A New Hope

As I write the next chapter of 40 Days, I decided to watch "A New Hope" again, and while it is my least favorite of the original trilogy (probably due to the lack of Han and Leia) it will help me get another sense of the characters I represent so often. That's one of my best writing tips...make sure you know your characters. In the case of a movie, it's generally easier than in a book, because you physically see and hear that character throughout the movie, and lucky for me, there are THREE movies with Han and Leia, making it pretty easy for me to get a sense of their personalities.

I suggest, that before you start any fanfiction about a movie, that you watch it several times, and focus in a lot on the portions of the movie that feature your character(s) in particular. Then, start small. Don't expect to be able to write a giant 40 chapter story right away. It's probably best if you start with a one-shot, or a one chapter story, or one with very few chapters, such as my first Han and Leia fic, Small Talk. After that, I find that you should start with something realtively easy for a longer story, just as I am doing with 40 Days. Yes, I made it a bit harder considering the fact that I choose to do more chapters than less, but I also didn't start with something like their relationship after Jedi, which is probably one of the harder ones to do.

Anyway, here's a picture I love of Han and Leia to make this post awesome. =)