Quote:Believe me, I know how that goes. That's what delayed chapter 12 for so long -- it took forever just to write the arrival of the Warriors. I went through four different interations of the opening of a scene that's in chapter 15. And I'm currently stuck on how to transition from Doug settling all his unfinished business to his departure. (That part isn't in my notes and plot outline... I just sort of said "He does X, and then he moves on...")
I probably scrap four paragraphs for every one that I keep, because they don't have the magic
It's not so much the six months that I was objecting to in my original comment, but the fact that some people seem to think that five paragraphs is a chapter, that it does enough for a story. It isn't, it doesn't. Unless you're an utter frickin' genius, or you're going for something indescribably arty.
-- Bob
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There's no wrong way to eat a Rhesus.