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Otherwise known as the "Well, DUH!!" moment.
Ok, I've been trying to wrap my head around my plot for a while and I end up working in fits and starts. I'd get a little bit of writing done then go "ok, what's next?" despite having a general idea of where I want to go with my story. (The slumped shoulders part of the deal.)
Then I realized.... I was so focused on my MC's that I wasn't taking my villain's actions into account. It was kind of like having my MC's working against a green screen, in movie terms, and waiting to fill the rest later, just so I can have a finished first draft. Once I started thinking about what the villain would do and how he'd react to what my MC's are doing, things started to fall into place. (You know the point when you smack your own head going DUH!!)
That's not to say that I'm anywhere near finished with this draft (that's a matter of discipline now) but I feel better about what I'm doing.
Anyone else have one of those "Well Duh!" moments?
Ok, I've been trying to wrap my head around my plot for a while and I end up working in fits and starts. I'd get a little bit of writing done then go "ok, what's next?" despite having a general idea of where I want to go with my story. (The slumped shoulders part of the deal.)
Then I realized.... I was so focused on my MC's that I wasn't taking my villain's actions into account. It was kind of like having my MC's working against a green screen, in movie terms, and waiting to fill the rest later, just so I can have a finished first draft. Once I started thinking about what the villain would do and how he'd react to what my MC's are doing, things started to fall into place. (You know the point when you smack your own head going DUH!!)
That's not to say that I'm anywhere near finished with this draft (that's a matter of discipline now) but I feel better about what I'm doing.
Anyone else have one of those "Well Duh!" moments?