To be fair, if it was called that,
and was about that,
you could be assured that I did a damned good job with it,
and did not make amateur writer mistakes like EL James did
and describe the main character using a mirror in the first 2 pages.
<3
I'm anxious and excited about what my secondary readers have to say,
given that neither of them has really had any exposure to my fiction writing previous to being on my committee.
Yeah, definitely a plantser myself. I prefer to outline a little, write it, outline some more, write it, and so on. Provides plenty of room for improvisation while also being consistent with my focus.
I'm terrified of spiders too, but the interwoven drama between the protagonist and the stubborn citizens of his new surroundings
makes for some charming drama, along with the numerous funny lines throughout:
Put this one under "movies that I rewatched thinking I'd be terrified as I used to be,
but found myself giggling at so much of it."
Still love it though.
I'm also simply chilled by things that not everybody considers horror, or scary.
Like, atmosphere is what makes certain movies terrifying to me. Like Wait Until Dark.
But lots of people simply call that suspense, rather than horror.
Different tastes. I'm enamored by the constantly-warping architecture, and the backstory(/ies) that stokes the present tension/imagery.
It's fragmented in a way that's always been really effective and interesting to me.
I'm pretty excited for it. Being in grad school kind of killed any available time I might've had for it (though I was writing a lot of fiction),
but I'm eager to jump back into trying to bang out a novel in a month.