I'm at the "coloring in stage" of my sequel to Lord Skyler and The Earth Defense Force. The name of the sequel is The Universe Calls.
The coloring stage is where I read through a scene and I freeze the moment and look around the room that the characters are in. I smell the sweat burning off the characters necks. The taste of their dry mouth and maybe a throbbing head ache that won't go away. I hear the contrast of the moment with the young kids playing outside the door and the intensity on this side of the door.
I see everything that is in the room, some of it I'll end up describing some I better off not mentioning. Sometimes I'll look for something in the room that brings up a memory for the character that is important to the character and the moment he is in now.
Its the part in the book where the warrior comes in and sees the wilting rose that his dead lover gave him before she was killed by the enemy. The curves of the pedals, the hopelessness of the bent stem. Its describing the room and how "things" relate to the mood and the story. Its the fun part.
My storefront
http://stores.lulu.com/shotc
Also in Kindle format,
http://www.amazon.com/Skyler-Earth-Defense-Force-ebook/dp/B004SI4AR4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1311704863&sr=1-1
The coloring stage is where I read through a scene and I freeze the moment and look around the room that the characters are in. I smell the sweat burning off the characters necks. The taste of their dry mouth and maybe a throbbing head ache that won't go away. I hear the contrast of the moment with the young kids playing outside the door and the intensity on this side of the door.
I see everything that is in the room, some of it I'll end up describing some I better off not mentioning. Sometimes I'll look for something in the room that brings up a memory for the character that is important to the character and the moment he is in now.
Its the part in the book where the warrior comes in and sees the wilting rose that his dead lover gave him before she was killed by the enemy. The curves of the pedals, the hopelessness of the bent stem. Its describing the room and how "things" relate to the mood and the story. Its the fun part.
My storefront
http://stores.lulu.com/shotc
Also in Kindle format,
http://www.amazon.com/Skyler-Earth-Defense-Force-ebook/dp/B004SI4AR4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1311704863&sr=1-1
So when do you do your 'coloring'? During your write? After it's all done? Before or after the edit? It's a great idea.
ReplyDeleteAny time I get bored filling in the plot or hacking out the structure. If my mood is in the details, I color in. I do try to do one last coloring before I send it in to be pro edited.
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