Writing is a very emotionally-draining process. Especially for me, someone who really gets to feeling what my characters feel. I feel so much what my main character, Natura, feels without even realizing. I'll break out of a serious writing session and just feel drained, often after a particularly sad/depressing scene (there are far too many times where Natura is upset so far. Those need to be fixed). It just makes me tired.
Like right now, Natura is about to be married to a man she has met once (she'll actually be marrying a different man than she thinks, yeah, it's complicated) and her dearest friend Christiana isn't taking it well. They are both very independant spirits, but Natura is much more focused on making her family (primarily her dying father) happy than doing what makes her most happy. Christiana can't understand this, she has never had a loving family (her father abuses her). So now, Christiana is ignoring Natura and being a complete bitch to Haro (their friend/Christiana's kind-of boyfriend you could say). Natura and Haro are exhausted from her behavior, and Natura is feeling all sorts of depression, exhaustion, and concern over marrying this man. It's emotionally exhausting.
Luckily, things should be changing drastically soon. Instead of sadness, we'll be getting into some intense anger. Yay for Natura's turn to be a bitch.
I'm really excited for it, though. I've been waiting ages to get to this point in the story. And I'm thinking that if I can make significant progress (finish part one by November) then I can compete in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I have an intruiging new idea that I'm itching to try out. Of course, I'm itching to get through with this draft of Eventide too!
It's a conflicting life, being a writer.
-Lauren-
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