(No Random Reading today. I'm still reading Cloud City. I blame Pitch Wars. Stalking is busy work.)
This is Cyan and Ghuli, my MC and her 1st Lt. Watchman from my current query and Pitch Wars entry The Crystal Bearer. When I started writing this story 12 years ago (sheesh), as a lover of Final Fantasy games, one dynamic I purposely wanted to maintain was that the action took precedent over whatever romance I had in mind (I had been writing fan fiction romance and YA romance in high school, so that was easier said than done). I stayed very true to that and made sure as my writing sharpened up, I made it make more sense.
No, these two aren't romantically linked, by the way. They're actually adopted brother and sister. Their dynamic was something totally out of left field for me. Draft after draft, their relationship grew into something plausible, something I feel people will actually be able to relate to. Especially adding my "bookends" to the story; it almost created a new story within the story, about how no matter what is going on, and how much fighting they actually do among themselves, their love for each other is so evident.
I wish I had a brother. lol
3 comments:
A story within a story isn't easy to do either.
Final Fantasy geek. You are too cool.
Love the sound of Cyan and Ghuli's dynamic. It's always fun when characters manage to flesh themselves out like that!
Teehee. Thanks!
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