A strange perfume
Mar. 2nd, 2007 03:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompsonWell, the Work Project From Hell has finally wound down and I've spent the day trying to catch up on everything else.
Somewhere in there, chapter 14 got finished, as Charged with Folly hit 62,000 words. I'm thinking this middle of the book may be suffering a bit from plot flatulence. There's a certain aroma which reminds me of Plotting By Stupidity, but we'll see if it airs out over time.
Maybe what's wrong isn't plot flatulence but worldbuilding flatulence. The thought occurred to me today that perhaps when I do the rewrites I need to put in more shiny steampunk machines or exotic critters. The middle of the book hasn't seemed saggy to me because for the most part it's been chugging along quite nicely and I haven't felt that middle book fatigue (yet) because I struggled so much with the beginning. But plot or worldbuilding gastric distress...yes, that's a possibility.
Or maybe I'm still just obsessing on last week's stomach virus.
Random quote of the day:
"Always listen to the experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it."
—Robert Heinlein
Which quote I find somewhat ironic considering how often he's invoked as The Voice of Authority.
Somewhere in there, chapter 14 got finished, as Charged with Folly hit 62,000 words. I'm thinking this middle of the book may be suffering a bit from plot flatulence. There's a certain aroma which reminds me of Plotting By Stupidity, but we'll see if it airs out over time.
Maybe what's wrong isn't plot flatulence but worldbuilding flatulence. The thought occurred to me today that perhaps when I do the rewrites I need to put in more shiny steampunk machines or exotic critters. The middle of the book hasn't seemed saggy to me because for the most part it's been chugging along quite nicely and I haven't felt that middle book fatigue (yet) because I struggled so much with the beginning. But plot or worldbuilding gastric distress...yes, that's a possibility.
Or maybe I'm still just obsessing on last week's stomach virus.
Random quote of the day:
"Always listen to the experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it."
—Robert Heinlein
Which quote I find somewhat ironic considering how often he's invoked as The Voice of Authority.
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Date: 2007-03-03 06:40 pm (UTC)