Makin' me think

[weirdrei]

The last post made me think about something. When I write stories and plays, I often feel like they take a lot longer than they do. Like, I'll have written about a character for five pages, and then suddenly it will feel like they've been there for five days instead of the hour that the story actually takes place in. So then I feel like they need to change or do something because it's been so long, but really, to the audience, it hasn't been long at all. And forget about stepping away from the computer; my mood changes and bam! how do I get back into that scene again?

I guess this is why my main characters always look schizophrenic or maniac depressive (bipolar) or something...

I guess I need to work on pacing...