I’m not sure what this will do to my writing schedule for Book 2. I fear I was only able to join Sam’s Virtual Write-In for about 2 hours. (I only wrote 500 words, but it was on a scene I had been struggling just to start.)
I’m trying to use the time productively by doing research for a character and storyline which has been giving me trouble. As I mentioned, one of my subplots is a rip of Dangerous Liaisons; a female character challenges a male character to seduce the heroine. I want to write some of the seduction scenes from the seducer’s PoV. Even more fundamental, I wanted the lines he uses on her to be true to the kinds of lines players use.
Being a big nerd, I don’t have a lot of personal experience with this, so I’m going on (a) knowledge of friends who are players and/or have been played, (b) memory of a couple of dates where the guys attempted to feed me lines, (c) a book about con artists and criminals and how to recognize their tactics, (d) a “guide” to modern men on how to get laid. I presume the techniques haven’t changed much.
If any of you have great “player” stories — from either side of the game — feel free to share them in the comments.