Get sick of stereotypes? I know I do. Now before I go on, I will pause to say that I do tend to stereotype people sometimes. But that doesn't mean I like it.
I started reading a book I checked out from the library, a teen Christian fiction book. I should know by now not to bother reading them.
The rich girls are the stuck up ones who only go to church for popularity.
The poor girls are the ones who are "invisible" and are the only ones who are actually seeking God.
The guys only go to youth group to play basketball.
The youth group is just an extension of high school.
The parents force the kids to go to church.
The parents are going to force their child to go to Bible school and marry a pastor.
Oh, and all of this was only in one chapter of the book.
There's also an Argentine who is automatically "Mexican" and should be avoided at all costs.
And an Indian girl whose parents already picked out who she will marry.
And a Chinese girl who is the smartest in the school.
Now I understand that sometimes, a few of these are true ...but they're not always true [except for the one about Asians being smart...that will always be true ;)]. And it's just a tad bit overbearing to have it all thrown in your face at once, ya know?
Well now that all of that is out of my system...
I.Am.Tired.
I was up until four in the morning.
Writing.
My spy book.
And really...I'm not sure where it's going.
My characters are beginning to have minds of their own.
They're trying to do what they want to do, instead of what I want them to do.
I bet I sound crazy.
But you see, what's beginning to happen is that as I develop my characters more and more with the story line, my original plan for them is starting to not fit so well. And as I try to fit that original plan in, the story stops flowing.
And the worst part is that I started writing it about a year ago, and now the beginning of it doesn't quite flow with where the story is going now, so I'm being forced to go back and change a lot.
Argh.
My blog has been so dead lately. Darn tumblr. But I refuse to switch. Ha, actually I'm just too lazy to use tumblr. On here, I can just post here and there, whenever I feel like it. But on tumblr, I would have to find all the right things to post and reblog and etc, etc, etc. So I shall stick to my dear Blogger blog.
I'm tired.
I'm rambling.
I'm leaving.
Kbye.
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