So, I am writing a book. It seriously wants to be written, and when I'm not writing it, it follows me around like a mild case of a multiple personality disorder, babbling quietly in the back of my head.
Moreover, it is getting written. I sit down, and writing eventually happens.
But, it is so, damn, slow. I'm not doing self-editing. Rather, I'm going, okay, the character is at *this* point, and I want him at *that* point. How am I going to accomplish this?
After about an hour of fiddling, dithering, and listening to the character talk about unrelated things, the answer usually turns up like one of those people who is fashionably late to everything and proud of the fact.
It's a bit annoying.
During the fiddling and dithering, I tend to go back to figuring out what does the character know, what does he need to know, what does he want, who does he know?
Does anyone have methods that cut down the down time on figuring out what happens next in the story?
Moreover, it is getting written. I sit down, and writing eventually happens.
But, it is so, damn, slow. I'm not doing self-editing. Rather, I'm going, okay, the character is at *this* point, and I want him at *that* point. How am I going to accomplish this?
After about an hour of fiddling, dithering, and listening to the character talk about unrelated things, the answer usually turns up like one of those people who is fashionably late to everything and proud of the fact.
It's a bit annoying.
During the fiddling and dithering, I tend to go back to figuring out what does the character know, what does he need to know, what does he want, who does he know?
Does anyone have methods that cut down the down time on figuring out what happens next in the story?
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