Comments | erinbow: Ah, effortless and delicate scene. How I love you.

erinbow

Ah, effortless and delicate scene. How I love you.

Apr 23, 2010 21:58

Today in SORROW'S KNOT, I got my hero Otter to take temporary leave of her friend and head down the side of a mountain to The Next Place Where The Plot Needs Her To Be. It's only a short scene -- maybe a thousand words -- but it's a lovely one: effortless and delicate writing, a moment of decision which arises suddenly and believably from the ( Read more... )

sorrow's knot, writer funk

Comments 4

ext_126692 April 24 2010, 02:25:28 UTC

Did they eat Robin's minstrels?

rj_anderson April 24 2010, 02:57:05 UTC

And there was great rejoicing.

rj_anderson April 24 2010, 02:56:45 UTC

I would like some of that "effortless and delicate", please. With a currant scone, to go.

Though I shouldn't complain. I am past the "what on earth comes next, gnaaarr, how will I ever make deadline, why did I ever become a writer" stage and well into the "how can I make the boring bits of this first draft better, I can't think of anything on such short notice, gnaaarr, why did I ever become a writer" stage, which is greatly preferable IMO.

shawnalenore April 24 2010, 03:50:16 UTC

Lol, that was awesome...