Chapters 66, 67, and 68 done. Word count: 49,446
Mapped out Chapter 68 by pulling notes from my various subject files and spent a week trying to make it work, finally realized it was an infodump that existed solely so I could fill in character background notes, so I dismantled it and absorbed the material back into my subject files.
Got a new Chapter 68 by relying on the Sorkin formula: Intention + Obstacle = Conflict.
Then I made the same mistake for Chapter 69, which is where I am now. I’ve realized it mostly exists so I can fill in some balonium accompanied by some handwavium, so I’m stuck again. Losing confidence in my ability to write. Wondering how I justify my continued existence as a human being. Questioning how I will emerge from this dark night of the soul. Asking myself why, why, why don’t I clean the bathroom.
A writer’s life.
Eclectic Magpie 