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snurri ([personal profile] snurri) wrote2010-07-14 08:24 am
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How's the Writing Going?

The novel was moving along swimmingly for a couple of months, there. Then I got stuck. At first I thought it was because I couldn't decide what to do with the Mississippi River, but it's really this scene with the guns, here. Right now I've got eight characters in a room waiting for me to decide what happens next. They are asking me things like, "Are you sure I need to get shot?" and "Doesn't all this tension seem a bit manufactured?" and "Do we need to keep pointing these things at each other while you figure this out?"

So there's your update.

[identity profile] justinhowe.livejournal.com 2010-07-14 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
So the old Raymond Chandler "When in doubt have someone kick down a door with a gun in their hand" advice really wouldn't be helpful here.

[identity profile] jamiam.livejournal.com 2010-07-14 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
But that is still totally the advice going through everyone's mind upon reading this entry.

[identity profile] snurri.livejournal.com 2010-07-14 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
There are, in fact, more characters with guns outside! But it's too early for them to come in, because of the other characters UPSTAIRS with guns. GUNSGUNSGUNSGUNSGUNSGUNSGUNSGUNS