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agilebritThe problem with it is that my protagonist doesn't actually protag. He's swept along by events and doesn't actually make a decision until the final paragraph...
And neither beta who's gotten back to me so far are sure that's the right decision.
It's the decision I want him to make. So I guess I just have to explain his thinking better. Or come up with a better plot reason for what he does. I just thought of a Thing, and then rejected it (out of hand) because that's not him making a Decision (again), that's him being Carried Along By Events (again).
Writing is hard. Why do we do this again?
And neither beta who's gotten back to me so far are sure that's the right decision.
It's the decision I want him to make. So I guess I just have to explain his thinking better. Or come up with a better plot reason for what he does. I just thought of a Thing, and then rejected it (out of hand) because that's not him making a Decision (again), that's him being Carried Along By Events (again).
Writing is hard. Why do we do this again?
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Date: 2013-09-25 07:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-25 07:56 pm (UTC)True, dat.
My RP partner thinks there's a baby under all that bathwater; I just have to be careful about which is which when I open the window and toss it into the street. Fortunately, I have a month to beat it into some semblance of shape.