Well, the huge major things are the most important, of course, so it probably makes sense that they take the longest to figure out. I still don't have a good chunk of Thieves' Honor figured out, but I've had brainstorms over the past few years that have opened it up in huge ways--the whole Daemin-killed-his-mother thing, the Massacre, etc. etc. It's taken forever, of course, but then that's just when I wait for the brainstorms to happen--times when I've sat down and said, okay, let's force something out here, and started turning over a character's motivation or plot point or whatever in my head and writing out the problems in it I need to solve, I almost invariably make some kind of breakthrough. Freewriting can actually help--just sit down with a blank document and start rambling about the plot questions you haven't solved and what the problems are, and throwing out random solutions. Maybes can get you places.
Well, you know, probably. Different writers work in different ways.
Also, Evangeline = good messenger = light-bringer. That's probably the connection I was trying for. Or something.
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Date: 2009-01-11 09:13 am (UTC)Well, you know, probably. Different writers work in different ways.
Also, Evangeline = good messenger = light-bringer. That's probably the connection I was trying for. Or something.