Writing meme, 2, 6, 7? ^_^
2. favorite tense (past/present/future)
Past all the way! For describing things after they happen, it just makes sense. I have the utmost respect for writers who can make present tense work, but I am not one of those writers. I don’t think I’ve ever written in the future tense, aside from more than a few lines.
Critique is so, so important, and I would love more of it. I may think I know my strengths and weaknesses, but I am probably way off. Plus, there are lots of things I need to work on. Outside eyes see things I don’t see, and no matter how clearly I see something in my head, I won’t know how it comes off until someone else reads it. It can be hard to take critique, but there’s a big difference between critique and criticism. Critique comes from a place of trying to help someone improve, and isn’t that why we write?
7. create a character on the spot…. NOW!
So, I wrote this DA story that just briefly mentioned the name Hema, and I’ll give her a back story. Hema is the only maid and cook at a small inn in a nowhere village north of Orlais. Her parents worked at the Winter Palace, and she grew up resenting the excess. She fled north with her boyfriend when they were 16 and 17, avoiding a close call with some Tevinter slavers. They took odd jobs as they passed from village to village, but the transient life wasn’t for Hema. She broke it off after 2 years, and her boyfriend takes off with a handsome bard, never to be seen again. Hema took a job at the inn cooking and cleaning rooms. Nobles don’t come through this inn, so she doesn’t mind cleaning up after weary travelers, and she loves listening to the tales they tell. Mercenaries, Grey Wardens, and merchants are much more interesting than stuffy nobles.
