Tuesday, September 13, 2005
I say it once, I say it again: this story is a bit of an uphill battle--and I haven't even begun the research for it yet![1]
Number One: It's a struggle to keep from falling into the traditional romanceland pattern of high born protagonists. My hero is in trade(a publisher) and my heroine is a member of the minor aristocracy(very minor--her father was the third son of a baronet). This particular story has nothing to do with the social season or the major aristocracy. Sure, class is a big part of the struggle between the two(Victorian society was strict!), but I don't want to turn this book into a bunch of pretty dresses and coy smiles(at least not yet, I'll tackle the court circles later). It's...very loud in a quiet way and pushing romanceland attributes onto the story will ruin it.
Number Two: Halfway through writing out a semi-detailed synopsis, I felt that the story would cut off from the heroine's POV(first person) of Parts I & II and segue into the hero's POV(first person also) in the last half of the book. I was aghast. I've never seen this done before and I experienced a number of qualms. But the style of the story calls for it, and I recalled Wuthering Heights, and how it employed POV's from two different people as well.
Number Three: This story is morphing and growing in ways I never expected it to. It can loosely be called a "romance", but I know that it will break the rules of the genre and I'm learning to be happy with that. It's hard to change once you've been doing someone one way for the longest time. It's helping me learn things about myself, forcing me to step outside of my comfort zone.
i can be. anything.
13.9.05
