So, I'm working on Possession. As of right now, I have 6 and a fragment of 7 chapters. Not bad except I think I'm at a crucial decision point. My supposed hero isn't showing up until chapter 6. That's bad. My main secondary character is present The border collie came to the sliding glass door in my room. Obviously, she's waiting for the signal from me that means she should run to the other door to be let in. OK, so I hit ALT-S to save because my head was in my story problems, and I always save before getting up from the computer. Oops. In Blogger, that publishes. The dog's in the house now. very early. Here's the thing: I always reach a point where my initial idea undergoes a major shift. In the past, I have been very stubborn about ignoring this, to my regret pain and sorrow. No more. I've learned to consider these tangles with an open mind, as I must mentally give up several darlings of plot and structure while I consider a better way. That's where I am now. Then I usually do it and things get better quickly. So, I am not going to write any more tonight. I am going to brainstorm how to mesh my hero/secondary character as they are more than plainly one and the same.
posted by Carolyn @ 6/14/2006 07:01:00 PM Permalink
: Thu Jun 15, 01:57:00 PM PDT
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