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I finally closed out that scene that had been giving me fits. My hero has now met the best friend character (though they have yet to be formally introduced) and lost her guide, at least for the moment. The guide …
In today’s scene, my hero and guide character are navigating the literal fallout of the inciting incident as they pick their way through the devastation of the explosion. Actually, while I thought this was going to be an action scene, …
Today, I had a productive morning, thanks to an extra hour to write with the rest of the family not waking up yet. I got over 1000 words written (not great for an hour and a half, but not bad …
Yesterday, I wrote about how I was trying to shove too much into my first plot point scene. It had gotten derailed by an argument between two of the characters before getting to the point. While I wanted to show …
I think I’ve tried to stuff too much into my First Plot Point scene, between the hero learning of the threat against her, to a fight between her protectors – the guide and best friend. The latter threatened to derail …
This morning, I finished importing all of the words from my broken computer days and have caught up to the point where I can start writing new scenes again. I got the last 2600 words imported today, and did so …
Today’s writing (more copying in text from the broken computer days) completed the scene where the reader learns about the threat to the Hero from the Guide’s perspective. But the Guide can’t get to the Hero yet, and doesn’t realize …
I finally had a break in the coaching tasks today and got back to my fiction work, though I didn’t get any new words down. Today’s project was starting to weave the plot points (not exactly scenes, yet) from my …
If I had to sum up my primary ally’s arc, it is similar to Han Solo’s from A New Hope: He goes from being a self-absorbed rebel (though with a soft spot for my hero) to accepting responsibility and his …
My plan to create individual story arcs for each of my supporting characters is turning out to be as challenging as I thought. As a result, today, I probably got only about 100 words down on the page as I …