Monthly Archives: February 2009

Ha ha ha – figures – I write about plotting vs pantstering and my muse comes back and decides to bite me in the ass. I’ve been cruising along ok until now and the plot has taken a twist that I didn’t expect. The scene I’m writing now was supposed to be a minor plot point – only it’s completely taken over the chapter – which is ok, but not really what I had in mind. I’ve got characters coming in from all over the place, many of which are not being very consistent to how they were in earlier chapters. So then I have to wonder, am I trying to force this thing to happen and the characters are fighting me on it? Or is it that *I’m* the one fighting it? Either way, it sucks. I only wrote 334 words last night before I gave up in disgust.… Read more