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The I'm Writing Thread.... Celebrate your pages written etc
Paynesgrey:
The problem is that at this point in the overall arc, the primary conflict is Vs Environment and just the earliest rumblings of Vs Other Faction. But the way things are filling out, I'm looking at at least 2 books for the "whole story." And people like having an Antagonist, so I'm essentially having to cook one up to put a face to the initial civil and comparatively low level conflict. Plus, I suppose it'll be good for the builduop to the "Oh, shit, now it's on!" events later.
Snowleopard:
^
Yup, what you said.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
After all the kerfuffle with moving my writing to a different computer, and the moaning about the very small amount of stuff that did not make it intact off either backup, I sat down thinking I had one evening's quick polish to do on the prequel to TISBWO and then it would be ready to go out.
I pulled the wrong thread, bugger it, and followed the logical consequences. I'm now going through the whole thing from the beginning again with the intent of cutting three more chapters of stuff. It will make for a tighter and better book but I thought I'd just got through with that.
Paynesgrey:
Had a breakthrough at Oh My God Thirty Hours this morning. Which is why I'm up now. After my intro, the story has focused on things coming to or happening around my protagonist. Given her station and the nature of the first event, stuff pretty much had to go that way, as her own community and surrounding communities needed a chance to react to what she'd done.
Problem was Moving The Story Forward in a way that was Her Doing Stuff In Pursuit Of Goals. That's how you reach obstacles, not-so-victorious victories, setbacks, and all that good stuff, after all. Was talking it over with one of my Beta Monkeys last night who'd helped me put my finger on a few things that weren't clicking and ticking, and after percolating all night (while suffering through a dozing dream-arc that could only be described as "When Honey Boo-Boo Attacks", I came up with meaningful actions for her to take that would carry the story forward. (Yeah, forward, deeper into the Swampy Middle. :) )
Snowleopard:
^
Iz good. Excelsior as they say. ::)
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