Huh...

I have scribbled another shower scene. Now that not!Harry is a vampire and doesn't need to breathe, you'd think that drowning wouldn't be an issue so much anymore.

Yeah, tell his backbrain that.

But this scene makes a nice contrast from the previous one; it's not empty filler because it tells us he's changed and grown and not!Harmony isn't as much of a crutch as she was before.

And my word count just went over the 90K mark.

I still have the same problem with not!Harmony that I had before, however. She's wrapped up in Her Man and His Problems. She doesn't seem to have anything of Her Very Own--and not only that, but I can't think of anything, plot-wise, that I can insert in there. It would seem ridiculous and frivolous for her to be calling on auditions and stuff while they're dealing with this crap. Not only that, but her one attempt at attending a callback ended pretty incredibly disastrously.

Heh. She might have a phobia about that now. That might be interesting.

The thing is, she feels real to me. She's just living her life, being a waitress, auditioning for plays and TV shows and movies and whatnot in her spare time--and her boyfriend has this huge crushing problem that she helps him deal with on a daily basis. She doesn't have a big exciting job or do big exciting things, but how many of us actually do?

Her big exciting job here seems to be making sure that not!Harry doesn't fly apart into a million billion bitty shards. This is the skill set she brings to the table. From a "life" standard, I'm okay with that. From a "literary" standard, however...

I'm not so sure. When not!Harry isn't in the room, she doesn't really have anything to do. This is a bad thing, I think. I even remark on it, from her POV, in the narrative--she actually feels pretty useless, more than once. And maybe that's me being meta and projecting, because she's not useless, she's as necessary to him as air (more necessary than air when he's a vampire, heh), and she's pretty proactive when people try to kidnap her and when the bad guy is holding a gun to her head. No shrinking violet, she; not!Harry calls her "Hermia" for a reason. She doesn't deal well with physical trauma to him, but she's there when his shakes start, reminding him to breathe.

The problem is that she's necessary to him. Or is this a problem?

Hell, I don't even know anymore.

Maybe instead of reading a magazine, she reads a script. That would be better...

See, this is why I write this stuff out. I just semi-solved a problem without even meaning to.

Huh...

I have scribbled another shower scene. Now that not!Harry is a vampire and doesn't need to breathe, you'd think that drowning wouldn't be an issue so much anymore.

Yeah, tell his backbrain that.

But this scene makes a nice contrast from the previous one; it's not empty filler because it tells us he's changed and grown and not!Harmony isn't as much of a crutch as she was before.

And my word count just went over the 90K mark.

I still have the same problem with not!Harmony that I had before, however. She's wrapped up in Her Man and His Problems. She doesn't seem to have anything of Her Very Own--and not only that, but I can't think of anything, plot-wise, that I can insert in there. It would seem ridiculous and frivolous for her to be calling on auditions and stuff while they're dealing with this crap. Not only that, but her one attempt at attending a callback ended pretty incredibly disastrously.

Heh. She might have a phobia about that now. That might be interesting.

The thing is, she feels real to me. She's just living her life, being a waitress, auditioning for plays and TV shows and movies and whatnot in her spare time--and her boyfriend has this huge crushing problem that she helps him deal with on a daily basis. She doesn't have a big exciting job or do big exciting things, but how many of us actually do?

Her big exciting job here seems to be making sure that not!Harry doesn't fly apart into a million billion bitty shards. This is the skill set she brings to the table. From a "life" standard, I'm okay with that. From a "literary" standard, however...

I'm not so sure. When not!Harry isn't in the room, she doesn't really have anything to do. This is a bad thing, I think. I even remark on it, from her POV, in the narrative--she actually feels pretty useless, more than once. And maybe that's me being meta and projecting, because she's not useless, she's as necessary to him as air (more necessary than air when he's a vampire, heh), and she's pretty proactive when people try to kidnap her and when the bad guy is holding a gun to her head. No shrinking violet, she; not!Harry calls her "Hermia" for a reason. She doesn't deal well with physical trauma to him, but she's there when his shakes start, reminding him to breathe.

The problem is that she's necessary to him. Or is this a problem?

Hell, I don't even know anymore.

Maybe instead of reading a magazine, she reads a script. That would be better...

See, this is why I write this stuff out. I just semi-solved a problem without even meaning to.

Schweet!

The lovely and effulgent difrancis finished up her latest novel and shipped it off today. In celebration, she started Snippet Saturday a day early.

Here. :)

In other news, I think I have something for not!Harmony to do that's something of hers with nothing to do with Her Man and His Myriad Problems. Because, you know, she's got a Dream and an Aspiration too, and it should be explored a little. *nods firmly* I might even have places I can slide it in without too much trouble.

And then there's this Other Character. They cut him loose, probably way too easily, so he can show up later and be The Resident Cannon Fodder. Maybe there should be something he knows. Or something. I don't know.

GYAH. Writing is hard, mon.

Schweet!

The lovely and effulgent difrancis finished up her latest novel and shipped it off today. In celebration, she started Snippet Saturday a day early.

Here. :)

In other news, I think I have something for not!Harmony to do that's something of hers with nothing to do with Her Man and His Myriad Problems. Because, you know, she's got a Dream and an Aspiration too, and it should be explored a little. *nods firmly* I might even have places I can slide it in without too much trouble.

And then there's this Other Character. They cut him loose, probably way too easily, so he can show up later and be The Resident Cannon Fodder. Maybe there should be something he knows. Or something. I don't know.

GYAH. Writing is hard, mon.

FRAK. ME.

I have two pivotal scenes with defibrillators in this thing.

And at least one of them is dead wrong. (Pun certainly intended. But this is me and you knew that.)

You don't defib a flatline. It doesn't work. Therefore, shocking a vampire sans heartbeat would be singularly ineffective.

HOWEVER.

I may have just figured out what to do here. Maybe. Either way, it's fixable (I just have to do the adrenaline shot into the heart first rather than afterwards), but it's damned inconvenient. *shakes fist at TV* CURSE YOU, BADLY-WRITTEN MEDICAL SHOWS.

FRAK. ME.

I have two pivotal scenes with defibrillators in this thing.

And at least one of them is dead wrong. (Pun certainly intended. But this is me and you knew that.)

You don't defib a flatline. It doesn't work. Therefore, shocking a vampire sans heartbeat would be singularly ineffective.

HOWEVER.

I may have just figured out what to do here. Maybe. Either way, it's fixable (I just have to do the adrenaline shot into the heart first rather than afterwards), but it's damned inconvenient. *shakes fist at TV* CURSE YOU, BADLY-WRITTEN MEDICAL SHOWS.