planering

Another beginning

I know, I’m really bad at updating. It’s really hard to find the time and I haven’t had anything to blog about either, since I haven’t worked on Wavesongs for a long time. But now I’m finally in the process of plotting the story, which has taken a lot of time since I felt the need to write short stories for a while and sort of write freely, without a deadline, without any plans or character limits. It’s been really good for me and I’ve had a lot of fun – I’ll keep writing short stories, of course, but not all the time because I do need to focus on my novel projects.

Wavesongs plotting is mostly difficult and frustrating right now, but it’s getting there, no matter how slowly. I didn’t think I’d need to change that much, but it will be a completely different story – and I’m happy about that. I’ll be able to make my otp happen for real, after all, and that makes me very happy. My hopes are also that I’ve learnt from my mistakes and will write a much better and more exciting story this time. We’ll see, but from the ideas I’ve had already I think it will be a really fun trilogy to write. Much more than before because it will be a lot less angsty.

I can’t make any promises about updating more often but I’ll try to come up with ideas for  the blog as well, in between thinking about those pirates 😉

Cutting out the middle man

So, it’s a new year and I hope 2016 has been good to you all so far. Personally, I’m just happy about the snow we’re having right now, and try not to think too much about all the serious work-related things ahead. I’ve had a lovely time during the holidays and now I’m looking forward to getting back to my routines, which will probably take a few days.

Oh, and this big, writing-related thing happened (well, it happened in my head). I don’t really know where it came from, but I realised I have to rewrite Wavesongs so that Chris and the Captain actually end up together (which they don’t, in the current version). It just hit me that I’ve been writing a story where I have a very obvious favourite character, and a very obvious OTP, but I’ve made the story go in another direction and that’s just… not good. My reason has been that the Captain is so flawed that Chris shouldn’t get stuck in a relationship with him, because there were certain things the Captain did that were unforgivable and you shouldn’t be with someone who doesn’t respect you. But what if I change him? What if I make a few tweaks and sort of merge his and Dylan’s character’s together, into one, better man who will actually be lovable? I feel a little crazy for even considering this, because it will change the entire story, and what will become of Dylan? etc etc… But I know deep down that I need to do this, and that I should have done it ages ago, because no matter how hard I’ve been fighting it, this trilogy has always been about the Captain. And it just became odder and odder how Chris kept obsessing and sort of caring for him, long after they’d fallen out and he was happy together with Dylan and definitely shouldn’t think of someone else. But he did, and I did, and I very much look forward to playing God and making this story turn out just the way I want.

This also means that Wavesongs will fit much, much better into the romance genre. It probably seems like a weird decision to my beta readers, but knowing what will happen in books two and three, I feel confident that I’m doing the right thing. *gross sobbing at the thought of actually making OTP 100% real* In a strange and slightly masochistic way, I’m also looking forward to rewriting the book completely. I don’t know how many decades it will take for me to finish the entire trilogy but I can’t wait to get to those final chapters of book three!

Ostrukturerat

Ibland mÄste man pÄ grund av omstÀndigheterna jobba pÄ inte helt optimala sÀtt, och sÄ Àr det för mig just nu. Deadline ligger runt hörnet för ett av mina projekt och jag har inget annat val Àn att skriva sÄ gott det gÄr, trots avsaknad av planering och trots att jag inte har tagit en hel rad viktiga beslut jag verkligen borde fatta innan jag försöker skriva den hÀr delen av storyn. Jag kan verkligen inte skriva utan planering. Noveller Àr en sak, om de Àr korta och inte sÀrskilt seriösa, men för större projekt mÄste jag absolut ha en tydlig och genomtÀnkt synopsis för att ro grejer iland.

Men nu fĂ„r det alltsĂ„ gĂ„ Ă€ndĂ„. Och det gör ju det, sĂ„klart, gĂ„r lite hjĂ€lpligt sĂ„dĂ€r och blir halvbra och halv- allting. Vilket Ă€r frustrerande nĂ€r man vet sĂ„ vĂ€l att det hade kunnat bli sĂ„ mycket bĂ€ttre om man bara var en ĂŒbermensch utan sömnbehov/tumblr-missbruksbeteende…

Annars peppar jag inför stor-redigeringen av VÄgsÄnger som jag snart ska ta itu med, en vÀlbehövlig genomgÄng eftersom jag har fÄtt lite nya idéer kring en av mina main pairings. Förhoppningsvis blir det sista redigeringsrundan pÄ ett tag, det kliar i fingrarna efter att fÄ sÀtta igÄng pÄ riktigt med bok tvÄ och jag hoppas att jag kan göra det till hösten.

Funderar pĂ„ om 2015 ska bli Ă„ret dĂ„ jag finally kör en NaNoWriMo ocksĂ„. Hmm…

Angst

AlltsĂ„ oj vad jag angstar just nu. Över boken, that is, och vilken vĂ€g vissa trĂ„dar ska ta eller inte ta. Det Ă€r sĂ„ himla svĂ„rt! Eftersom jag hĂ„ller pĂ„ med en trilogi sĂ„ fĂ„r ju de val jag gör nu konsekvenser ocksĂ„ för bok tvĂ„ och tre, och det Ă€r mycket som pĂ„verkas om jag vĂ€ljer att göra pĂ„ det ena eller andra sĂ€ttet. Samtidigt Ă€r det mycket nyanser det gĂ€ller, inga story-element egentligen utan mer karaktĂ€rernas kĂ€nslor för varandra. SĂ„nt som gör stor skillnad, nĂ€r det gĂ€ller hur en lĂ€sare uppfattar en viss karaktĂ€r eller relationer mellan karaktĂ€rer. Personerna och deras relationer Ă€r det som Ă€r allra viktigast för mig nĂ€r jag skriver och dĂ€rför lĂ€gger jag stor vikt vid att de ska presenteras pĂ„ rĂ€tt sĂ€tt!

Funderar ocksĂ„ över genren, tror att romanen Ă€r en piratroman med inslag av spĂ€nning, sex och romantik snarare Ă€n ren gay romance. Folk ligger nog runt lite för mycket i VĂ„gsĂ„nger för att den ska klassas som romance, haha 😉

Fin morgon

Idag börjar jag sent pÄ jobbet (och kommer inte hem förrÀn efter Ätta ikvÀll, men det behöver vi ju inte lÄtsas om), och kan ha en chill morgon med Jordskott och en massa kanelte och sÄ promenad i solen lite senare. Man behöver ha sÄna dagar ibland!

Annars har jag börjat fundera över en gammal novell som skulle behöva en uppfrÀschning (lÀs: total omarbetning), och igÄr pÄ bussen blev jag attackerad frÄn ingenstans av idéer och repliker. Ingen aning om var det kom ifrÄn men det dök upp mycket bra grejer i alla fall, sÄ nu Àr jag jÀttepepp pÄ att fortsÀtta planera!

Ha en fin dag nu allihop ❀