Reservoirs (Day 12)
Aug. 13th, 2009 06:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rosie_ruesis here
I suppose, when it comes to these epic in a month stories, I'm not even trying to write something literary or analytical. I'm not even a 100% fussed about canon - there are many books out there that I love more than these and I think of it more as something to bounce off and build from rather than something to explore. I've been thinking more and more about what I'm writing, and I've come to the conclusion that I'm writing pulp.
Now, that's not a bad thing. It's fun and fast and brightly coloured, with preposterous plot twists and silly one-liners and, y'know, pirates. What's odd is that I'm not usually a pulp writer. I've been chipping away at my novel for five years and I've still got five chapters to go. I'm all about epic worldbuildings and slowly unfurling character arcs and the most important relationships in any story being friendships. Maybe that's why I'm writing a romp now, because I somehow needed a change of pace (if so, I hope it sends me back refreshed because after a productive year, I've suddenly ground to a halt again on the book).
Meh, I'm waffling. Okay, so this was all about letting the de-aged boys play and establish their characters a little. Grindelwald is a very pouty little Dark Lord. Young!Albus is as polite as he is prejudiced. Lily feels betrayed. Oh, and Sirius gets to snuggle for half a sentence, because this is supposed to be a R/S fic. That's it, really.
I suppose, when it comes to these epic in a month stories, I'm not even trying to write something literary or analytical. I'm not even a 100% fussed about canon - there are many books out there that I love more than these and I think of it more as something to bounce off and build from rather than something to explore. I've been thinking more and more about what I'm writing, and I've come to the conclusion that I'm writing pulp.
Now, that's not a bad thing. It's fun and fast and brightly coloured, with preposterous plot twists and silly one-liners and, y'know, pirates. What's odd is that I'm not usually a pulp writer. I've been chipping away at my novel for five years and I've still got five chapters to go. I'm all about epic worldbuildings and slowly unfurling character arcs and the most important relationships in any story being friendships. Maybe that's why I'm writing a romp now, because I somehow needed a change of pace (if so, I hope it sends me back refreshed because after a productive year, I've suddenly ground to a halt again on the book).
Meh, I'm waffling. Okay, so this was all about letting the de-aged boys play and establish their characters a little. Grindelwald is a very pouty little Dark Lord. Young!Albus is as polite as he is prejudiced. Lily feels betrayed. Oh, and Sirius gets to snuggle for half a sentence, because this is supposed to be a R/S fic. That's it, really.