Writing Mechanics

[awanderingbard]

I was inspired by donutsweeper's anatomy of a drabble post and it got me thinking.

Name any story I've written or character I've written about and I'll tell you 3 OOC things about it/him/her. What gave me the idea for the story, how it changed from the original, what I took out or couldn't get in, who the character is based on, etc. The mechanics of writing it.

Feel free to ask for a couple and also fee free to post this in your journal so I can ask you stuff too. :-)

Comments

[gusthemoose.livejournal.com]

Why does Harry hold so much appeal to you? And Harry in general for your fics.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I don't know why Harry appeals to me so much. I think its because I love someone who is sort of bumbling and awkward, who often doesn't say or do the right thing, but always ends up saving the day in the end. In the books, I loved that Harry isn't infallible by any means - he's always hurt pretty badly by the end of the books. I liked that, even though he has super powers, he really struggles with the mundane parts of life and isn't devilishly handsome and strong. He's just a regular guy, who has a great sense of humour and can do magic.

Harry

1. Harry is by far the easiest character for me to write. Writing from his POV is never hard, his voice just makes sense to me for whatever reason.

2. His voice is very similar to another character whom I love, Archie Goodwin from the Nero Wolfe novels and TV show. In fact, most of Archie's lines I could give to Harry and vice versa and they wouldn't sound odd. I sometimes pull stuff out of old Nero Wolfe fanfic that I wrote when I was 14 or so that never got published because I cannot write a good mystery, to use for Harry since it works so well.

3. I don't think I would love Harry so much were Paul Blackthorne not so adorable in his mannerisms. I always try to include some of Paul's Harry's movements, like the pointing or those boyish smiles or whatever.

[gusthemoose.livejournal.com]

All reasons I can agree with and understand completely. Especially Paul Blackthorne being adorable. So adorable.