Eureka!

10er · May 19, 2009

If you have just suffered what you consider a "stroke of genius", you must post in this thread. With a short description of why you are so exceptionally pleased with yourself.

As for me, I just figured out a way to make a character's death far less cliche. And it blends in beautifully with the already established context.
I love these moments, even if they lead to dangerous hubris.

Rebecca_Rogers · May 19, 2009

My characters always amaze me because they tell me what should be done instead of what I want to happen. Like, for instance, I figured out recently how my MC is going to kill one of her enemies, even though it won't be till book 4 (I'm only on book 2). But how she does it, and the line that goes with it, are freakin' genius!

RJK · May 19, 2009

I killed a main suppoeting character in my first novel, which will probably never see the light of day. In the current WIP, which takes place later in the lives of the same characters, I've ressurected him. He's just too good a character to waste.
The scene where the character was killed was very dramatic and, if I may say so, very well written. If the first book is ever brought to light, I'll need to find a volunteer to receive the knife to his heart. I'll have to re-write several scenes to place another character in jeopardy.

Stunted · May 19, 2009

All of my main characters are going to meet and hang out and be friends! I'm so happy I figured it out!

Krintar · May 19, 2009

I was trying to figure out how to get my two main characters to trust one another, agree to work together and reach the next plot-critical location (they didn't even know where it was yet).
Then I was at work (I make pizza, whee) being bored and out of the blue it hit me; one momentary thought that not only solved all three of those problems and a couple of issues I had with a previous chapter, but also shone a light on a problem I hadn't even noticed (by solving it!) and gave an interesting new spin on their relationship to one of the other major characters.
I'm glad I wasn't too busy, y'know, working to write it down.

Pepper · May 19, 2009

I had a supporting character that plays a major role in the plot. I also had an external element that plays a major role in the plot. Eureka! I suddenly found a way to put these two things together, and the plot is 10 times stronger for it.

IMHO. ^_^

Leah_Michelle · May 19, 2009

I had the best 'Eureka!' moment the other night while I was lying in bed attempting to solve another matter in my plot.
One of my characters is both a minor character and a major supporting character. The minor side is "dead" or rather is thought to be dead by the MC. In reality, the SC is in fact in the book all along with the oblivious MC.
I discovered how the supporting character returns from the "dead."

I think I annoyed my roommate who was almost asleep when I bounded into her room squealing.

vox · May 20, 2009

This may belong more in The Power of Semantics thread, but I had a eureka moment recently when I discovered that I can look at any situation I'm trying to write as a logic puzzle. This may not seem like much of a discovery, but for me, it was a big shift in perception. Thinking of it in this way does two things. 1) It makes me look deeper into the people, places and things in the scene to find solutions to plot problems and 2) it allows me to feel like I'm working toward discovering a solution that already exists. It really takes the words "can't" and "impossible" off the table.

ccv707 · May 20, 2009

I just figured out how to write a forthcoming ms: I'm going to tell the story from six different characters in six different modes (third person omniscient, third person limited, first person, second person, epistolary, and finally a combination of all the above).

Not planning on working on this one for a few years--I have a couple other projects that take precedence over it--but I wasn't sure how to go about it until last night.

Swordswoman · May 20, 2009

One of my characters just started talking to me.

I'm writing multiple first POV, with the characters talking directly to an audience, and this one just wasn't working. I was grinding on with him, I have pages of notes on his vocabulary, how he forms his sentences, the way he phrases things to distinguish his voice from the others, and it was all just rubbish, rubbish, craft and rubbish.
Today his voice came through. He started saying things there is no way I could ever have thought of. I can bin the notes now and just listen, because at last he's doing it for himself. :snoopy:

Rushie · May 20, 2009

I figured out late last night that the guy who sabotaged the project was.... I'm not telling for fear of ruining the surprise in case I post it in SYW, but it was Eureka - they'll never suspect him! ...or her.

KellyAssauer · May 20, 2009

I woke up this morning and when I had the first chance, sat down to write and I'm exhausted now, but suddenly out of no where, all these words came flying and the story it told amazingly tied all the little short scenes I've worked on in the last few months together. It's like I had all these beads for the necklace and no string and -piff- there it came, or at least I think it did... waiting for the verdict! =)

Chauchat Butterfly · May 20, 2009

Everything's just...falling into place.

I can't say anymore, I don't want to ruin the magic.

Eureka!

10er

Rebecca_Rogers

RJK

Sheriff Bullwinkle the Poet says:

Stunted

Ich heiße Superphantastisch!

Krintar

Pepper

I IS PRANCING

Leah_Michelle

Fangirling

vox

ccv707

He who asks, "Why?"

Swordswoman

Resilient and kind

Rushie

KellyAssauer

The Anti-Magdalene

Chauchat Butterfly

~~root beer floatz~~

Eureka!

Sheriff Bullwinkle the Poet says:

Ich heiße Superphantastisch!

I IS PRANCING

Fangirling

He who asks, "Why?"

Resilient and kind

The Anti-Magdalene

~*~root beer floatz~*~

~~root beer floatz~~