I've said it before: I don't outline. I can't.
However, I've now written myself into a corner. My characters are in a spot and I am not sure where they go next or what keeps them going.
Has this happened to any of you? What did you do?
Thursday, October 9, 2008
The Hazards of Not Outlining
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I always set it aside at that point and work on something else. Usually the answer reveals itself while mind is preoccupied elsewhere. Odd the way that works.
What David said, and typically while I'm washing dishes or taking a shower. Maybe you should put a desk near your hot tub!
I have my characters take a deep breath and then leap put of the pit or over the wall or whatever...
No. Not exactly.
Instead, exactly what David said. Sometimes your characters are ahead of you and you have to catch up. Sometimes they take a wrong turn and while you are in the middle of cleaning the dining room floor or wrapping presents (two of my least favorite things) the characters will shout at you. " Come back, come back. We know where we are going now!!!"
And off you'll go together.
Terrie
Thanks you guys...I guess that means I have to go do laundry and the dishes and stuff like that. It will make the house look better, at least!
I always go back and read myself out of it. Find the place where things went wrong and cut everything that happened after that point.
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