Current mood:	surprised
Entry tags:	fantasy fair

Haha!! Spontaneous Character Development!!!!!
Cross-posted to kabochan

Last night was pretty eventful. I mentioned to Gwen that I was excited about my book, since I'd been thinking about it all day at work, and she said, "Oh good! Tell me." So I started to try to gather the scattered bits of development I'd had, and suddenly plot was gushing out like a firehose.

Holy cow, it's crazy. I had no idea Seth was hiding so many secrets from me. I didn't know about his dark history, why he's been running from his guilt for the past couple of centuries by switching trades so often. I didn't realize that it was going to come back to bite him in the end of the book, just when he thought he might be able to finally let go. He's not the squeaky-clean cheery dream prince that I always thought he was. Gwen says he's reached the third dimension (and that there's something even more attractive about a dark past this way). I say that I'm scared for my characters now. They're hurting, and it's my fault! And I have to actually put them through it!!

The other interesting thing is how my characters seemed to know it anyway. That is, Blodwen knows (Blodwen's the one who's going to drop the bomb on Janeene, conveniently creating the rift between her and Seth that I'd been needing. I thought it *was* Blodwen. But no, she's just the vehicle.), and Skylar (Janeene's brother) saw through him as well. In the Skylar snippet I posted, the kid sensed that Seth was really dangerous. I thought he was overreacting. Nope.

Yikes, I hope I can remember all the gorgeous details that are coming together, because I didn't write them down last night. Maybe *this* is why I woke up early today and couldn't get back to sleep.