How's the Writing Going?

[snurri]

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.

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[st-writes.livejournal.com]

Oops, not logged in. That anonymous was me.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking it's too many, too, but there are reasons for them all to be there, not the least of which is misdirection. And this is sort of the mid-book climax, so I don't think I need to hold back too much? But every time I try to write what happens next, I am stopped by the wall of suck.