I had to stop writing this afternoon and do some sorting and figuring out. I have several extra dragon riders and they were getting tangled up and generally causing chaos.
I finally had to yell at them. It went something like this;
“You, you, you, you, you, and you, get over there and line up!”
*then I waited while they all shuffled into line*
I got out my note pad and started at the front of the line.
“Who the heck are you?” I asked, pointing my pen at the first person in line.
She answers that her name is Nira.
“And what color of dragon do you ride?”
“Green.”
“You can’t ride a green right now, all of those from this clutch are already taken.”
“Oh, um… then a yellow.”
“Great.” I marked that down. “What’s her name?”
“Saria”
“Fine.”
I pointed at the next person. “Who the heck are you?”
“Nordhas.”
“What’s your dragon’s color and name?”
“He’s blue and his name is Arkhas.”
“Fine.” I wrote it down and moved onto the next.
“Who the heck are you?”
“Sumara, I ride a green dragon.”
“That’s right, you do. What’s her name?”
“Keta.”
I wrote that down.
And so on and so forth until I reached the end of the line. One I had everything written down I turned them and said, “Now, everybody get to your places in the book and stay there. Quit wandering around trying to confuse me.”
Then I set up a waiting area for new dragon riders so I can make sure I record their name, their dragon’s name and their dragon’s color before they ever set foot in the story.
And these are things that go on inside my head.
Only another writer would understand that your interactions with your characters are just in a day’s work! Love it.
LOL, so very true. When I try to explain these things to non-writers they start looking at me like they are trying to decide what size of straight jacket I would wear.
Yes, I’ve seen that look! It’s better to keep it to ourselves until we can share with those who understand.
So very true, lol
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