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[historize]

Hahaha, gosh, I have too many pieces started. I need to either narrow them down or just not start any new ideas for awhile.

I know that I want to finish them--I have starts for one where France meets Canada, the Ukranian famine of the 1930s and one with the world at war again (WWIII)--but with Scotland and Ireland getting larger roles because I want to explore them as characters. They've been a ball to write about and I really enjoy them. That is also the one I'm farthest along with--18 pages so far.

Haha, I've noticed, recently, that my fics are getting longer. God Loves Whomever (about the unification of Germany) was my longest previously at about 50 pages in a Word document. That one was really fun to do and rewarding too. (I do use comments as a gauge for how badly/well I've done because just because I like it doesn't mean it's actually any good.)


Prussia is one of my favorite characters to write for. What about you guys? Do you all have a favorite?


Prussia is one of my favorites because he has so much potential for complexity and I love that. I like writing for America for the same reason. And, I just hate the interpretation that America is just a dumbass. I can't stand it. Hahaha. I'm biased though. I also like writing for France and England--France faces very, very heavy stereotyping and I like giving his character more than that. And England is just a mass of facets. His personality is just a puzzle. He's a really interesting character.

I also like putting in characters that don't get much screentime. Like Ukraine and Canada (I mean, Canada written as a real character, not just as his stereotype) and Australia and New Zealand too because we don't know anything about their characters yet but it's really fun to imagine.



I need to edit Apples Don't Fall Far though. I got a comment about how familial everything was presented until the very end--and so the end sort of threw the reader off and I think she's right. So I have an idea and I think I'm going to take some time to edit it eventually.

I think I'd like to do some work on Red Potatoes too. That was my first time writing Prussia and I didn't have a good handle on him. I'd like to fix a few bits of it.

Comments

[twistedsheets10.livejournal.com]

Yay for long fics! XD

England is the one I love to write the most. Well, he is my favorite character. But he's the one I find very interesting to write. Canada and America share the number two spot, followed by Prussia. Although I probably suck writing all these four. :(

I think some writers mistake certain traits America has as indicating he's an idiot. Well, yes he does sometimes act like one, but so do all nations, and that doesn't mean he always IS an idiot. But the idiot one gets written out most, perhaps because its the easiest to write? IDK.

[historize.livejournal.com]

I think that's probably true. America just being a dumbass requires no real thought and no real attempt at characterization. So it's easy to do. I can take a naive America--I'm fine with that. I've seen that done very well but I just can't stand the simplistic write off of him just being a moron.