Oh, Hello there! You guys like to read, right? Well, I need your help! ^_^ [UPDATED]
globug0822 Send a noteboard - 29/11/2011 07:31:51 PM
So, I've been doing NaNoWriMo this year and for the first time I am actually going to win. It's inevitable now. I am within about 100 words but... I am FINISHED!!!!
Still, there is something that is bugging me about my story.
It happens to be the way my fairy/imp/leprechaun man speaks... it feels... in authentic. He is cursing my MC to like, grow a backbone an stop being such a whiney bitch, or he's gonna do something awful to her.
ADDED: Couple of things I forgot to say:
1. it is a YA novel
2. The fairy in question is one of the Sidhe... sort of... he's a Fear Darrig/The Red Man/Red-Haired Man so kind of creepy-ish... but he is not evil, just mischievous... and she thinks he's evil only he's really working for her good.
3. It's really a story about growing a backbone and not being scared of being yourself.
So... if you would like to help me, you could write a tiny bit about how you think a fairy thing would talk if it were issuing a curse. You don't have to write the curse itself...
I don't want to steal your words or plagiarize or anything but I just have no idea how to make it speak without making it sound *lame.* Right now I've got rhyming couplets that make him sound like... well... a fairy. I want him to sound like a dangerous and powerful entity capable of great malevolence or something.
It's times like these when I really miss the writer's message board. ^_^
Still, there is something that is bugging me about my story.
It happens to be the way my fairy/imp/leprechaun man speaks... it feels... in authentic. He is cursing my MC to like, grow a backbone an stop being such a whiney bitch, or he's gonna do something awful to her.
ADDED: Couple of things I forgot to say:
1. it is a YA novel
2. The fairy in question is one of the Sidhe... sort of... he's a Fear Darrig/The Red Man/Red-Haired Man so kind of creepy-ish... but he is not evil, just mischievous... and she thinks he's evil only he's really working for her good.
3. It's really a story about growing a backbone and not being scared of being yourself.
So... if you would like to help me, you could write a tiny bit about how you think a fairy thing would talk if it were issuing a curse. You don't have to write the curse itself...
I don't want to steal your words or plagiarize or anything but I just have no idea how to make it speak without making it sound *lame.* Right now I've got rhyming couplets that make him sound like... well... a fairy. I want him to sound like a dangerous and powerful entity capable of great malevolence or something.
It's times like these when I really miss the writer's message board. ^_^
~g~
*MySmiley*
CrazedWeasel
"Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did...When you are behaving as if you loved someone you will presently come to love him."-- C. S. Lewis
*MySmiley*
CrazedWeasel
"Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did...When you are behaving as if you loved someone you will presently come to love him."-- C. S. Lewis
This message last edited by globug0822 on 29/11/2011 at 10:38:51 PM
Oh, Hello there! You guys like to read, right? Well, I need your help! ^_^ [UPDATED]
29/11/2011 07:31:51 PM
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*muse* I'm thinking about the character from V for Vendetta
29/11/2011 08:32:34 PM
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"Listen to me very carfully you large oafish fool. You will do just as I instruct or....
29/11/2011 08:42:42 PM
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Try weaving the rhymes
29/11/2011 09:01:39 PM
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Weaving the rhymes?
29/11/2011 10:14:55 PM
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ABABAB, presumably. *NM*
29/11/2011 10:16:14 PM
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Blergh. It still sounds crap!
29/11/2011 10:36:10 PM
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I am equal parts embarrassed by and proud/jealous of you; congrats.
30/11/2011 03:03:20 PM
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hahahahaha i was so confused there for a second
30/11/2011 03:17:09 PM
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Well, I had a few RL friends who all joined in...
02/12/2011 03:08:49 AM
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