely going to get published :)
Now, I have to cop to stealing my advice. Trey Parker made a move called "Orgazmo" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124819/)
In which there is a Latino individual who goes to an interview to be in the movie. When asked why he should be hired he responds with the following:
Maxxx Orbison: What's your name, again?
Sancho: I am Sancho.
Maxxx Orbison: Look, I get a lot of people auditioning all the time. What makes you think that you'd be good enough for porno?
Sancho: I am Sancho.
Maxxx Orbison: Great... but what do you do?
Sancho: What do I do? I am Sancho.
Maxxx Orbison: And...?
Sancho: And there are many Jeffs in the world, and many Toms as well. But I... am Sancho.
Maxxx Orbison: And...?
Sancho: Are you Sancho? No you are not. Neither is Scott Baio Sancho. Frank Gifford is not Sancho. But I...
Maxxx Orbison: You... are Sancho!
Sancho: That's right.
Maxxx Orbison: Okay, you're hired.
So, that's where the basis of my statement came from. Even Vlad and Dillon are not Sancho. If you are easily offended (I don't think anyone here is, but I have to say that) you should watch the movie. It is a total riot, if you like that kind of humor. Hey, it's Trey Parker, half of the Southpark team.
I'm going to be uttering that all day.
I am Sancho. :)
You are not Sancho. Erica Orloff is not Sancho. Jackie is not Sancho.
I am Sancho.
ROFLMAO
Sorry, but just could not stop myself.
Feeling giddy-stoopid today. Forgot my USB drive at home with all my latest edits on it. Don't have any local copies. Think I'll work on my query letter and synopsis...
You're hired. LOL!
Get to work, bub. I'm having some playtime before diving back in with Dillon. But tonight...I'm hoping for a tasy wordcount.
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