Post by Sierra Peyton Refit on Jan 2, 2016 23:03:17 GMT -6
Shun on - Falling in Love
Italics - Sierra
Bold- Shun
Italics - Sierra
Bold- Shun
Hey Shun, its nice to meet you. I was excited - I sort of jumped right into your fic without talking to you you first. I'm sorry about that.
It's fine. *laughs* You're talking with me now, which is a good change. You seem nervous - what's wrong?
*takes breath* You're going to be falling in love, Shun. I have an outline that details where you meet her, and that after some romantic buildup, you ask her out. I know that much, but I don't know where that should happen.
*raises eyebrows* You're trying to rush our relationship - why?
*glances away* I'm impatient, maybe? No, actually I know that I am. Also, this is my first time writing with an outline. I guess that I'm afraid of staying from it, even though nothing in it is written in stone. It is merely a guide, not the ten commandments of writing. I can change and add to it as necessary.
That's exactly right. So why are you struggling so much?
I want to know how your relationship will unfold. I feel like I need to know where your romantic moments will come so they're not at oddly placed points in the fic and don't take the shine out of other scenes.
So you think that rushing the romance is the better alternative, hm? *narrows eyes* You've had relationships rushed before, haven't you?
*cringes* Yes, I have had two. The first with a dude named Turner and the other named Trenton.
*nods, cocks head to the side curiously* What happened?
*sighs* With Turner, my mom - and aunt, who set us up, continued rushing Turner to kiss me. Physical contact made him feel awkward because of our two year age gap. I think that the pressure placed on him by my mom might have been part of why he broke up with me. With Trenton, I was never really into him. Some guys you just don't want to be with. But my mom and everyone else pressured me to date him, though in my heart I didn't want to. I ended up getting guilted into saying that I loved him, even though I knew that I didn't. I tried to force myself to believe the lie so that I wouldn't upset him.
*puts his hand on my shoulder comfortingly* So you see what I'm getting at, here? You trying to plot out how I fall in love is like the people who tried to force you and those two guys to date. You're being like your mom to me. Sierra, you are NOT my mom. You're my creator - you're supposed to work with me, not for me to determine how my life should go. It's okay if you don't know how my life should go, because I don't know either. Its still an unwritten book.
That's the part that scares me - how much I don't know. I've never written a budding romance. With your mom and dad's, I didn't have all that much to do as they already had a romantic history. With you, it's like laying foundation to build a house. I have to start from the bottom up.
Okay - deep breath. You're telling me that your lack of knowledge of a romance is scaring you. Have you thought of how your own crushes and relationships started? The emotions you felt and the actions that you took? Think about those and how you'd apply them to Willow and I.
I understand, but I'm still afraid of pacing.
*sighs* Sierra, do you trust me?
Yes, I do, Shun. What does that have to do with anything?
If you trust me, you'll just have to accept that i'll fall in love on my own with little or no push from you. Let things unfold naturally.
Can I at least brainstorm scenarios for you and Willow and contemplate adding them to the outline?
If you think it'll help, go ahead. But I'd avoid trying to put Willow and me into those scenarios - in your fic, Willow and I are just meeting. You don't really know how we act towards each other.
You're right. I'll think of some scenes but won't add too much detail. Thanks Shun, I think I have something to go on now.
*grins* No problem - it was nice finally talking to you.
It's fine. *laughs* You're talking with me now, which is a good change. You seem nervous - what's wrong?
*takes breath* You're going to be falling in love, Shun. I have an outline that details where you meet her, and that after some romantic buildup, you ask her out. I know that much, but I don't know where that should happen.
*raises eyebrows* You're trying to rush our relationship - why?
*glances away* I'm impatient, maybe? No, actually I know that I am. Also, this is my first time writing with an outline. I guess that I'm afraid of staying from it, even though nothing in it is written in stone. It is merely a guide, not the ten commandments of writing. I can change and add to it as necessary.
That's exactly right. So why are you struggling so much?
I want to know how your relationship will unfold. I feel like I need to know where your romantic moments will come so they're not at oddly placed points in the fic and don't take the shine out of other scenes.
So you think that rushing the romance is the better alternative, hm? *narrows eyes* You've had relationships rushed before, haven't you?
*cringes* Yes, I have had two. The first with a dude named Turner and the other named Trenton.
*nods, cocks head to the side curiously* What happened?
*sighs* With Turner, my mom - and aunt, who set us up, continued rushing Turner to kiss me. Physical contact made him feel awkward because of our two year age gap. I think that the pressure placed on him by my mom might have been part of why he broke up with me. With Trenton, I was never really into him. Some guys you just don't want to be with. But my mom and everyone else pressured me to date him, though in my heart I didn't want to. I ended up getting guilted into saying that I loved him, even though I knew that I didn't. I tried to force myself to believe the lie so that I wouldn't upset him.
*puts his hand on my shoulder comfortingly* So you see what I'm getting at, here? You trying to plot out how I fall in love is like the people who tried to force you and those two guys to date. You're being like your mom to me. Sierra, you are NOT my mom. You're my creator - you're supposed to work with me, not for me to determine how my life should go. It's okay if you don't know how my life should go, because I don't know either. Its still an unwritten book.
That's the part that scares me - how much I don't know. I've never written a budding romance. With your mom and dad's, I didn't have all that much to do as they already had a romantic history. With you, it's like laying foundation to build a house. I have to start from the bottom up.
Okay - deep breath. You're telling me that your lack of knowledge of a romance is scaring you. Have you thought of how your own crushes and relationships started? The emotions you felt and the actions that you took? Think about those and how you'd apply them to Willow and I.
I understand, but I'm still afraid of pacing.
*sighs* Sierra, do you trust me?
Yes, I do, Shun. What does that have to do with anything?
If you trust me, you'll just have to accept that i'll fall in love on my own with little or no push from you. Let things unfold naturally.
Can I at least brainstorm scenarios for you and Willow and contemplate adding them to the outline?
If you think it'll help, go ahead. But I'd avoid trying to put Willow and me into those scenarios - in your fic, Willow and I are just meeting. You don't really know how we act towards each other.
You're right. I'll think of some scenes but won't add too much detail. Thanks Shun, I think I have something to go on now.
*grins* No problem - it was nice finally talking to you.