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Who/where do you bounce ideas?
Dragoon:
When I have problems connecting scenes, I always try to find out what is causing the disconnect.
Sometimes I find that there should be one or more scenes between the scenes I'm trying to tie together, other times it's because a character would have to behave out of character to get to the next scene.
The story I'm currently working on came to a screeching halt a few days ago, because of a disconnect that requires deus ex machina for it to work out, and now I'm agonising over which plot element to change or cut to get the story moving again.
Nickeris86:
i hate it when my characters argue with me.
Snowleopard:
Better than chasing after them after they've lit out in an entirely unexpected direction. ::)
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Snowleopard on March 03, 2011, 07:20:42 AM ---Better than chasing after them after they've lit out in an entirely unexpected direction. ::)
--- End quote ---
I'm not sure I understand that; characters grow from stories for me such that the most absolutely core thing about any character is knowing they will do X and Y that the story needs, because that's who they are and where they started from. Secondary characters may do this to me, but that's copable with.
Snowleopard:
There are things I know my characters will or won't do but
sometimes the story and the characters go off in unexpected directions.
I have no problem with that. For some people they know everything about their
characters for others it's sort of a journey of discovery. You're the former, I'm the latter.
Both are valid and both work.
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