Writing Diary #4
Added 2024-03-11 15:36:00 +0000 UTCSo I’ve been asked to include more options for speaking to the ROs. It’s interesting to get different sides of their personality depending on what you choose. It’s also exhausting to remain on one scene because you writing this dialogue for three people, but I wouldn’t change it. I don’t like the idea of giving the readers a copy and paste response no matter what they choose. It feels lazy, it feels like the characters aren’t people but props for romance.
To me romance works because the characters feel real. They talk the way a person would and they respond differently to different things. In fiction I care about characters that could feel like they exist in the world somewhere.
Apart from ALL THAT, I’m on the second to last scene of the last part of this episode. This part is RO heavy. What’s funny is that for some reason I feel like they’ve been featured a lot in this episode when in actuality apart from a brief moment with Nia, the mc and RO’s haven’t had a conversation. In the story they haven’t talked in weeks. I guess the spirits of the ROs are felt even when they’re not there which is why I feel as if they were. (Also because I’ve been staring at the episode outline for months).
For real though, I’m excited to finally finish this episode since it’s been worked on since late December. Like I need to be refreshed with a new episode to work on.
Sincerely, the (tired) Writer
