*sigh*

[agilebrit]

So, after that big chunk of writing I did on Friday, I got about a hundred words done yesterday and none today so far.

Part of my problem is that I've succeeded in making my main character (I hesitate to call him the "protagonist," because, dude, he so isn't) almost completely unsympathetic. This is shiny in one way, because people will be cheering when he gets his final comeuppance...on the other hand, he's kind of a cardboard cutout right now. I mean, there's totally nothing likeable about this guy. At all.

I thought about giving him a girlfriend, whom he treats well and ostensibly loves him, which would give us another layer to his personality, but I have no place to slide her in without a major rewrite.

Le sigh.

However, in weight loss news, I saw 135 on the scale this morning, which weight I haven't seen since...Thanksgivingish? Ten more pounds to go...

Comments

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

Would a pet or a love of plants fit where a girlfriend wouldn't? Anyone who loves roses can't be all bad.

Woohoo on the weight loss! I don't believe I've seen that figure since pre-childbirth.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Well, I've mentioned his "carefully cultivated" garden. Pets, I'm not too sure about, because this whole thing got started because he decided to torture the wrong cat.

See? I bet you hate him already. Mention "cats" and "torture" in the same sentence, and it's an automatic "Augh! BAD guy!" Which, you know, he is. But I don't want him to be ALL bad. *grumbles*

And thank you! It's been a slog. Mostly because I have NO self-control when it comes to food, and I'm extremely sedentary.

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, cat torture is an immediate condemnation from me!

So, put some roses in his carefully cultivated garden and make him obsessive over them like I am. A rose gardener could hate cats. They love to scratch around the soft soil around a rose and leave their little presents of feces. Definitely a motive...

[bullet4fob.livejournal.com]

i like anti-heroes. as long as they're funny. is he funny? because if so i'd keep him villanous.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

He's not funny, alas. However, I think that what I have in mind will succeed in making him "morally ambiguous," which is a win IMO. :)