DLXXV

[desperance]

Still wading through mud. Grimly. Where is the carefree canter of yesteryear? Or last week, even? (Hah! I was never carefree. The angst must be part of my charm, if I have any. Someone called me charming last night, and I'm clinging to that, like a child cupping their hands around a feather in a wind.)

So this is clearly going to be a 600-page draft. I could have lived without this, but there it is. Here it is. Or will be. At the end of this week, I hope - but I have rehearsals all tomorrow, tech & performance on Wednesday, performance Thursday... All interspersed with Iolanthe and Pratchett class and I don't know what else.

My life feels - random, where it ought to be focused. And I still feel bleah. I have the lights on and the fire on, both of which are unusual when I'm working; thoughts of going to bed - the snuggliness of duvets, particularly - distract me. Constantly.

Also, big fight scene coming up. I hate fight scenes. What do I know from fights? Give me the complexities of the human heart to unravel, and I'm happy. Fight scenes, not so much.

*sighs*

*sniffs*

*takes fresh guard - or in this case fresh coffee - and goes to bat again*

Comments

[wishwords.livejournal.com]

Think of writing a fight scene like writing a sex scene, only with different types of toys and more participants.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

*g* Thank you!

[wishwords.livejournal.com]

Mmm, all that testosterone flying... angry sex/fighting.

[szandara.livejournal.com]

If it helps, I find you charming, at least in pixels.

[gauroth.livejournal.com]

If the fight scene bowls you a bouncer I'm sure you'll hit it for six. No, you'll hit it into the carpark! Charmingly and elegantly, of course.

[devonellington.livejournal.com]

Feel better soon, sweetie!

600 pages is quite a bit, but if that's the story's need, that's the story's need.

Sorry it comes at a time when there's so much going on with the play and all.

Thinking of you-- I know you can get those fight scenes down. Remember the emotional reason behind every physical action and you'll be fine.

[handworn.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how spirits-lifting such small compliments can be, and how easy they are to pay.

Ever try fencing? Might be a good way to wrap your mind around fight scenes.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Yup, I did fence a little when I was younger, foil and epee. Stopped after the time I was fencing someone a lot older and more experienced than me, and I saw an opportunity to get through his guard - and hesitated, just because it would've made him so angry to lose points to a kid. So I lost the bout and the taste for it, both at once.

My missing killer instinct. Let me show you it.

[handworn.livejournal.com]

Have it bronzed?

[karenmiller.livejournal.com]

Nothing feels right when you're sick, so go easy on yourself!

Also, fight scenes!!! Help!!! is why I started the swordfighting classes. *g*

What's Pratchett class?