Too many threads to the story
I’m coming up on the final scene angst. Can I make it dramatic enough? Will there be enough tension? I’ve slowed down, playing with scene order, trying to figure out where chapter breaks fall. I blame a lot of this on my MC, especially in light of the conversation we had this weekend:
Me: Enough. Don’t [...]
Didn’t see that one coming…
Author: You. Are. A Dumbass.
Supporting Character: How do you figure?
Author: You just let her walk away from you.
SC: Well, things haven’t been going well. I’m not happy.
Author: You let the best thing to happen to you just walk away.
SC: She expected too much! She–
Author: She loves you. You love her. The two of you compliment [...]
Another Dose of Writer Duality
(For those of you viewing duality posts for the first time, feel free to read the first duality entry. Essentially, writers are two-minded. This writer is no exception. From time to time, this inner dialog reaches the blog page because, somewhere out there, someone else is having the same sort of internal discussion. Italics represents [...]
Duality…the Writer’s Mind
Every writer becomes accustomed to “having two minds.” Life, for a writer, is like this…
Get up. Time to write.
Mfphhhh
C’mon you made a commitment
I’m sleeping leemeelone
You committed. You want to write. You know you do.
Later. I want to write later.
You need to write now.
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