My poor characters are stuck, have been stuck, one on the edge of a lake trying to explain why the the life this guy she's talking to dreams about is not at all what he seems to think it would be like, and she should know, while the other main character is stuck on a star cruiser finding out that his life has completely changed because he rescued the wrong person, and oh yeah, a tracer has been installed on his ship so the authorities will know if he doesn't go exactly where they tell him to, so no funny business.
The story and the predicaments are a lot more interesting, to me at least, than these sticking points would suggest. I just can't get past them. My choices: Quit and move on to some new story. Commit literary murder and kill some darlings, as some famous author whose name I can't remember said and quit being pinned down by them. Back up and restart and go off on some other tangent that serves the story better.
The thought of quitting makes my heart hurt. I love my characters and I want them to complete their quest. But oh my darlings! How can I cut them out when I love them so much?
So backing up it is.
I can only be considering this because work happens to be a little slow at this time of year, so I am under the illusion that I will actually have the time to work on my story. Most of the time, I can't really afford to think about this.
Why am I here writing about writing instead of actually working on my story? Well, I have been working on it tonight. But I am done for now.
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oh character sweet
more than a dream, less than real
oh wait: you are real!
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Oh my, that was particularly bad, wasn't it! I'm not sure that any further drafting could improve it, so it stands.
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