Oh boy. Yes those traffic stats can be very, very depressing. I don't tend to look at them, unless my review count is way off and even then, not always. I love not man less has done (relatively speaking) very, very poorly. I never know why.
Drunk? Drunk character? Do tell us more. I've not found writing drunk is especially helpful. Or on pain meds.
Some people put a lot of attention into names. I don't. I know Anastigmat tends to look at the IKEA catalog. I think about some character trait and then find a foreign name that goes with it. Or, I pull a Star Wars, and use a name that means something here as a spoof, like the Banking House names.
As for the laying it all out, yes, restraint is HARD. You don't need to put it all out there -- save it and think about it and you might use it later. And some of this comes out in the revising process, too. Not that intend to follow this advice myself, given she of the 10,000 word chapters. GET THAT WOMAN AN EDITOR
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Drunk? Drunk character? Do tell us more. I've not found writing drunk is especially helpful. Or on pain meds.
Some people put a lot of attention into names. I don't. I know Anastigmat tends to look at the IKEA catalog. I think about some character trait and then find a foreign name that goes with it. Or, I pull a Star Wars, and use a name that means something here as a spoof, like the Banking House names.
As for the laying it all out, yes, restraint is HARD. You don't need to put it all out there -- save it and think about it and you might use it later. And some of this comes out in the revising process, too. Not that intend to follow this advice myself, given she of the 10,000 word chapters. GET THAT WOMAN AN EDITOR
Good luck!