writers_loft | The Long Days of Writing (Reply)

I've been pushing my brain over to the fiction side. It's taken a long time to assemble some plot threads, but I finally made the breakthrough and hope the rest goes more quickly. I re-wrote the ending of one chapter and tomorrow plan to revise the chapter after that. I should then be able to go on to new material, now that some of the twists in the plot up have been improved.

I ended up solving a major problem by revising a character slightly, turning her from a paralegal into a fund-raiser for a local non-profit organization. I needed the skill set for plot continuity. I have to tell you, it was quite an ego trip to turn my character's life around at whim. As I was taking a shower tonight I had a mental image of my character flying out of a law office and landing ass-first in the development department of a charity. There - done!

I only wish real life were this malleable. This career doesn't work? Poof! Here's another one.