The subconscious: It's a beautiful thing
In writing The Trouble With Demons, I've been trying to figure out how to introduce the main villain. (BTW -- He's also the main villain in Armed & Magical. A young, gorgeous, magically powerful and delightfully evil goblin.) Anyhoo, everything I was coming up with for his intro and subplot was lame and wouldn't support the main plot the way I needed it to. I knew it was wrong; I knew it wouldn't work, but I needed that introduction and his "story" for this book and I needed it now (actually two weeks ago).
Then yesterday at work, to quote Emeril: BAM! There it was, fully formed and fabulous -- not to mention evil, nefarious, and utterly brazen. I loved it. And danged near did a "Squeeeee!" right there in the office. It was like an oven timer went off in my head as if to say, "Your villain is now done."
And the beauty of it is that I wasn't even thinking about it -- not consciously anyway. But apparently my subconscious writing brain was on the case, working feverishly, hammering out the details and checking for fault or inconsistencies. When the subplot was done to my subconscious writing brain's satisfaction, it rang the kitchen bell and yelled, "Order up!"
I am one happy girl. *humongous grin*
Don't forget to stop by tomorrow's blog for the Saturday Fun Pics.
And I have ordered the Armed & Magical postcards, and hope to have them back within two weeks. The A&M bookmarks are being designed now. When they're both ready, I'll send the A&M goodies to those of you who requested MLTF postcards. And if you want postcards or bookmarks, just email me your name and address to lisa@lisashearin.com.
Happy Friday!
Lisa
Then yesterday at work, to quote Emeril: BAM! There it was, fully formed and fabulous -- not to mention evil, nefarious, and utterly brazen. I loved it. And danged near did a "Squeeeee!" right there in the office. It was like an oven timer went off in my head as if to say, "Your villain is now done."
And the beauty of it is that I wasn't even thinking about it -- not consciously anyway. But apparently my subconscious writing brain was on the case, working feverishly, hammering out the details and checking for fault or inconsistencies. When the subplot was done to my subconscious writing brain's satisfaction, it rang the kitchen bell and yelled, "Order up!"
I am one happy girl. *humongous grin*
Don't forget to stop by tomorrow's blog for the Saturday Fun Pics.
And I have ordered the Armed & Magical postcards, and hope to have them back within two weeks. The A&M bookmarks are being designed now. When they're both ready, I'll send the A&M goodies to those of you who requested MLTF postcards. And if you want postcards or bookmarks, just email me your name and address to lisa@lisashearin.com.
Happy Friday!
Lisa
posted by Lisa Shearin at
9:00 AM
7 Comments:
"Your villain is now done." LOL!! Sometimes, things just gotta click.
It clicked, and I was oh so grateful. ; )
LOL That "Your villain is now done" line cracked me up, too. Another classic.
Lisa,
How are you?
It's so great when that happens, isn't it? Writing can be such a weird and wonderful thing. :)
Have a great weekend!
Thanks, Laurie! ; )
Hi, Yolanda! I'm doing great. How about you? Ooops, I just noticed that I don't have a link to your site on my blog. I'll have to fix that. ; ) Everybody, Yolanda is a paranormal & urban fantasy author from Austraila. Her website is www.yolandasfetsos.com. She blogs every day, too. ; )
I am so happy that the intro finally clicked & i love the "your villian is now done" line- sometimes that really is how it happens isn't it? :)
Now all I need is a beefed up Piaras subplot. And one for Talon,too. What I have is fine, but I want kick-butt, not "fine."
Oh, well. Like the villain subplot, this too shall come in time. Apparently those subplots aren't "done" yet.
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