Had my usual...
Oct. 3rd, 2009 10:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agilebritSaturday meeting with the Writing Buddy.
Who promptly kicked my ass. Deservedly so. Because I seriously need to get out of Ben-in-prison mode and start figuring out what the hell Janni is doing to find him, how I'm going to pull Alex and Megan in so they're integral to the plot besides Alex being the transportation out of there, and getting some other villain scenes in.
Not to mention the whole "how am I going to wrap this up so these poor people have some semblance of a happy ending because it's a romance, not a tragedy" issue. I've got a triangle and none of these people are villains. But none of them are saints, either. So, yeah.
He gave me some ideas. I just have to, you know, implement them. Rather than piling more angst on Ben's head. Also, Ange's head, but she can handle it.
What I need to do is (first of all) math, so I know where I'm at for the Weekly Word Count (wouldn't want to fall down on that score). And, secondly, perhaps watch some Missing Persons movies or read some books for procedures. Because I'm just flailing around right now--I don't actually know what Janni needs to do to find Ben, or how she even goes about looking. And this is a problem.
Who promptly kicked my ass. Deservedly so. Because I seriously need to get out of Ben-in-prison mode and start figuring out what the hell Janni is doing to find him, how I'm going to pull Alex and Megan in so they're integral to the plot besides Alex being the transportation out of there, and getting some other villain scenes in.
Not to mention the whole "how am I going to wrap this up so these poor people have some semblance of a happy ending because it's a romance, not a tragedy" issue. I've got a triangle and none of these people are villains. But none of them are saints, either. So, yeah.
He gave me some ideas. I just have to, you know, implement them. Rather than piling more angst on Ben's head. Also, Ange's head, but she can handle it.
What I need to do is (first of all) math, so I know where I'm at for the Weekly Word Count (wouldn't want to fall down on that score). And, secondly, perhaps watch some Missing Persons movies or read some books for procedures. Because I'm just flailing around right now--I don't actually know what Janni needs to do to find Ben, or how she even goes about looking. And this is a problem.
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Date: 2009-10-04 06:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-04 04:24 pm (UTC)It did cross my mind, however. However briefly. ;)
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Date: 2009-10-04 07:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-04 08:25 pm (UTC)Honestly, it's almost the obvious solution--if we were talking about three people who weren't Ben, Ange, and Janni. *snickers*
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Date: 2009-10-05 12:18 am (UTC)"This would TOTALLY work... if I were writing about somebody else."